Talk:B7 (album)

Good Article Review

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Reviewer: VersaceSpace (talk · contribs) 21:33, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

I'm excited to review this article as I loveeee Brandy and this album :). At a first glance this appears well written. versacespaceleave a message! 21:35, 15 April 2021 (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

Infobox and lead

• "eOne Music" → "eOne" (keep the wikilink)

 Fixed

• remove "Upon its release" (in the second paragraph). it's redundant since this album has no lasting legacy (yet) and therefore there would be no other time for this album to receive these reviews.

 Fixed

• "generally favorable reviews" → "generally positive reviews" to keep the article consistent as this is how you phrased it in the critical reception section. Vice versa will work too.

 Fixed

• if there are dates available for the time periods when Brandy recorded B7, they should be added to the recording section of the infobox.

 Fixed none available unfortunately

• The lead says the album is by Brandy Norwood but the infobox uses her mononym. I suggest using the Brandy mononym since that's the name she released the album under and it matches the reference titles but there should be one that's consistent with the article.

 Fixed ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 11:29, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Background and concept

• in the quote box, "Norwood during an interview with HuffPost" → "Norwood during an interview with the HuffPost"

 Fixed

• back to the prose, "HuffPost'" → "HuffPost 's"

 Fixed

p.s. : without the space between the apostrophe

 Fixed

• all uses of "Norwood" (Brandy's last name) should ideally be omitted and replaced with "Brandy". this is only required if you changed Brandy Norwood to simply "Brandy" in the lead

 Fixed

• "Finely asked Norwood" → "When asked" since the word finely is ambiguous with the reporter's last name

 Fixed

• "In an interview with Rolling Stone" → "In an interview with the Rolling Stone"

 Not fixed, the name of the publication is Rolling Stone. It has never been referred to as The Rolling Stone unlike newspapers like Daily Star (the Daily Star) or Daily Record (the Daily Record)

• "On why" → "When asked why" or something similar to "when asked" since that phrase was used above

 Fixed ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 19:16, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Music and lyrics / songs

• Unless Kim Krysiuk contributed to 7.5 songs, I don't think she contributed to half of the album's songs. Replace this with whatever number of songs she's credited in.

 Fixed

• Move LaShawn Daniels into a separate paragraph from the others

 Fixed

• In the last sentence of the "songs" sub-section, remove "acting as". The lyric is not acting as a reference, it is a reference.

 Fixed

• same deal as all the last sections with "Norwood" instead of "Brandy"

 Fixed ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 19:19, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Artwork

• Good, continue to remove "Norwood" if needed

 Comment., now addressed across the article ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 19:23, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Promotion and singles

• Establish which song Brandy and TDS played at the BBMAs, since it's technically possible for them to have played a song that isn't their collab

 Fixed

• "Norwood" change if necessary per last sections

 Fixed

Critical reception / year-end lists

• replace "Norwood" if needed

 Fixed

• The statement that the Pitchfork review is mixed is bordering original research since it's not actually stated anywhere that the review indicates mixed reception. If anything above a 6 should be considered positive

 Fixed

• Remove the MEA Worldwide review as the publication is not notable.

 Fixed

• The year-end lists table should be removed and the whole thing should be in prose

 Not fixed, other GAs have passed with year-end lists in tables. Much like charts, when there are a handful it looks and reads better when they're in a table. ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 21:47, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Commercial performance

• For the US Billboard 200, establish the amount of weeks B7 charted (2), and also establish where the album fell to on its second week. You will need to find citations for these

 Not fixed per WP:CHARTTRAJ ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }-

Track listing / notes

• "denotes additional production by" → "denotes additional production"

 Fixed

• "Track 14 'Love Again'" → "'Love Again'"

 Fixed

Credits and personnel / recording locations / personnel

• Good

Charts / year-end charts

• Good

Release history

• is the label called Brand Nu or Brand Nu, Inc? Make this consistent throughout the above sections.

References

• References 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28, 62, 63: Italicize the title of the source

^ and if you're attributing the sources for these references in the article you're gonna have to italicize the title of the sources there too

• Reference 19: "Essence.com" → "Essence"
• Reference 23: change the title of the reference since the album is released

General Comments

• Looks like that's it! Ping me when you've completed everything. versacespaceleave a message! 01:53, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
• can't find any other issues so the article is  On hold until you tend to all the above fixes. good luck!

• VersaceSpace Good job in picking up your reviewing pace, but you are supposed to change the status to onhold on the talk page. --K. Peake 06:31, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

thanks for the reminder! i just fixed it Kyle Peake versacespaceleave a message! 13:40, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

VersaceSpace I (believe) I have addressed all the comments, or left comments where I haven't. ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 22:18, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Okay, all the fixes appear completed and the objections to others are fair, so I'll ✓ Pass this article. versacespaceleave a message! 02:25, 24 April 2021 (UTC)