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David Bowie
I'm nominating this article because it is comprehensive. The subject has also had a wide effect on pop culture and beyond. - Deathrocker 18:16, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Meanwhile, more info would be useful in some areas. No discussion is made of the business end of his music, only the production. He turned down a knighthood, why? As the other comments indicate, there is room for more useful references. —ogenstein 15:29, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose: The intro needs to have more information in it and there aren't any references that I could find. RENTA [[Image:FraiseFruitPhoto.jpg|25px]] FOR LET?  18:34, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Object Agree with Rentastrawberry.  The article needs references and the lead, at one sentence, should instead be  2-3 paragraphs which summarize Bowie's significance.  As well, agree that references and inline citations are needed.  Finally, many of the single sentence sections read more like a timeline and should be turned into prose.  An example, see the section "2000 to today: Contemporary Bowie".  This is essentially a collection of single sentence statements often broken down into years.  Instead, this should be changed to prose, i.e. paragraph format. --Ataricodfish 18:59, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose: This article reads like a magazine article, not an encyclopedia article. It has a breathless, fawning tone to it. There are numerous low-value links, e.g. lightning, Philadelphia, nadir. There is too much minutiae (e.g. he is reported to have called someone a ‘wanker’, he had made no plans for any performances during the year). The fact that he participated in producing ‘Transformer’ is mentioned twice.