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I'm finding that this older FA is in need of a copyedit to rise up to current FA criteria. The excess of superfluous quotes heavily disrupts the flow of the article, making it hard to read at times. Especially in the "Clothing and fashion" and "Alcohol and drugs" sections, where almost every sentence has a quote in it. Just as examples:
For grunge singers, long hair was used "as a mask to conceal the face" so they can "expres[s their] innermost thoughts"; Cobain is a notable example. Male grunge musicians were "... unkempt ... [and] ... unshaven [,] with ... tousled hair" that was often unwashed, greasy and "... matted [into a] sheep-dog mop".
As well, since women in the grunge scene wore the "... same plaid [shirt]s, boots, and short cropped heads as their male counterparts", women showed "... that they are not defined by their sex appeal."
"Grunge ... became an anti-consumerist movement where the less you spent on clothes, the more 'coolness' you had."
A 2014 book stated that whereas in the 1980s, people used the "stimulant" cocaine to socialize and "... celebrate good times", in the 1990s grunge scene, the "depressant" heroin was used to "retreat" into a "cocoon" and be "... sheltered from a harsh and unforgiving world which offered ... few prospects for ... change or hope."
Relevant and interesting quotes should be used to brighten the prose and to shed light on certain aspects. Most of the prose should be paraphrased from the sources though, and the article should have a single voice telling the narrative. There's also some unsourced sentences here and there. RetiredDuke ( talk) 11:59, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
A cleanup of the references is also in order. RetiredDuke ( talk) 13:45, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
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Can someone verify that a stylistic origin of grunge is college rock? Roscoe the Horse ( talk) 07:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
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I'm finding that this older FA is in need of a copyedit to rise up to current FA criteria. The excess of superfluous quotes heavily disrupts the flow of the article, making it hard to read at times. Especially in the "Clothing and fashion" and "Alcohol and drugs" sections, where almost every sentence has a quote in it. Just as examples:
For grunge singers, long hair was used "as a mask to conceal the face" so they can "expres[s their] innermost thoughts"; Cobain is a notable example. Male grunge musicians were "... unkempt ... [and] ... unshaven [,] with ... tousled hair" that was often unwashed, greasy and "... matted [into a] sheep-dog mop".
As well, since women in the grunge scene wore the "... same plaid [shirt]s, boots, and short cropped heads as their male counterparts", women showed "... that they are not defined by their sex appeal."
"Grunge ... became an anti-consumerist movement where the less you spent on clothes, the more 'coolness' you had."
A 2014 book stated that whereas in the 1980s, people used the "stimulant" cocaine to socialize and "... celebrate good times", in the 1990s grunge scene, the "depressant" heroin was used to "retreat" into a "cocoon" and be "... sheltered from a harsh and unforgiving world which offered ... few prospects for ... change or hope."
Relevant and interesting quotes should be used to brighten the prose and to shed light on certain aspects. Most of the prose should be paraphrased from the sources though, and the article should have a single voice telling the narrative. There's also some unsourced sentences here and there. RetiredDuke ( talk) 11:59, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
A cleanup of the references is also in order. RetiredDuke ( talk) 13:45, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
The redirect
Gribbly has been listed at
redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the
redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 11 § Gribbly until a consensus is reached.
Utopes (
talk /
cont)
07:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
Can someone verify that a stylistic origin of grunge is college rock? Roscoe the Horse ( talk) 07:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)