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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted 04:31, 7 December 2007.

[edit] In Rainbows

I'm nominating this article for featured article because it is a very comprehensive, well-written article on the history of the In Rainbows album by Radiohead. The article does an excellent job of discussing the history of production, the music and lyrics, critical reaction, and its unique method of distribution. In addition, pictures and audio files make the article more multi-faceted. No citations are currently needed, as all claims and references are accurately cited. Especially since this recently released album has generated much discussion amongst fans and the music industry, the article provides a fair, balanced, and complete overview of the album.Mentzabides 14:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment I think this is very early for an FAC nomination for this page. I mean, it hasn't even seen release on CD yet. I believe that some major editors of this article withdrew a good article nomination for the same reason. --Brandt Luke Zorn 05:38, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
    • Concerned regarding Stability.--Keerllston 14:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - I don't think its too early at all - the discbox, from what I can see, won't contain anything more than lyrics and artwork. Will (talk) 23:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
    • It's not just the discbox; The actual CD hasn't been released yet. This is a great article, but the whole story hasn't played out yet, and this shouldn't be featured yet regardless of quality. --Brandt Luke Zorn (talk) 02:59, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I would also like to voice my concern that this is too early for an FAC. Even though the digital version of this album has been released, surely its impact on the music world has not been entirely decided on yet? Let us give the album more than four weeks to have an impact on other artists, shall we? Also, let us at least wait until all versions of it have been released. What happens if a CD release has a wildly different impact (for whatever reason) - that would drastically change the article. This topic is inherently unstable at the moment. I would expect the editors to want this article to be in the best shape it can be when nominating it here. Let us wait for that time. Awadewit | talk 08:23, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak support, seems to be really comprehensive, well-written and well referenced, but as pointed out the fact that it hasn't seen a CD release yet could be problematic and could mean that significant changes would need to be made after the promotion to FA. Other than that though, it looks really good to me.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 21:01, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose - Is the playlist ranking on Last.fm all that notable? I'd feel better if there was a news article noting the album's ranking on Last.fm, but as it stands it doesn't seem suitable for an encyclopedia article. Also, more attention should be given to professional, mainstream media reviews of the album. Most of the ones mentioned in the prose are websites that haven't quite established their notability as important voices in music criticism, or small regional/city newpapers. Stick with the likes of Rolling Stone, All Music Guide, The New York Times, NME, Q, etc. Compared to those publications/sites, what Tiny Mix Tapes and The Hartford Courant think of the album is irrelevant. Frankly the article is not comprehensive enough in ackowledging appropriate sources to be FA material, or even GA class (in contrast, the album has technically been released--albeit in an unusual format--so the whole "hasn't been released on CD" aspect isn't a point of contention for me). WesleyDodds (talk) 12:38, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
  • I would agree that it's inappropriate to have a reference to its ranking on last.fm.-h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 06:11, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
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