Talk:Sturgill Simpson/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Gatoclass (talk · contribs) 03:57, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
he and his family reside in the Smoky Mountain area - the claim doesn't appear to be in the source.
Fixed. I have not been able to find a source confirming Sarah's maiden name, however. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:54, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It says in the lead and the table that he got a Grammy for Metamodern Sounds, but I see no mention of that in the relevant section.
Fixed.

Thank you. Now a couple of questions about the tables. One is called "Accolades". I'm not sure what tables of this type are commonly named, but "Accolades" seems a bit odd to me. Wouldn't it be better to just call it "Awards and nominations"? With regard to another of the tables, what is a "featured single"?
I changed it to "awards and nominations". "Featured singles" means a single where the artist is a guest artist; i.e. "Artist X featuring Sturgill Simpson". The term is used widely in featured articles such as Taylor Swift discography so it should be fine here. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 07:05, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another issue: some of the fields in the tables look to be unsourced.
I have added sources for the singles. I couldn't find anything verifying that "Life Ain't Fair..." was ever a single. Working on the videography now. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 16:30, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Gatoclass: I think I sourced the entire discography/videography now. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 07:31, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
TenPoundHammer, so far as I can tell, "Resentment" (Featured single) isn't sourced, "The Promise" (Music videos) isn't sourced, and "The Hunt" (Filmography) isn't sourced. Gatoclass (talk) 08:56, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Resentment" has an article, so wouldn't sourcing its existence be redundant, since its own article verifies it as a single? I've added a source anyway, and I think I've addressed the other sources here. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:47, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Simpson also created the record with a focus on sequencing, and recorded tracks live". Can't see any mention of sequencing in the supplied source. TenPoundHammer? Gatoclass (talk) 19:07, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Done Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:53, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Cite 66 is unformatted and cite 67 is just a forum post. Also, although I won't fail it for this, some of the cites have the accessdate field filled but many others do not - you may want to tidy that up for consistency at some point.
I removed the forum post and YouTube link. Most of the info being cited to these seemed superfluous. I removed the section on his band because I couldn't find any reliable sources verifying the members. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:47, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Is it verifiable with no original research?
A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:
As I found a couple of broken links in the references section, I thought I'd better do a thorough check, so here is a list of all the broken links that need repair (by # of ref, name of ref):
19 Lexington Herald-Leader.

25 loosemusic.com

27 American Songwriter

34 Paste Magazine.

36 American Songwriter

37 new york times

39 American Songwriter

46 Austin City Limits

76 indiewire

97 all access - no mention of Simpson?

101 indiewire

103 msn.com

Also, a duplicated link:
35 and 96 lizard aliens
I think I've successfully Wayback'd all the dead urls, except for one that wasn't in Wayback. I saw no reason to keep the Loose Music links since the label that distributes him internationally has little bearing on his career. The All Access link, as archived, does list Sturgill's "The Promise" about two pages down. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:18, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
TenPoundHammer, you appear to have missed a few. To make them easier to find, I will list them by their titles instead of (or with) their source names:
101 indiewire 96 railroad of sin

103 msm.com msn.com the promise

"Sturgill Simpson: Man Of The Hour"

"Mystic Mind: A Q&A with Sturgill Simpson"

Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 21:39, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Got all of these. I had to replace the Indiewire and MSN sources (which is odd, since I just added them a month ago!) because they weren't anywhere on archive.org. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:54, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

B. All in-line citations are from reliable sources, including those for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines:
Comment: I pre-emptively removed citations to Saving Country Music, a personal blog which I know not to be a RS. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:17, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Simpson has also stated he tries to base his career around that of Dwight Yoakam". Nothing about Yoakam in the nearest two cited sources.
Done

C. It contains no original research:

D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
There is nothing in the article about his acting career. I think the article will need a section on that for the sake of completion, which you could put between the "Musical style" and "Personal life" sections. Since his acting credits are at this point fairly minor, a single paragraph would probably suffice, but it's up to you.
Done added a paragraph on his acting career in the body. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:44, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you TenPound, but didn't you see the other comments I made above? You haven't responded to them. Gatoclass (talk) 20:08, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for delay in response. There was a major power outage in my town, and even after the outage I had no internet for two days afterward. I'll address the other issues today or tomorrow. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 14:08, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
Is it neutral?
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
I hate to do this to you this late in the review, TenPoundHammer, but in reviewing the images, it looks like the latter two have invalid licences as I found copyright versions of them on the web. I don't know how I missed this earlier as I was sure that I'd done a thorough check on the images, but it seems for some reason that I missed these. I think they will need to be removed - is there any chance you might be able to find a valid substitute or two? Gatoclass (talk) 08:45, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think the length of the article really only needs one picture of him. I have substituted with another topically relevant pic.

B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
Once again, apologies for the slowness of this review. As I think I said to you previously, I was unexpectedly extremely busy in real life from mid-May right up until the end of June, and had no time for editing Wikipedia in that period. Then just as I was ready to return to editing, I suffered a recurrence in early July of a herniated disc injury to my lower back, which has made it very difficult to sit in front of the computer for any length of time and from which I am still recovering. So basically, I've had to advance this GAN review in fits and starts. But thank goodness, we're there at last! So thanks once again for your patience, which is much appreciated. Gatoclass (talk) 02:08, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]