Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates/Martha Stewart

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[edit] Martha Stewart

Article is no longer a featured article.

Not comprehensive. Neutrality/talk 00:26, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

  • Remove. The amount of information on the trial far outweighs that on the rest of her life, which is more notable anyway. Ambi 01:28, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Remove. Agree with Ambi, the non-trial related material is skimpy (and dull) and the trial section ghoulishly oversized and over-detailed. The pre-trial material has only recently been half-assedly updated: "She... began restoration of an 1805 farmhouse which is occasionally seen in her television programs (though she uses a stage environment for many shots) and where she still lives today (until her 2004 incarceration)." And what's with the sneer about how her book Weddings came out on the same day as her husband filed for divorce, har, har? I miss an analytical section, summarising something--anything!--interesting about the iconic significance and influence of Stewart in her heyday, from good secondary sources. There is no such thing as analysis in the external links provided, either, they're pretty bad. Incidentally, the claim on the Talk page, that yes, Stewart does look like the image in the article (supposedly a "personal photo" donated to Wikipedia, believe it if you will) is nonsense, of course. She's 63. She looks fine, I found some recent pics on the web, but she looks nothing like that image. An unfortunately poor article on a subject with potential.--Bishonen (talk) 23:45, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Remove. She is famous for a reason, and was so well before her trial. Also the article has no references. - Taxman 12:58, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
  • Remove - Ideally the scandal/trial should be its own article with a single section summary left in the Martha Stewart article. But the whole article needs to be expanded a lot before that will be needed. --mav 03:17, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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