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As the song is a childhood favourite of mine (I was 11 at the time of release), I am very glad to see this nominated and will take a lot of pride in reviewing it! --
K. Peake20:45, 20 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Infobox and lead
Recording date is unsourced; will.i.am recording with her for the album this was slated to appear on doesn't back up the date
Fixed, there are two Record Plan studios, one in LA and one in NYC. Granted can't actually tell if the LA one is in hollywood or not so i've cleared that up
"speak about getting back up" → "speak about coming back" per the body's wording
Fixed
"The song drew comparisons to the song" → "The song was compared to"
Fixed
"as well other works" → "as well as other works"
Fixed
"A music video featuring
kaleidoscope camera effects," → "An accompanying
music video featuring a
kaleidoscope camera effect," with the wikilink, plus this should be at the end of this para instead
Fixed
Lil-unique1 I meant at the end of this para if reception was still in this para; since it's not, I should've specified before that this should follow both critical and commercial reception, even if switching the order means changes to what is in the paras currently. --
K. Peake08:06, 22 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Geometric shapes are not sourced, only Scherzinger appearing in a geometric and pipe to
Geometry, plus monochrome backgrounds are not sourced
Not fixed It's synopsis and can be seen by watching the video
Kyle Peake, I've always been told in the past that the guideline on plot summaries applies. The particular guidance I've referred to is at
MOS:TVPLOT, where it says Plot summaries, and other aspects of a program's content, may be sourced from the works themselves, as long as only basic descriptions are given.. Now granted this isn't at
WP:SONGS, however music videos and TV episodes are both works of media so I any logical reason why this doesn't apply. Similarly
WP:PRIMARY says A primary source may be used on Wikipedia only to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts and says
Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction#Plot_summaries_of_individual_worksBecause works of fiction are primary sources in their articles, basic descriptions of their plots are acceptable without reference to an outside source. I've added the music video itself as a source. That should suffice? ≫
Lil-Unique1-{
Talk }-20:38, 21 March 2021 (UTC)reply
[1] is useless here when it backs up none of the info
Fixed Not quite true, in the MTV interview Scherzinger says "So it's definitely got empowering, strong dance anthems and then I got an urban twist in there and some really good uplifting songs as well". For clarify I've added
this source from Billboard which mentioned a new track listing etc.
The alternate track listing and the quote for what it was set to be made up of are not sourced
see above
"had over forty songs to" → "had over 40 songs to" per
MOS:NUM
Fixed
"of reality TV show," → "of reality TV show" but are you sure it is the USA version and why is 2012 called the following year when this source is dated 2013?
Fixed
The following parts up to the Digital Spy reporting are unsourced
will.i.am should not be capitalised per the stylization of his name, plus either source the previous collabs in the prose of the previous section where they belong with the info about will.i.am recording with Scherzinger or reword the img to mentioning that he was one of the producers
Fixed
""Boomerang" is a" → "Musically, "Boomerang" is a"
Fixed
The genres of dance and pop should be listed as separate ones rather than the dance-pop genre per
WP:STICKTOSOURCE
Remove wikilink on The Irish Times, plus move this review to being before Idolator since it's positive and mention the "Jolly good fun" part
Fixed
"said, "Boomerang" was" → "said that "Boomerang" is"
Fixed
"John Dingwell writing a review for the Daily Record said," → "John Dingwell, writing a review for the Daily Record, said,"
Fixed
"calling the song a" → "calling the song"
Fixed
"you've ever heard."" → "you've ever heard"."
Fixed
Chart performance
Retitle to Commercial performance
Fixed
Remove pipe on Daily Record and add "the" before both it and Daily Mirror
Fixed
"had not playlisted the" → "had not playlisted the song"
Fixed
"and adding that there" → "and added that there"
Fixed
"despite appearing on" → "despite Scherzinger on"
Fixed
""Boomrang" shifted 32,520 copies" → ""Boomerang" pushed 32,520 copies in the UK"
✗Not done - neither here nor there.
