Talk:The Glorification of Sadness/GA1
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Nominator: Camilasdandelions (talk · contribs) 05:09, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: JuniperChill (talk · contribs) 14:48, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Hi Camila, I plan to review this over the next few days. I might take a while since I'm busy IRL plus I have other good articles to review. JuniperChill (talk) 14:48, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hey Juniper! Thank you for your work for it, this article is my first time nominee, kinda nervous, but I hope it can satisfy the conditions as well. Camilasdandelions (talk!) 15:10, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you! I'm doing this as part of the GAN backlog drive. Right now, I'm quite tired seeing as I reviewed Laura Kenny, a huge article that is almost 3000 words. I should start the review after Laura Kenny is closed, which should be within a few days. This is my eighth GAN review, five of which were undertaken as part of the backlog drive. JuniperChill (talk) 17:43, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Sure, take your time. I know it's tiring to review such a huge article, and I really respect that you've already reviewed nearly seven good articles! Camilasdandelions (talk!) 22:53, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- I have reviewed criteria 2-6 (except for spot checks). As its almost midnight for me (I'm from UK, like Paloma Faith is), I will do the prose review tomorrow after 18:00 BST as like I said, I'm busy IRL. JuniperChill (talk) 22:25, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
OK. Take your time! :) Camilasdandelions (talk!) 22:41, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
- I have reviewed the lead section. I will start reviewing the rest of the article ~12 hours from now as its almost midnight for me. JuniperChill (talk) 21:50, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay. I thought I was available today, but I had to do something IRL. I should finish the review by Saturday 23:59 BST JuniperChill (talk) 22:53, 17 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, I've fixed all points that you referred. I tried to change the sentence to
Retropopmagazine's George McHugh described the album marked a welcome return to form, as her previous record, Infinite Things (2020), "often didn't pack the punch of her earlier releases."
- Because Retropop said:
- .. and across 'The Glorification Of Sadness' she remains distinctly in her own lane – a welcome return to form after her previous album, 2020's 'Infinite Things', often didn’t pack the punch of her previous releases.
- I tried to keep the content and not to transform its original meaning. Camilasdandelions (talk!) 01:05, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Ah ok. That's fine by me. I've done a spotcheck and identified a couple of problems. JuniperChill (talk) 22:17, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- I fixed all references you mentioned. Please check. Camilasdandelions (talk!) 01:32, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- You still haven't fixed the "On 21 February 2024" seeing as the BBC source has no mentions of "February" or "Feb" and was published on 15 March 2024. Or maybe I wasn't clear. JuniperChill (talk) 08:00, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Fixed. I placed About Amazon's source in front of BBC source, as "21 February 2024" information can be found on About Amazon :). Camilasdandelions (talk!) 09:03, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Great. I will now be closing this nomination as successful. Congrats on your first GA! JuniperChill (talk) 18:30, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Fixed. I placed About Amazon's source in front of BBC source, as "21 February 2024" information can be found on About Amazon :). Camilasdandelions (talk!) 09:03, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- You still haven't fixed the "On 21 February 2024" seeing as the BBC source has no mentions of "February" or "Feb" and was published on 15 March 2024. Or maybe I wasn't clear. JuniperChill (talk) 08:00, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- I fixed all references you mentioned. Please check. Camilasdandelions (talk!) 01:32, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Ah ok. That's fine by me. I've done a spotcheck and identified a couple of problems. JuniperChill (talk) 22:17, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay. I thought I was available today, but I had to do something IRL. I should finish the review by Saturday 23:59 BST JuniperChill (talk) 22:53, 17 October 2025 (UTC)
- I have reviewed the lead section. I will start reviewing the rest of the article ~12 hours from now as its almost midnight for me. JuniperChill (talk) 21:50, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
- I have reviewed criteria 2-6 (except for spot checks). As its almost midnight for me (I'm from UK, like Paloma Faith is), I will do the prose review tomorrow after 18:00 BST as like I said, I'm busy IRL. JuniperChill (talk) 22:25, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
- Sure, take your time. I know it's tiring to review such a huge article, and I really respect that you've already reviewed nearly seven good articles! Camilasdandelions (talk!) 22:53, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you! I'm doing this as part of the GAN backlog drive. Right now, I'm quite tired seeing as I reviewed Laura Kenny, a huge article that is almost 3000 words. I should start the review after Laura Kenny is closed, which should be within a few days. This is my eighth GAN review, five of which were undertaken as part of the backlog drive. JuniperChill (talk) 17:43, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Prose review (1)
Lead
- "The album features four singles: the lead single "How You Leave a Man", which Faith described as a life-changing moment; "Bad Woman", concerning female empowerment; "Pressure", a collaboration with Kojey Radical; and "Sweatpants", which was released alongside the album."
