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GA Review

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Have had a read through, and while my initial thought was that the chart performance could use it's own section, I now think that it makes the article flow better to include it within Reception and Legacy like you have.

Reviewer: Miyagawa (talk) 15:25, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

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, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Overall a very well written and constructed article. References are precisely where they are needed, especially with the variety of quotes. Images have fair use rationales and alt text added. Article maintains neutral POV and uses quotes to show opinions of others. Happy to mark up as GA. Miyagawa (talk) 15:25, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Release date

I've just added Category:2004 songs to the article. Though I know that Category:2005 singles is already present, I've added it on the basis that while the single was released in 2005, the song itself was first unveiled in 2004. And that got me thinking; in the infobox, we list the runtimes for both the album version and the single edit. Should we do a similar thing for the release date? Something like "22 November 2004 (album)<br/>6 June 2005 (single)"? What do you think? Good idea or a bit too much? Melicans (talk, contributions) 08:07, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Having both categories is correct and standard practice, I should have spotted that. But in every case I know of, infoboxes for singles only list the release date of the single, not an earlier release date of the containing album. Readers can always click on the album link to find that out.

As for the different runtimes, I wasn't even aware they were different. Does the article explain what was cut out of the radio edit? That needs to be made clear, as well as which the timings in the article (10 seconds, 45 seconds, 1:20 in, etc.) pertain to. In the countries where this was a big hit, did radio stations play the cut version or the full version? Wasted Time R (talk) 14:07, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I can add the first two points easily enough, but I don't think I can include anything for the latter; as far as I'm aware, that kind of thing isn't usually documented. Melicans (talk, contributions) 17:20, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Okay, the article timings and what was cut have been clarified/added. Feel free to rearrange if it looks awkward! Melicans (talk, contributions) 18:08, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar to all

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		This is a Barnstar for all who were involved in bringing "City of Blinding Lights" to featured article status. Whether you helped to build the article through content addition or copyedits, reviewed the article during GA, PR, or FAC, provided suggestions on what could be added or improved, or added images that helped to show what the article is about; this could not have happened without your combined efforts in creating the article that you see today. Thank you all; if you had any contribution, no matter how small, in making this article featured, then please consider this barnstar to be yours. Melicans (talk, contributions) 02:53, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Montreal Canadiens

I don't know if it's worth noting, and where to put it, but the Montreal Canadiens use this as their entrance song when they come on to the ice before every game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.83.121.24 (talk) 06:14, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

The Canadiens are a fairly notable team so it could possibly be put in the legacy section, but we will need a reliable source first. Melicans (talk, contributions) 14:33, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

2010 FIFA World Cup

An excerpt of this song was used at the end of broadcasts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on NBC (at least, I think it was NBC; it might have been ESPN), when they were about to go to commercials. Should this be in the "Legacy" section? 97.96.65.123 (talk) 01:40, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

In a word, no. It's nowhere near notable enough.  f o x  01:53, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

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