Remove "despite the lack of radio support" due to it being more or less repeating the start of the sentence before the clause, plus add a semi-colon after midweek chart for correct separation
Fixed
Move the UK chart info to being before that of Ireland in the second para, as positions should be ordered geographically
Not sure This sentence/section is ordered chronologically because this was back when songs were released in different dates according to different countries' chart tracking weeks. Therefore the way this is written makes sense given it was released in Ireland before the UK
"by the end of the week resulting" → "by the end, resulting"
✗Not done its clearer the original way as it's referring to the tracking week
Lil-unique1 this is straight after the bit about the start of the week, so it is useless to mention the word again plus you need to add the comma before resulting. --
K. Peake07:11, 26 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Mention the Scotland position directly after the UK since everything in the lead needs to be written out in the body, plus write about the Venezuela certification at the end
The TV screens set out in a plus shape is not sourced
✗Not done - sourced from the video itself as discussed in prior section.
"dressed in a black leath and lace dreess," → "dressed in black leather hot pants and a leather jacket," but this is the only part of the sentence that is sourced
✗Not done - sourced from the video itself as discussed in prior section.
None of the kaleidoscope sentence is sourced apart from the geometric part; use
34 for the effect
✗Not done - sourced from the video itself as discussed in prior section.
"said the video showcases Scherzinger's "best dance moves"" → "said the "energetic" video showcases Scherzinger's "best dance moves"." to avoid repetition.
Fixed
"Meanwhile the in an article in the" → "Meanwhile, in an article for"
Fixed
"was praised for" → "was praised by the staff for"
Fixed
Remove or replace PopCrush per my earlier comment
Fixed
"video, saying "The" → "video, saying: "The"
Fixed
The video award should not be in speech marks
Fixed
Promotion
Remove the opening sentence, as that is repeating music video info
Are you sure the labels listed for UK and NZ releases are correct?
Yep, Polydor releases Interscope records in the UK - interscope paid for the song etc but it wasn't actually released in any territories where Interscope is a frontline label. Universal distributes the songs around the world.
Shouldn't the CD single be added here?
Although I know of the existence of CD single (even if it was limited release), I'm not sure of when it was released. I can't source this from Digital spy - it would be OR as its not actually mentioned in the source if that makes sense? ≫
Lil-Unique1-{
Talk }-16:51, 26 March 2021 (UTC)reply
On hold until all of the issues are fixed; I still love this song even after relistening eight years later though!!! --
K. Peake16:29, 21 March 2021 (UTC)reply
All done! I have to say I ended up listening to this song loads while doing the changes. I must admit I like it a lot more now than I did originally back then. I can see why this direction never stuck but the performances and energy were great. The song still knocks, its just feel good! ≫
Lil-Unique1-{
Talk }-17:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Lil-unique1 Nice to see you have addressed everything by now; I will check if all of the fixes have been implemented properly tomorrow (it's 21:52 right now UTC). --
K. Peake21:52, 26 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Lil-unique1 You have missed a number of issues, which I will go through below:
The recording date is still listed in the infobox.
Not sure. I believe the reason I left this in was because Scherzinger said she was working with will.i.am in 2021 and then the song was teased that year too - I thought that was fairly obvious. But if I need a source that specific says "x was recorded in y" then I'll remove it.
You did not add a comma before "and" in the writing sentence.
Fixed
You did not add the word "song" after the genres in the lead.
Fixed
The music video and reception sentences there are in the wrong order.
Fixed
You did not change the "for her upcoming second album," part.
will.i.am previous collaboration info should be moved to background instead since it's relevant there.
Fixed
The dance and pop genres were split in the body but not infobox, plus electropop still remains despite no RS confirming it.
Fixed
You missed "the" before Record Plant in prose.
✗Not done, I'd rephrased that so it says "recorded at Record plant studios in Los Angeles". Not everything needs the word "the" in front of it, particularly as "the" is not part of the title of the studios and there is more than one (one in NY and one in LA).
You should not start "the" with caps before Daily Record and Daily Mirror.
Fixed good spot, changed
You did not change the part to specifying the song was Scherzinger's seventh top 10 single in Ireland.
Fixed
The repetitive part where "the week" is used was not fixed by you.
Fixed
You did not remove the useless "also" from promotion.
