Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/George Harrison

George Harrison
This nomination predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Today's featured article/requests.


 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 4, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 12:58, 30 April 2013‎ (UTC)



George Harrison (1943–2001) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. By 1965 Harrison had begun to lead the other Beatles into folk rock through his interest in the Byrds and Bob Dylan, and towards Indian classical music through his use of the sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)". He developed an interest in the Hare Krishna movement and became an admirer of Indian culture and mysticism, introducing them to the other Beatles and their Western audience. Following the band's break-up in 1970, Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer, and in 1988 co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. A prolific recording artist, he was featured as a guest guitarist on tracks by Badfinger, Ronnie Wood and Billy Preston, and collaborated on songs and music with Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Tom Petty, among others. He also organized the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Ravi Shankar, a precursor to later benefit concerts such as Live Aid. Harrison was also a music and film producer, founding Dark Horse Records in 1974 and co-founding HandMade Films in 1978.

At least 3 points: 1 point for significant contributor without main page appearance, 2 points for widely covered. I assume David Bowie in March would preclude a point for no similar page recently featured, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Evanh2008 (talk&#124;contribs) 11:48, 20 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I know IPs can't vote, but I think it would make sense to wait for October. The 25 anniversary of the Travelling Wilburys, which were much more "his" band than the Beatles ever were, will probably see a lot of publicity and re-releases, TV specials etc, and a surge of interest in Harrison. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.172.10 (talk) 14:09, 21 April 2013 (UTC)


 * support need this on mainpage - not fussed about date as TW were not so huge part of career. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:46, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Points look good. I wondered if Harrison might be one of the 10,000 "vital articles" but while John and Paul are, George and Ringo are not... Well done on getting an important article through FAC, though. BencherliteTalk 22:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The article was recently delisted from WP:VA/E. GabeMc  (talk&#124;contribs)  21:46, 25 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Three dead links need to be fixed. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the catch. Fixed. GabeMc  (talk&#124;contribs)  21:46, 25 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Support: Not every bio has to have a significant date.--Chimino (talk) 13:52, 27 April 2013 (UTC)