Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ayumi Hamasaki/archive1


 * 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 candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted 20:26, 7 May 2007.

Ayumi Hamasaki
This article has already been peer reviewed and the person in question is one of Japan's most famous J-Pop music stars (having been compared to Madonna). I feel that having read this article that it is worthy of being a featured article on the wiki. The Fading Light 00:20, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't think all things brought up in peer review have been fixed yet. References section contains a few of sites that have questionable credibility. Monni 04:46, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Oppose numerous style, referencing and other issues that need to be addressed.
 * Multiple uses of "didn't" rather than "did not". Measurements like "8 cm" should have non-breaking spaces.
 * March 9th, 2007 should be March 9, 2007 and incomplete dates like December 2005 should not be linked. - see Manual of Style (dates and numbers)
 * Section headings should not start with indefinite articles (the) so "The First A" should be "First A" - see Manual of Style (headings)
 * "Hamasaki has recently finished writing a song, and is set to record it soon. Details of the title are yet to be released" should either be rewritten so they don't quickly become dated or removed (as most artists have recordings on the way).
 * The "Discography" section should be in reverse chronological order with the newest release at the top
 * The Table of contents is far far too long - sections should be combined. The article is probably too long with too many trivial details. The entire "Symbols" section could be combined into a couple of short paragraphs of prose
 * The referencing is not that good. Web references need a description, not just a link. Better to use than the current format. Most of the references are to forums which are far from reliable sources - Peripitus (Talk) 11:35, 3 May 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 candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.