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GA Review

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Reviewer: Kyle Peake (talk · contribs) 09:51, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

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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

For review beginning later today, though may take over a day --Kyle Peake (talk) 09:51, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Infobox and lead

• Do not use hlist; replace with bullet points
• Target pop to Pop music
• "song, "Different Colors" is lyrically" → "song, it is lyrically"
• "released to alternative radio stations" → "released to US alternative radio stations"
• Move this sentence to being the second of this para instead
• Target music critics to Music journalism
• "with many of them commenting on its chorus" → "with many of them praising its chorus" with the appropriate target
• "top ten hit on the" → "top ten track on the"
• "for the song, featuring footage of the group touring with colorful visuals, was released on June 11, 2015." → "for the song was released on June 11, 2015, featuring footage of the band touring with colorful visuals."
• "has been performed live a number of times by the band, including at award shows like the" → "was performed live by Walk the Moon at award shows, including the"
• "It was included in the setlist of" → "It was included on the setlist for"
• "was used in campaigns for" → "was used in campaigns of"

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 06:42, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Background and composition

• "of "Different Colors", which has" → "of "Different Colors", featuring" on the audio sample main text
• Wikilink pre-chorus to itself per MOS:LINK2SECT
• The first sentence in prose belongs in the Release and reception section instead and should mentioned that it was released as the opening track; rewrite to something concise on those lines
• "It was written by all four members of the band and was recorded" → ""Different Colours" was written by all four members of Walk the Moon, while recorded"
• Target mixed to Audio mixing (recorded music)
• Target Mastering to Mastering (audio)
• Wikilink Sterling Sound to itself
• [3][5][6] should all be solely at the end of the sentence in this order since it is only three refs
• "It is composed of lots of ebullient synths and consists of" → "The song is composed of numerous ebullient synths, and features" with the target
• Wikilink pre-chorus to itself
• "to "create a weird," → "because he wanted to "create a weird," for specifying since this reads confusingly with the explanation sentence next
• "and are meant to support the" → "and are intended to show support for the"
• "It was also created to help" → "It was also used to help"
• "stated that the song is addressed to" → "stated that the song addresses"
• "by saying "it shows a" → "by saying that "it shows a"
• "a chance for [the band] to" → "a chance for [Walk the Moon] to"
• "talking about the inspiration for the track," → "talking about the inspiration for "Different Colors","
• "how he was frustrated that news segments" → "being frustrated that news segments"
• "and wanted "to write" → "and that the band "to write"

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 06:42, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Release and reception

• "pre-orders of Talking Is Hard on" → "pre-orders of Talking Is Hard via"
• "The song was also made available for steaming" → "Simultaneously, the song was made available for streaming"
• "It impacted alternative radio stations" → "It impacted US alternative radio stations"
• Remove wikilink on extended play
• "on December 4, 2015,[16] which" → "on December 4 of that year, which" moving [16] to the end of the sentence
• "of "Different Colors" done by Lost Kings and The Griswolds," → "of "Different Colors", done by Lost Kings and the Griswolds, respectively." per MOS:THEMUSIC
• "a cover of" → "The EP also features a cover of" as this should now be a new sentence
• "by The Isley Brothers, and" → "by the Isley Brothers, and"
• "were donated to the" → "were set to be donated to the"
• "received mostly positive reviews from music critics." → "was met with mostly positive reviews from music critics." with the target
• "indie rock" in his review of Talking Is Hard." → "indie rock"." since that is off topic
• "and that it "is bound to" → "and it "is bound to"
• Target Vulture to Vulture.com
• "about the song, writing that the track" → "towards the song, writing that it"
• "but mentioned that its chorus "is probably" → "but called the chorus "probably"
• "The reviewer noted that the" → "The staff of the publication noted that the"
• Should the list be in speech marks?

• I see music lists being in speech marks like ones on this article.

 Done all other fixes. ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 06:42, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Commercial performance

• "In the United States, "Different Colors" debuted at number 36 on Billboard's" → ""Different Colors" debuted at number 36 on the US Billboard"
• Target Alternative Songs to Alternative Airplay
• "third top ten hit on the chart." → "third top ten hit on the Alternative Songs chart."
• "It spent a total of 20 weeks" → "The song spent a total of 20 weeks"
• "on the Alternative Songs 2015 year-end chart." → "on the US Alternative Songs year-end chart for 2015."
• Wikilink Rock Airplay to itself
• "on the week ending October 30, 2015," → "for the issue date of October 30, 2015,"
• "On the Hot Rock Songs chart," → "On the US Hot Rock Songs chart,"
• "and also logged 20 weeks there." → "and also logged 20 weeks on the chart."
• "On the week ending December 25, 2015," → "For the issue dated December 25, 2015,"
• Wikilink Hot Singles Sales to itself
• "at number three following the release" → "at number three, following the release"
• Wikilink Canada Rock to itself

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 06:49, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Music video

