Talk:Owls (album)

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Date	Process	Result
November 22, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed

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GA Review

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Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 13:53, 21 November 2021 (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 ()

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Will take this on; first review for you in a while! --K. Peake 13:53, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead

Replace hlist with bullet points per Template:Infobox album
"debut studio album of" → "debut studio album by"
Independent label introduction is not needed here when you provide this in the body
"Owls is an" → "The album is an"
"Pavement and Captain Beefheart." → "Pavement, and Captain Beefheart."
Start a new para at the critical reception part
"noted its influences from the members' other bands while some others" → "noted influence from the members' other bands, while others"
Add a sentence after critical reception mentioning the album being ranked as one of the best emo albums by Rolling Stone
"The album was promoted" → "It was promoted"

Background and production

"namely, drummer Mike Kinsella," → "namely his brother Mike as drummer," or something similar per MOS:SAMESURNAME
"guitarist Victor Villareal and" → "guitarist Victor Villareal, and"

Turns out he has a page at Victor Villarreal; swapped the link to that instead. Yeepsi (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pipe Sam Zurick to Make Believe (band)
"In September that year," → "In September 2000,"
"with Mike Kinsella and" should this be "with the Kinsellas" per the source?

I thought Mike Kinsella wasn't a member of Joan of Arc until later on (when he actually was at the time of this album, I'm mistaken). Yeepsi (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] should solely be at the end of the last sentence
"met with a" → "was met with a"
[1] does not mention those sources calling it unlistenable
"and The Chicago Tribune would" → "and the Chicago Tribune would"
"in Japan before" → "in Japan, before"
Introduction of "the band's debut album" is not needed here when it is provided in the lead
Pipe mastered to Mastering (audio)

Composition

Retitle to Composition and songs
"of Pavement and the" → "of Pavement, and the"
Pipe jazz blues to Twelve-bar blues
"Tim Kinsella's stream-of-consciousness," → "Kinsella's stream-of-consciousness,"

Had to remove this since I removed the Portland Mercury ref. Yeepsi (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"bounced between plucked single-notes" → "went between plucked notes" because it does not say anywhere that they are single

Same as above. Yeepsi (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"is similar to his" → "was described as similar to his"
"and anchor Tim Kinsella's" → "and accompany Tim's" per MOS:SAMESURNAME
"The first tracks" → "The first two tracks"
"include percussion such as bongos and tambourine." → "include bongos and tambourine." since these are the only instruments sourced
"Kinsella sings about heredity and marriage while" → "Tim Kinsella sings about heredity and marriage, while"
Add the year of "Who Goes Nazi?"
"a math rock song with" → "a math rock song, with"
"the record's musical forms;" → "the musical forms of Owls;"
"vocal melodies and Kinsella's" → "vocal melodies, and Kinsella's"
"refer to Tim and Mike Kinsella's cousin" → "refer to Tim and Mike's cousin" per us already knowing they have the same surname

Release and reception

Promotion and touring

Retitle to Promotion, as touring is a form of this
"was announced in" → "became public in"
Remove independent label introduction and wikilink for Jade Tree
Wikilink pre-order
"July 31 the same year." → "July 31 of the same year."
"the group embarked" → "the band embarked"
"After the tour was completed," → "After the tour ended,"
Move [8] to after the comma instead since refs should follow punctuation
"in October 2002[22] and disbanded" → "in October 2002[22], before disbanding"

Critical response

Retitle to Reception
"He said Tim Kinsella's" → "He said Kinsella's"
"Cleveland Scene writer Brian Baker" → "The Cleveland Scene writer Brian Baker"
"wrote Kinsella was "warbling in" → "wrote Kinsella warbles "in"
Wikilink CMJ New Music Monthly to itself per MOS:LINK2SECT
Mention the full name of Stylus Magazine since it is not a publication where magazine is in brackets
"and said the nonsensical lyrics" → "and noted the nonsensical lyrics"
"at times" but with" → "at times", but with"
the A.V. Club → The A.V. Club, as "the" is part of the publication's name
""orphan" list, which" → ""orphan" list for the 2000s, which"
"list of the" → "2016 list of the"
Pipe Vulture to Vulture.com

Track listing

Good

Personnel

Good

References

Copyvio score looks pretty good at 30.9%!!
The Chicago Tribune → Chicago Tribune on ref 5
Ref 10 is written by a contributor for the fanzine; is this really a reliable source?

The publication is listed at WP:ALBUM/SOURCE. Yeepsi (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Remove or replace ref 14 since it is a bi-weekly tabloid and does not have many staff members
Are you sure ref 15 is reliable; the staff seems to be quite low?

They have a large amount of writers listed here and on the various print editions (the latter is a little annoying as they're listed on separate pages as opposed to all being on one page). Yeepsi (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ref 16 needs to work as a citation so clicking on it directs down to the source
Stylus → Stylus Magazine on ref 24
Pipe Vulture to Vulture.com on ref 28 per MOS:LINK2SECT
Wikilink CMJ New Music Monthly

External links

Good

Final comments and verdict

On hold until everything is fixed; nice job for the most part! --K. Peake 17:01, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Kyle Peake: Made the changes. Yeepsi (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Yeepsi: ✓ Pass now, only did some very brief copy editing and the sources you provided are acceptable now. --K. Peake 07:54, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]