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Reference named "CRIA":

  • From Aaliyah discography: "Database Search". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 29, 2007.
  • From Age Ain't Nothing but a Number: "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certfication Results". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved May 17, 2009.

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Nominator: Moonlighttt (talk · contribs) 16:21, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 21:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]


  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):
    b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a. (reference section):
    b. (citations to reliable sources):
    c. (OR):
    d. (copyvio and plagiarism):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a. (major aspects):
    b. (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):
    b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/fail:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

This will run over the next two days! --K. Peake 21:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead[edit]

  • Infobox looks good!
  • Merge the first paragraph with the second since two sentences is not worthy of its own para
  • Pipe illegal marriage to Void marriage
  • Add a comma after debut studio album
  • The body does not appear to imply there was media scrutiny in prose, only turmoil
  • "Vincent Herbert and Craig King," → "Vincent Herbert, and Craig King," per American English
  • "before meeting previously unknown" should be re-worded to either "previous unknowns" or "the previously unknown" since it reads weirdly right now
  • "[Pop music|pop]] and hip hop record" → "[Pop music|pop]], and hip hop record"
  • Pipe trip-hop to Trip hop
  • "funk and jungle music." → "funk, and jungle music."
  • "abstinence and heartbreak." → "abstinence, and heartbreak."
  • "towards its innovative production" → "towards the innovative production"
  • Shouldn't you mention other countries One in a Million reached the top 40 in?
  • Mention the certification was in the United States
  • "becoming the album's highest-peaking single" → "becoming the highest-peaking single"
  • "of the decades since its release." → "of the decades since release."

Background and development[edit]

  • R. Kelly is not sourced as a songwriter for the album from what I can see
  • "Japan and South Africa." → "Japan, and South Africa."
  • Pipe illegal marriage to Void marriage
  • "anxious about jumping from Jive to Atlantic and changing up" → "anxious" of transitioning from Jive to Atlantic and switching" or something similar, as the quote ends at anxious per the source

Recording and production[edit]

  • Img looks good!
  • "J. Dibbs and" → "J. Dibbs, and"
  • "Craig Kallman,[a] Aaliyah's cousin and Blackground executive Jomo Hankerson, and" → "Craig Kallman,[a] Hankerson, and" per Hankerson's full name having been introduced previously
  • [16] should also be invoked for the first sentence directly quoting the ref, also I can't see if the quotes are full sentences or not and if they are, please add the punctuation inside the speech marks per MOS:QUOTE
  • "Hall's contributions never materialized" this is not directly sourced – the ref says that it was the work of the Hitman team, listing a number of them and then saying "others" so if he is meant to be part of the others, maybe re-word to something like "Contributions from the likes of Hall never materialized"
  • "recording with Jermaine Dupri in Atlanta." → "recording with Dupri in Atlanta." per the artist already having been introduced and the overly obvious wikilink on Atlanta
  • "to be included on the album;" → "to be included on One in a Million;"
  • "to The Isley Brothers and The Clark Sisters." → "to the Isley Brothers and the Clark Sisters." per MOS:THEMUSIC
  • "got him on the song"." → "got him on the song."" since this is a full sentence
  • The co-writing of Rheji Burrell and Japanese edition inclusion need sources for the prose
  • "just dynamic properties."" needs the singular speech mark to conclude the quote within itself
  • Put more of Aaliyah's comments about the initial meeting into your own words per MOS:OVERQUOTE

Music and lyrics[edit]

  • "pop and hip hop record." → "pop, and hip hop record."
  • "on which Missy Elliott invites Aaliyah" → "on which Elliott invites Aaliyah" per her having already been introduced fully
  • ""panting minimalist controlled" → ""panting, minimalist controlled" per the source
  • The hums part for "Hot Like Fire" has too much direct quoting; for starters, you can do "to her new bae" → "to her new lover"
  • Remove link on title track, as this was done in the previous section
  • The term "bouncing" is not sourced anywhere for the audio sample
  • The genre of "A Girl Like You" as hip hop is not sourced
  • Remove wikilink on "If Your Girl Only Knew"
  • "Connie Johnson from Los Angeles Times as" → "Connie Johnson from the Los Angeles Times as"
  • "Aaliyah "chides a man" → "Aaliyah "chide[s] a man"
  • Remove the links on "Choosey Lover (Old School/New School)" and "Got to Give It Up"
  • "The Isley Brothers and Marvin Gaye" → "the Isley Brothers and Gaye" per MOS:THEMUSIC
  • Wikilink falsetto
  • Remove wikilink on Slick Rick
  • Remove wikilink on "The One I Gave My Heart To"

Marketing[edit]

Imagery[edit]

  • Put more of Baptise's quote into your own words per MOS:OVERQUOTE
  • Most of the first sentence for the first product can be put into your own words, while the second is fine to remain as a quote
  • "discussing the accompanying music video for" → "discussing the music video for" with the wikilink, although remove the link on title track

Release[edit]

  • Remove wikilink on BET
  • "The accompanying music video for the album's lead single" → "The music video for the album's lead single" with the wikilink, removing the wikilink on the single itself
  • Wikilink The Source to itself
  • "Sister 2 Sister and" → "Sister 2 Sister, and"
  • "in the United States two weeks later, by Blackground Records and Atlantic Records." → "in the US two weeks later, by Blackground and Atlantic Records." per MOS:US
  • "the UK, Germany, South Africa and Japan." → "the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa, and Japan." since this is the first time the UK is mentioned
  • Identify the 2001 successor as eponymous too because this is only one word to add regarding the self-titled record
  • Remove link on Jive

Live performances[edit]

  • Remove wikilink on MTV
  • "To promote the album in the United Kingdom," → "To promote One in a Million in the UK,"
  • "on November 2." → "on November 2, 1996."
  • The New York Undercover performance can be kept, although the episode is not sourced as being the one where she performs the song by either of the refs so please delete that part
  • Pipe Live with Regis and Kathie Lee to Live with Kelly and Mark
  • "On February 21, she performed" → "Three days later, Aaliyah performed"
  • The Grind is not sourced and while the Spice Girls are, no interview is shown
  • "was also planning a" → "had also planned a" and remove the lack of materialization part since this is not said by the source and "had" is the closest we can imply here from it
  • "Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Mary J. Blige;" → "Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and Mary J. Blige;"
  • "In August, Aaliyah made a" → "Also in August, Aaliyah made a"
  • Remove wikilink on "Hot Like Fire"
  • "In September, Aaliyah performed" → "In September 1997, Aaliyah performed"
  • Remove wikilink on "The One I Gave My Heart To"
  • Italicize The Big Help, although this performance is not sourced by the archive and the link's dead
  • "She additionally performed" → "Aaliyah additionally performed"
  • Remove wikilink on BET
  • "on November 26," → "on November 26, 1997"
  • The Gift of Song gala is not sourced as having her specifically perform the song

Singles[edit]

  • Soon
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