Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Eminem

This article has improved a lot since it was last rated.--Peterm1991 22:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A few points:

The logo shouldn't be in the infobox; it doesn't seem to meet the fair use criteria. (This is the case for a lot of music articles by the way).
You may want to begin the article with "Eminem (born 17 October 1972 as Marshall Bruce Mathers III) is an..." (like Frank Black). I would leave Slim Shady for the "Also known as" section of the infobox.
Is "Marshall Mathers" really an a.k.a? It's his birth name, so I would remove it from the infobox and refer to "Marshall Mathers" throughout the prose,
"Early Life" should be "Early life". See WP:MOS.
"Born..." should be "Marshall Mathers was born ...".
More inline citations are needed in the biography.

I'll add more comments as I go through the text. Otherwise, it's a promising article! CloudNine 19:17, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you bold "Bassmint Productions"?
"enjoyed the professional sylings of Josh Houlihan [], going...". Avoid external jumps like this one - instead, create proper citations.
"Recent events" needs rewriting. It is too listy, and many paragraphs are too short.
Overall the citing is not good. Try to have at least one citation in each paragraph.
Stubby paragraphs in "Acting career". It needs rewriting.
Your citations need formatting. Use Template:cite web and Template:cite news.
After reading the whole article, I am not sure that the lead is properly summarizing.
I would like a more coherent, and comprehensive approach of his art. Controversies is an issue, but what about the clearly artistic part of what he has done? What critics say about his lyrics, music etc. What Seamus Heaney says is a part of such an approach, but we need more material.
Alphabetize categories at the end of the article.--Yannismarou 18:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]