Talk:To Live Is to Die/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: NegativeMP1 (talk · contribs) 23:55, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: MarioSoulTruthFan (talk · contribs) 23:13, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Infobox

• Fine

Lead

• music critics → wikilink to music journalism
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done

Background

• Flawless

Writing and composition

• He also wrote → who?
  • Burton, I think. Clarified. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• At 9 minutes and 48 seconds → unnecessary, remove
  • Is it not standard to specify how long a song is in prose? λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

  No, as long it is in the infobox and matches the album. Unless it had a radio edit... MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 14:56, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

• heavy metal track[13] → move the source to the end of the sentence
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• both Hammett[9][7] → both Hammett[7][9]; move the sources to the end of the sentence
  • Done; also cut one of the citations entirely for the sake of cleanliness. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

  Very important MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 14:57, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done

Poem and title

• Flawless

Release and live performance

• Flawless

Critical reception and legacy

• Wikilink Rolling Stone
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• Decibel described the song → Greg Pratt of Decibel described the song
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• Metal Forces labeled → same as previous
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• Paul Travers of Metal Hammer → isn't supposed to be Louder Sound
  • This specific article and author is attributed to Metal Hammer, so I'm not sure. Will change the link on this citation to Metal Hammer if that helps any. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

  Always stick to the original if possible. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 15:07, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

• "Orion" → release year in between brackets
  • I have instead decided to put "from Master of Puppets" at the end of this sentence as "Orion" never received a standalone release (which I think a release year would imply) and was instead just part of Master of Puppets. And the release year of Master of Puppets is specified earlier in the article. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

  Yes, that's perfect! MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 15:07, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done

Personnel

• Use {{Spaced en dash}} or use  – (click to see the difference)
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• No mastering, engineers, mixing, etct?
  • Will retrieve them from my physical copy shortly. λ NegativeMP1 01:36, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

  Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done

References

• Loudwire, Louder Sound, Rolling Stone, Revolver, Decibel Magazine, 93.3 WMMR → wikilink
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• Collider → wikilink
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• www.ultimate-guitar.com → formatation
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• Louder → Louder Sound
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• Ref 16 and 22; www.metallica.com → Metallica official site
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• Ref 24 → author, zine + wikilink
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• SPIN → don't shout in references + wikilink
  • Done. λ NegativeMP1 01:52, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Overall

• Good job! One of the best I have read so far. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 00:49, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

@NegativeMP1: Two things: I removed the language parameter as every source is in English and this is the English wiki (if it was in a different language such as Spanish, French, Portuguese I would have kept it). Secondly I used Louder Sound as an example you just need to wikilink it once. Take a look and see if everything is okay with you. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 15:24, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

@MarioSounTruthFan: Awesome, everything looks fine. Is there anything else left I need to do? λ NegativeMP1 16:28, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Able to put the wikilinks as I asked you? and ref 22 was forgotten MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 16:30, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

I reckon that first part is referring to only linking to a publication on the first time it's cited? Also both Metallica site citations should say "Metallica official website" now λ NegativeMP1 16:35, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes!! That's it! MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 16:38, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Okay, I think I removed the instances of sources being wikilinked in citations after they were first cited. Thanks again for the review! λ NegativeMP1 21:32, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for such a nice article to read and get to know more. Passing! MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 21:41, 2 February 2026 (UTC)