Talk:Gary Numan/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ezlev (talk · contribs) 21:31, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've reviewed this article, FireWalkWithMe27, and unfortunately it's a quickfail due to a fair amount of unsourced content. I've conducted a full review below. Please note that my finding no issues in a particular aspect of this review does not necessarily mean there are none, and if the article is renominated in the future, the reviewer will recheck all categories. I apologize for any disappointment this causes – thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia!

Progress

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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

Notes

Well written

Prose: The prose is well-written and engaging as a whole.

The presence of short paragraphs in the "Music career" section is jarring in places. The ones that fit with the paragraph before or after should be combined with those paragraphs; for the ones that don't, consider whether they should be included at all. If there's only enough information for one sentence, maybe it's not notable. If there's more information available, it should be added.

MOS:

The citations in the lede can be removed, since they're supporting facts that are cited in the body.
The lede overall is good.
Layout is ok
MOS:WORDSTOWATCH compliance looks fine
List incorporation is ok

Verifiable

Reference style: Overall, fine.

A few citations are malformed (missing key information, just a URL with an access date, etc)

Reliable sources:

I'm not sure about some of the sources used, like side-line.com and Contact News.
It's difficult to determine what sources are being used because some citations have a link but do not name the source.
There are a lot of unsourced statements. I've tagged the ones I see with {{cn}}.
www.officialcharts.com/artist/17942/gary-numan/, which is cited 15 times, appears to be a dead link.

No original research:

I don't see any, with the possible exception of the unsourced statements

Free of copyvio: Per Earwig, a few sentences and phrases may have been copied from the following page:

www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-f-j-concertreviews-158/17758-live-review-gary-numan-cologne-2017

Broad

Addresses main aspects: Seems to! Stays focused: Yes

Neutral

Looks broadly neutral

Stable

Generally so

Illustrated

Good images under appropriate CC licenses