Talk:Something Special (Pop Smoke song)

This article was nominated for deletion on 16 April 2021. The result of the discussion was redirect.

Something Special (Pop Smoke song) was a Music good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
April 16, 2021	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Feedback from New Page Review process

I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: nice work.

North8000 (talk) 18:30, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Something Special (song)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 06:18, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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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

I will review this today, expecting a response for you at an efficient rate! --K. Peake 06:18, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead

Are you sure Ken Duro Ifill should be linked to a second time under producers in the infobox when he's listed by his initials there?
Remove the exact release date from prose and add the release year in brackets, as the album release date is not notable for the lead
"fourteenth track off his" → "14th track on his" per MOS:NUM for consistency since you wrote 14th in the body
Everything in the lead needs to be written out in the body, therefore mention the songwriters and producer in prose there
Mention how certain writers received songwriting credit as a result of their work being sampled
Why is Kdi not mentioned under the songwriters when he was one and once you've done this, remove the link for the producer sentence
It is relatively notable for the lead when the song was first played, so mention it as being done so to Steven Victor at the end of the first para
The R&B and bounce genre blend should be in the same sentence as the sample instead, coming directly before it with a clause
"The track prominently samples and" → ""Something Special" prominently samples and" with the pipe
Remove "2003 hit song" because this is too much info for the lead
"sees Pop Smoke obsess" → "Lyrically, the song sees Pop Smoke obsess" as a new sentence
"criticized the song as" → "criticized it as" but both of these statements are made by one critic each, so replace with different info and probably try not to use direct quotes
Wikilink should solely be on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, plus add a space between that and the word chart
"while it further peaked the top 40" → "while it peaked within the top 40", as the US position was not top 40
Mention the platinum certification since that is notable for the lead

Background

Merge with the below section and retitle to Background and composition, as one para sections are not advisable especially for GAs
"in April 2019. Victor wanted to sign Pop Smoke" → "in April 2019, who wanted to sign the rapper" to avoid sentences being too short
"Pop Smoke played him an" → "The rapper played him an" so you don't start two consecutive sentences with his stage name
"high volume. Pop Smoke spent five hours one day in Los Angeles working on the song." → "high volume, which he had spent five hours of one day in Los Angeles working on."
Pipe single to Single (music)
Pipe stems to Stem mixing and mastering
"hard drives and CDs." → "hard drives and DVD backups."
"could not find it." → "could not find the stems." to be specific
"was not in storage." → "was not in the storage." per the source
Pipe Pro Tools 5 to Pro Tools
"He sent the files and later got them back and put" → "Kdi sent the files and later got them back, before putting"
Add the writing and production credits at the end of this para

Composition

Make this the second para of the above section, following my earlier comment
Pipe samples to Sampling (music)
"is a recorded version of" → "is a reworked version of"
Add the release years of the songs in brackets if they are known
"which in turn sampled" → "which in turn samples"
Mention who the songwriters are that received credit to avoid OR and where is the part about the title sourced?
Pipe chorus to Refrain
[3][5] should solely be at the end of the sentence and in numerical order
"the line "I really like What you've, done to me" to "You are (You are) something special (My girl) I'll take you on a shopping spree"." → "the lyrics "I really like / What you've, done to me" to "You are (You are) something special / (My girl) I'll take you on a shopping spree"."
"wrote that Pop Smoke's" → "wrote that the song shows where Pop Smoke's" or something similar, to be specific

Critical reception

"Earmilk's Ashton Howard opined the song" → "Howard opined the song"
"Alphonse Pierre said some of" → "Pierre said that some of"
Wikilink 50 Cent
Add a space after the end of the sentence
"could sing unusually well, "for someone" → "can sing unusually well "[f]or someone"
"seems "at times" → "seems "[a]t times"
"all his possibilities"." → "all his possibilities."" per MOS:QUOTE on full sentences
Pipe trap to Trap music

Commercial performance

Retitle to Release and commercial performance
"certified the single a platinum" → "awarded the song a platinum"
"on-demand streams." → "on-demand streams in the United States."

Credits and personnel

For correct order, Kdi should be the one directly after Pop Smoke'

Charts

See MOS:TABLECAPTION

Certifications

See MOS:TABLECAPTION

References

Copyvio score looks decent at 34.6%
Make sure all of these are archived by using the tool
Cite Genius as publisher instead for ref 3 and fix MOS:QWQ issues
Ref 20 needs to be replaced with a different one because that only shows the top 50, even on any archives

Final comments and verdict

On hold until all of the issues are fixed; been quite specific in my changes for this one, though! --K. Peake 09:06, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kyle Peake Sorry it took so long, my parents are very stern about electronics. ShootForTheStars (talk) 06:49, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ShootForTheStars Now that you have nominated the article for AFD, I am going to ✗ Fail it since not only does this violate the stability criterion, but you obviously don't believe GA status is worthy now. --K. Peake 20:40, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]