Talk:The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

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GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Medxvo (talk · contribs) 11:15, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 11:12, 10 April 2025 (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)

I will start this today and probably finish tomorrow! --K. Peake 11:12, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much! Medxvo (talk) 12:16, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead

• Remove the unknown location from the infobox where only studios themselves should be; this is fine having a mention kept in prose
• "She wrote and produced it with" → "She co-wrote and produced the song with"
• Information about the song's lyrical subject is key, so please add this to the lead as the last sentence of this first paragraph
  • I totally forgot to add the lyrical information, thank you for this. Medxvo (talk) 22:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• "several of whom picked it as" → "several of whom picked the song as"
• "The track received" → "The song received"

Background and release

• "and continued working on it" → "and continued working on the record" to avoid overusage of "it"
• The "really needed" quote is not source; try putting in your own words as something like "she felt was important to make"
  • Thanks for the great suggestion! Medxvo (talk) 22:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• "across the stage during" → "across the stage for"
• "She ended the performance" → "Swift ended the performance"

Production

• Good

Music and lyrics

• Audio sample looks good!
• [13] should only be invoked at the end of the first para's penultimate sentence since it is used for information before and after the clause here
• The "this be declassified?" quote is sourced as ending as "be declassified and you'll confess why you did it?" – either remove the question mark from inside the speech mark here or add the full quote
• The source reads "when it wasn't forbidden", not "once it wasn't forbidden"
  • I added the liner notes source there to confirm the original lyrics since I also noticed that Vulture messed them up... You can see the liner notes here. Medxvo (talk) 22:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• "due to perceptions of" → "This was due to perceptions of" as a new sentence to avoid a run-on; there are three clauses used already by this point otherwise
• "and that "he will" → "and "he will"

Critical reception

• Retitle to Reception and merge with the below section
  • I think Commercial performance has enough information for a seprate section. Critical reception also has two paragraphs and 300 words. I think three paragraphs would be too much for information that are not so interconnected. I also believe 400 words would be too much for one section (+35% of the total word count), but let me know what you think. Medxvo (talk) 22:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• "both similarly considered it a" → "both similarly considered the song a"
• "opined that it could be" → "opined that the song could be"

Commercial performance

• Make this part of the above section per short size
• [47] should be next to [48] after the clause since it is not appropriate to have the ref in the middle before a clause abruptly

Personnel

• Good

Charts

• Good

Certifications

• Good

Notes

• Good

References

• Copyvio score looks fairly decent at 35.1%
• Cite Today as work/website instead on ref 7
• Fix MOS:QWQ issues with ref 11

Final comments and verdict

•  On hold until all of the issues are fixed; took a day and now it's done! --K. Peake 19:28, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I believe all should be done/addressed now, Kyle Peake! Thank you again for taking the time to provide a great review. Very much appreciated. Medxvo (talk) 22:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

•  Pass now, the issues no longer persist and I greatly appreciate your explanations for some points we did not agree on. --K. Peake 16:41, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]