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Result: Kept No requirement for a photo and ther issues appear to be dealt with AIRcorn (talk) 03:16, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• First off, there is no photo of the artist, and I was unable to find a suitable free image.

If there's not one available, there's no foul on the GA criterion.

• The intro is extremely short.

I can probably make this better, but there's not much wrong with it in my opinion. He's not a hugely popular artist.

• Several of the sources are bare links.

Fixed.

• Source 15 appears to be a self-published YouTube video.

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• Sources 28 and 29, Faygoluvers, appear to be a self-published fansite.

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• There is very little info on the critical reception of his albums. For instance, Flowerz is mentioned, but only its chart position is given. Compare other musical GAs I've worked on such as Joe Diffie, Doug Stone, or Diamond Rio, where each album has multiple reviews cited.

His critical reception is surprisingly small. He's had quite a few albums chart, but not much more than Allmusic reviews. I can try to find a few, but some just don't have any good reception on them.

• There are several format issues. "Psycopathic Records" has several one-sentence paragraphs, and nearly every use of a chart position uses a number sign, which is not accepted per the MOS.

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• "Digital Era , No more hard-copies" content appears to have been moved from another page, as it uses bolding in weird spots. This section also has horrible grammar such as " It was released on May 26, 2017 digital only."

This was inexperienced fan-written content that I completely removed. 104.39.135.32 (talk) 14:27, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The article was promoted in 2008, and maintenance has been clearly lacking ever since. (ETA: Turns out I was the one who passed in 2008. Wow.) Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:49, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't be too hard to fix when I have the time. If this runs as long as the average GAR does, I'll have plenty of time. The YouTube Video is a post from Esham's verified YouTube account - looks like it was previously credited to his account under another name. Does just reformatting it sound alright? Danny from IP 104.39.135.32 (talk) 15:11, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• @DannyMusicEditor: @104.39.135.32: That in and of itself is a major issue, that we can't find a picture of him nor confirm his birth date. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:58, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not having any available images is not a GA criterion. It states that is should be, if possible, illustrated by images. You try finding an Esham concert, go ahead. It's potentially dangerous. A lot of the people that go to them are shady characters. Imagine how hard it would be just to get one contributor-taken photograph of him at a good shot while all this wild stuff is happening at one of his concerts. Hard, right? No images of Esham are available on Wikimedia, so it's impossible at the moment. Since it's not possible, that criterion is completely fine.

For the birth date, we can make note that sources differ. If Mariah Carey (FA) can do that, so can this article. Of course, she had definite dates, but there are remedies to this situation, even if no refs exist which have an actual date. Danny from IP 104.39.135.32 (talk) 14:26, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]