The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 19:51, 9 November 2011 [1].
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I am nominating this for featured article because... only three people commented last time, and the FAC was closed due to not enough people casting a vote or posting a review of things to do after only 6 days. Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 00:00, 2 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Source review - spotchecks not done. Nikkimaria ( talk) 20:55, 7 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Copyscape review - No issues were revealed by Copyscape searches. Graham Colm ( talk) 21:04, 7 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Oppose Comment - There have not been many changes to this article since its last nomination. Some of the problems with the prose that were pointed out last time are still present such as "with Rihanna commanding an army". This should be "with Rihanna's commanding...", but this does not flow well and the sentence needs to be completely recast. And we still have "changes to daytime desert scene with Rihanna walking...", which should read "changes to a daytime desert scene as Rihanna walks...". Quotations should be chosen for their quality; this is rubbish, "fishnets, boots and a reggae-inspired leather playsuit with go faster stripes in red, green and yellow and a hood". I am not going to oppose because I am fed up with coming across as the FAC bastard. But this is still not up to FA standards. Calvin, this not personal, I admire your commitment and perseverance – there must be a lot of Rihanna's fans here on Wikipedia; have you asked around for help? At least read
this.
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21:31, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
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And I have done your changes. Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 14:41, 8 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Oppose -- Efe ( talk) 14:59, 9 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Agree with Graham: "coming across as the FAC bastard". I had opposed several of Calvin's nominations, but his perseverance has been amazing and noteworthy (at least in the WikiSong Project). Anyway, here's my review as basis of my opposing:
From that alone, it seems the article has still so much to improve. Thanks. -- Efe ( talk) 14:59, 9 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Comment: I endorse what Efe says about the need to paraphrase. Take this: ""When I first heard the song, I was in Paris, Dream and Tricky, they flew out and played me the record. They played me a few [songs], but this one stuck out to me. It had such an arrogance to it, which is so far from who I am ... which is part of why I wanted to do it. It was fun. It was bragging. A lot of attitude. Young Jeezy was the perfect person for the topic of the song. Just the vibe of the song. I love, love, love his verse. He added so much more to the record." It's OK to use direct quotes for short, pointed comments, but not for this sort of showbizzy over-the-top venting. She wanted to do the song because it was a chance to do something different from her normal output; that's pretty well all you need say. Brianboulton ( talk) 16:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Are you actually having a laugh? It was only transcluded 2 days ago. I thought it was unfair that the first one was closed in less than 6 days, but less than 2 days is really taking the piss. I am not impressed at all. You are not giving my FACs any time to get any form of notice, yet for some reason, other FACs get to to stay for weeks and weeks, even if no one has commented for over a week. I'm so angry and annoyed right now.
Calvin •
TalkThatTalk
20:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
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The article was not promoted by SandyGeorgia 19:51, 9 November 2011 [1].
Hard (song) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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I am nominating this for featured article because... only three people commented last time, and the FAC was closed due to not enough people casting a vote or posting a review of things to do after only 6 days. Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 00:00, 2 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Source review - spotchecks not done. Nikkimaria ( talk) 20:55, 7 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Copyscape review - No issues were revealed by Copyscape searches. Graham Colm ( talk) 21:04, 7 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Oppose Comment - There have not been many changes to this article since its last nomination. Some of the problems with the prose that were pointed out last time are still present such as "with Rihanna commanding an army". This should be "with Rihanna's commanding...", but this does not flow well and the sentence needs to be completely recast. And we still have "changes to daytime desert scene with Rihanna walking...", which should read "changes to a daytime desert scene as Rihanna walks...". Quotations should be chosen for their quality; this is rubbish, "fishnets, boots and a reggae-inspired leather playsuit with go faster stripes in red, green and yellow and a hood". I am not going to oppose because I am fed up with coming across as the FAC bastard. But this is still not up to FA standards. Calvin, this not personal, I admire your commitment and perseverance – there must be a lot of Rihanna's fans here on Wikipedia; have you asked around for help? At least read
this.
Graham Colm (
talk)
21:31, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
reply
And I have done your changes. Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 14:41, 8 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Oppose -- Efe ( talk) 14:59, 9 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Agree with Graham: "coming across as the FAC bastard". I had opposed several of Calvin's nominations, but his perseverance has been amazing and noteworthy (at least in the WikiSong Project). Anyway, here's my review as basis of my opposing:
From that alone, it seems the article has still so much to improve. Thanks. -- Efe ( talk) 14:59, 9 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Comment: I endorse what Efe says about the need to paraphrase. Take this: ""When I first heard the song, I was in Paris, Dream and Tricky, they flew out and played me the record. They played me a few [songs], but this one stuck out to me. It had such an arrogance to it, which is so far from who I am ... which is part of why I wanted to do it. It was fun. It was bragging. A lot of attitude. Young Jeezy was the perfect person for the topic of the song. Just the vibe of the song. I love, love, love his verse. He added so much more to the record." It's OK to use direct quotes for short, pointed comments, but not for this sort of showbizzy over-the-top venting. She wanted to do the song because it was a chance to do something different from her normal output; that's pretty well all you need say. Brianboulton ( talk) 16:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Are you actually having a laugh? It was only transcluded 2 days ago. I thought it was unfair that the first one was closed in less than 6 days, but less than 2 days is really taking the piss. I am not impressed at all. You are not giving my FACs any time to get any form of notice, yet for some reason, other FACs get to to stay for weeks and weeks, even if no one has commented for over a week. I'm so angry and annoyed right now.
Calvin •
TalkThatTalk
20:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
reply