Talk:Timeless (Meghan Trainor album)

Latest comment: 10 hours ago by Kyle Peake in topic GA Review

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 01:57, 9 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Moved to mainspace / Created by MaranoFan (talk). Self-nominated at 12:43, 16 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Been Like This; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.Reply

Reviewing-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:27, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • I have been informed that I misinterpretted the backlog mode. It is one extra QPQ per nomination, not per nominated article. You only need three.
  • Both articles new enough and long enough.
  • Both articles have copyvio results consistent with your direct quotation style. No issues.
  • WP:ICs are used throughout. More than adequate citation is present.
  • Both articles are neutral and encyclopedic.
  • There is no image nominated.
    • I see both use Fair use cover art. I did not evaluate this fair use.
  • QPQ more than good, per 04:21, 18 March 2024 comment above.
  • Hook is well-cited in the content of both articles.
  •   - all good.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Singles

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@Jonathon3378: Could you confirm where you have seen confirmation that "To the Moon" is just a promotional single as claimed in this edit? The UPI article, also shared through Yahoo!, is clubbing it with "Been Like This" as the two singles released from the album so far.--NØ 19:47, 10 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

She had said on a podcast that the label weren't sending To The Moon to radio as a single due to not performing as well. Also, she has been referring to Whoops as her "new single" and has released a music video + remix pack for it Jonathon3378 (talk) 23:21, 16 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hot Sugar, Chihiro, and Bejeweled, etc. (all with music videos) are not considered singles, as a radio release is the general expectation for something to be considered a post-album single. Just the digital release of a remix alone is considered to render a song a promotional single. Regarding To the Moon, the quote from the podcast is "Please help my career and do videos with 'To the Moon' if you want it to ever have a chance at radio", occurring at 25:38, which would imply it was originally released as a single on May 3, 2024, but Epic Records decided to cut costs and not send it to radio because it did not generate enough videos on TikTok. I hope this helps.--NØ 00:44, 17 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Timeless (Meghan Trainor album)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: MaranoFan (talk · contribs) 00:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 16:26, 28 June 2024 (UTC)Reply


  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):  
    b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):  
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a. (reference section):  
    b. (citations to reliable sources):  
    c. (OR):  
    d. (copyvio and plagiarism):  
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a. (major aspects):  
    b. (focused):  
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:  
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:  
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):  
    b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):  
  7. Overall:
    Pass/fail:  

(Criteria marked   are unassessed)

This article only came out at the start of June but since the album has not been a massively highly charting one, it does not fail stability like some might so I will review now! --K. Peake 16:26, 28 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Infobox and lead

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  • Infobox looks good!
  • "released the album on" → "released it on"
  • "Timeless has a message of" → "The album has a message of"
  • Pipe self-empowerment to Empowerment
  • "After the album's release," → "After its release," and mention that the tour will be in the United States
  • "another thought it suffered from" → "another found the problems of" or something similar to avoid overusage of it
  • "in the UK" → "in the United Kingdom"

Background

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  • Add the quotes from Trainor about her songwriting having elevated as a mother as the PopCulture source mentions
  • "popularity on it" → "popularity on the service"
  • Rather than Takin' It Back (2022), I think the sentence would start better by saying "Her 2022 album Takin' It Back..."

Recording and production

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  • Img looks good!
  • "Trainor's brother Justin, and" → "Meghan's brother Justin Trainor, and" per MOS:SAMESURNAME
  • "for Trainor's Christmas album" → "for Meghan's Christmas album"
  • Introduce who T-Pain is
  • Remove commas around Daryl Sabara since this may read like a list implying her husband and him are two separate people like the manager is
  • "one of the final tracks conceived for it," → "one of the final tracks conceived,"

Composition

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Overview

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  • Good

Songs

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  • For the info that I cannot see in the online sources of the lyrical meaning of certain songs, is this mentioned in the liner notes that you also cite?

Release and promotion

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  • Mention the details of the cover per the source
  • "on March 22 and" → "on March 22, and"
  • "in the UK" → "in the United Kingdom" although the Ireland position is not sourced in this sentence
  • Wikilink music video
  • "Nash, and influencers Olsen and Brookie and" → "Nash, Olsen, and influencers Brookie and" plus the music video ref should be invoked here instead
  • "medley of "Been Like This" and" → "medley of "Been Like This" with"
  • "on June 10." → "on June 10, 2024." and add info about what the video synopsis is
  • "Pride 2024 and "Been Like This" and" → "Pride 2024, and "Been Like This" and"
  • "and her brother Ryan will" → "and Meghan's brother Ryan Trainor will" per MOS:SAMESURNAME

Critical reception

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  • Retitle to Reception and merge with the below section
  • "believed that though Trainor" → "believed that though Meghan Trainor" although where is the combination of different genres sourced?
  • "DeWald added:" → "DeWald added that"
  • "described it as" → "described the album as"

Commercial performance=

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  • Make this the second paragraph of the above section
  • "in the US" → "in the United States"
  • The fourth-highest is not sourced

Track listing

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  • Pipe the songwriters of "Crushin'" that are currently going to redirects to Lawrence (band)

Personnel

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  • Good

Charts

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  • Good

Release history

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  • Good

Notes

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  • Good

References

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  • Copyvio score looks great at 25.4%!!!!
  • Ref 20 should not have a double speech mark at the end
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  • Good

Final comments and verdict

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  •   On hold until all of the issues are fixed after this review; I do not expect yours for Vultures 1 to be as fast at all since that is a much larger article and has even had a GA review briefly before, so feel free to take however long! --K. Peake 19:59, 28 June 2024 (UTC)Reply