Talk:Monica (song)

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Kyle Peake in topic GA Review
Good articleMonica (song) has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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DateProcessResult
July 29, 2022Good article nomineeListed

GA Review

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Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 09:24, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Reply


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Criteria: 1a. prose ( ) 1b. MoS ( ) 2a. ref layout ( ) 2b. cites WP:RS ( ) 2c. no WP:OR ( ) 2d. no WP:CV ( )
3a. broadness ( ) 3b. focus ( ) 4. neutral ( ) 5. stable ( ) 6a. free or tagged images ( ) 6b. pics relevant ( )
Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked   are unassessed

I will review this one today! --K. Peake 09:24, 29 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Infobox and lead

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  • The recording is dated as sometime between those separate dates, so remove it from the infobox
  • Done.
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  • Move the recording info to the writing and serenade sentence, adding after the comma with "the song was recorded..."
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  • Swap the lyrics and rhythm sentences for the correct order
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  • "Its recording features" → "The song features"
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Background and composition

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  • Done.
  • Should you write radio ban or simply ban since BBC Radio follows this part?
  • Changed to simply "ban".
  • Merge the first para with the second one per overly short size
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  • "and he later directly referenced" → "with him later directly referencing"
  • I think the original is probably better, as the reword introduces a WP:PLUSING issue, no?
  • Remove comma after 1968 album
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  • "by another Under Milk Wood character," → "by fellow Under Milk Wood character"
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  • ""morning to moonshine."" → ""morning to moonshine"." per MOS:QUOTE
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  • Change the beginning of the first sentence to "Musically, "Monica" is a calypso" either using song or track, depending on what is appropriate
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  • "serious songwriting, and compares" → "serious songwriting and compares"
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  • "thinks its calypso rhythm" → "thinks the calypso rhythm"
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Recording and release

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  • Remove wikilink on the Kinks
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  • "for BBC radio on" → "for BBC Radio on"
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  • "and kept it on" → "and kept the song on"
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  • "he changed its planned sequence" → "he changed the planned sequence"
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  • "was an example of" → "is an example of"
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  • "take him seriously."" → "take him seriously"." per MOS:QUOTE
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  • Make the last para into a sub-section, titled Legacy
  • "ranking of the album's songs." → "ranking of the songs."
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  • "Rogan considers both it" → "Rogan considers both the song"
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  • "while Kitts instead counters" → "while Kitts counters" because the counters part is obviously saying he holds a different opinion
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  • "through its theme of" → "with the theme of"
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Notes

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  • they date "Monica"'s recording → they date the recording
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References

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Sources

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  • Done.

Final comments and verdict

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