# Talk:Blood (OSI album)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Blood (OSI album)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Cannibaloki 21:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


### Checklist
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality: 

B. MoS compliance: 

Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources: 

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary: 
What makes madeloud.com, metalstorm.net, rocknworld.com/thrashpit, and ultimate-guitar.com reliable sources? A person writing things like "nu metal bullshit" make it sound non-professional to me.
The works of MadeLoud writer Andrew Reilly "has appeared in The A.V. Club, RedEye, and Ghost Factory, among others [...]". In contrast, Matt Hensch proved to be a non-professional writer in his profile for Encyclopaedia Metallum.--Cannibaloki 14:01, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
I always interpreted Professional reviews may include only reviews written by professional music journalists or DJs, or found within any online or print publication having a (paid or volunteer) editorial and writing staff (which excludes personal blogs) to mean that a review is reliable if it's written by a professional writer, or features on a reliable site per WP:RS (or both). Am I misinterpreting? Una LagunaTalk 14:40, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Both.--Cannibaloki 14:55, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Hmm - if both were required wouldn't "and" have been used over "or"? I don't like being pedantic, but I'm slightly surprised by this because I used similar sources for my last two WP:ALBUM GANs and they checked out fine. Una LagunaTalk 16:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
C. No original research: 

Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects: 

B. Focused: 

Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias: 

Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc: 

Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales: 

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions: 

Overall:
Pass or Fail: 
On hold for a week.--Cannibaloki 22:41, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 Passed.--Cannibaloki 21:09, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks again for your thorough review! Una LagunaTalk 11:20, 20 August 2010 (UTC)


### Comments
Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater, who performed drums on the first two albums, was replaced by Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison on Blood. What albums?
Clarified.  Done Una LagunaTalk 10:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Matheos and Moore worked together on the album long-distance, mainly by emailing each other files. What kind of files? Audio file format?
They never specify in the interviews I've cited. They only ever talk about exchanging "files", so I think that's all we can do in the article. Una LagunaTalk 10:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Harrison had a schedule gap over summer 2008, so agreed to work on the album. Reword "summer" per WP:SEASON.
Makes sense... I'm not 100% familiar with the quarter system though - do correct me if summer in the northern hemisphere doesn't correspond to the fourth quarter! Una LagunaTalk 10:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

 Doing...--Cannibaloki 21:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

 Done--Cannibaloki 22:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to review the article! I attempted to find reviews from sites that complied with WP:ALBUMS#Reception. On a second look, I think the Ultimate Guitar review doesn't count as reliable (it seems to be submitted by a user rather than a staff member), so I'll remove it and any references to it. The other sources seem to pass WP:ALBUMS#Reception in that they have editorial and writing staff. The "nu metal bullshit" quote isn't particularly enlightening to the reader; given that there's a more articulated quote from the same reviewer immediately after it, I could probably remove it. Otherwise I don't see any problems, but if I'm misinterpreting the guidelines, do say.
I've noticed you have put a "neutral" by criterion 6B but haven't made any specific comments? Una LagunaTalk 10:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)