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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 21:19, 16 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Created by
Ganbaruby (
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Article is new enough and long enough. Source #10 doesn't seem to support the first sentence cited to it. "notability through the platform's recommendations feature" aside from being ungrammatical isn't supported by #9 either. #8 does not appear to support "rise of the vaporwave" either. Most of #4 does not support the statements cited to it. I can't read the Japanese sources. No copyvio or plagiarism that I could notice. It's not clear in the hook if 2017 should be 2018. I see that you are QPQ exempt.
Jo-Jo Eumerus (
talk) 09:24, 22 February 2020 (UTC)reply
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Jo-Jo Eumerus: Thanks for the review. I did a bit of editing, and I just want to run some edits with you again. The citation numbers changed, so I'll try to refer to them by website name.
I've removed the first sentence to the Vice (#10) article because it doesn't really support it directly, as you said. I dug through some Japanese sites as well, and most pointed to the YouTube comment section as proof of "resonance with international viewers". I don't really feel like that's notable enough to include, so I've left it out for now.
The Open Culture article (#9) does point to YouTube's algorithms, but I've also added the Japan Times one (#3) because it also says so as well. I've also reworded the sentence for better flow.
Again, the Rolling Stone article (#8) does point to Plastic Love coinciding with vaporwave, but I've added a new source to support that.
I've removed the phrase about promoting the 30th anneversary of Variety, which I realized the Arama article (#4) doesn't actually say so. The rest of the information is there.
Let me know if there's any more that I should change. Thanks!
◢ Ganbaruby! (talk to me) 07:50, 23 February 2020 (UTC)reply
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Ganbaruby: One last question: Are we sure it was a resurgence? The hook depends on it but I am not sure if the sources support this contention.
Jo-Jo Eumerus (
talk) 09:07, 23 February 2020 (UTC)reply
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Jo-Jo Eumerus: Yes I would call it a "resurgence", since Takeuchi at the time was already a well known singer, and the album that Plastic Love comes from, Variety, did top Oricon's weekly album charts at its release. I would also be fine with "surge in popularity" instead.
◢ Ganbaruby! (talk to me) 09:20, 23 February 2020 (UTC)reply
On a side note, do you think the picture in the article is a good addition, or not really?
◢ Ganbaruby! (talk to me) 09:26, 23 February 2020 (UTC)reply
I am a little wary of the copyright licence of that image. When one uploads fanart, it often happens that people crib images off the Internet w/o giving a source and with the image being non-free. The problem I see with "resurgence" is that it's not used in the sources; perhaps a quote could clarify this.
Jo-Jo Eumerus (
talk) 09:30, 23 February 2020 (UTC)reply
Taken from the Japan Times article: "'Variety' was a hit, outselling her previous release and debuting at the top of the domestic charts... Takeuchi’s success, however, has long been limited to her home country. That changed in 2017 when the internet discovered her 1984 track, “Plastic Love.” I think that adequately backs my word choice there.
◢ Ganbaruby! (talk to me) 09:54, 23 February 2020 (UTC)reply
I thought about inserting the
"Sweetest Music" cover art for the "Resurgence" section especially to help readers identify what is discussed, even when identical to the 2021 reissue. --
George Ho (
talk) 06:29, 19 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Happy to take up this review. In the meantime, I'd appreciate it if you could take up one of my Music GANs which might stall into the next few months... Cheers,
Ippantekina (
talk) 07:29, 22 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Lead and infobox
Suggest removing references from Infobox as their inclusion in prose is enough
Any more context regarding Variety being a "comeback" record?
The source doesn't provide additional context. I believe it was due to the gap of time between records - her first five albums were released from 1978 to 1981, Variety didn't come out until 1984. ToaNidhiki05 14:50, 24 January 2024 (UTC)reply
It's the digital/media publication of a major American university, the
University of Texas at Austin. They have an editorial staff and set editorial standards - and generally speaking, most college papers I've used have been regarded as reliable sources. ToaNidhiki05 14:17, 24 January 2024 (UTC)reply
I see that they do have editorial standards, but it seems the editors are college students. Not sure if they qualify as subject experts that could produce high quality sources. For this particular source, the editor's credentials are also questionable as compared to the one for the Vassar College source (a doctorate in a specialised field).
Ippantekina (
talk) 02:47, 26 January 2024 (UTC)reply
I've gone ahead and removed. ToaNidhiki05 15:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Suggest using |script-title=ja instead of |title= for Japanese-language sources
I would include this, but I don't have the knowledge of Japanese to 100% correctly translate the titles. ToaNidhiki05 19:34, 29 January 2024 (UTC)reply
"the song had become synonymous with future funk" is "future funk" a genre?
It is, but it's a small one. ToaNidhiki05 19:06, 29 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Unless the cover versions received extensive critical commentary or charted, I suggest removing them per
WP:SONGTRIVIA
Per
WP:SONGCOVER, the more applicable standard here, I've removed three of the covers that were only links to discos. All other covers left either charted, or were discussed or the subject of the article they were referenced in. ToaNidhiki05
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Toa Nidhiki05: my concern regarding the UoT Austin ref remains (above). Could you help address it?
Ippantekina (
talk) 04:15, 30 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Also you could set script-title without having a translated title. I think it'd be more appropriate if Japanese-language texts are displayed correctly in their format and not the current Latin format.
Ippantekina (
talk) 04:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)reply