Talk:What'd I Say/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Hello, I will be reviewing this article. Check back soon for a full review! CarpetCrawler^{message me} 08:56, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if you were waiting for a response here, but go nuts. I eagerly await the review. --Moni3 (talk) 13:30, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have a few brief concerns so far.

- Is there anyway to get a bigger image for the infobox? The infobox makes the single cover look pixelated.

- I'm guessing critical reception will be hard to find? Plus, it'd probably be near impossible to find negative reviews.

- "Jerry Lee Lewis found particular success with his rendition in 1961.[20]" How much success? Did it chart?

Those are my concerns so far, I will take a deeper look in the coming days. :) CarpetCrawler^{message me} 05:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Larger image uploaded.
Critical reception: I have career charts for Ray Charles. Your question here is a good one, and I'm a bit stuck. I don't know which scholarly magazines or journals would discuss R&B music in 1959. Surely since there was such a vibrant jazz/R&B listening base there should have been industry magazines or some such, but I don't know what they are. I don't want to use teen mags: the equivalent of Tiger Beat or something... Rolling Stone wasn't around. Let me check the books I used to see if stuff is cited. If I have access to it in my library, I may be able to get critical comments. I'll check back with you later today.
I can check out the info on Jerry Lee Lewis. --Moni3 (talk) 13:07, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I went to the music library to learn more about critical commentary from 1959. There are three sources. Only one is carried by my library, on microfilm. I may be able to get that in a day or so. The others my library does not carry and I have to get it through ILL, which may take a few weeks. --Moni3 (talk) 16:38, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's going to be incredibly hard to find enough critical commentary to probably even fit a paragraph, let alone a NEGATIVE review of the song. Actually, I'm sure you could find a lot of negative reviews of the song, due to the controversy surrounding it the time it was released, but to gain access to such sources is probably easier said than done. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it right now, but I'd still keep an eye on anything if reviews become available, especially some negative ones WITH the positive ones. And I am extremely jealous that you have a library with a section dedicated to music! ;) Also, great work on finding the chart source for Jerry Lee Lewis' version of the song! And great work on the picture. In conclusion, I honestly wouldn't worry much about the critical reception, but I would definitely keep an eye open in case anything is found. In a few hours I will take another look at the article and see if there are any more concerns. CarpetCrawler^{message me} 19:26, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First, the Music Library is a separate branch, and I said that just to make you more jealous. Secondly, although I'm not sure this is required for GA, the criticism would be for FA, which I would like to bring this to, so your request puts me a bit further toward that end. I'm stuck at loading sound files of the song, however. I'd love to load two 30-second samples of the song but I have met no luck in doing that. --Moni3 (talk) 19:30, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're SO lucky! :( All we have on our campus is some archives to some newspapers. But I think we're digressing. ;) Anyway, OK. Then that will certainly be a challenging and fun project, but I'm sure you'll do just fine! As of right now, I am going to give the article another look-through, and then I am more than likely going to pass it in its current state. If you want to nominate it for FA, though, there is definitely a lot more work to be done. :) Especially expansion in certain areas. I'll be a bit more detailed when I have reached my final decision. CarpetCrawler^{message me} 20:12, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

<reset> July 13 1959 issue of Billboard had a promising title called "Charles hits again with 'What'd I Say'", but it's a bio so brief it's shorter than the lead of Charles' Wiki article. I found another from Variety in 1960, but it is another bio and an announcement that he played at a Hollywood club on July 29, 1960. I put in for two other articles for ILL. --Moni3 (talk) 21:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Argh, I hope you didn't have to pay for either of those two articles. :( That's one of my complaints I have when it comes to buying old articles. Later tonight I will take a look at the article and decide from there. CarpetCrawler^{message me} 01:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA pass[edit]

After taking another look at the article, I have no doubt in my mind now that this is an easy pass. By the way, the new addition to the "Legacy" addition is a GREAT addition. :) If you want to take this up to FA, I first suggest that you definitely expand the reception section to include critical response, and since I know you're working on that I'm not too worried about you finding things for that. :) Another thing I'd also do is expand on the cover versions. For example, if any other cover versions also charted on any charts, I'd definitely make sure to note that, as well as if they had any reasons for covering the songs. Another thing I suggest is a peer review, but since you've written so many high quality featured articles, I'm sure this advice is silly to remind you about. :) Great job, this article has passed its GA review, and good luck going for a Featured Article status! CarpetCrawler^{message me} 15:48, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]