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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Gog the Mild via FACBot (talk) 4 December 2022 [1].

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy[edit]

Nominator(s): K. Peake 08:50, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), the fifth studio album by American rapper Kanye West. It was recorded during West's exile in Hawaii after a period of controversy through 2009, resulting in a maximalist style with elements of his previous work. The album was met with widespread critical acclaim and also received much retrospective praise, including being ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time. West promoted the album with four singles that were top 40 hits in the United States and the film Runaway, while it reached the top 10 in countries like the US and Canada. The article became a GA back in 2011, more than five years before I joined this site, though I have monitored it over the years and put in extensive work recently for a FAC! K. Peake 08:50, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ceoil[edit]

Starting to look. The prose are really good; struggling to find gripes here. Which is great, as this is a landmark album. Closer look on content to follow; v happy to see this page here in such good condition. Ceoil (talk) 11:44, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Update, still reading through. Ceoil (talk) 05:11, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Both the "Track notes" and "Sample credits" sections are woefully uncited. And even if could be spun out.
  • The "Personnel" sect is cited, but pointlessly long. I dont think we need to know who played what horn or violin on what track. Would cut this severely.
  • Done, only keeping musicians who played on multiple tracks or more than one instrument if this is alright? --K. Peake 09:37, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The "See also" section should be binned, as too general. eg what use is "2010 in hip hop music". Ceoil (talk) 05:51, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done for the hip hop music part, but aren't the number-one lists acceptable? --K. Peake rather than "as well as"?
  • West released free songs through his weekly GOOD Fridays series, as well as the four singles.... - including?
  • although the lack of an Album of the Year nomination was viewed as a snub by several media outlets. - sounds like a gripe and not lead worthy
  • Why was Kanye in "self-imposed exile in Oahu, Hawaii"
  • A period of controversy, as is mentioned. --K. Peake 12:28, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Amid the backlash to West's behaviour - in response, not amid (which sounds very journalese)
  • West admitted that he did compromise during this process - self-praise, prob from a press release - and avoiding the fact guff
  • stating the situation - alliteration
  • was recorded in sessions at Avex in Honolulu

Coord note -- 'Fraid this nom is looking very shaky with only one review after three weeks; I've added to FAC Urgents but if we don't see further commentary soon I expect we'll archive. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:59, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If this happens, should I wait until a later point in time and put forward another candidacy since nobody has actually opposed this? K. Peake 11:15, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • That would probably be best. Possibly try and line up some reviewers in advance, but ensure that you use neutrally phrased requests. Meanwhile, I am timing this out. The usual two-week hiatus wll apply.


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