User:Piano non troppo reviewed this article with ridiculous claims that it goes into unnecessary detail (without sounding too waxy, many good articles and even featured articles are structured similarly), that it is a "PR piece to promote Lady Gaga" and that the artist should be consulted for advice on how to improve the article ( WP:COI, much?). Mainly, the criticisms were that it focused on information such as the music video and performances and that it did not focus solely on composition. I think this user fails to see that there are other aspects other than musical structure that make a song notable. But my main concern with Piano reviewing the article is that s/he appears to have a bias due to being involved in an edit conflict recently.
There was a content dispute over whether the artist's official site should be used in the external links section that this user was involved in, that was eventually resolved with a consensus to exclude it. I think that this user's extreme and, in my opinion, outrageous criticism of this excellent article was merely a tool for this user to have the GAN failed at any cost. Per WP:GAN, "Articles can be [...] reviewed by any registered user who has not contributed significantly to the article." As s/he was involved in a recent dispute involving this page, it was therefore inappropriate for him/her to review it. Several editors included myself noted this at the GAN but s/he refused to step down and let another user review it.
Eventually, User:Una Smith failed this article claiming that there was a content dispute. There was no edit warring over the "issues" Piano raised at the article, and the GAN merely seemed like the nominator and other editors trying to discuss their opinions with the reviewer. I saw the GAN as a discussion and not a content dispute, so that does not make the article fail its GAN, in my opinion.
As per the good article criteria, the article definitely meets all of it. User:Legolas2186 is an excellent editor who has contributed to numerous good articles, several featured lists, and one featured article. He has obviously worked hard to bring the "Paparazzi" article to the quality that it is, and for a biased user to review it with suggestions that would ultimately lead to it being a non-neutral stub is not fair after that hard work. I have opened this community reassessment in hopes that this page will be listed as a good article. Chase wc 91 01:10, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
User:Piano non troppo reviewed this article with ridiculous claims that it goes into unnecessary detail (without sounding too waxy, many good articles and even featured articles are structured similarly), that it is a "PR piece to promote Lady Gaga" and that the artist should be consulted for advice on how to improve the article ( WP:COI, much?). Mainly, the criticisms were that it focused on information such as the music video and performances and that it did not focus solely on composition. I think this user fails to see that there are other aspects other than musical structure that make a song notable. But my main concern with Piano reviewing the article is that s/he appears to have a bias due to being involved in an edit conflict recently.
There was a content dispute over whether the artist's official site should be used in the external links section that this user was involved in, that was eventually resolved with a consensus to exclude it. I think that this user's extreme and, in my opinion, outrageous criticism of this excellent article was merely a tool for this user to have the GAN failed at any cost. Per WP:GAN, "Articles can be [...] reviewed by any registered user who has not contributed significantly to the article." As s/he was involved in a recent dispute involving this page, it was therefore inappropriate for him/her to review it. Several editors included myself noted this at the GAN but s/he refused to step down and let another user review it.
Eventually, User:Una Smith failed this article claiming that there was a content dispute. There was no edit warring over the "issues" Piano raised at the article, and the GAN merely seemed like the nominator and other editors trying to discuss their opinions with the reviewer. I saw the GAN as a discussion and not a content dispute, so that does not make the article fail its GAN, in my opinion.
As per the good article criteria, the article definitely meets all of it. User:Legolas2186 is an excellent editor who has contributed to numerous good articles, several featured lists, and one featured article. He has obviously worked hard to bring the "Paparazzi" article to the quality that it is, and for a biased user to review it with suggestions that would ultimately lead to it being a non-neutral stub is not fair after that hard work. I have opened this community reassessment in hopes that this page will be listed as a good article. Chase wc 91 01:10, 15 January 2010 (UTC)