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= Article Review = I indulge in reading about artist, their background, and their motivation. I would like Wikipedia to add some more information to the artist Mary Lambert's page so I could feel I knew the artist better. I visited Mary Lambert's Wikipedia page and found three aspects of it worth commenting on: the “Early life” section, the sources cited throughout the document, and it’s lack of information in the "Stage" section.

Early Life
I have heard Mary Lambert’s name and knew of one famous song with her identity attached to it, I was hoping to know more. The article states little facts about Mary. The “Early Life” section states she was kicked out a church and sent to another, but has no reference to a source. Since she developed her talents through influence of her mother, and she is mentioned as a recording artist like Mary, her mom’s name should be cited with a link to her Wikipedia page (if she has one). There is no mention of siblings or father, before mother came out about being gay.

Sources Cited
The citations are placed appropriately throughout the document, however, they are not from credible sources. I checked the references on every citation and some of them are from direct interviews with Mary making some facts, and the rest are from music entertainment talk pages and article websites from fans that are reviewing their subjective opinions on Mary Lambert. Most of the websites the information came from are biased which makes this article biased too. It just appears that it centers her so much around the LGBTQ community because of the popular "same love" song.

Stage
There is no real content under the stage section, merely a mention of a feeling Mary has on stage. I think it is good information to put there, but I would put a photo of her on stage performing in this section or in the article in general. Since she has done so many performances for causes, I would list related info like that here too. Especially something outside of the gay community, as she has mentioned wanting to be versatile in her music and talking about things like body insecurity often in her interview references cited. I also checked the source cited with the quote about how Mary feels on stage and it is not credible either. It's speculation. I would suggest putting any direct interviews about being on stage or performance related information here. I would also mention how she is still a rising artist, and has had the privilege of performing on stage with Madonna at the 2014 Grammy’s. http://marylambertsings.com/about/

Summary
I would rate the article as “okay” since I feel I obtained an idea of who the artist is. I can’t say that the article makes me feel fulfilled in getting a biography on Mary Lambert and versatile information. I was impressed with the discography section, and it had credible references. However, the article could also use information about recent efforts by the artist and better sources for information. ~ {{dashboard.wikiedu.org sandbox}