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Former good article nomineeGeorge Michael was a Music good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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DateProcessResult
January 27, 2018Good article nomineeNot listed
In the newsA news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on December 26, 2016.

Semi-protected edit request on 15 May 2023

George Michael achieved 12 number-one songs on the UK Singles Chart(five with Wham!) and 10 number-one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100(two with Wham!) 109.242.72.147 (talk) 20:48, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 21:03, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

TL DR

.... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 06:52, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hair

Bleached, straightened, permed:

File:Wham! circa 1984-1985.jpg
.... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 01:35, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Collaboration with Toby Bourke

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_Away_Dreaming 82.20.122.147 (talk) 21:55, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

George Michael LGBT

George Michael was a Gay Rights activist not LGBT. You cannot make assumptions of support for T. Also you need to define what T means: gender dsyphoria or something else. 86.141.162.1 (talk) 07:16, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unsupported details about mother

His mother, Lesley Angold (born Harrison, died 1997), was an English dancer. The cite placed after the closing parenthesis references the BBC article about his sister's death. Regarding their mother, it says only that her name was Lesley and she died in 1997. The cite placed after the full stop references the BBC's obituary of Michael. About their mother, it says only that she was an English dancer. So there is no support for the surnames Angold and Harrison. —71.105.243.101 (talk) 00:54, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I found and added a source that refers to her as Lesley Angold Panayiotou. 23impartial (talk) 14:50, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. That source doesn't mention the surname Harrison, though. —71.105.243.101 (talk) 13:44, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I had trouble finding a good source for that. But I found an article talking about it and just added it. 23impartial (talk) 15:49, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Careless Whisper was not George Michael’s first solo single. It was a collaboration of he and Andrew Ridgley and was a song on the Wham Make it Big Album.

Please correct when you can! 2600:4040:4909:DE00:D17C:F211:AE38:A615 (talk) 18:34, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The album's page, Make It Big, says "it was credited either to Wham! featuring George Michael (in North America and several other countries) or solely to George Michael (in the United Kingdom and some European countries)." I wonder if that was why the editor wrote first solo single. 23impartial (talk) 23:09, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]