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Reviewer: My love is love ( talk · contribs) 21:40, 12 January 2012 (UTC) reply

I'll review this article in the next few days. My love is love ( talk) 21:40, 12 January 2012 (UTC) reply

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b ( MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c ( OR):

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, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Infobox

• Which is the correct image; File:Kelly Clarkson - Because of You.jpg or File:Because of You Single.PNG? If the first one is the correct image, then reduce its size to 300 × 300 pixels.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• Add the place where the song was recorded in the "Recorded" part in the infobox.  Done— My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Lead

• I've copy-edited the lead but there are still a few issues.
• "It was written by Clarkson with David Hodges and Ben Moody and produced by Hodges and Moody" a bit awkward. Don't you think that this flows better: "It was written by Clarkson, David Hodges and Ben Moody while the production was handled by Hodges and Moody"?  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• "... her request was not entertained by her label." - "... her request was not accepted by her label."  Done
• "Critically, "Because of You" garnered generally positive receptions." - "Critically, "Because of You" garnered positive reviews by most music critics who generally praised Clarkson's vocals."  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• "... in the United States, the song peaked at number seven..." - "in the United States, it peaked at number seven..." (The song is already repeated in the previouse sentences.)  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• "The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video at the 2006 MTV Video Music" - "It won in the category for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]] at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards."  Done
• "It was covered by several artists, including Ronan Parke. - Explain who is he.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Background and writing

• "It was written by Clarkson with David Hodges and Ben Moody and produced by Hodges and Moody" - Same as above.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• "She took less than 25 minutes to write the song lyrics." - "She wrote the lyrics of the song in less than 25 minutes."  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• Un-link Evanescence in the quotation "Hearing the Evanescence album...". We shouldn't link terms in the quotes and Evanescence is linked below in the critical reception section.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Composition

• ""Because of You" is a pop rock song with a length of three minutes and thirty-nine seconds.[7]" - This isn't said in the source you cited. Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• "According to the sheetmusic..." - "According to the sheet music..."  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• Please provide a source after "The song begins with piano-led melody as Clarkson sings "I will not make / the same mistake that you did"" - this sentence.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• I've also done some small correction in the article because I didn't want to point them here.

Critical reception

• There were several reviews in the composition section which I moved in this section as they were discussing the song critically, not musically.
• Again there were some small mistakes that I didn't want to point here.

Chart performance

• Please write the numbers bigger that ten with numbers not with letters. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Numbers as figures or words  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• "It also topped the Pop Songs chart." - When?  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• "On December 2009, the song appeared at number seven on the list of Best of the 2000s - Pop Songs compiled by Billboard." - ""Because of You" became the seventh best selling single of the 2000s decade on the Pop Songs chart complied by Billboard." Plus put this sentence right after the information about topping the Pop Songs chart. Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• "Additionally, the song appeared on the ARIA's Year End Charts of 2006 at number fifty-eight. - "The song became the fifty eighth best-selling single in Australia in 2006."  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Music video

Development

• Small issues fixed by me.

Synopsis

• "The video starts at the Clarkson household. - "The video starts at Clarkson's household."  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Reception and accolades

• "Elizabeth Black of VH1 Blog ranked the music video at number four in her list of five emotive music video performances review. - "Elizabeth Black of [[VH1]] ranked the music video at number four in her list of "Five Emotive Music Video Performances"."  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Live performances

• On August 21, 2007, Clarkson appeared on the fifth season of Canadian Idol as a mentor for the Top 5 contestants and performed "Because of You" and "Never Again (2007)."[59] - "On August 21, 2007, Clarkson performed "Because of You" and "Never Again" (2007) on the Canadian Idol where she was also a mentor for the top five contestants[59]" - I still find the fact that she was a mentor to be unimportant.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply
• Clarkson's performance of the song during the tour in the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, was given a positive review by Jim Cantiello of MTV. - Un-link New York City, as it is linked above.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Track listing

• The comma goes right after "Because of You" not in the whole nime. Ex. "Because of You (Jason Nevins Radio)" should be "Because of You" (Jason Nevins Radio). Do it everywhere you see it.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Credits and personnel

• Link liner notes in the sentence "Credits adapted from the liner notes of Breakaway."  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Charts and certifications

• Add "|accessdate=January xx, 2012" (xx is the date when you added the Template:Singlechart) in the chart section.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Year-end charts

• I'm pretty sure it is listed on several other year-end charts.  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Release history

• Can you expand this a little more?

I could not find any other sources — My December ^{( talk)} 08:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC) reply

[http://www.amazon.com/Because-You-Kelly-Clarkson/dp/B000BYY1AA], [http://www.amazon.com/Because-You-Kelly-Clarkson/dp/B000BYY182], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Because-You-Kelly-Clarkson/dp/B000BYY1AA/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1326758325&sr=1-2], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Because-You-Kelly-Clarkson/dp/B000BYY182/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1326758325&sr=1-3], [http://www.amazon.de/Because-You-Kelly-Clarkson/dp/B000E5KP1K], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Because-Of-You/dp/B001GTDSI0], [http://www.amazon.de/Dance-Vault-Mixes-Because-You/dp/B00255JBB2/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326758501&sr=301-1], [1]. Maybe you have some of this sources in the track listing section so be careful not to repeat them. And remove the information about the release of the music video in this section. My love is love ( talk) 00:05, 17 January 2012 (UTC)  Done — My December ^{( talk)} 06:10, 17 January 2012 (UTC) reply

