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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by TUF-KAT (talk | contribs) at 23:52, 29 December 2005 (→‎[[Nightwish]]). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Nightwish

I've worked substantially on this article, to try and improve this article since September. Users like Sn0wflake and Leyasu have also had a big hand in improvements done to this article. I finally feel that this article has everything a FA needs, so I hereby nominate it. -- SoothingR(pour) 13:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support well written - quite interesting. --ComputerJoe 11:55, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support I don't listen to this type of music at all, but I think the article is written well and has good layout. Rlevse 15:59, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Notes list should be numbered, not a bulleted. — Wackymacs 16:20, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Good point, I've cleaned up the Notes-section. How does the article do now? -- SoothingR(pour) 17:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This is a well thought out article that covers all the bases, on an up-and-coming but still relatively unknown band on a world scale. --Naha|(talk) 16:31, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Wow, I remember hearing about these guys from MP3.com back in the day. Neat article - some paragraphs are a little short and I'd double check the fair use rationale... but so for it looks passable to me. WhiteNight T | @ | C 18:49, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Zach (Smack Back) 21:04, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Object but it's close and I think it may be fixable. It needs a copyedit -- in the lead, for example, it's not clear whether "symphonic metal/power metal" means the terms are synonymous or the band does both, or why these genres are different from "opera metal" (i.e. why not "symphonic/power/opera metal"?). Also the quote seems to come too early in the lead, I suggest moving it down. "is currently recovering from a break with their former vocalist" makes it sound like a hiatus, when it appears to be a breakup (which is different) and the "currentness" of that fact should be referenced (e.g. as of 2005), and what does it mean to be "recovering" in this sense? Are they taking time off to heal the emotional wounds, or are they continuing to promote and/or record without the vocalist and/or write songs to produce later or what? The next few sentences seem to clarify, but don't really, and they need copyediting as well. A few other concerns:
  1. A few more sound samples might be nice, and they ought to be moved into their historical context (i.e. in the body of the article), with a caption that explains something notable about the recording (e.g. one of their more mellow songs, their biggest hit, a fan favorite, or something like that) -- this makes the fair use claim more logical, I think.
  2. I'd really like some sort of print reference. Are there any biographies of the band (or individual members)? Are they mentioned in any books that take a historical approach? I know this is a recent band, but I think it's important to have some sort of scholarly view on their place in music history
  3. This article is all a biography of the band. It needs more describing their musical style and influences, and, if verifiable, who has been influenced by them.
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