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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of One in a Million (Aaliyah album)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
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"anxious about jumping from Jive to Atlantic and changing up" → "anxious" of transitioning from Jive to Atlantic and switching" or something similar, as the quote ends at anxious per the source
Recording and production
Img looks good!
"J. Dibbs and" → "J. Dibbs, and"
"Craig Kallman,[a] Aaliyah's cousin and Blackground executive Jomo Hankerson, and" → "Craig Kallman,[a] Hankerson, and" per Hankerson's full name having been introduced previously
[16] should also be invoked for the first sentence directly quoting the ref, also I can't see if the quotes are full sentences or not and if they are, please add the punctuation inside the speech marks per MOS:QUOTE
"Hall's contributions never materialized" this is not directly sourced – the ref says that it was the work of the Hitman team, listing a number of them and then saying "others" so if he is meant to be part of the others, maybe re-word to something like "Contributions from the likes of Hall never materialized"
"recording with Jermaine Dupri in Atlanta." → "recording with Dupri in Atlanta." per the artist already having been introduced and the overly obvious wikilink on Atlanta
"to be included on the album;" → "to be included on One in a Million;"
Put more of Baptise's quote into your own words per MOS:OVERQUOTE
Most of the first sentence for the first product can be put into your own words, while the second is fine to remain as a quote
"discussing the accompanying music video for" → "discussing the music video for" with the wikilink, although remove the link on title track
Release
Remove wikilink on BET
"The accompanying music video for the album's lead single" → "The music video for the album's lead single" with the wikilink, removing the wikilink on the single itself
"the UK, Germany, South Africa and Japan." → "the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa, and Japan." since this is the first time the UK is mentioned
Identify the 2001 successor as eponymous too because this is only one word to add regarding the self-titled record
Remove link on Jive
Live performances
Remove wikilink on MTV
"To promote the album in the United Kingdom," → "To promote One in a Million in the UK,"
"on November 2." → "on November 2, 1996."
The New York Undercover performance can be kept, although the episode is not sourced as being the one where she performs the song by either of the refs so please delete that part
"On February 21, she performed" → "Three days later, Aaliyah performed"
The Grind is not sourced and while the Spice Girls are, no interview is shown
"was also planning a" → "had also planned a" and remove the lack of materialization part since this is not said by the source and "had" is the closest we can imply here from it
The Gift of Song gala is not sourced as having her specifically perform the song
Singles
Remove wikilink on "If Your Girl Only Knew"
"mostly directed towards its production" → "mostly directed towards the production" to avoid overusage of "it"
"and the United Kingdom." → "and the UK."
"The song's accompanying music video was" → "The accompanying music video was" because this implies it accompanied the song
Remove link on "Got to Give It Up"
"and depicts Aaliyah and her" → "that depicts Aaliyah and her"
"Its accompanying music video, directed by" → "Its music video, directed by"
"of its original artist Marvin Gaye." → "of its original performer Gaye."
Remove link on "One in a Million"
"on November 12." → "on November 12, 1996."
"Its Hunter-directed accompanying music video" → "Its Hunter-directed music video"
The certification should not have gold linked and change to RIAA with no link here too, as you already introduced its full name earlier in this article
Remove link on "4 Page Letter"
"Its accompanying music video was directed by" → "Its music video was directed by"
Remove wikilink on "The One I Gave My Heart To"
"on August 25." → "on August 25, 1997."
Remove wikilink on "Hot Like Fire"
The double A-side release is not sourced
"The Darren Grant-directed accompanying music video for" → "The Darren Grant-directed music video for"
Critical reception
"received generally favorable reviews" → "was met with generally favorable reviews"
Remove or replace Sputnikmusic altogether – the "reviewer" is not named and any references of him even in the comments point back to Wikipedia having added it originally, WP:SELFPUB
Remove wikilink on Age Ain't Nothing but a Number
Remove wikilink on MTV
""If Your Girl Only Knew" and the title track" → ""If Your Girl Only Knew", and the title track"
Per MOS:QWQ, the song titles inside double speech marks should use singular speech marks
These have enough to remain as a table, although please write a summary above regarding the rankings because this is mentioned in the lead so should be written out
"It registered its highest single-week sales during" → "The record's highest single-week sales were during"
"It eventually went on to" → "One in a Million eventually went on to" and like previous, please remove the link on double platinum and change to merely RIAA
"In the United Kingdom, the album debuted" → "In the UK, the album debuted"
As I cannot see the translation, does the Japan source mention both the chart position and certification? If either is missing, please add a source for that one too.
Impact and legacy
Quote box looks good!
[128][126][127][130][132] is too many refs cluttered together; please re locate some to earlier in the sentence to fix this
Remove link on electronic
"of electronic music."" → "of electronic music"." per MOS:QUOTE
Since the eponymous album was mentioned before, please simply re-word this to "experimentation found on Aaliyah in 2001" because it is clear from the italics
Since Janet Jackson is mentioned by full name earlier in the article and on the quotebox in the section, please simply change the prose to saying Jackson here
"with elevating Missy Elliott and Timbaland's" → "with elevating Elliott and Timbaland's"
"following the album's release.[158][159] Cinquemani stated the album established" → "following the release.[158][159] Cinquemani stated it established"
Remove link on Timbo, as this is implied
Track listing
Good
Personnel
Use ((spaced ndash)) so there is the right space between credits and personnel
Charts
Good
Certifications
Good, especially with all these sources for sales
Release history
The US source for August 27 does not give both cassette and CD
On hold until all of the issues are fixed; just about made it to completion, it is 10pm where I am and good luck with this one! --K. Peake21:07, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OkIGetIt20 Thanks for implementing these as I picked up on despite no mention from you to me, however you still need to make the song titles inside quotes into singular speech marks ('); see reception for a good example. Also, please write out the notable lists in prose of the listing section since you do mention publications in the lead. --K. Peake08:46, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're Welcome! I just put the song titles into singular speech marks, and wrote the listing section in prose! OkIGetIt20 (talk) 16:56, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]