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The Notorious B.I.G.

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As of 9 November 2024, 16:53 (UTC), this page is active and open for discussion. A FAR coordinator will advance or close this nomination when consensus is reached.

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Review section

This is a 2007 FA that was kept at FAR in 2010. I've identified a few issues with this article that bring it below the standards expected of a featured article. Pulling from my comment at TFAR, a brief skim of the article shows unreliable sources, including IMDb, being used in § Awards and nominations, failing criterion 1c. I also question the article's comprehensiveness (criterion 1b) if there are substantial-looking biographies of Wallace unused in the article and stuck in § Further reading. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:54, 27 August 2024 (UTC) (please  mention me if you need my attention)

I wasn't aware of the sourcing problems, but would like to offer agreement on the comprehensiveness. I'm not an expert in this area of music, but I will say that I've read and come back to this article on multiple occasions and couldn't help but feel like this FA was old and/or lacking for a performer who, in a very short career, defined an era of rap. 83.4k bytes for this guy? Is that really it? I doubt it, but I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough to definitively say no, just questionable. mftp dan ^oops 16:18, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section include sourcing and comprehensiveness. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:53, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

• Hold I’m interested in saving this. Give me two weeks to fix some prose and address some of the concerns. 750h+ 04:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

  Let me know how I can help this effort. - Wil540 art (talk) 17:45, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

  @FAR coordinators: the Internet Archive is down. Could we pause this until it's back up again, since it's the only way I could access one of the most comprehensive books on the topic. 750h+ 02:11, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

• Happy to extend time to allow for work once it's back up (which will hopefully be soon). Nikkimaria (talk) 02:12, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

  @Nikkimaria: i'll be continuing work on the article shortly, as the Internet Archive is back up. 750h+ 04:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

• Hold Edits ongoing per above. Happy to review when editors are ready. Z1720 (talk) 22:25, 3 October 2024 (UTC)