• Retitle to Promotional videos, since not only is there more than one but a lyric video is not the same as a music video
• "one of the landmarks in Cincinnati featured" → "one of Cincinnati's landmarks featured" on the img main text
• Wikilink lyric video to itself; do this in prose too
• "was filmed in the band's" → "was filmed in Walk the Moon's"
• "This is Walk the Moon's" → "The visual stood as the band's"
• "The official music video, featuring" → "An accompanying music video, featuring"
• "Directed by Nathan Crooker and Patrick Nichols," → "It was directed by Nathan Crooker and Patrick Nichols."
• "the video visually features many bright colors with" → "The video visually includes the bright colors of"
• "which had been a thing picked up" → "which was picked up"
• "by saying: "We've heard" → "saying: "We've heard"
• "Speaking about the creation of the video," → "Referencing the creation of the music video,"
• "the band tweeted that they" → "Walk the Moon tweeted that they" with the wikilink
• "of [the group's] favorite" → "of [the band's] favorite"

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 06:56, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Live performances

• Merge this with the next section since each is only one para and retitle to Live performances and use in other media
• "on October 16, 2013." → "on October 16, 2013 by Walk the Moon."
• "in the setlist of Walk the Moon's" → "on the setlist of their"
• "The band played" → "That same year, the band played"
• "It was performed live" → "It was performed live by them"
• "The band performed" → "Walk the Moon performed"
• "by the group on" → "by the band for"
• "on September 25, 2015." → "on September 25 of that year."
• "It was also performed at the" → "They also performed it at the"
• "on November 7, 2015." → "on November 7 of that year."
• "It was performed at" → "It was performed by them at"

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 07:12, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Use in other media

• I did suggest merging, but this should be a separate para once you have merged the sections
• Add release year of the film in (brackets)
• Target to Paper Towns should be on "of the same name"
• "titled "Subway Serenade" for" are you sure it shouldn't be "entitled Subway Serenade for"

• The CNET article had the title of the video in quotes, which is why I used them.

• "dancing and rhythmically" → "dancing, while rhythmically"
• "While AT&T initially wanted" → "Though AT&T initially wanted"

 Done all other fixes. ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 07:12, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Track listing

• Retitle to Track listings since there is more than one

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 07:23, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Credits and personnel

• Remove wikilink on California
• Use {{spaced ndash}} so there is the right space between credits and personnel
• Target recording to Audio engineer
• Target mixing to Audio mixing (recorded music)
• Target mastering to Mastering (audio)

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 07:23, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Charts

Weekly charts

• Wikilink Hot Singles Sales to itself

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 07:23, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Year-end charts

• Annual chart performance for "Different Colors" → 2015 year-end chart performance for "Different Colors"

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 07:23, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Release history

• Label → Label(s)
• Wasn't the initial release also streaming?
• Remove target on EP

 Done ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 07:23, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

References

• Archive all of these by using the tool
• Copyvio score looks fine at 36.3%
• Target Vulture to Vulture.com on ref 2
• Are you sure ref 7 is reliable since that's a tabloid?

• Omitted the first two sentences of the second Background and composition paragraph for now.

• Remove or replace ref 8 since that is a college newspaper so is not reliable
• WP:OVERLINK of RCA Records on ref 13
• Retitle ref 14 to Alternative Radio Future Releases
• Remove Apple Music from the title of ref 15
• Cite numerous countries for ref 16 to verify that the release was indeed various
• Add the language template for ref 18
• Target Billboard to Billboard (magazine) on ref 22
• Remove target on Billboard for refs 23 and 27
• MOS:QWQ issues with ref 33
• MOS:CAPS issues with ref 38
• Remove Google Play from the title of ref 44

 Done Except bullet 1.

ThedancingMOONpolice It appears as if you have totally forgotten about this section after responding to the other suggestions. --K. Peake 05:10, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

• Kyle Peake Actually I haven't; I've done all the fixes except the archiving tool, I submitted a job from this link (it's job 6255): https://iabot.toolforge.org/index.php Is there more you have to do after that? Thanks. ThedancingMOONpolice (talk) 07:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

External links

• Good

Final comments and verdict

• Changed some of my comments about the lead, but I am now ready to put this article  On hold until the issues are fixed. --Kyle Peake (talk) 09:59, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

• ThedancingMOONpolice I was unaware you had completed the fixes since you did not mark the section as done initially, sorry, I will now ✓ Pass the article after using the Fix dead links tool for you. --K. Peake 08:14, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 06:38, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

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• Comment or view
• Article history

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• ... that indie rock band Walk the Moon worked with AT&T and the Deaf Professional Arts Network to create an American Sign Language (ASL) video for "Different Colors"? Source: [1][2]
  • ALT1:... that the song "Different Colors" by Walk the Moon was initially inspired by the fight for marriage equality? Source: [3]

Improved to Good Article status by ThedancingMOONpolice (talk). Self-nominated at 10:47, 1 August 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Earwig came out with 36.7% but is probably due to quotes. The first source of ALT0 is not reliable as it is from one of the groups involved in the project, but the content can be verified with the other source. ALT0 seems to be more interesting. QPQ not required as nominator has less than five credits. Corachow (talk) 12:59, 8 August 2020 (UTC)