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Alright, this has sat here long enough. I'm going to try and give this a good and thorough review. I've got a checklist down below to keep track of my review but I'll also add comments down below here. On first glance this definitely looks like a solid article. ToaNidhiki0500:22, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Prose
Generally looks good! One issue I've noticed is in regards to numbering. Per
MOS:NUMERAL, numbers from 0 to 9 should be spelled out, but from what I can tell almost all numerals are spelled out. By my count there are 12 instances (all of them used when denoting chart positions) where numerals under 0-9 need to be written out. I've already spared you the trouble of making the only other number issue (using "No." when the rest of the article uses "number").ToaNidhiki0500:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
All images seem to be good and meet the free/fair use requirements. I would like to know if there are any more images that can be included, just to make things a little more interesting - there's a long wall of text between the lede and the first image. Even one more image somewhere could make things look a little nicer. This is just a recommendation, not a requirement, but is something I noticed.. ToaNidhiki0500:48, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
I moved the second image of Lawrence himself upward, and added pictures of Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney in the "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" section. Ten Pound Hammer • (
What did I screw up now?)01:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Scope and focus both seem good. Everything important is discussed from what I can tell but nothing goes into unneeded detail. ToaNidhiki0501:26, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
I've found one fairly major scope/focus in in the lede, on second view: it only focuses on his career. At a minimum, it might be worth noting a little bit about his upbringing - what made him want to start singing, his very very early career, etc. ToaNidhiki0500:40, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Most sources don't really say much more about his early life other than what I've already written, although I have tried to flesh it out a little more. Compare
Kathy Mattea, also a GA, where the "early life" segment is about as short. It looks like he really did just go straight from "moved to Nashville" to "signed to a major label" within a year. Ten Pound Hammer • (
What did I screw up now?)02:51, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Oh I was more referring to mentioning what is already in the body in the lede. Either way it's fine if that's what other articles do - just a suggestion. ToaNidhiki0503:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
One immediate catch here: a lot of links to Newspapers.com. That's a very good resource to use, but each usage should have a |url-access=subscription tag to let the reader know it is a subscription service. By my count there are 12 citations that go to Newspapers.com and each should have the tag.ToaNidhiki0501:42, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
AllMusic should not be italicized. All italicizations in sources should be changed (this can be done by changing from work=Allmusic to publisher=Allmusic). This should also be changed in the text body as well.ToaNidhiki0501:56, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Looks good now. I think that's the last of the formatting issues so I'll follow up with a spot check but everything else looks good. ToaNidhiki0502:08, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Citations 1, 51, and 61 should be corrected to use the mdy format the rest of the article uses. Currently they use different formats. ToaNidhiki0500:42, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
I'm not sure how citation 4 relates to the claim made in the personal life section (that the charges against him were cleared). I assume source 18 covers that, but source 4 doesn't mention it from what I can tell.ToaNidhiki0501:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
That was a misplacement. Fixed.
Citation 93 does not appear to meet the claim made. It links to a list of articles and I see no mention of Lawrence's second daughter or her birth.ToaNidhiki05
All the issues I've mentioned appear to have been fixed. The prose looks fine to me - I might make a few minor changes myself later - but I don't see anything major enough to warrant a discussion here. Since all this seems to be addressed, I'm going to go ahead and pass the article. ToaNidhiki0503:20, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
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Alright, this has sat here long enough. I'm going to try and give this a good and thorough review. I've got a checklist down below to keep track of my review but I'll also add comments down below here. On first glance this definitely looks like a solid article. ToaNidhiki0500:22, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Prose
Generally looks good! One issue I've noticed is in regards to numbering. Per
MOS:NUMERAL, numbers from 0 to 9 should be spelled out, but from what I can tell almost all numerals are spelled out. By my count there are 12 instances (all of them used when denoting chart positions) where numerals under 0-9 need to be written out. I've already spared you the trouble of making the only other number issue (using "No." when the rest of the article uses "number").ToaNidhiki0500:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
All images seem to be good and meet the free/fair use requirements. I would like to know if there are any more images that can be included, just to make things a little more interesting - there's a long wall of text between the lede and the first image. Even one more image somewhere could make things look a little nicer. This is just a recommendation, not a requirement, but is something I noticed.. ToaNidhiki0500:48, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
I moved the second image of Lawrence himself upward, and added pictures of Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney in the "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" section. Ten Pound Hammer • (
What did I screw up now?)01:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Scope and focus both seem good. Everything important is discussed from what I can tell but nothing goes into unneeded detail. ToaNidhiki0501:26, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
I've found one fairly major scope/focus in in the lede, on second view: it only focuses on his career. At a minimum, it might be worth noting a little bit about his upbringing - what made him want to start singing, his very very early career, etc. ToaNidhiki0500:40, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Most sources don't really say much more about his early life other than what I've already written, although I have tried to flesh it out a little more. Compare
Kathy Mattea, also a GA, where the "early life" segment is about as short. It looks like he really did just go straight from "moved to Nashville" to "signed to a major label" within a year. Ten Pound Hammer • (
What did I screw up now?)02:51, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Oh I was more referring to mentioning what is already in the body in the lede. Either way it's fine if that's what other articles do - just a suggestion. ToaNidhiki0503:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
One immediate catch here: a lot of links to Newspapers.com. That's a very good resource to use, but each usage should have a |url-access=subscription tag to let the reader know it is a subscription service. By my count there are 12 citations that go to Newspapers.com and each should have the tag.ToaNidhiki0501:42, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
AllMusic should not be italicized. All italicizations in sources should be changed (this can be done by changing from work=Allmusic to publisher=Allmusic). This should also be changed in the text body as well.ToaNidhiki0501:56, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Looks good now. I think that's the last of the formatting issues so I'll follow up with a spot check but everything else looks good. ToaNidhiki0502:08, 1 June 2019 (UTC)reply
Citations 1, 51, and 61 should be corrected to use the mdy format the rest of the article uses. Currently they use different formats. ToaNidhiki0500:42, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
I'm not sure how citation 4 relates to the claim made in the personal life section (that the charges against him were cleared). I assume source 18 covers that, but source 4 doesn't mention it from what I can tell.ToaNidhiki0501:27, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply
That was a misplacement. Fixed.
Citation 93 does not appear to meet the claim made. It links to a list of articles and I see no mention of Lawrence's second daughter or her birth.ToaNidhiki05
All the issues I've mentioned appear to have been fixed. The prose looks fine to me - I might make a few minor changes myself later - but I don't see anything major enough to warrant a discussion here. Since all this seems to be addressed, I'm going to go ahead and pass the article. ToaNidhiki0503:20, 2 June 2019 (UTC)reply