Talk:Mr. Songbird/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MarioSoulTruthFan (talk · contribs) 19:14, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Infobox

• Fine

Lead

• The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, → year of release in between brackets

• Done.

• but removed it from the album's track listing late in the production process. Because the 12-track edition was issued in several European countries, the song's first release was in Sweden and Norway in October 1968. → but removed it from the album's track listing in a last-minute decision. However, the original 12-track edition had already been sent to several European countries. The song's

• Done.

 Done

Composition and recording

• I would remove the image, doesn't add anything vital to the article

• Fair enough. Removed.

• Unlink the second instance of Andy Miller

• Fixed.

• recording for which began in earnest in March 1968 → recording for the album or song? It mentions both in the previous sentence.

• Clarified that it's the album.

• Mellotron → casual readers won't be familiarized with this, a small sentence between commas could go a long way

• Added a bit on what a Mellotron is.

 Done

Release and reception

• The song therefore does → Therefore, the song does

• Fixed.

• Because of the last-minute → Despite the last-minute

• I disagree. It's because the decision was made at the last minute that masters had already been sent away. If he made the decision earlier, they likely could have been halted. I don't think "Despite" would make much sense in that context.

• Didn't the masters already been sent away when he made the decision? Maybe rephrase it. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 11:31, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

• Tried rewording things to make it clearer.

• featuring both a "blithe melody and toe-tapping arrangement" → as they both feature a "blithe melody and toe-tapping arrangement"

• He's not talking about both "Wonderboy" and "Mr. Songbird", but just the latter, so I've tweak the wording to clarify that.

• is comparable the best written → is comparable to the best written

• Fixed.

• released 25 January 1973 → released on 25 January 1973

• Fixed.

 Done

References

• Fine
• Sourcecheck: 4, 7, 12, 16, 20 and 21

External links

• Fine

Overall

• Personel section with producers, writers, engineers...

• Personnel sections are required for albums by WP:PERSONNEL, the WP:SONGS doesn't actually required them for song articles. I try to include them where able, as on "I've Just Seen a Face", but with the Kinks I often just don't have any way to verify every musician on the recording. That's the case here, which is why there isn't one.

• You need to mention the writer and producer on the body of the article.

• Done.

 Done

• Let me know once you are done. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 18:24, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

• That should be everything. Thanks MarioSoulTruthFan. Tkbrett (✉) 18:54, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

• I made some edits, see if you are ok with those and left a question. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 11:26, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

• MarioSoulTruthFan, I think that introduced a typo, so I adjusted the sentence to improve its wording. The years are fine. Tkbrett (✉) 18:18, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

  Great work, passing now. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 22:21, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

  Thanks very much for the review, I appreciate it. Tkbrett (✉) 01:20, 21 June 2022 (UTC)