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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 08:56, 19 June 2017 [1].


Nominator(s): Lordelliott (talk) 02:58, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because I feel that this article meets all requirements to become a featured article. Several years and hard research and dedication have gone into this article and I would like to get this through the "final" phase. Thank you. Lordelliott (talk) 02:58, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Siuenti says

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Ip 122 says

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Looks great, though I think there could be more coverage on her fashion influence, though perhaps not in this article. Something like the Lady Gaga's meat dress kind of articles, for the Black Mackie outfit worn by Cher at the 1986 Academy Awards should be feasible at least. (some sources on that outfit: Cosgrave, Bronwyn (2008). Made for each other fashion and the Academy Awards. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781408820605., http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/the-dying-art-of-ridiculous-red-carpet-fashion-bob-mackie https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19940318&id=31BWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4282,3976645 ) --122.108.141.214 (talk) 07:06, 12 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Midnightblueowl

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A lot of good work has gone on here so congratulations. Just a few points:

  • The lede seems to place a particular emphasis on what might be regarded as significant achievements ("By the end of 1967, they had sold 40 million records worldwide", "her first million-seller song", "watched by over 30 million viewers weekly", "earned $300,000 a week for her 1980–82 residency show", "reached a new commercial peak in 1998" etc). This results in it reading a little bit like an advert rather than an encyclopaedia entry. Midnightblueowl (talk) 15:43, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • Grammar glitch in the lead: "becoming one of the best-selling music artists in the music history." Remove "the music" from the end of this sentence.
  • 1946–1961: Early life: Minor, but according to the Manual of Style USA should be either U.S. or US instead.
  • 1965–1967: There's double punctuation at the end of "behind the Beatles' Help!." In this case, just use the exclamation point in the album title as abbreviation; you shouldn't add anything else. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:43, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Coord note -- this review has been open almost six weeks since its belated transclusion on 10 May without approaching consensus to promote (I note the nominator hasn't been active for some time either), so I'll be archiving shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:55, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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