Talk:Imitation of Life (song)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 21:33, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello! I'll be taking a look at this article for the January 2022 GAN backlog drive. If you haven't already signed up, please feel free to join in! Although QPQ is not required, if you're feeling generous, I also have a list of GA nominations of my own right here.

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Infobox and lede

• Link R.E.M. in the first sentence
• "The song was written by band members" → "It was written by band members"
• Direct quote in lede should have an attached citation
• "Since" → "Because"
• Link first use of "Single" (in the second paragraph) to Single (music)
• "complimentary towards"

Background and release

• "the band states that the song's title comes from Douglas Sirk's 1959 film Imitation of Life," → "the band states that the title of "Imitation of Life" was derived from Douglas Sirk's 1959 film of the same name,"
• "since it was" → "because it was"
• Bill Berry leaving the band is not mentioned at all here and it really should be, as it informs the remaining content

Composition

• "both by the band and by music critics"
• "for the drums" → "for percussion"

Critical reception

• Music critics praised "Imitation of Life". This is inconsistent with the lede, which says it received mixed to positive reviews
• and noted that the transition to adult pop music which would hurt the chances cut either "that" or "which"
• an undeniable R.E.M. track comes off as POV as a paraphrase
• "losing to" → "where it lost to"
• whose cousin appears in the video trivia

Commercial performance

• "after "Electrolite"" → "following "Electrolite""

Music video

• "The single's music video" → "The music video for "Imitation of Life""

Accolades

• Please specify who the director was for the "Best Direction" nomination, since he was the one really nominated

Track listings

• Fine

Credits and personnel

• Fine

Charts

• Fine

Release history

• Fine

References

• Fine

General comments

• Images are properly licensed and relevant
• No stability concerns in the revision history
• Copyvio score looks good

Thank you for your patience; putting on hold to allow nominator to address comments. Feel free to ping me with questions, and please let me know when you're finished. — GhostRiver 22:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

@GhostRiver: Okay, I've taken care of everything. Regarding your POV comment from the Critical reception section, I realized that I accidentally removed the source for the review, so I've added it back in. The source uses the word "unmistakably", so that's why I used "undeniable". If something else needs tending to, please let me know, but otherwise, thank you for the review. ResPM (T🔈🎵C) 22:43, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

I've made some additional minor changes in the composition section and now believe this is up to caliber. Passing now. — GhostRiver 17:19, 11 February 2022 (UTC)