- I have taken a look at other GA albums and none of them add further detail. I suggest rewording it to
Four singles were released from the album: lead single "How You Leave a Man", "Bad Woman", "Pressure" and "Sweatpants".
- I have taken a look at other GA albums and none of them add further detail. I suggest rewording it to
- "peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and Scotland"
- Scotland is part of the UK which may be confusing to readers. I suggest rewording it to
peaked at number two in both the UK Albums Chart and the Scottish Albums Chart.
- Scotland is part of the UK which may be confusing to readers. I suggest rewording it to
Background and concept
- "with whom she shares two children"
- This sounds confusing to me as how does she share two children? It could be reworded to "with whom she has two children" or removed altogether
- "she emphasized that she had no regrets, as their children were "worth it.""
- is it supposed to be
as her children were "worth it"
?
- is it supposed to be
- "Writing for the album not only allowed her to reflect on that period but also served as an emotional outlet"
- Add "it" between "but" and "also"
- "Alongside the album, Faith is also working on a book that delves into the experience of being a woman in a post-feminist society." and "While she hopes for chart success, she values her relatability with listeners"
- These sentences should be written in past tense
Composition
- "Musically, The Glorification of Sadness incorporates elements of soul and R&B"
- I'm not sure if "Musically" is necessary. (Side note, it brings me back into the social media site now called TikTok.)
- "The Glorification of Sadness also captures a full emotional spectrum"
- reword to "It also captures a full emotional spectrum" to reduce repetition
Promotion
- "Following "How You Leave a Man", the singer released "Bad Woman""
- Reword to
Following that, the signer released "Bad Woman" on 24 November 2023
. As well as reducing repetition, I also added the release date, seeing as the other singles in the article have them.
- Reword to
- ""Pressure", with British artist Kojey Radical, was released on 19 January 2024 as a third single and origins from a chorus sent to her by Liam Bailey and was then co-written with Gez O'Connell."
- This sentence is quite long at 34 words. I suggest splitting it as 25 is the recommended maximum.
- "On that date, the song received a digital single, in addition to an exclusive pre-sale on Amazon for two physical versions of the song (on CD and 7-inch vinyl) released on 8 March 2024."
- Similar to above as this sentence is also 34 words.
- The tour section is written in a mixture of present and future tense. It should be rewritten to past tense seeing as the tour has likely concluded by now.
Critical reception
- "Retropop magazine's George McHugh described The Glorification of Sadness"
- Reword to
Retropop magazine's George McHugh described it
- Reword to
- "as a welcome return to form following 2020's Infinite Things, which "often didn't pack the punch of her previous releases.""
- This part of the sentence is confusing to me, especially the part "as a welcome return to form"
Verifiability, copyright and spot checks (2)
The article cites reliable sources and contains no original research. I've looked at other GA albums (using 1989 (Taylor's Version)#Personnel and Project X (album)#Personnel as examples) and found out that the 'Personnel' section doesn't need a citation. Earwig returns a 17.4% violation unlikely. To do spot check after the prose review is done and I am now going to review criteria 3-6. JuniperChill (talk) 21:38, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
- Done lead section
Camilasdandelions (talk!) 22:01, 16 October 2025 (UTC)
- Spotchecking sources 3, 7, 14, 20 and 27 (according to this revision)
- 7 - "I tend to think there's always an anomaly... and I want to be it." - The quote isn't mentioned on that source. "It also captures a full emotional spectrum, including moments of resilience and euphoria" isn't supported by the source
- 20 - Source was published on 15 March 2024. It also doesn't mention "official" anywhere
- Found no issues with other sources
Other criteria (3-6)
- 3 - Broad in its coverage - article addresses the main aspects and stays focused on the topic
- 4 - Neutral - article conforms to the neutral point of view
- 5 - Stable - no edit wars or content disputes recently
- 6 - Illustrated - Both the album cover and the audio sample have valid non-free use rationales. The other image is tagged with a valid copyright notice stating that it's free to use. All three are relevant to the article.
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