Talk:Rufus Wainwright/Archive 1

citations needed
I don't know how to add the "citations needed" supertext, but if I did, I'd put it on many of the paragraphs in this article. I've been trying to clean up some of the article's style, but I can't vouch for the content.

top picture
DO NOT REMOVE THE TOP PICTURE!!! the one you people keep putting in is horrible! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joshmd (talk • contribs).

Release The Stars
It's really annoying that I created a Release The Stars page and now that page automatically redirects to "Rufus Wainwright" and I don't know how to do redirects. I'm looking but not figuring it out. We have a track listing and an album cover but no album page. Could whoever applied the redirect please undo it? Thanks -Laikalynx 03:54, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * It's back now (I wasn't the one who took it away or restored it), although the album cover has been removed. --DearPrudence 17:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Photo
What happened to the photo? &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.159.6.78 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 27 February 2006 (UTC).
 * It's been orphaned due to copyright issues. --Closedmouth 02:21, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Just for a bit more context, images on Wikipedia have to be properly tagged as to their copyright status. This one wasn't, and Wikipedia has no other way of confirming its status. Policy explicitly spells out that images can be deleted under those circumstances. You're always welcome to upload a new image, if you can find one with compatible copyright status (i.e. something expressly licensed for promotional use, a personal photo that can be released under GFDL, etc.) and tag it correctly when it's uploaded. Bearcat 23:14, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

We have four perfectly good free licensed images on the commons. Use one of them.--Fallout boy 19:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, this is a really odd choice of pictures, isn't it? None where you really see his facial features - as opposed to almost any picture you will find when googling his name - but instead three really similar guitar pictures AND three from Sundance? (This is unsigned as I don't know how to do that, sorry - but please do think about my comment)

Whether I Am Or Not
This is listed here as an album due to come out in 2007. Could anyone please provide any more information? Will this be a full-length album? I've tried looking it up on Google but haven't found anything. --DearPrudence 23:02, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Poses cover.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:Rufus Wainwright cover.jpg
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Failed good article nomination
This article failed good article nomination. This is how the article, as of July 28, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:


 * 1. Well written?: [[Image:Symbol unsupport vote.svg|15px]] Generally the article is a pleasure to read, but there are a few issues that require some extensive work.


 * According to the guidlines of WP:LEAD, the article's intro is severely lacking. An article of this size (33.7 KB) should have an intro of 2-3 paragraphs at least. It fails to mention his film appearances, make sufficient assertion of his notability (as in through mention of chartings for singles and albums), and fails to sufficiently discuss the impact and characteristics of his music.
 * The Themes section is poorly written, and sometimes reads like a prose trivia section rather than an academic, encyclopedic discussion of his musical themes. A consolidation and cleanup of the section is in order, giving special attention to good flow of words and ideas.
 * 2. Factually accurate?: [[Image:Symbol unsupport vote.svg|15px]] As this article is under the purview of the WP:BLP, it is subject to much more stringent application of verifiability. There were several instances of potentially controversial facts that were either not cited or were not given direct citations. General references for such facts are inappropriate. In addition to other major issues, cleanup and citation tags present in an article are part of the quick-fail criteria. Thus, I did not apply the customary hold period to the article. A few of the examples include:


 * The fact about his celibacy.
 * The Rolling Stone bits in the Rise to fame section.
 * The assertion that Wainwright was "less than pleased" with an album's reception. BLP or no, assertions about a particular individual's feelings on a subject need to be directly cited.
 * Several of the facts in the Addiction section.
 * The tagged assertions in the Music and Want albums sections.
 * 3. Broad in coverage?: [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] The article is most certainly thorough in most respects, though it makes no mention of his future plans.
 * 4. Neutral point of view?: [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] The article meets this criteria so far as I can tell.
 * 5. Article stability? [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] The article seems to be stable for the most part, but should probably be semi-protected right now because of all the recent vandalism and spam trolling. Hopefully someone will suggest this at the appropriate page.
 * 6. Images?: [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] Images seem to be quality and properly licensed.
 * 7. Misc.: This not a part of the GA-criteria technically, and I would not under any circumstances fail the article for this alone, but the YouTube links in External Links are almost certainly copyright violations, and thus should be removed forthwith.

When these issues are addressed, the article can be resubmitted for consideration. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you for your work so far. — VanTucky  (talk) 21:50, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your quick reply. I'll give it a B anyways, since this article is way beyond the "start" phase. Rosa 23:54, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed on the B-class rating. VanTucky  (talk) 00:22, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:RufusWainwright AlbumCover 2002 Poses .jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:RufusWainwright AlbumCover 2003 Want One.jpg
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Assessment comment
Substituted at 05:03, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 * This issue has been resolved and is no longer applicable. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Picture dates
Just to point something out, the photo at the top says January 21st and the one at the end says January 22nd. He's wearing exactly the same clothes, in front of the same backdrop, and is photographed from the same angle. Is this a mistake?
 * Not sure on which date is correct, but certainly we only need one of such photos. Removed the one at the bottom --MichaelZimmer (talk) 15:40, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Harvester of Hearts laugh
Is that really his laugh at the end of Harvester of Hearts? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.21.96.49 (talk) 23:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC).


 * Yes. (Okay, I don't have written proof, but I know what his laugh sounds like and it's definitely his.) --DearPrudence 01:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Sam Mendes
What happened to the film version of a Wainwright concert Mendes planned to make? 66.41.253.22 (talk) 05:58, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That never came to fruition. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:09, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

In Popular Culture
In the Nick Hornby book "Slam", the main characters baby is named after Wainwright, as his album is playing when the baby was born. The album was a choice of the main characters mother-in-law, but it is not mentioned which song is playing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.40.187 (talk) 01:12, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Seven albums??
The intro says 7 albums. Isn't this outdated with release of so many more? werldwayd (talk) 05:00, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Seven studio albums is accurate. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:23, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

BMG

 * https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/rufus-wainwright-signs-with-bmg-1203371752/

I've updated Draft:Unfollow the Rules, a draft article for his next studio album. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 02:57, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Update: This page has been moved to Unfollow the Rules. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:02, 12 February 2020 (UTC)