Lil-unique1✓Pass now, you did not fix the one last query I mentioned properly but that looks like it was due to being slightly confused about what I wanted it reworded to, so I edited in the fix. --
K. Peake08:26, 28 March 2021 (UTC)reply
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As the song is a childhood favourite of mine (I was 11 at the time of release), I am very glad to see this nominated and will take a lot of pride in reviewing it! --
K. Peake20:45, 20 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Infobox and lead
Recording date is unsourced; will.i.am recording with her for the album this was slated to appear on doesn't back up the date
Fixed, there are two Record Plan studios, one in LA and one in NYC. Granted can't actually tell if the LA one is in hollywood or not so i've cleared that up
"speak about getting back up" → "speak about coming back" per the body's wording
Fixed
"The song drew comparisons to the song" → "The song was compared to"
Fixed
"as well other works" → "as well as other works"
Fixed
"A music video featuring
kaleidoscope camera effects," → "An accompanying
music video featuring a
kaleidoscope camera effect," with the wikilink, plus this should be at the end of this para instead
Fixed
Lil-unique1 I meant at the end of this para if reception was still in this para; since it's not, I should've specified before that this should follow both critical and commercial reception, even if switching the order means changes to what is in the paras currently. --
K. Peake08:06, 22 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Geometric shapes are not sourced, only Scherzinger appearing in a geometric and pipe to
Geometry, plus monochrome backgrounds are not sourced
Not fixed It's synopsis and can be seen by watching the video
Kyle Peake, I've always been told in the past that the guideline on plot summaries applies. The particular guidance I've referred to is at
MOS:TVPLOT, where it says Plot summaries, and other aspects of a program's content, may be sourced from the works themselves, as long as only basic descriptions are given.. Now granted this isn't at
WP:SONGS, however music videos and TV episodes are both works of media so I any logical reason why this doesn't apply. Similarly
WP:PRIMARY says A primary source may be used on Wikipedia only to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts and says
Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction#Plot_summaries_of_individual_worksBecause works of fiction are primary sources in their articles, basic descriptions of their plots are acceptable without reference to an outside source. I've added the music video itself as a source. That should suffice? ≫
Lil-Unique1-{
Talk }-20:38, 21 March 2021 (UTC)reply
[1] is useless here when it backs up none of the info
Fixed Not quite true, in the MTV interview Scherzinger says "So it's definitely got empowering, strong dance anthems and then I got an urban twist in there and some really good uplifting songs as well". For clarify I've added
this source from Billboard which mentioned a new track listing etc.
The alternate track listing and the quote for what it was set to be made up of are not sourced
see above
"had over forty songs to" → "had over 40 songs to" per
MOS:NUM
Fixed
"of reality TV show," → "of reality TV show" but are you sure it is the USA version and why is 2012 called the following year when this source is dated 2013?
Fixed
The following parts up to the Digital Spy reporting are unsourced
will.i.am should not be capitalised per the stylization of his name, plus either source the previous collabs in the prose of the previous section where they belong with the info about will.i.am recording with Scherzinger or reword the img to mentioning that he was one of the producers
Fixed
""Boomerang" is a" → "Musically, "Boomerang" is a"
Fixed
The genres of dance and pop should be listed as separate ones rather than the dance-pop genre per
WP:STICKTOSOURCE
Remove wikilink on The Irish Times, plus move this review to being before Idolator since it's positive and mention the "Jolly good fun" part
Fixed
"said, "Boomerang" was" → "said that "Boomerang" is"
Fixed
"John Dingwell writing a review for the Daily Record said," → "John Dingwell, writing a review for the Daily Record, said,"
Fixed
"calling the song a" → "calling the song"
Fixed
"you've ever heard."" → "you've ever heard"."
Fixed
Chart performance
Retitle to Commercial performance
Fixed
Remove pipe on Daily Record and add "the" before both it and Daily Mirror
Fixed
"had not playlisted the" → "had not playlisted the song"
Fixed
"and adding that there" → "and added that there"
Fixed
"despite appearing on" → "despite Scherzinger on"
Fixed
""Boomrang" shifted 32,520 copies" → ""Boomerang" pushed 32,520 copies in the UK"
✗Not done - neither here nor there.
