Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Notorious B.I.G.

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 review. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted 23:04, 16 March 2007.

[edit] The Notorious B.I.G.

Well, it's about to be 10 years since he died, and to mark the occasion I am nominating The Notorious B.I.G.'s Wikipedia article for featured status! Here are some reasons why I hope you will support me:

• Detailed and well written. Easy to follow along.
• It's neutral and has links to statements of opinion people have made.
• It is built entirely of verifiable information and is absolutely fully referenced. There's not a single missing citation.
• Not too long, not too short. The intro is a good summary. A reasonable number of images, all of which are sourced.
• Covers a very notable topic (a guy widely considered one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time) and is an excellent source for anyone who wants to learn more about Biggie.

Those are my reasons. I think this is a really outstanding article, above all. I hope I will get others to agree with me. 2Pac 23:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• It looks good, but a couple questions before I support: 1) Is there a reason that I'm missing regarding referring to him as "Biggie" as opposed to "B.I.G." or "Wallace" or something else? I'm not sure if the nickname is really the best way to reference him, although I don't know much about general rap culture. 2) You note a biography in the "further reading" section - any reason why it wasn't used in the text? --badlydrawnjeff talk 18:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

• #1 Because "Biggie" is a more simple 1-word pseudonym than just "B.I.G." and because it is a more specific and recognizable reference to himself than "Wallace". #2 The reference in the "futher reading" section is just for anyone who might want to find any additional info on Notorious, but that info might not really be imperative to include in the article. Oh yeah, and since I nominated it, Support 2Pac 21:06, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

In addition to 2Pac's points, Biggie was his original recording name and a name he referred to himself as throughout his career. According to MTV "Biggie" (or "Big") is his "most popular alias". I also thought it would read better than "The Notorious B.I.G." or "B.I.G.". 81.86.159.134 21:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

• Support as major contributor. Laalaaa 22:24, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support For a well formed article. - !Malomeat 01:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment References #36 and #37 are broken.--Rmky87 05:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• Comment ...as are references #5 and #41.--Rmky87 16:05, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Problem fixed, it was due to some unconstructive edit, I think. Hopefully it won't happen again. But now that's done, will you support please? 2Pac 19:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. I don't know whether or not to support because I haven't really read the article.--Rmky87 22:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

• Support per Malomeat. Looks real good. Cliff smith 22:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
• Support Nice job. --mav 23:28, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article review. No further edits should be made to this page.