Statistics and opinions are held to a higher standard and should still be cited when in the lead. This includes sales, chart placements, and critics' rankings.
Could you please point out which statement that require citation in the lead?
MOS:LEADCITE does not say that sales or chart placements need to have direct citation in the lead.
Delicate (Taylor Swift song) is the most recent music Featured Article as example in this case.
Bluesatellite (
talk) 01:27, 17 October 2022 (UTC)reply
I interpreted statistics rather broadly, but if it's not even checked for in FA, then I'm not going to hold you to it for GA.
Thebiguglyalien (
talk) 02:08, 17 October 2022 (UTC)reply
It also remains the best-selling compilation album ever by a solo artist – The sources for this are from 2012. Do more recent sources exist to confirm that it is still true? Also, the word "remains" presents a
WP:REALTIME issue, and the phrase "as of 2012" should be included (or preferably a more recent year if a more recent source can be found).
A quick check on the reliability of sources raised concerns for the biography written by J. Randy Taraborrelli. Apparently he has a reputation for tabloid-style writing presented as biographies. Not a major issue as the book is not used for contentious material at any point, but I was curious about your thoughts on this.
That biography has been used in many many Madonna GA/FA articles. I haven't found any issue with it so far.
Bluesatellite (
talk) 01:27, 17 October 2022 (UTC)reply
Citations are otherwise comprehensive and reliable, primarily using web and scanned print news sources.
There's one major detail that seems to be missing. The article says that Minor alterations and additions have been applied to every track; for example, "Material Girl" has a new outro in place of the original fade-out. Pettibone also remixed "Into the Groove", "Like a Prayer", and "Express Yourself", which are significantly different from their original album versions. This should be elaborated on, as it leaves readers wanting on what sort of changes were made. Did these remixes change the songs beyond the use of QSound? Did any others have an entire segment changed like Material Girl did?
It was a completely new production, with entirely different instrumentation. I rephrased the sentence, but I couldn't find sources to further describe the details.
Bluesatellite (
talk) 01:48, 17 October 2022 (UTC)reply
I was also not able to find any obvious sources that discuss this after a quick search. The rewrite should be sufficient.
Thebiguglyalien (
talk) 02:08, 17 October 2022 (UTC)reply
All other key areas (background, release, reception, performance) are covered.
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
Discussion of praise and criticism accurately reflects reliable sources.
Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing
edit war or content dispute:
Recent edits are undisputed. Last discussion is from one month ago and users resolved the issue.
Thebiguglyalien (
talk) 23:08, 9 October 2022 (UTC)reply
Album cover is tagged as copyrighted and justification is listed. All other images are licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 or 3.0.
Thebiguglyalien (
talk) 23:08, 9 October 2022 (UTC)reply
I have to question the relevance of the Kenny Rogers image. He was not involved with the album, and he's only mentioned once in the article as a point of comparison.
All other images are relevant and suitably captioned.
The article is on the Borderline of GA status, and I'm putting it on hold so improvements can be made. Feel free to Express Yourself if you have any thoughts about specific concerns.
Thebiguglyalien (
talk) 00:22, 10 October 2022 (UTC)reply
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Bluesatellite would you be responding to the comments? :) —
IB[
Poke ] 17:29, 11 October 2022 (UTC)reply
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Thebiguglyalien: seeing that Bluesatellite is probably busy in real life, I will try to get to some of the review comments by myself. —
IB[
Poke ] 18:51, 15 October 2022 (UTC)reply
Hello guys, thank you so much for the attention and sorry for being late. I have addressed the reviews. :)
Bluesatellite (
talk) 01:48, 17 October 2022 (UTC)reply
All concerns have been addressed, and it reads Like a Prayer. I'll pass the article now.
Thebiguglyalien (
talk) 02:08, 17 October 2022 (UTC)reply