Talk:The Sixteenth Sheep/GA1

GA review

Passed. Atstatst (talk) 20:32, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: SignedInteger (talk · contribs) 20:29, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Atstatst (talk · contribs) 19:52, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

sallam alaikum. i will be doing this review to get experiance in doing reviews for good article nominations, and to take notes on how to improve/write GAs on my own. i will be doing this the way that my mentor (the nominator) told me to. i will ask them for help if i need it. Atstatst (talk) 19:52, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

copyvio check: 9.1%, nothing to worry about here. Atstatst (talk) 20:14, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SignedInteger:congratulations, dude! this was fun to review, and i learned a lot from this. Atstatst (talk) 20:31, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

source review

This table checks 10 passages from throughout the article (24.4% of 41 total passages). These passages contain 20 inline citations (28.6% of 70 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. Atstatst (talk) 19:52, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive
It is frequently ranked as one of the greatest albums in the history of Israeli music.
1	a	ynet.co.il	web.archive.org
2	a	israelhayom.co.il
3	a	israelhayom.co.il
4	a	israelhayom.co.il
The book was released in the summer of 1978 and received positive reviews.
9		nli.org.il
10		nli.org.il
For the recording sessions, Elharar recruited Yitzhak Klepter and Shem Tov Levi to help with its instrumentation.
7	f	maariv.co.il
Of these, only five were not composed by Rechter and were instead composed by Broza (Lightning and Thunder), Klepter (I Love), Ada Nestowitz (Hey, I'm Not a Baby Anymore), Shefi Yishai (Little Quarrels), and Rani Golan (When They Say...).
7	g	maariv.co.il
Specifically, the song was written about his firstborn daughter, Shira Geffen.
14		ynet.co.il
In December 1978, a strike in the Israeli education system led to it receiving airplay on radio stations, due to its lyrics being explicitly about the downbeat mood caused by a kindergarten being closed.
6	f	13tv.co.il
11	e	maariv.co.il
In his positive review of the album on Maariv, Yossi Hersonski [he] praised the album for breaking away from the typical tropes of children's albums of the time, he also praised its maturity.
12	c	nli.org.il
These songs were "How a Song is Born" [he], "When I Grow Up", and "Yossi, Yossi".
6	l	13tv.co.il
The Sixteenth Sheep is frequently ranked as one of the greatest albums in the history of Israeli music.
1	b	ynet.co.il	web.archive.org
2	b	israelhayom.co.il
3	b	israelhayom.co.il
4	b	israelhayom.co.il
The tour premiered in January 2025 and received positive reviews, though a few reviews considered it more of a comeback vehicle for Ravitz.
30		haaretz.co.il	web.archive.org
31		jpost.com
32		timesofisrael.com

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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
i checked, nothing that i could notice.

B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
it is quite short, but there are GAs about albums that are shorter than this.
Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?
A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

B. 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):
see source review

C. It contains no original research:
see source review

D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
9.1% chance according to the bot, but that's too low to worry about.
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:
everything that could be backed up with sources and needs to be here is here.

B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
it's short and to the point.
Is it neutral?
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
no statements that i could notice that may violate NPOV.
Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
no edit wars that i could notice.
Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:
only one image, it is a non-free image with a rationale.

B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
only image is the album cover, no reason to explain why it is relevant.
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
congratulations to my mentor! this was a very wholesome article to read, i took a lot of notes on what this does right.

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