Talk:Gizmodgery

Rolling Stone reference is broken

Gets redirected to the Rolling Stone home page. Can't find another source of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.34.187.154 (talk) 17:44, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

GA review

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.

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

Nominator: KmartEmployeeTor (talk · contribs) 09:52, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: RedShellMomentum (talk · contribs) 09:49, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Will review tomorrow. RedShellMomentum 09:49, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Alright, will review now. RedShellMomentum 20:22, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

so did we fail or pass KmartEmployeeTor (talk) 22:08, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I was working heavily on other articles. I'll take a look at it now. RedShellMomentum 22:11, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

@KmartEmployeeTor: Additional comments below. RedShellMomentum 22:33, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

@KmartEmployeeTor: I'll place this On hold so you can fix the issues addressed below. RedShellMomentum 05:08, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

Let me know what you think, are the fixes okay? I've fixed the lyrics and legacy sections. The lead, production, release, commercial performance, charts and reference sections were done by @Popturtle earlier yesterday. KmartEmployeeTor (talk) 17:07, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

 Pass now. Everything looks good; thank you for your work! RedShellMomentum 17:21, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Lead

• received critical acclaim → received generally positive reviews.
• Some chart and sales details are repeated later, so trimming them could make it more concise.

Background

Great!

Production

• Consider cutting minor studio anecdotes to keep the flow smooth.

Music and lyrics

Great!

Style and influences

Great!

Lyrics

• Some interpretive statements could be more clearly linked to their sources.

Artwork

Great!

Release

• A bit of trimming is suggested to prevent overwhelming readers with too many promotional details.

Reception

Great!

Legacy

• Make it clear that calling something a sleeper hit means it's being recognized as such only after a later reevaluation.

Commercial performance

• Try simplifying the week-by-week chart movement.

Track listing

Great!

Personnel

Great!

Charts

• I don't think we need "What a Fool Believes"'s chart performance here.

References

• Some magazine citations need to use {{cite magazine}}. Same with newspapers and {{cite news}}.

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.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Zzz plant (talk) 20:53, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

• ... that the American pop rock band Self recorded their fourth studio album Gizmodgery using only toy instruments?

• Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7067-gizmodgery/

• • Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by KmartEmployeeTor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

KmartEmployeeTor (talk) 17:46, 8 January 2026 (UTC).

• The article was promoted to GA status on January 6 and nominated on the 8th, so it was eligible at the time of the nomination. I did not find any close paraphrasing, and other general DYK article criteria are met. The nominator only has one prior nomination so no QPQ is needed. The hook is interesting, cited inline, and verified across multiple sources. The reason I am not yet approving this is the picture: it does not look good at the given resolution, and it may not meet WP:DYKDIVERT since it is more about the band itself and not the album. I will approve this once I receive a response from the nominator if they are okay with this running without an image. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:25, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
  • @Narutolovehinata5: The goal is advancing the Self agenda, we are fine running without an image. Let's all love Self. KmartEmployeeTor (talk · contributions) 18:22, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
• Approving the hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:49, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

<^>v!!This album is connected!!v<^>

All song titles serve as redirects to this album, have their own pages, or have been placed at the appropriate disambiguation pages. KmartEmployeeTor (talk) 21:21, 9 February 2026 (UTC)