Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kylie Minogue

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[edit] Kylie Minogue

Previous nominations (failed): April 2004, June 2004, July 2004

Joint self-nomination by users Rossrs (talk • contribs) and Plek (talk • contribs). Because this is by now the fourth nomination, I'll be describing the changes made in a bit more detail than is usually the case with FAC entries. I hope people don't mind.

We have been working to fix all previous objections. These were:

  • Use of images under copyright: replaced all images with either screenshots or book and album covers, all correctly tagged as such and sourced.
  • Unwieldy discography tables: moved to separate discography articles.
  • "It reads like a musical hagiography. Wikipedia is not a fanzine" (great quote by David Gerard): culled extreme praise and added documented criticism.

Further changes include:

  • A shift in focus: less album review stuff and more information about her background, motivation and influences. In general, the article is now more about Kylie herself, and less about what other people think of her.
  • Expanded "Image and celebrity status" section.
  • New images, replacing the redundant album covers. The new images now add context to the article, for instance by providing comparisons between the music videos and the works that inspired them.
  • Added music samples of selected singles.
  • Rewrite of the intro section to provide a better overview of the article.
  • Culling of nonessential trivia.
  • In-line citations of quotes and facts.
  • Recompiled "References" section, per Manual of Style.
  • General fact checking, copyedit, grammar and punctuation fixes.

We believe the new version provides a more extensive and balanced overview of Kylie's life and work, while still maintaining a neutral point of view. --Plek 22:14, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  • Support - Earl Andrew 23:39, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - seems very comprehensive withgout being boring. Surprisingly few red links out of many int links. Vaoverland 01:32, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - Ta bu shi da yu 03:18, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Support Joshuaschroeder 05:45, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Support Squash 10:20, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - seems as decently balanced POV and coverage wise as it can be. A lot of great work has gone into this since the last nominations. - Taxman 14:32, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
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