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Hairspray (2007 film)

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Result: Keep: Concerns articulated have been addressed: no {{fact}} tags remain; characters section has been expanded; and awards are sourced (whether such rewards are "substantial" is open to reasonable interpretation and better discussed at article talk page). ЭLСОВВОLД talk 00:07, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe Hairspray (2007 film) should be delisted as a good article for a few )but substantial) reasons:

  • Awards: This problem is an easy fix, but in the awards section, there a few award ceremonies listed that are not very substantial. This section should be cleaned up. Also, there aren't enough references in this section. Adding more will help for so many award ceremonies.
  • Cast: Also an easy fix, the cast section is extremely lacking. There is no description here to any of the characters. For example:

Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, the main protagonist of the film who dreams of being able to sing and dance on The Corny Collins Show. This would be mouch better fo the section, instead of just a bare bones section.


  • Comment What qualifies an award as "substantial"? I'm willing to work toward finding some addition sources for the awards that should stay, but I'm having a hard time figuring out which awards you feel should remain in the article and which should go. As far as the citation needed tags are concerned, the first two are for "winks" to other musical films, and director Adam Shankman stated that these were intentional nods to the other musicals in the director's commentary of the 2-disc DVD (I'll have to check on the Hello, Dolly! one again but I know for a fact that he mentions the Sound of Music reference), but I was hoping to find another published source stating this that wouldn't require people to buy the DVD in order to confirm its accuracy. If someone could help me figure out how to appropriately cite this commentary, I would be very grateful. The third tag is for a source to confirm the region 4 release date, which should be easy enough, but if a source cannot be found (for any of these, really) the info can be removed. Concerning the Cast section, this edit actually has an expanded Cast section, but for some reason it was later removed. Would re-adding this to the article (or a slightly modified version of it) deal with this concern? —Mears man (talk) 14:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note I'm currently working on the Cast section in my sandbox, just in case anybody was interested. When I'm finished with it I'll move it to the article. I wanted to let it be known that I am actually working on this, but my time is somewhat limited seeing as the semester is coming to an end and assignments are now due. Also, I still haven't recieved a response to my last comment, so I'm still not sure what exactly needs to be done about the awards and the couple of "citation needed" tags. —Mears man (talk) 21:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've now added the additions I was making to the cast section to the article. —Mears man (talk) 22:26, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
All of the {{fact}} tags have been replaced with in-line citations. (Full disclosure: the one citation I added was based on another editor's input; I didn't watch the cited DVD commentary myself.) Majoreditor (talk) 01:01, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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