Remove "despite the lack of radio support" due to it being more or less repeating the start of the sentence before the clause, plus add a semi-colon after midweek chart for correct separation
Fixed
Move the UK chart info to being before that of Ireland in the second para, as positions should be ordered geographically
Not sure This sentence/section is ordered chronologically because this was back when songs were released in different dates according to different countries' chart tracking weeks. Therefore the way this is written makes sense given it was released in Ireland before the UK
"by the end of the week resulting" → "by the end, resulting"
✗Not done its clearer the original way as it's referring to the tracking week
Lil-unique1 this is straight after the bit about the start of the week, so it is useless to mention the word again plus you need to add the comma before resulting. --
K. Peake07:11, 26 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Mention the Scotland position directly after the UK since everything in the lead needs to be written out in the body, plus write about the Venezuela certification at the end
The TV screens set out in a plus shape is not sourced
✗Not done - sourced from the video itself as discussed in prior section.
"dressed in a black leath and lace dreess," → "dressed in black leather hot pants and a leather jacket," but this is the only part of the sentence that is sourced
✗Not done - sourced from the video itself as discussed in prior section.
None of the kaleidoscope sentence is sourced apart from the geometric part; use
34 for the effect
✗Not done - sourced from the video itself as discussed in prior section.
"said the video showcases Scherzinger's "best dance moves"" → "said the "energetic" video showcases Scherzinger's "best dance moves"." to avoid repetition.
Fixed
"Meanwhile the in an article in the" → "Meanwhile, in an article for"
Fixed
"was praised for" → "was praised by the staff for"
Fixed
Remove or replace PopCrush per my earlier comment
Fixed
"video, saying "The" → "video, saying: "The"
Fixed
The video award should not be in speech marks
Fixed
Promotion
Remove the opening sentence, as that is repeating music video info
Are you sure the labels listed for UK and NZ releases are correct?
Yep, Polydor releases Interscope records in the UK - interscope paid for the song etc but it wasn't actually released in any territories where Interscope is a frontline label. Universal distributes the songs around the world.
Shouldn't the CD single be added here?
Although I know of the existence of CD single (even if it was limited release), I'm not sure of when it was released. I can't source this from Digital spy - it would be OR as its not actually mentioned in the source if that makes sense? ≫
Lil-Unique1-{
Talk }-16:51, 26 March 2021 (UTC)reply
On hold until all of the issues are fixed; I still love this song even after relistening eight years later though!!! --
K. Peake16:29, 21 March 2021 (UTC)reply
All done! I have to say I ended up listening to this song loads while doing the changes. I must admit I like it a lot more now than I did originally back then. I can see why this direction never stuck but the performances and energy were great. The song still knocks, its just feel good! ≫
Lil-Unique1-{
Talk }-17:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Lil-unique1 Nice to see you have addressed everything by now; I will check if all of the fixes have been implemented properly tomorrow (it's 21:52 right now UTC). --
K. Peake21:52, 26 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Lil-unique1 You have missed a number of issues, which I will go through below:
The recording date is still listed in the infobox.
Not sure. I believe the reason I left this in was because Scherzinger said she was working with will.i.am in 2021 and then the song was teased that year too - I thought that was fairly obvious. But if I need a source that specific says "x was recorded in y" then I'll remove it.
You did not add a comma before "and" in the writing sentence.
Fixed
You did not add the word "song" after the genres in the lead.
Fixed
The music video and reception sentences there are in the wrong order.
Fixed
You did not change the "for her upcoming second album," part.
will.i.am previous collaboration info should be moved to background instead since it's relevant there.
Fixed
The dance and pop genres were split in the body but not infobox, plus electropop still remains despite no RS confirming it.
Fixed
You missed "the" before Record Plant in prose.
✗Not done, I'd rephrased that so it says "recorded at Record plant studios in Los Angeles". Not everything needs the word "the" in front of it, particularly as "the" is not part of the title of the studios and there is more than one (one in NY and one in LA).
You should not start "the" with caps before Daily Record and Daily Mirror.
Fixed good spot, changed
You did not change the part to specifying the song was Scherzinger's seventh top 10 single in Ireland.
Fixed
The repetitive part where "the week" is used was not fixed by you.
Fixed
You did not remove the useless "also" from promotion.
Lil-unique1✓Pass now, you did not fix the one last query I mentioned properly but that looks like it was due to being slightly confused about what I wanted it reworded to, so I edited in the fix. --
K. Peake08:26, 28 March 2021 (UTC)reply