Talk:The Story of Us (song)

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Review: September 12, 2022. (Reviewed version).

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Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article says "The song was released on April 19, 2011 by Big Machine Records, as the fourth single from Speak Now. Swift composed "The Story of Us" regarding the time when she encountered an ex-boyfriend of hers at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. At the event, the two attempted to ignore each other, which inspired Swift to compose the song." The ex-Boyfriend was john mayer. I read it in J-14 magazine. It was the May/June issue. So the Article SHOULD say "The song was released on April 19, 2011 by Big Machine Records, as the fourth single from Speak Now. Swift composed "The Story of Us" regarding the time when she encountered john mayer an ex-boyfriend of hers at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. At the event, the two attempted to ignore each other, which inspired Swift to compose the song." --Bella##Fan##262 (talk) 17:38, 7 November 2012 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

Latest comment: 2 years ago14 comments2 people in discussion

Passed. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:54, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Reviewer: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 19:45, 11 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Copyvio check: I reviewed matches over 5% using Earwig's Copyvio Detector. No issues. (Matches were attributed quotes, titles, etc.)

Media: FUR in place for cover image. Other image is CC. Images are relevant. Placement and captions are fine. Alt text is OK - optionally it could be made a bit more descriptive of what is shown image. As far as I'm aware, the 27-second song sample is OK per Wikipedia policies.

Y I edited the alt text. Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Background and release

"a collection of songs containing confessions she had wanted to but could not make to the people she had met in real life." - I was thinking about suggesting a rewording of the second half of this, but can you just confirm what parts of the source are being summarised here? (I'm not sure "confessions" is quite right if it's the answer that starts "Everything that happens to me gets put into a song...")

Y Reworded and added another source. Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

"after which she proceeded to write the lyrics" - optionally, as a misreading of the lyric author would be unlikely, change to something like "and then proceeded to write the lyrics"

Y Done. Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Composition

"runs at four minutes and 28 seconds" - seems an unusual phrase to me, but happy to retain this if it's common in American English.

Y Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

"Some critics commented" - if it was the two cited, I'f name them and their publications. (e.g. "Both Matt Bjorke of Roughstock and Billboard's Brittany McKenna..." (For some reason I couldn't get to either the original or archived versions of these sources; I may try later)

Y Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Reception

"In Speak Now album reviews, some critics" - optionally expand these but as a range of opinions are included in the paragraph, it would also be OK to leave this as-is.

I adhered to the advice given at WP:RECEPTION in that we don't have to name each and every critic. Hope it works. Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

"his ranking of all songs" - useful to add the year, I think.

Y Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Live performances

"She performed" - better as "Swift performed" as this is the first mention in the section. (the current first "Swift" could then be changed to "she")

Y Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Music video

scarrittbennet.org isn't an independent source for the video being filmed there. Is there a better source? If not, can leave it as-is as it's not very controversial, unless I underestimate Swifities.

Y replaced as it is a primary source anyways. Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Charts/Certifications

No issues

Infobox and Lead

If the exact date for the music video is included, I'd suggest including the full date for the release of Speak Now

Sources

No questions or concerns about reiability or from a couple of checks (other than anything noted above).

Thanks for your work on the article Ippantekina. I'm happy to discuss, or be challenged on, my comments. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:27, 11 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Many thanks, BennyOnTheLoose. I have responded above. Let me know if the article needs further work. Cheers, Ippantekina (talk) 04:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, Ippantekina. I'm satisfied that the article meets the GA criteria, so I'm passing it. The inclusion of the full date for the release of Speak Now (per my comment on infobox and lead) isn't a blocker to GA status. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:52, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

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