Talk:Midnights

Semi-protected edit request on 31 May 2023

Under Studio album by Taylor Swift The location of Blue Plate (Hamworth) is spelled wrong. (the link is correct) Please correct the spelling to Haworth, From Hamworth. 69.114.89.176 (talk) 01:02, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done RudolfRed (talk) 03:25, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 June 2023

Dessner is also a songwriter on "You're Losing Me" and should be credited in the track listing. Source Archived Source

 Done Thanks! — Peterpie123rww (talk) 10:26, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Is every track listing for each edition necessary?

I am opening this for a consensus discussion but I don’t believe that the Til Dawn Edition tracks need listed as it seems a bit redundant as “Hits Different” is on the Lavender Edition and “Snow on the Beach (ft. More Lana Del Rey)” and “Karma (ft. Ice Spice)” is on the Late Night Edition so I just don’t think the Til Dawn Edition tracks are necessary to mention as it’s mentioned it was released and is in the release history and it doesn’t make any significant difference. But that’s me. 2600:1015:B127:726B:445E:63B6:DEF5:44B5 (talk) 00:43, 10 June 2023 (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:Midnights/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Tantomile (talk · contribs) 16:17, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Review

1. Well-written:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (prose)	Readable and to the point	Pass
(b) (MoS)	Follows MOS throughout	Pass

2. Verifiable with no original research:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (references)	references several sources on everything	Pass
(b) (citations to reliable sources)	several reliable sources	Pass
(c) (original research)	all information backed up by sources	Pass
(d) (copyvio and plagiarism)	all media/info appears to be original or properly cited	Pass

3. Broad in its coverage:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (major aspects)	Covers and explains the album, it's songs and relevant background information	Pass
(b) (focused)	Album explains background but does not over-explain and just links to main articles	Pass

4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.

Notes	Result
The reviewer has left no comments here	Pass

5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.

Notes	Result
The reviewer has left no comments here	Pass

6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:

Criteria	Notes	Result
(a) (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales)	all photos that are non-free are not used frivolously	Pass
(b) (appropriate use with suitable captions)	The reviewer has left no comments here	Pass

Result

Result	Notes
Pass	Worthy of GA status

Discussion

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.

Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2023

Hi, bejeweled is also a single. It has a music video in Taylor's official YouTube channel 124.195.197.243 (talk) 15:58, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 16:19, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Christgau removal

RE this: Are you kidding me? There are two huuuge paragraphs of praise, about 6 to 8 looong sentences each. And one tiny bit from Xgau of all people can't be included to a paragraph that barely goes into anyone's reservations? Incredulous. 𝒮𝒾𝓇 𝒯𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑜𝓃 (talk | contribs) 12:38, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

It was brought up that the wording is vague. I think any reader with a basic understanding of the English language can parse out for themselves the meaning of this, which to me basically means that because the music is more textured than the otherwise usually tune-focused Swift has done, it is consequently less distinct. On the other hand, it could also be interpreted as more textured music led to less focused (or more confused) lyrics. But I think the former reading is more likely. Either way, to argue that this is vague and yet such summaries as "the sound could have been better" or the production was "redundant" (neither getting into any more specifics, ... it's silly. And the other sources, with all due respect, are either not as notable or not as engagingly written, or summarized, in that paragraph. And the writing should be engaging. I'm pretty sure there's a guideline or an essay on better writing (on Wikipedia) that mentions that... 𝒮𝒾𝓇 𝒯𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑜𝓃 (talk | contribs) 14:54, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi. I figure you are attempting to include Xgau because you are a fan of his work. The Critical Reception section has enough reviews and anymore reviews, be it Xgau or anybody else, are not required. Midnights is a year-old album and Xgau's review is also as old. The other reviews were added here first when the article was being created, with which the article passed WP:GA. The Critical Reception section is fine in its current size, so do not fix what's not broken. Please quit the point-making edits. "There are two huuuge paragraphs of praise, about 6 to 8 looong sentences each" is factually false. The first para is praise, the second para focuses on specific comments about the album and the third the mixed comments. Considering the album has a metascore of 85%, the prose is obliged to be 85% positive and 15% mixed and that's exactly how it is right now. The critical reception section, in its current state, is commensurate with the metascore. ℛonherry☘ 21:25, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Hmmmm 𝒮𝒾𝓇 𝒯𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑜𝓃 (talk | contribs) 00:11, 16 September 2023 (UTC)