𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗡-𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗦:

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻-𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴—𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻-𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱.

𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲–𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄–𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘆𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺.

✦ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. ✦


𝟭 – The annotation has few redeeming qualities and essentially deviates from the editorial standards.

𝟮 – The annotation is severely lacking in multiple areas — it may contain misspellings, a lack of citations, or incorrect formatting.

𝟯 – The annotation has solid information, but needs to be fleshed out more — it may contain a stretch, very poor grammar, briefly restates the line, or lacks flow in writing.  

𝟰 – The annotation is good, but surface level in some aspects — it may contain small errors in writing/phrasing, lack context, or fail to provide deeper insight into the song and its lyrics.

𝟱 – The annotation is flawless. It correctly uses sources, quotes, and various other levels of research to provide immense information.

𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 – choose it if you're voting on your own annotation.


• Half-point scores should be given to annotations that fluctuate between two ratings.