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I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. This article is a B, but only barely, in my opinion. The biographical details are sparse, and the article is structured very poorly. My full review is on the comments page; questions and comments can be left here or on my talk page. Magic♪piano22:05, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
JSTOR links were dead and have been removed
The JSTOR links in the article (in the "Musical style" section) were dead and have been removed. Since they were also unlabeled, there is no citation that can be given now at those points. JSTOR has changed its site and URLS, so the only way to retrieve this information and these links would be to contact JSTOR and give them the old links and ask for updated URLs. I will let the original author of the section involved do that. Here is the last iteration of the article that contains the (outdated) JSTOR links: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Adams_(composer)&oldid=269973358 ~~ Softlavender (talk) 22:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
suggestions
having his comment about being blacklisted should not be in the lead, but in a section on his personal life. it gives it undue weight to be there, regardless of its relevancy. also, is he off the list with the new admin?. and his autobiography is not further reading, but is one of his works, and should go there. i am not going to make changes, as this seems to be a mature article, and i am still new to what i would call higher level editing.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:07, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Good point: I've moved the "blacklisted" comment. I don't know about any follow up. You may be right about his autobiography too; he is, however, considered a "composer" rather than a "writer" and the list of works should probably reflect this fact. The autobiography might have been shadow written, anyway, so not actually "his" work. --Jubilee♫clipman15:34, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Actually he seems to do a good bit of writing. His extensive blog at earbox.com has a great deal of good stuff, very well written. Kind of a mix of humor and serious stuff, almost all irreverent. Opus131 (talk) 22:25, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Disambiguation at top of page
There needs to be a disambiguation link for John Adams vs. John Luther Adams, certainly, but the problem with the way it stands now is that they are BOTH often considered post-minimalist composers. How would we phrase a replacement? Leoniceno (talk) 21:48, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
I changed the topnote, I think it works pretty well. Leoniceno (talk) 04:57, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Move work to new section?
I propose that we move "The Gospel According to the Other Mary" from the "Chorus" section to "Opera," as it's a sequel to "El Nino" and involves soloists and orchestra in addition to chorus. 99.63.105.41 (talk) 08:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
He was gay?
On the article, there is a very clear sentence: "he was gay!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Naturally, I tried to edit this, but for whatever reason it did not appear in the edit.
Anyone who made this surely did not want anyone to take it out.--24.62.109.225 (talk) 23:30, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