• There's a problem with File:Because of You Single.PNG. Please improve its summary. A bot will delete it if you don't. My love is love ( talk) 16:53, 20 January 2012 (UTC)' reply

the bot already deleted the cover. so i use the one that i originally uploaded. — My December ^{( talk)} 11:02, 21 January 2012 (UTC) reply

• I'll continue tomorrow. There are lots of problems with the references. My love is love ( talk) 20:28, 29 January 2012 (UTC) reply

Cover versions

• "Lisa Tucker was eliminated in the Top 10 following her performance of the song on the fifth season of American Idol.[111][112]" - Awkward. It looks like she was eliminated because of the song not because of her performance. Done— My December ^{( talk)} 17:01, 5 February 2012 (UTC) reply

Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson version

• First of all change the name of this section to Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson version. Done— My December ^{( talk)} 17:01, 5 February 2012 (UTC) reply
• "The duet garnered mixed reviews from critics who felt that even though McEntire's singing was beautiful..." - Change beautiful with some other word.  Done— My December ^{( talk)} 17:01, 5 February 2012 (UTC) reply
• The other paragraphs has small mistakes which i corrected.

References Done— My December ^{( talk)} 17

01, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

• First of all, I want to ask you do you want me to go through the references, or you want to do them yourself? I have to tell you there are lot of issues with them.
• FN 7: Billboard is italicized. Plus add publisher=Prometheus Global Media.
• FN 17: add publisher=Prometheus Global Media.
• FN 18: Unlink Blogcritics.
• FN 22: Unlink Billboard and Prometheus Global Media.
• FN 28: Link Yahoo!.
• FN 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37: Unlink Billboard. Plus remove Billboard from FN: 32, 33, 36, 37.
• FN 35: Unlink Australian Recording Industry Association
• FN 38 and 39: Media Control Charts and Bundesverband Musikindustrie shouldn't be italicized. And replace aberratio GmbH on FN 39 with PhonoNet GmbH.
• FN 43: Unlink MTV News.
• FN 46, 47: Unreliable. Remove them with the accompanying text.
• FN 49: Unlink MTV.
• FN 50: Unlink About.com.
• FN 51: Los Angeles Times is italicized. Plus link Tribune Company.
• FN 52: Rolling Stone is italicized. Plus unlink it and change Wenner Media LLC to Wenner Media.
• FN 56 and 57: Unlink MTV.
• FN 58: USA Today is italicizes. Plus rename the publisher to Gannett Company.
• FN 59: This one is from Los Angeles Times not Eddy Hartenstein. Plus unlink Tribune Company.
• FN 60: Unlink Yahoo! Music.
• FN 61: Change Straight.com to The Georgia Straight.
• FN 62: Change The Hartford Courant to Hartford Courant. Plus add publisher=Tribune Company.
• FN 63: Change Gannett Company, Inc. to Gannett Company.
• FN 64: Soul Shine Magazine is not italicized.
• FN 65: Unlink MTV.
• FN 66: Change Jann Wenner to Rolling Stone.
• FN 67: Allmusic isn't italicized. Plus unlink both Allmusic and Rovi Corporation.
• FN 68, 69: Remove RCA Records from here. FN 69 should be publisher=iTunes Store. Apple Inc and link both of them.
• FN 94: Add year.
• FN 97: Change Dutchcharts.nl to Dutch Top 40 per consistency.
• FN 98, 99, 100: Add year.
• FN 102: Unlink both Billboard and Prometheus Global Media.
• FN 104: Store in iTunes Store is with capital letter. Plus remove double full stop from Apple Inc and.
• FN 105, 106 and 107: Remove RCA Records. Plus unlink Amazon.com from FN: 106 and 107.
• FN 108: Same as FN 104. Plus unlink iTunes Store.
• FN 110: Digital Spy is not italicized. Plus its publisher is Hachette Filipacchi Médias.
• FN 111 and 112: Unlink MTV.
• FN 114, 115 and 116: Unlink Allkpop.
• FN 117: USA Today is italicized. publisher=Gannett Company. Unlink them.
• FN 119: Allmusic and Rovi Corporation aren't italicizes and unlink them.
• FN 120: Blogcritics is not italicized and un-link it.
• FN 121: Unlink Billboard and Prometheus Global Media.
• FN 122: It's Radio & Records not Radio and Records.
• FN 123: PopMatters is not italicized. Plus remove Sarah Zupko from here.
• FN 124: About.com is note italicized. Unlink The New York Times Company.
• FN 125, 126: Country Universe is not italicized.
• FN 128: Unlink AOL.
• FN 129: Unlink Billboard and Prometheus Global Media.
• FN 130: Unlink About.com and Add publisher=The New York Times Company
• FN 131: Unlink Rolling Stone; it's also italicized and add publisher=Wenner Media
• FN 132: Same as 130.
• FN 133: Change Ascap.com to American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
• FN 134 and 135, 137, 138, 140, 142: Unlink Billboard and Prometheus Global Media.
• FN 136: same as 130.
• FN 139: Add Billboard and Prometheus Global Media.
• FN 141: Yahoo! Music is not italicized and unlink it. Also unlink Yahoo!.
• FN 143, 145, 148: Country Music Television is not italicized.
• FN 144: Unlink MTV. Plus it is not italicized.
• FN 146: Unlink Los Angeles Times and add Tribune Company.
• FN 149: Oprah.com is not italicized.
• FN 151: Allmusic is not italicized; unlink Allmusic and Rovi Corporation
• FN 152: Unlink iTunes Store and Apple Inc. iTunes Store is not italicized.