Wikipedia:Featured article review/Anthony Michael Hall/archive1


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The article was removed by Dana boomer 14:39, 10 May 2011.

Review commentary

 * Notified: Nat91, WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers, WikiProject Comedy''

I am nominating this featured article for review because I believe it no longer meets FA criteria 1(c) well-researched (Claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate).

The article passed for FA in 2006 when the FAC process was fairly lenient. After a thorough read, I found it well-written but inadequately sourced. Many citations are present at the end of a paragraph, leaving preceding sentences practically unsourced. A sample of my concerns:


 * "Anthony Michael Hall was born in West Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts."


 * "Despite achieving only moderate success at the box office, the film made overnight stars of Ringwald and Hall."


 * "After a series of appearances in low-budget films and guest roles on TV series in the mid and late 1990s, he gained media attention once again in the 1999 Emmy-nominated TNT original movie Pirates of Silicon Valley, co-starring Noah Wyle as Apple Computer's Steve Jobs. Hall was widely praised for his portrayal of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates."


 * "After making a cameo appearance as himself in the 2000 comedy film Happy Accidents, Hall appeared in several made-for-TV films. He starred opposite Sheryl Lee as a cheating husband in the 2001 USA Network cable movie Hitched. That same year, he played renowned music producer Robert "Mutt" Lange in VH1's original movie Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story and starred as legendary lefty baseball pitcher Whitey Ford in Billy Crystal's highly acclaimed HBO film, 61*."


 * "On the big screen, Hall took on supporting roles in the mystery-drama The Caveman's Valentine (2001) opposite Samuel L. Jackson, the critically-panned Freddy Got Fingered (2001) opposite Tom Green, and the action-comedy All About the Benjamins (2002) opposite Ice Cube."


 * "Hall also participated in Mind Freak's 10th episode of season 4."


 * "Hall is referenced in the "Homer to the Max" episode of The Simpsons, wherein Homer Simpson discovers that a television character shares his name. Marge compares it to an apparent past incident involving Hall, stating "it's just a coincidence, like that guy named Anthony Michael Hall that stole your car stereo", to which Bart replies "right, 'coincidence'"."

Additionally, many citations are retrieved from fansites, such as Hall's fansite anthonymichaelhall.net, John Hughes's fansite "Shermer, Illinois" and Hughes's tribute site http://www.riverblue.com/hughes/trivia1.html.

Based on the above-mentioned issues, I officially nominate this article for FAR.

--Artoasis (talk) 05:37, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

FARC commentary

 * Concerns mentioned in the review section focus mainly on the article not meeting the featured article criteria for referencing. Dana boomer (talk) 15:22, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delist - Doesn't look like anything was worked on. GamerPro64 (talk) 20:35, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delist Since nomination little if anything has been done to correct problems. I also see a lot of instances of information being added without sources; usually added behind a citation that doesn't back up the addition. Brad (talk) 06:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


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