# Talk:Joanne (Lady Gaga song)

Hello.  This is a really strong article and congrats on GA.  I've reviewed the article and made some grammar and style edits. I also added a topic sentence to the Critical reception section. All of these changes you will see in the edit history.  I've finished my review, and again, great article!--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 15:31, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

@Esprit15d: Thanks for working on this article. However, in this diff, I'm not sure "after from" makes sense. ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:39, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
@Another Believer:Feel free to change that. I tried to read the reference you included in the article, but I know you are more of an expert on the topic, and will be able to phrase it better.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 15:42, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
@Another Believer: Unfortunately, you are reverting back in basic grammar errors and things that go against established policy. I'm not particularly interested in revert wars, So, I'm just going to remove my name from this review.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 16:06, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
I did not look through the article history, but I have completed a copy-edit of the article as it stood. Let me know if I have made any errors in my copy-editing. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:06, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:38, 11 December 2017 (UTC)


### Reversion of the topic sentence
I noticed you reverted the topic sentence I provided for the Critical reception section. I'm glad that you actually used a guideline and didn't just revert out of personal preference.  That said, I think if you look a little more closely, you'll see that that the policy doesn't apply to this situation for a few reasons:

WP:SYNTH, is a guideline that warns against editors reading several sources and then coming up with an opinion based on those sources.  For example, in this article, synth would have been if the article read, "Because so many critics gave the song great reviews, "Joanne" is a actually a great song."  Even if many critics liked it, calling the song song "great" is an opinion.  However, it is not opinion that the song mostly got good reviews.  That is actually a fact.  Some songs get largely negative reviews. Some get mixed reviews. If you peruse GA and FA song articles, you'll notice that topic sentences of this sort are standard in Wikipedia's best articles.
Topic sentences are not SYNTH. If you look at the [SYNTH guidelines further, you'll notice is says, "Summary is necessary to reduce the information in lengthy sources to an encyclopedic length -- even when the information being summarized comes from multiple sources. It's not necessary to find a source that summarizes the information. As long as what's in the article is an accurate, neutral summary, and each of the statements is verified by an appropriate source, then the summary is also verified by the same sources. Summary is not forbidden by any Wikipedia policy." Topic sentences, thesis statements, and article summaries are a part of good prose, which is the goal of Wikipedia articles. This very article has several: the lead section in itself is a summary.
SYNTH is not a policy, it is a guideline, so it can't be violated, per se. It's just a reminder to editors of how to write more effectively.
If you review WP:RECEPTION, you'll see that topic statements in critical review sections are encouraged and considered standard.
Since I'm part of the GOCE, I will keep going through the article to make sure the article reads well and has strong grammar, prose, and organization.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 15:07, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

@IndianBio: Just wanted to let you know that is more news on this song (i.e. a piano version and an upcoming music vide) and this information should be added in the article in the future and refined to avoid a potential GAR in the future. Have a wonderful rest of your day and/or night! Aoba47 (talk) 02:23, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
Is there a source for "Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin'?)", which is mentioned in the lead sentence? ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:46, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

I think the article should be updated with more info about the piano version of the song. Although, I failed to find enough sources - other than reviews of the remixed edit. The producer of this version had a long post on Instagram, which I don't know if sufficient as source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BeaviqbnGJT/?utm_source=ig_embed
--212.203.51.92 (talk) 11:15, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, lets see if there are news sources for this. —IB [ Poke ] 12:11, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
I have no idea if there any valid sources for that, but could we now update the article with a new section for the piano version of the song? For me, it's sometimes confusing in the article, which version of the song is being discussed. Also, in the Critical response section, there are no reviews  at all regarding the piano edit, even though that's the version that has a Grammy-nomination, not the album track. There is also no info written about the recording of this version, who she recorded it with, etc. --Sricsi (talk) 22:57, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
Sricsi, to answer you, no didn't find any valid source talking about the recording of the piano version. Probably because its not significantly different (like how Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Real" remix was) and is just a stripped down version. The piano version in general did not much critical review separately from the original that I could find. If you can list some sources that would be great. —IB [ Poke ] 09:42, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Since we don't have any other sources, could we use the Instagram page of Mark Nilan Jr. (https://www.instagram.com/p/BeaviqbnGJT/?utm_source=ig_embed) to include it in he article that he was the producer of the piano version? This song just won a Grammy, and we don't even have the name of its producer in the article. Or is there an iTunes link that that we could use and has this information? --Sricsi (talk) 23:01, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
iTunes metadata. I don't have the downloaded version in mine so can't check it. —IB [ Poke ] 23:05, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
If I checked it correctly, the iTunes data only has Gaga's and Mark Ronson's name featured, as songwriters. --Sricsi (talk) 23:31, 10 February 2019 (UTC)