Talk:New Year (song)/GA1

Latest comment: 11 years ago by J Milburn in topic GA Review

GA Review

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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 16:35, 10 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Happy to take this one. Review to follow soon. J Milburn (talk) 16:35, 10 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

The sourcing looks good. J Milburn (talk) 16:54, 10 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Ta, Till 05:04, 11 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Some sources you may wish to use-

  • Hyland, Ian (21 December 2000). "Christmas singles". Sunday Mirror. p. 47.
"SUGABABES: New Year (London) - It mentions Christmas in the lyrics but it's a New Year grower. 8/10"
  • The Express December 21, 2000 "TURKEYS THAT BECOME FESTIVE CHART-TOPPERS" DOMINIC UTTON Pg. 14
"The only interesting contenders are Sugababes, whose song New Year is far too good to make No1, Eminem, the American bad-boy rapper, whose song Stan, a skewed, vicious tale of obsessive fandom and suicide, may have peaked too soon and Bob the Builder, currently top with a three-minute contribution so annoying that it does, indeed, feel like a throwback to the good old days of Noddy Holder and co."

Ok, some thoughts.

  • As mentioned above, there is the problem with undue weight/recentism/possibly WIAGA#3a concerning the performances.
  • The review section feels basically like a list of quotes. That's not a particularly good writing style.
  • Concerning "The song was raved by critics"- that doesn't mean what you think it means. It's not at all clear what you're trying to say here.
  • "A journalist from the BBC wrote that the single as "lives up to the hype" and praised the inclusion of lyrics about Christmas as "without sounding remotely contrived"." Poor writing
  • "on the album's ballads" - This article isn't about the album. It's about the song.
  • I do not think that the live performance could possibly be interpreted as promotional.
  • "During the video, the group's members sing in front of a white background, while computer graphics such as snow, letters and butterflies appear throughout." More clumsy writing

The first two I'm willing to let slide, but the others definitely need dealing with before I can promote. Also, take a look at the sources I cited above. You don't have to use them, but I thought they may be useful. J Milburn (talk) 15:52, 24 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Ok, this has stagnated- there have been no edits to the article or the review page in over a week, and problems remain. I'm going to close the review. I recommend you renominate once these issues have been dealt with. J Milburn (talk) 19:08, 1 July 2013 (UTC)Reply