Talk:"Weird Al" Yankovic (album)/GA1

GA Review

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GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Levy or Levey? I did some copyediting, but overall, it works. Standardize on American spellings, please? ("elabourates"?)

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   If anything, I think there's more info out there. Is "Stop Dragging my Car Around" a parody of "Stop Dragging My Heart Around?" I've never heard the song, but various websites seem to think it is. Are the original songwriters credited on the album? If so, that would be a good thing to add. Lots of references to primary sources--is it possible to find more third-party commentary on the album?

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, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   ON HOLD for editor/nominator feedback and/or corrections. As in, feel free to challenge if I've asked for something you've tried but can't find. Jclemens (talk) 18:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Can you continue the "hold status" through this weekend when I'll have more time to address specific issues? — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 03:35, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely. At least a week is customary, and I'll work with editors who communicate and make forward progress even if they take longer. Jclemens (talk) 04:05, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, let's do this thing.

• 1. All of my sources say "Levey", so I don't have any reason to doubt that. As for American spellings, more the problem is that I don't see any spelling problems. I see your example, and have changed it, but would appreciate it if you could please look it over yourself for non-MoS spellings as I don't see them to catch them.
• 2. I have interwebbed all over the place for more information on both the album and track six specifically, but I can't find anything more than what's in there now. There're two problem I've faced, (a) delineating from the artist himself when searching online is an absolute beast! and (b) Being his first album there's slim-to-no pickings (speaking of WP:RS, that is) when it comes to reviews or additional information. I'll keep on the lookout, but this is it for now I think.

  Are the original songwriters credited? I don't know, I don't actually have this album or its liner available to me. If his later albums are any indication, then he may have. I don't see any problem with adding them to the list; how's this?

  Again, I tried to find as many reliable, second-party sources as I could. Is it a problem that I couldn't find more if they're not out there to be found?

Whaddya think? — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 04:26, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Passing per your improvements. Thanks for your efforts to nail down a few things that aren't RS'ed. Jclemens (talk) 19:51, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Possum, thanks! — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 19:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)