Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Fluorescent Grey EP/1
Fluorescent Grey EP[edit]
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- Result: No action. No progress is being made on the article and this reassessment has received no attention; renomination at GAN is recommended. Geometry guy 22:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
In a similar case to that of Breakout (Miley Cyrus song) below, user MisterWiki quick-failed my nomination of Fluorescent Grey EP with little rationale or advice on how to improve the article (see review here). 1b and 3b are Neutral with no rationale. He says the article is written from a "fan point of view" (suggesting NPOV, although in the Breakout review he references fancruft, which is a bit different), although no specific examples are given. He was also critical of my use of primary sources, which do take up a sizable chunk of the article, although I posted the following on his talk page:
"WP:PRIMARY has not been violated: the article is not entirely based on the use of the Deerhunter blog, no synthesized or interpretative claims have been made based on these sources, and the information is "verifiable by any educated person without specialist knowledge." I don't see how it's that different from an interview done by a music publication. This is not as "primary" a source as the music itself; making interpretive claims with these Deerhunter blog posts would not be that different from doing the same with a Deerhunter interview on another website." Indeed, they are more like "1.5 sources" to use a made-up term from a Wikipedia essay: it's not the music itself, which would really be a primary source, but it's still self-published by the band.
Before this story gets too long, I'll say that I asked MisterWiki on his talk page to reconsider his review. He told me if I relisted it at GAN he would review it again, although just today he was indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry and block evasion, among other things. His block appeal was rejected, although he put a second appeal template on his talk page. In light of that, I would really appreciate it if I could have Fluorescent Grey EP reviewed. Thanks! --gakon5 (talk / contribs) 03:24, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
(note: MisterWiki has been conditionally unblocked.) --gakon5 (talk / contribs) 01:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)