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GA Review

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GA review (see here for criteria)

This is a nice little article, but it still needs to work with respect to the good article criteria.

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
Citation date formats of "4/1/09" are ambiguous; use ISO format YYYY-MM-DD or spell out the month.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
See comments below
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:

I like this article. But I'm left unsure of how common or frequently sung this carol is. Has it ever appeared in the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, for example? Is it heard on the radio at all? In other words, would the average person recognize it or not? Also, is it sung anywhere outside of England? The end of the first verse seems a lot like Gloria in Excelsis Deo ... is there any relationship between the two? I would think there's more categories this article could belong to, since its origin predates its use as a carol – 14th or 16th century songs, something like that? I've also made some fixups directly to the article, which you should review. Wasted Time R (talk) 01:56, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thanks for the review and corrections. I think I've sorted the dates out now, and added some further categories. As for a performance history, it's definitely quite a staple of Nine Lessons and Carols services - it was performed at Durham Cathedral this year, and I know Ely Cathedral sung it for two years (at least) in a row before that. I think that's how I came to write this article, actually - it's quite strange hearing a whole congregation try and sing "ideo-o-o" in unison, and that Holst arrangement is really rather high at points! Anyway, I've mentioned its performance at the King's service in 1998. I'm not sure if it's sung on the Continent, I'm afraid. One would assume it is still popular in Finland, I suppose. As for any relationship between it and "Gloria in Excelsis Deo", it certainly sounds feasible, but I couldn't find a specific reference - it could probably do with some scholarly research, I suppose. Rob (talk) 17:24, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a little bit about why these Finnish carols are quite popular in Britain, plus a mention of some other versions and the original song book compilers. Actually, just looking on YouTube, there's quite a lot of performances of this available, including a compilation of some rather bizarre "interpretations" of it, so I suppose it must be quite possible. Rob (talk) 18:22, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

After your first response and before your second, I did indeed thinking of looking on YouTube, and felt like a dunce for not doing that from the start. I do know this carol, and I think I probably heard it on the Festival radio broadcast back in 1998 ... this shows why it's hard to write and read about music compared to actually hearing it! And the YouTubes do show it being sung in the U.S., not to mention to wide variety of arrangements you allude to. Anyway, good job, and I'm passing the GA. Wasted Time R (talk) 22:24, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]