Talk:M2M (band)/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Cartoon network freak (talk · contribs) 15:03, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award. They were signed to an international record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998 and subsequently changed their name to M2M. → The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award and the band changed their name to M2M after signing a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998. Done
A 'best of' album → A greatest hits album Done

Infobox

You need references for the genres, instruments and labels (see this as an example) Done
Use {{hlist|...}} for genres, instruments and labels Done

History

Rename this overall title in "Career" Done
They formed a music duo they were eight → The two girls formed a music duo when they were eight Done
At the time Raven was → comma after "time" Done
After the album's release they started → For alternation: After the record's release, they started Done
link "Atlantic Records" here to its respective article on Wiki Done
As M2M their first → As M2M, their first Done
It featured in the closing credits → It was featured in the closing credits Done
the single was very successful → the single experienced commercial success (due to fancruft) Done
It charted at No. 2 in Norway and No. 4 in both Australia and New Zealand → It charted at number two in Norway and at number four in both Australia and New Zealand Not done - or for any similar requests. MOS:HASH says "No." is an acceptable format.
It was certified gold in both Australia → Additionally, it was certified Gold in both Australia Done
US → write out to "United States" Done
In November 1999 M2M → comma after "1999" Done
of the TV series → remove "the" Done
It was well received critically → You need a reference for this statement Done
and reached No. 7 in Norway, No. 89 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Top Heatseekers chart → and reached number seven in Norway, number 89 on the Billboard 200 and number one on its Top Heatseekers component chart.
Release year in brackets for "Mirror Mirror" Done
certified gold in the US → certified Gold in the United States Done
"Everything You Do" → release year in brackets Done
reached No. 21 → reached number 21
Throughout 2000 M2M appeared → comma after "2000" Done
high-schools across the US → write US out Done
In September that year, they toured the US with Hanson → write US to "America" here for alternation Done
performing as the boys' → performing as the band's Done
Release year in brackets for "Everything" Done
No. 6 in Norway and No. 27 → number six in Norway and number 27
Release year in brackets for "What You Do About Me" Done
No. 46 → number 46
The track "Don't" was released in the US-only as a promo single → Another track, "Don't", was made available as a promotional single in the United States. Done
singles in the US → write US out to America here Done
The promotion for their second album including → The promotion for their second studio album included Done
Following the appearance they were → comma before "they" Done
then upcoming → then-upcoming Done
songwriters in the US → write US out to United States Done
100,000 units in the US → write out to America here, for alternation Done
record contract from Atlantic US → record contract from Atlantic Done
Raven said that her and Larsen → Raven said that she and Larsen Done
they had become quite different → Is this a quote? It sounds quite unencyclopedic

No. It's not a direct quote. The original source is in Norwegian. The Bing translation gives the text "We were like twins when we were kids, but that 18-year-olds we were very different". Can you suggest better wording for the article?

A 'best of' album → A greatest hits album Done
M2M sold → As of 2013, M2M sold + do this in the lead, too Not done I understand the source for 2 million is from 2013, but I think it's misleading to specify the year in the prose. M2M disbanded in 2002 and their 'best of' album was released in 2003. I seriously doubt M2M sold more than 1000 records between 2004 and 2013. I have a source that states they sold 1.5 million copies of their debut album by January 2002. What I'm saying is they would have sold those 2 million albums by 2004. Specifying 2013 makes it sound like they've still been selling records up until then, and also makes the article look somewhat out of date. It raises the question of how many albums they've sold in the four years since 2013 (again, I seriously doubt they've sold more than 100 since 2013, but that's beside the point). Is this really necessary?
Release year for "Break You" in brackets Done
reaching No. 9 → reaching number nine
No. 1 in Norway → number one in the aforementioned territory. Done
have reached No. 1 in Norway → have reached number one in Norway
Release year for "If a Song Could Get Me You" in brackets Done
which also reached No. 1 → which also claimed the top spot Done
2nd picture > No.1 hits → number one hits

Critical response and musical style

rare amongst teen pop → rare among Done
instrument prowess ... It's rare → ... to [...] Done (Changed to (...) as per MOS:ELLIPSIS)
In 1999 Stephanie McGrath → That same year, Stephanie McGrath Done

Discography

The filed where the title of the respective album is placed needs to be darker, see this as an example. Not done - I don't know how to change that. I'm not good with table codes.
You need something like an iTunes link to reference the albums were released (see this as an example) Done - but I had to shorten the first album to year only as I couldn't find a reliable source for the exact date
The countries don't need to be that thick (take example on the articles mentioned above; change the style of the tables if needed) Not done - again, I don't know how to change that.
For the singles section, the title and year need to be switched (see this as an example.) Done
You need refs for the singles as well (see this as an example) Done
The maximum of countries is 10; you have 11 in the singles table Not done - are you sure this is a CURRENT wiki policy? I seem to remember a consensus ruling against the maximum of ten countries some time ago.

Awards

Please make a table for the awards (see this as an example) Done

References

norwegiancharts.com. (and other related links) → Norwegian Charts (no italic) Done

Copy-violation

21.9% is acceptable!

Images

Article is perfectly illustrated by images ;)

Links

No problems here!

References

As far as I checked them, the references do cover the assertations made in this article
No dead links! Good job!

Outcome

On hold for 7 days! You've done a good job with this, but it needs some minor work before I'll pass it to GA status. Good luck with editing and best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 14:07, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the review. I fixed a couple things but I'll have to get back to this (and the Alexandra Stan review) after the weekend as I'm going away. Cheers. Freikorp (talk) 02:25, 24 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Cartoon network freak: I've tried to adderss everything. Please looks at my replies to the few things things I didn't change and let me know where you want to go from here. If you could help me fix the table I'd really appreciate it. Thanks again. Freikorp (talk) 12:52, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gladly passing! Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 08:52, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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