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Madonna is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

Madonna has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 19, 2004	Refreshing brilliant prose	Kept
February 28, 2005	Featured article review	Demoted
January 14, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
March 23, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
June 13, 2008	Good article reassessment	Kept
June 23, 2008	Good article reassessment	Kept
August 5, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
October 27, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
March 17, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
June 8, 2010	Featured article candidate	Promoted
May 15, 2012	Featured article review	Demoted
September 6, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
Current status: Former featured article, current good article

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Logs and discussions:

Discussions:

RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna (performer), Not moved, 14 January 2007
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna, Not moved, 5 April 2008
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna, Not moved, 8 June 2010
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna, Not moved, 1 August 2012
RM, Madonna (art) → Madonna, Not moved, 6 February 2013
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna, Not moved, 9 March 2013
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna Ciccone, Not moved, 15 May 2013
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna, Not moved, 30 July 2014
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna (singer), Not moved, 21 August 2014
RM, Madonna → Madonna (disambiguation) (and redirect to Mary (mother of Jesus)), Not moved, 12 May 2016
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna, Not moved, 18 July 2016
RM, Madonna (entertainer) → Madonna, Moved, 30 July 2020
RM, Madonna → Madonna (entertainer), Not moved, 31 July 2022
RM, Madonna → Madonna (entertainer), Not moved, 17 June 2024

This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

"The most influential person on Wikipedia is someone you've probably never heard of". Washington Post. June 11, 2014.
"A Practical Approach to Language Complexity: A Wikipedia Case Study". PLOS One. November 2012.

Billboard: Madonna is the greatest music video artist of all time.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9440075/100-best-music-video-artists Can we add this to article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Navyiconer (talk • contribs) 00:59, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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In two weeks if someone can’t site documentation of claims made on this page, I will removed the unsourced claims. The sleepwalker (talk) 22:41, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The sleepwalker: could be helpful if you indicate what sentences you "think" are "unsourced claims", because you removed a content with references just few days ago. --Apoxyomenus (talk) 22:53, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

“Straight-A student” The reference didn’t substantiate the claim. Despite the reference not substantiating the cheerleader part of the sentence either, there are photos of her as a student in her cheerleading uniform online verifying the claim. The sleepwalker (talk) 00:54, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The sleepwalker: I agree with you that verifiability is a must and has not negotiation. But in this case that sentence meets verifiability and is supported by references. You can check out in a preview online in Google Books. Additionally, online libraries like Archive.org helps. And did you also read this edit summary? --Apoxyomenus (talk) 01:22, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I did. The reference isn’t documentation of the claim. It’s just another unverified claim. The sleepwalker (talk) 02:43, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. You removed my edit. Okay. Let me put it this way. Does a college accept a biography or autobiography in place of transcripts as documentation? Obviously we know it doesn’t. A biography in this case is not documentation. The sleepwalker (talk) 02:53, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You obviously don't understand how this encyclopedia works. A biography from a notable author is a reliable source and can be used to verify content in Wikipedia. If that is the case, you should remove all the content about her birth date, bith place, her parents and all her family information, because it's not directly sourced from the official certificates from the government. lol Bluesatellite (talk) 03:56, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I understand what verifiability mean bluesatellite. True, maybe without verication, it should be removed. You two have been underwhelming. The sleepwalker (talk) 14:34, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Oh. You removed my edit. Okay. Let me put it this way. Does a college accept a biography or autobiography in place of transcripts as documentation? Obviously we know it doesn’t. A biography in this case is not documentation. [[User:The sleepwalker|The sleepwalker]] ([[User talk:The sleepwalker|talk]]) 02:53, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 :You obviously don't understand how this encyclopedia works. A biography from a notable author is a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and can be used to verify content in Wikipedia. If that is the case, you should remove all the content about her birth date, bith place, her parents and all her family information, because it's not directly sourced from the official certificates from the government. lol [[User:Bluesatellite|Bluesatellite]] ([[User talk:Bluesatellite|talk]]) 03:56, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
+I understand what verifiability mean bluesatellite. True, maybe without verication, it should be removed. You two have been underwhelming. [[User:The sleepwalker|The sleepwalker]] ([[User talk:The sleepwalker|talk]]) 14:34, 13 September 2020 (UTC)