Talk:Martin O'Donnell

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March 10, 2008 Good article nominee Listed

Contents 1 Sound Design 2 GA nom? 3 Style 4 GA on hold 5 Martin vs Marty

[edit] Sound Design

"Sound design" is a noun, and the proper term for doing it is "creating sound design". See Marty's bio, the term is used there. --Milo H Minderbinder 14:42, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA nom?

What are peoples thoughts about a GA nom? It looks really good as is, all sourced, good picture, pretty extensive. Unless there is a glaring omission, it may be good, either get GA status or get a good review out of it. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 01:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I dunno. I’ve got some good info I found in a Bungie podcast I definitely want to add, once I put that in I guess we’ll see what we’re missing. Unfortunately, there’s not a good FA article on a (modern) composer we can use as a reference, unless I’m missing something. Das Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 18:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool, let us know :) This Halo wikiproject is awesome, these articles have improved so dramatically, good work Dave! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 22:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I've integrated the info. The only thing I'm going to look for is some more information on his early life. Other than that, I think it's coming along nicely. :) Das Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 22:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I found a good interview, and added a few more sentences. I've nominated it at GAN too. Cheers, Das Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 23:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Style

Change Marty to O'Donnell. I saw a comma where a full stop should be as well. I'm not reviewing it yet, but I'll look at this again. As far as I can see it's a pass. :)--andreasegde (talk) 15:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

"after which O'Donnell appeared". Where? --andreasegde (talk) 15:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

It would good to put a little more in about the subjects linked (like Flintstones Chewable Vitamins) as I have no idea what they are, and flicking back and forth through pages is a little confusing.--andreasegde (talk) 15:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I am amazed that the above comments have not been answered, as this article is on the GA list.--212.241.67.98 (talk) 00:02, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I have lots of pages on my watchlist. I'll see about looking at what you've brought up. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 00:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA on hold

• "is an American musical composer" - just "composer" is fine
• "O'Donnell frequently collaborates with his musical companion Michael Salvatori for many of the scores" - redundancies
• Ref 1 (and some others perhaps) need |format=MP4
• Personal life section generally goes after the career one
• "Despite his interest in progressive and fusion rock" - wlink the genres here
• "O'Donnell began working for television commercials and film" - began his career working in film/TV...reword
• "Bungie contracted O'Donnell to work on several of Bungie's other projects" - repeated word
• I didn't check them, but I'm not sure if the ELs are necessary. Suppose it depends on how much other info there is about him (guessing not much...).

Leave a note on my talk page when done. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 07:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Passed. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 22:16, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Martin vs Marty

Someone inserted a fact tag behind his nickname "Marty". His email address is Marty, his email sig tag says Marty, his Bungie bio on the website says Marty, when I interviewed him he responded to Marty and when he spoke at the Vancouver Game Summit his name tag said "Marty". --8bitJake (talk) 20:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)