Talk:Loverboy

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Date of review: 2 October 2006

big ones and super hits go to albums of the same name by different artists, i'm not sure how to fix that. --gb 09:28, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Loverboy Weather-Project

My project on Loverboy has begun. I will put up pages for all albums, improve the article, and add pages for certain hit singles. Weatherman90 20:16, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TO DO

~~Makeover Main Page~~
~~Make Pages for All Albums~~
Make Pages for All Singles
~~Add a Loverboy menu to the bottom of all album, single, and band member pages~~
~~Make Pages for all Loverboy band members~~
~~Check over all pages and fix red links, proofread, check for quotes around songs, etc.~~

[edit] Failed GA

I'm failing this GA as it's not written in an enyclopedic tone. I've tagged a few problematic statements in the lead (many of them aren't so much "citation needed" as "tone it down" or "are you sure?").

The problems continue into the article, with statements like:

"The orgin of the band began in Calgary"
"a long nine years" (that's opposed to a short 9 years then?)
"They released the song as a single, and it soared to the number five spot on the Billboard charts." Soared to #5? Hmm.
"in the decade they dominated - the 80s." - maybe in Canada, and if so that's fine, but you're writing to an international audience and I can assure you they didn't dominate here. You need to tone it down. Also, please do tell us how they fared outside North America.
He was "tragically declared dead". Dying might be tragic, the declaration less so. Either way, we don't say deaths are tragic unless there was something truly gut-wrenching about it. See The Shamen (one of my favourite bands) - "On May 23rd, Sinnott drowned in an accident off coast of La Gomera." No "tragic", no commentary from us at all. However: "Colin Angus later said: "When it first happened, I was still reeling from the shock of Will's completely unexpected and tragic death..."" That's OK, we're quoting his bandmate now.

This is typical of a fan written piece, so don't be too alarmed, but it needs great improvement before it can be classed as a GA. --kingboyk 21:31, 2 October 2006 (UTC)