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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 promoted by Karanacs 17:44, 2 February 2010 [1].

Aaliyah

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Nominator(s): — ξxplicit 20:11, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I am nominating this for featured article because I feel that this article meets all requirements to become a featured article. Several months and hard research and dedication have gone into this article and I would like to get this through the "final" phase. Thank you. — ξxplicit 20:11, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by an odd name

Cool. More stuff:

--an odd name 21:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - A nice variation from the usual articles, however, I wouldn't consider the prose near the top of the article to be at FA quality (ie down to the beginning of Posthumous career). If you could contact an independent copyeditor, that would be nice. The rest of the article is good. I've given my nitpicks below.
  • She attended a Catholic school, Gesu Elementary, where she received a part in the stage play Annie in first grade; from then on, she was determined to be an entertainer.[7] - maybe better as became instead of was?
    Seems this was correct by yourself? — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Aaliyah's mother was a vocalist, - Do you know what type? Not particularly significant, obviously, but could be helpful
    Not haven't found too much information about her mother's background, I'm afraid. — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • She had the role of an ancient vampire, Queen Akasha, which she described as a "manipulative, crazy, sexual being".[11] - "had" the role?
    Changed "had" to "played". — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise, looks great. Good work. ceranthor 20:52, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments: mostly fine citations, needs a little polish only.
Check your citations for titles, such as MTV News which appears to function as a magazine, ie if cite web |title=MTV News or MTV News if manual. Same with the following: Slant Magazine; CNN.com; BBC News; etc. You may want to check if CBS News; ABC News (which ABC pray tell? You mean ABC News [USA]) functions as if a newspaper or magazine.
I'm not aware that any of these websites have publications (Slant Magazine is a bit tricky; they're an online magazine with no publications whatsoever). — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
A publication is about its mode of presentation, not its physical format. BBC News online acts as a Newspaper. An online magazine that acts as a an edited magazine is a magazine not a website. A novel if online is a book not a website. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:16, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Unpublished report, ""NTSB Identification: MIA01RA225". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved June 11, 2009" remove quotes from around the title, consider cite report if using cite book type style. (Quotes and Italics indicate publication in an ISSN/ISBN/utterance for public consumption manner).
Now using {{cite report}} template. — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Bad citation. Article in title field, title (Billboard) missing, "Pesselnick, Jill (November 17, 2001). Madonna Earns Another RIAA Diamond. 113. Nielsen Business Media. p. 69. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 15, 2009."
Speaking of, why aren't you using volume, page, ISSN for all Billboard sources then?
Corrected title. This was the only information that wasn't obtainable on billboard.com. — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The Daily Telegraph. I think you mean The Daily Telegraph [UK]. no?
Yes, but does the [UK] need to be added? The article The Daily Telegraph is about the UK newspaper. — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes the UK does need to be added. Newspapers also called The Daily Telegraph are major daily newspapers of note in other nations as well. Fifelfoo (talk) 07:16, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Generally you're over linking news source titles, and inconsistently linking the first or all. Go over and either link all, or only the first occurance, or none.
I believe these were referring to the citations that used the {{harvnb}} template. I've unlinked all. — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Generally fine, this are polish (except that Bad citation). Fifelfoo (talk) 11:25, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image concerns:

I have fixed up some bits of File:Aaliyah in blue.jpg to comply with NFCC, so it should be fine. File:Ferncliff.jpg is verifiably in the public domain, thanks in part to the EXIF data that identifies it as a video cam shot. Jappalang (talk) 12:55, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

  • "... began to film for her second film ..."
    Reads rather awkward (repetition of "film").
    Reworded to "After completing Romeo Must Die, Aaliyah began to work on her second film..." — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "With the release of the Matrix Ultimate Collection series, clips of Aaliyah were included in the tribute section."
    Suggest changing this to "Aaliyah's scenes were later included in the tribute section of the Matrix Ultimate Collection series."
    Done. — ξxplicit 21:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

From a casual read through. Jappalang (talk) 12:55, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Please add the {{Harvnb}} template to the book references as a number of books are being used to refer and it would be difficult to find a particular one at one go. Also consider using {{refbegin}} and {{refend}} templates for the book references section as that would make the section look tight and constrict. --Legolas (talk2me) 07:10, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Source comments Everything fine.

  • Slant should always be cited like this: Slant
  • If you're going to include both work and publisher for print media, then make sure all instances have it. I think a few are missing publisher.
  • Books only used once have to be placed in the notes rather than the ref section. It's a bit cumbersome especially when they're only cited once.

RB88 (T) 02:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment I found this interesting and generally well written, although it still has some prose and organization problems. Organizationally, some of the paragraphs don't stick to their subject. For example, one paragraph includes info on her burial and the NTSB investigation. These shouldn't be together, paragraph-wise, or subheading wise, probably. There are many cases of tangled verb tenses. For example, she would sing at weddings (etc.), and in the next sentence, we hear she is 5. She was raised along side her brother....ummmm....and what precisely does that mean. She and her brother were raised in Detroit Michigan (or where ever it was)? It really could use another once-over by the editor, or someone. Otherwise, it's a very interesting article, nicely done. Just those comments, and if it could be tightened up writing wise, I'll support. Auntieruth55 (talk) 01:44, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    A bit of clean up was done. Hopefully things are smoother. — ξxplicit 22:59, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Excellent and comprehensive article. I was impressed with it a couple months ago when I first read it, so it was a pleasant surprise to notice it at FAC now. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 14:54, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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