Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Roger Waters

Roger Waters
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/September 6, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 22:53, 26 August 2013‎



Roger Waters (born 1943) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He was a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter and conceptual leader. The band subsequently achieved international success with the concept albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall. Although Waters' primary instrument in Pink Floyd was the bass guitar, he also experimented with synthesisers and tape loops and played rhythm guitar on recordings and in concerts. Amid creative differences within the group, Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began a legal battle with the remaining members over their intended use of the band's name and material. They settled the dispute out of court in 1987, though the four members did not play together until performing at Live 8 in 2005. Also in 2005, Waters released the three-act opera Ça Ira. In 2010 he staged The Wall Live concert tour, an updated version of the original Pink Floyd album.
 *  6 points : Promoted two or more years ago: 2 points (2010), Decennial anniversary: 2 points (his 70th birthday), Widely covered: 2 points (well over 20 other Wikipedias cover him, including a featured article on Spanish Wikipedia). -- Jayron  32  04:07, 5 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Support, great article and band. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:19, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Good live show, good article.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 07:37, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support excellent choice. Hot Stop talk-contribs 18:03, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support The same as above. --RekishiEJ (talk) 08:53, 9 July 2013 (UTC)