Wikipedia:Peer review/Is This It/archive1

Is This It

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Don't really know why I wrote this. But, I was adding the accolades one day, and the next thing I know, I'd written it all. I'd appreciate a PR against the FA criteria, especially prose issues which are picked on in more detail from my experience. RB88 (T) 17:03, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Brianboulton comments: This is rather a hurried review due to limited time. Most of my comments are pretty small stuff; the article looks well-prepared and is very well-presented.

• Lead
  • "The chosen cover often courted controversy..." I suggest "often" isn't necessary
    • DONE
  • Link DVD (as you have with EP)
    • I often get told to unlink because it's very common. EP is more niche and old-school.
  • Suggestion: the last two sentences summarise why Is this it is especially notable. Should these statements be promoted to a reorganised first paragraph, in which the noteworthiness of the subject is normally made explicit?
    • Added a bit more to top paragraph.
• Origins
  • Moretti's quoted comment has two links in it. "Doors-y" should be supported by a parenthetical note, e.g. [referring to the rock band The Doors]. I'm not sure about linking "classical" - well enough understood, I would have thought, without the link.
    • DONE
  • "were working part-time" presumably refers to their non-musical activities. Clearer would be "had part-time jobs"
    • DONE
• Studio sessions
  • "Although a rapport developed between the two parties,..." It's not absolutely clear which two parties are meant here.
    • DONE
  • "Despite its poor infrastructure, it includes..." → "the studio includes..."
    • Studio is mentioned the sentence before. Don't want to repeat so sorted out the its instead.
  • "Averse to being credited as co-producers, the band usually only recorded songs once based on Casablancas's preference for "raw efficiency". Try as I may I can't work out what this means. "Usually only" is not easy on the ear. Is a comma missing after "once"? Even so the logic escapes me.
    • First part not that necessary. The rest was tweaked.
  • A real sea of blue: "Pro Co RAT distortion effects pedals, overdriving amplifiers or preamps, and reverse echo..." I'm not sure how or if this can be avoided, but quite honestly, if readers have to click on almost every word in a sentence to understand it, they're going to give up.
    • I agree and tried my best here. Split the sentence and condensed/explained a bit more.
  • "Casablancas persuaded the delegate by playing him some of the new material himself using a boom box." I think "himself" is redundant here.
    • DONE
• Promotion and release
  • "However, the drummer fell awkwardly following The Strokes' June 20 show in Glasgow and was consequently hospitalized with a broken hand." I would suggest repositioning and dropping the "however" connector, thus: "Following The Strokes' June 20 show in Glasgow, Moretti suffered an awkward fall and was hospitalized with a broken hand."
    • DONE
  • We seem to lose the story after Gentles's statement. Did the group fulfil their outstanding commitments with the substitute?
    • Added ref.
  • "The Strokes headlined the T in the Park festival in Scotland on July 7 after alternative rock group Weezer pulled out because of previous commitments and spent a large part of the month of July performing in cities in the West Coasts of America and Canada." Ambiguity in the final phrasing; need to clarify that it was The Strokes who "spent a large part of the month..." etc
    • DONE
• Packaging: Can you clarify exactly was the horrible "coincidence" that the band deeply regretted?
  • That's all he said I'm afraid.
• Lyrics: no issues
• Composition
  • suggest link Britpop in text as well as in soundfile
    • DONE
  • ""Alone, Together" is driven by a staccato rhythm and climaxes, first with a guitar solo, and then a repeat of the central guitar hook" Minor punctuation and grammar flaws; suggest ""Alone, Together" is driven by a staccato rhythm, and climaxes first with a guitar solo, then with a repeat of the central guitar hook."
    • DONE
• Commercial
  • Nitpick: "numbers [plural] two and three respectively"
    • DONE
  • "after charting consequently" Should this be "continuously"?
    • DONE
  • "a temporary spike" - slightly slangy; not all readers will know that "spike" means sharp increase. (The term is repeated later in the section)
    • DONE
• Critical
  • Tense disagreement: "...was extremely favorable; the aggregating website Metacritic reports..."
    • That's why I split it to begin with. I used to write reported but Metacritic tends to change ratings sometimes, so reports is more suitable because the website currently reports it.
  • "...The Strokes may or may not be completely calculated..." What does she mean by "calculated"? Should the word be in quotes to clarify that it's hers?
    • Removed when condensing section.
• Legacy: Punctuation nitpick: "the 2000s most influential guitar record" needs an apostophe thus: 2000s' (since we are talking about something which belogs to the decade)
  • • DONE
  • Accolades: No issues

I haven't checked out the tables but I'm sure they're OK. Hope these comments help. Brianboulton (talk) 16:07, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Brian. I'll get to these ASAP. Have a good Christmas. RB88 (T) 16:33, 18 December 2009 (UTC)