Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Vince Gill/archive1

Vince Gill

Featured article candidates/Vince Gill/archive1

Nominator(s): Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:51, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Highly popular and prolific singer across a variety of genres, including a long string of country music hits, membership in Eagles and Pure Prairie League, and marriage to Amy Grant. He has a very substantial solo career including the most Grammys of any solo male country singer, and I'm a big fan of his music as a whole. I feel this article is among my best work in terms of how thoroughly and reliably it is sourced, and how I feel it summarizes the breadth and legacy of his career. After successfully getting Randy Travis to become my first Featured Article, I've been wanting to see if I can get another golden star. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:51, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I will jump on this one when I have a bit more time spare -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:52, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"He began in a number of local bluegrass bands in the 1970s" => "He played in a number of bluegrass bands in his local area in the 1970s"
"in addition to writing several songs of theirs" => "in addition to writing several of their songs"
"He has also had number-one singles as a guest on Reba McEntire's "The Heart Won't Lie" in 1993, as well as Chris Young's "Sober Saturday Night" and the multi-artist collaboration "Forever Country", both in 2016" => "He has also had number-one singles as a guest on Reba McEntire's "The Heart Won't Lie" in 1993, and Chris Young's "Sober Saturday Night" and the multi-artist collaboration "Forever Country", both in 2016"
"Additionally, Gill has written songs for Alabama and Ty Herndon, and holds a number of credits as a backing vocalist and session musician." - I would move this to before the bit about his marriages, as it makes more sense there
It doesn't make sense to have a section heading "Biography" which only covers his life up to 1976. "Early life" would be a more appropriate heading.
"Gill had previously been offered to do so" => "Gill had previously been offered the opportunity to do so"
"The project accounted for three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts" - the chart has only been called Hot Country Songs since April 2005. References to hits before then should use the name in use at the time (Hot Country Singles until February 1990 and Hot Country Singles & Tracks thereafter)
"When I Call Your Name included a large number of backing vocalists. Among them were Kathie Baillie (of Baillie & the Boys), Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, and Herb Pedersen" => "When I Call Your Name included a large number of backing vocalists, including Kathie Baillie (of Baillie & the Boys), Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, and Herb Pedersen"
"also charted within top five between then and 1992" => "also charted within the top five between then and 1992"
"Gill (center, seated and playing guitar) with the Time Jumpers in 2011." - this isn't a sentence so should not have a full stop
"Gill's other collaboration in 1994 was on Kermit Unpigged, an album released by Jim Henson performing in-character" - Jim Henson died in 1990 so this does not seem likely
"Gill (right) and Amy Grant (left) in 2004." - not a sentence
That's what I got -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:09, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@ChrisTheDude: Think I got your edits to this point. I went with "featured/including" on the Baillie sentence so as not to use versions of the word "include" twice in the same sentence. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:45, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:15, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HF

I will review this soon. Hog Farm _talk 03:14, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]