Talk:Play This Song

Play This Song was nominated as a Music good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (January 15, 2026, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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GA review

Unsuccessful. Review appears to have been abandoned. Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Play This Song/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: FanofPopMusic (talk · contribs) 17:40, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Arconning (talk · contribs) 10:24, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shall review. Arconning (talk) 10:24, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@FanofPopMusic My comments. Arconning (talk) 16:57, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Prose and MoS

Infobox says N.W.I., lead says NWI, Composition says "NWi", what is it? This should be uniform.

Lead and infobox

"Silk Sonic - .Paak's collaborative work with Bruno Mars -, with their chemistry being the object of praise.", why the hyphens?
" 70's music", use 70s or '70s instead as they are grammatically correct.

Background and release

First mention in the body for "Anderson .Paak", "Mariah Carey", and "Here for It All" should be wikilinked.
" "an "I'm giving up on this situation" type thing"", quotation marks in a quotation should be changed to single quotation marks.
" Billboard reported that the track is Carey's", " Billboard reported that the track was Carey's"

Composition

"has been described as one of the "groovier moments" on Here for It All.", by whom?
"It features "swirling" production, live drums, and "relaxed" arrangements.", this is a bit confusing, what exactly is a swirling production?
"2023's Victoria Monét's Jaguar II album.", "Victoria Monét's album, Jaguar II (2023)"

Critical reception

""a lavish and richly arranged tune, featuring [Paak]'s soulful vocals melding wonderfully with Carey's.", where's the end quote?
"Sperisen of The Daily Bruin", just put Sperisen.
"Correspondingly, the description of the duet by Sperisen of The Daily Bruin stressed as the "finest collaboration" on the album, highlighting that the "chemistry between the Silk Sonic member's vocals and Carey's luscious lilts leaves the lyrics to play second fiddle, but this is no concern when the song's rich, luxurious '70s vibe is so heavenly."", the flow of this sentence doesn't make sense. Could be rewritten as "Correspondingly, the description of the duet by Sperisen of The Daily Bruin stressed as the "finest collaboration" on the album, highlighting that the "chemistry between the Silk Sonic member's vocals and Carey's luscious lilts leaves the lyrics to play second fiddle" although further stated that "this is no concern when the song's rich, luxurious '70s vibe is so heavenly.""
Capitalize the "M" in "AllMusic"
"mostly Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye or Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright.", this isn't grammatically correct. I can see in the original source that it's taken directly from there... shouldn't this be in quotes + a [sic] template?
"mimick[s]", "mimic[s]"

Music video

No issues.

Live performances and the rest...

Don't wikilink Rolling Stone and Billboard as they're wikilinked previously in the body.

Media

Album cover is properly licensed. All good.

Refs

Earwig seems to be alright.
Spot checks: 12, 16, 19, 30. All good.

Misc

No ongoing edit war, broad enough information, neutral.

@FanofPopMusic: In case you didn't see this. Are you interested in making improvements and moving forward with this nomination? Z1720 (talk) 14:12, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.