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The article was not promoted 17:22, 16 December 2007.

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Trent Reznor

check links LuciferMorgan (talk 04:45, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

After a fairly straight-forward GA nomination, I am confident in the article's quality, and would like to give FA a shot. That said, I'd like to note right off the bat that an article such as this one might be a difficult one to review, mainly since it is a fine line between Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor. I've done my best to focus the article specifically on the person rather than the one-man band, especially when dealing with any NIN-related content, but if anyone has any suggestions along those lines I'll do my best to incorporate them. As always, any general comments and suggestions are welcome. Drewcifer (talk) 04:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment The body of the article is meant to contain everything the intro has, yet doesn't mention Reznor's date of birth. LuciferMorgan (talk) 23:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done Good catch, didn't notice that. Drewcifer (talk) 23:36, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

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• A photo of the young Reznor would be nice, if possible (although this is by no means required.)
• "Split with Interscope Records" really doesn't need to be its own subsection. There's like, a total of two sentences in the whole section.
• The "Nine Inch Nails" section of the article could be a lot more expansive. It doesn't have to be (and shouldn't be) huge, but it seems a bit small as it is considering that it is certainly the most important part of Reznor's life.
• The article would benefit from a section detailing Reznor's musical and lyrical writing style.
• I feel like a lot more space could be spent on Reznor's interactions and relationship with Marilyn Manson. They've worked pretty closely together, and they also had that feud - I mean, wasn't "Starfuckers, Inc." basically about Manson? Seems noteworthy.
• The paragraph about David Bowie in "Personal life" should probably be in "Work outside of Nine Inch Nails"
• Saul Williams remixed some songs for Year Zero Remixed, which should be included in the Saul paragraph
• There isn't a whole lot on Reznor's political views, or his views on file sharing (OiNK and the "steal my music" speech come to mind). A lot of Nine Inch Nails#Corporate entanglements could be copied to here. --Brandt Luke Zorn (talk) 02:16, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose, I'm afraid, per comprehensiveness concerns. It's a solid Good Article, but I think this is rushing to FAC. As Brandt Luke Zorn pointed out, there are a number of areas that could be and should be expanded. There are more sources available on Reznor that you should consult to develop the article further (for example, I've got a 1994 Guitar World article and a 2005 Spin article with good information on Reznor), especially given how comprehensive and well-referenced Nine Inch Nails is. I think with another month or two of good research this could be a well-developed and authoritative biographical FA, but right now it's just not ready. WesleyDodds (talk) 11:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

There's also the odd Nine Inch Nails bio that might contain extra info. LuciferMorgan (talk) 02:10, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! All of your suggestions are very helpful, and I'll do my best to take them all into consideration. For the meantime, I'd say it's impossible for me to get the article up to snuff soon enough, so I'm withdrawing the nomination. But the article will be back soon, stronger than ever! Drewcifer (talk) 04:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Moved to archive; please wait for the bot to update the article talk page, per WP:FAC/ar. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:23, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

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