Talk:Snakes and Earrings/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Indignant Flamingo (talk · contribs) 22:11, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: BennyOnTheLoose (talk · contribs) 11:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.
	2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	Balanced view reflecting sources.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.	No edit warring.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.

• Copyvio check - I reviewed the matches over 3% found using Earwig's Copyvio detector and had no concerns - matches were the title and attributed quotes.
• I'm not convinced that fair use would apply to using more than one image of book covers. The fair use rationale contains the phrase "the primary visual image" which suggests to me that this can only apply to one. Happy to be pointed to policy/guidelines/precedent that say otherwise.
• Spot check on "attended middle school, but became anorexic and engaged in self-harm" - no issues.
• I suggest wikilinking sophomore

  Linked.

• I'm not sure whether "Her father continued to support her writing," is meant to refer to him "allowing" her to read certain books as mentioned earlier - is "continued" right here?
• Spot check on "Cultural studies scholar Mark Driscoll, writing in Cultural Critique, argued that while the book's graphic descriptions of tattooing, self-harm, and violent sexual activities revealed subcultures unfamiliar to many readers, Kanehara's portrayal of her characters as "consumerist, closed-off, and unwilling or unable to communicate with people outside their tribe" reinforced popular stereotypes about Japanese youth, particularly the part-time workers called freeters" - no issues.
• Spot check on "David Holloway, writing in Japanese Language and Literature, came to a similar conclusion, noting that despite the depiction of Lui as a fringe character rejecting society's rules, she ends up assuming a domestic role consistent with expectations of Japanese women in mainstream society" - no issues
• A bit inconsistent in that we have "Cultural studies scholar Mark Driscoll," but other commentators are not introduced. Not a blocker to GA status though, and perhaps not always necessary when the journal they are writing in is mentioned in the prose.
• I'm not sure that Walsh is is suitable source - see discussion at RSN about Cambridge Scholars. Apart from that, good to see what seem to be some solid academic sources being used.
• Spot check on "In January 2004, Snakes and Earrings won the 130th Akutagawa Prize." - no issues.
• Spot check on "Kanehara appeared at the Akutagawa Prize announcement ceremony wearing "an off-the-shoulder, cut jersey shirt with exposed bra straps, a flared mini skirt, stiletto heels, mid-thigh nylons, multiple earrings and grey-tinted contact lenses" - no issues. At first this appeared to be inconsistent with WP:UNDUE, but having read the source it seems OK.
• Spot check on "as well as the adult-oriented magazine Weekly Playboy" - I don't think the source supports "adult-oriented"

  Was basically using that as filler to distinguish between "Japanese versions of" GQ/Cosmo and "a similarly title adult publication that is not a Japanese version of" Playboy, but just putting "as well as" separates them anyway, so I just pulled the "adult-oriented" bit. Anyone clicking that link will immediately get that information if they want it anyway.

• Spot check on "unprecedented commercialization" - if using DiNitto's phrase, I think they should be credited in the prose.

  I think so, too! Did that.

• Spot check on "particularly unsatisfactory ending" - no issues.
• Spot check on " issue containing the prize-winning stories had sold over 1.1 million copies, and the book edition of Snakes and Earrings had sold over 500,000 copies." - no issues wiht acuuracy, but it would be useful to add some context into the article, e.g. that it was "about double the normal circulation" for the magazine)

  Added the relative increase in sales, from the same source/page as the sales figures.

• Maya Jaggi could be linked.

  Linked in text, authorlink in ref.

• Structure, content and wording of the article seem generally fine for a GA. Lead is a decent summary of key points from the breadth of the article. Thanks for all your work on the article.

  BennyOnTheLoose, thanks for taking this on, and for your helpful review and comments. I'll interleave responses to your list above as I take care of things, to keep things all in one place. Should be fairly quick. I'll ping again after I've addressed the open issues. Indignant Flamingo (talk) 21:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)