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[edit] Déjà Vu (Beyoncé song)

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I'm nominating this article for featured article because its been a GA for a while and been peer reviewed. I'm quite confident this article will make it. Thank you. --Efe (talk) 01:58, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Oppose for 1a. This article really needs a grammar check, a spell check, a punctuation check, and a copy-edit. The following are examples only:

• "Subsequently, the instruments play they are mentioned,[12] preceding Jay-Z utterance, "uh"." – what does this mean?
• "In bars seven and eight, the bass glides up for a Meshell-like vibrato-rich fill, giving way to Jay-Z's first rendition of a rap.[1] Beyoncé started the verse, backed with a repeating groove.[1] The pre-chorus follows, ..." – present tense, then past, then present again.
• "The pattern is repeated reaching to the bridge. The bridge applies for a more emotional and melodic part to play more singing.[12][1] The bridge comes from Jerkins's idea to have the bridge changes on top, with Webb's main groove on the bottom." – "the bridge", four times in three sentences.
• The "Release and reception" section seems to be just a gathering place for quotes from reviewers.
• "On 28 August, the single surged up at number one, replacing" – "surged up to number one", although the hyperbole isn't necessary.
• "Across Oceania, "Déjà Vu" had a mediocre success reaching under the top ten." – ", never reaching the top ten" would be better.
• "When she started the second verse, Beyoncé introduces the swamps, wearing subsequent two red dresses." – different tenses in the same sentence this time. Wearing subsequent?

These are simply examples – fixing only these won't fix the article. Copy-edit needed, preferably by a native English speaker. Carré (talk) 08:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Done. --Efe (talk) 09:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Please don't strike out my comments. I've now highlighted the important bit that hasn't been done. More examples?

• "Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork was equally unimpressed comparing to Beyoncé's former hit single "Crazy in Love" that "this time [she] out-bolds the beat"."
• "The Village Voice's Tom Breihan compared that "Déjà Vu" reminds of "Ain't No Other Man" Christina Aguilera's single."
• ""Déjà Vu" stayed the summit for one week ..."
• ""Déjà Vu" was the ninety-eight best-selling"
• "She close the video under the trees, utilizing an on-and-off light system and wears a totally shiny black dress." (aside from the other problems, anything wrong with using the word "using"?)

Again, fixing these few examples and coming back saying "done" won't fix the article. Carré (talk) 10:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Im doing what I am supposed to do; Im tryng to copyedit it well. Do not say fixing wont fix the article. What are you trying to say, crap this one? Copyediting or merely fixing will definitely fix this one. =) --Efe (talk) 10:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way, sorry for crashing out your comments. Will not do it again. --Efe (talk) 10:34, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I've copyedited the article. It was copyedited by two users before. --Efe (talk) 12:30, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose There are many problems with the article, here are some examples:

"was the subject for a re-shoot petition."

What's a re-shoot petition?

• Of course, a petition to re-shoot the video.

"record what he did"

Do you mean "record what he had done"

• Fixed.

"prior to its physical release"

before it's release?

• Yah. Isnt that clear? I have to say physical because there are some digital releases.

""Déjà Vu" had a mediocre success for never reaching the top ten"

Can success be mediocre? If so, was it mediocre because the record did not reach the top ten?

• Fixed. Music-related FAs do use that word.

"The shooting wrapped up at 1:00 p.m., and proceeded for the swamp scenes"

So the shooting carried on then?

• Yah. I made it clear now.

"using an on-and-off light system and wears a totally shiny black dress"

totally shiny?

• Fixed.

Also the word "debuted" is used throughout; should this be "made its debut"? And the strange verb "demoed" links to a noun.

Fixed to "played the demo..." What's shorter? "Debuted" or "made its debut"? I thought we aimed for brief and compact sentences here. --Efe (talk) 06:33, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

In short, I wouldn't like to see this article on the Main Page--GrahamColm^Talk 14:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I've re-copyedited everything. --Efe (talk) 06:33, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Comment This article does indeed have significant prose problems, but I've already begun a copy-edit and expect to be done in a couple of days. It should have no prose-related problems then. indopug (talk) 09:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Indopug commented on my talk page to fix the second paragraph of the Music video section. I completely removed it; anyway, there was no much information to say. No storyline. Just mere dancing and lots of dresses. These are already mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Everything, I think, is going OK. Indopug just edited the article yesterday. Thanks Indopug! --Efe (talk) 05:57, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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