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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations: James Steyn (August 27, 2009). "Wikipedia: Top 20 people, places, film and technology articles". The Daily Telegraph. Megan French (July 21, 2016). "Taylor Swift's Wikipedia Page Vandalized After Kim Kardashian, Kanye West Feud: See What the Trolls Did". Us Weekly. Nola Ojomu (July 20, 2016). "Taylor Swift's Wikipedia is vandalised as trolls rename her 'Slithering Snake Becky With The Good Lies'". The Sun. "When Ben Stokes became more popular than Taylor Swift". Cricket Times. August 28, 2019. "Taylor Swift lost to Ben Stokes in Wikipedia search battle". Hindustan Times. August 28, 2019. Ash Cant (December 7, 2023). "Wikipedia's top articles from 2023 reveal our dark curiosity". The New Daily. Retrieved December 11, 2023. Alastair Duncan (11 September 2024). "Follow Taylor Swift to combat misinformation with truth, says Lumino's Rhiannon Ruff". The Drum. Text and/or other creative content from this version of Taylor Swift in popular culture was copied or moved into Taylor Swift with this edit on 24 November 2014. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. Track 5 (Taylor Swift) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 6 March 2021 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Taylor Swift. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. This article has been viewed enough times to make it onto the all-time Top 100 list. It has had 94 million views since December 2007. This article has been viewed enough times in a single year to make it into the Top 50 Report annual list. This happened in 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2023. This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 30 times. The weeks in which this happened: October 26 to November 1, 2014 November 2 to 8, 2014 November 9 to 15, 2014 November 23 to 29, 2014 December 7 to 13, 2014 December 28, 2014 to January 3, 2015 May 17 to 23, 2015 July 17 to 23, 2016 August 27 to September 2, 2017 November 7 to 13, 2021 November 14 to 20, 2021 April 9 to 15, 2023 July 2 to 8, 2023 August 6 to 12, 2023 September 17 to 23, 2023 September 24 to 30, 2023 October 1 to 7, 2023 October 15 to 21, 2023 October 22 to 28, 2023 November 5 to 11, 2023 November 12 to 18, 2023 December 3 to 9, 2023 December 10 to 16, 2023 January 28 to February 3, 2024 February 4 to 10, 2024 February 11 to 17, 2024 February 18 to 24, 2024 February 25 to March 2, 2024 April 14 to 20, 2024 April 21 to 27, 2024

I intend to nominate this article for FAR soon for neutrality and stability issues. No consensus was reached in any of the discussions about the lead's neutrality–users almost unanimously agreed that the page should not include a ((POV lead)) maintenance template but did not conclude that the page does not suffer from the issue the tag raises. An egregious WP:BLP violation remained in the body for over a year.[1][2]. The article has more than doubled in size.[3][4] Its two primary authors only began editing it after the FA promotion.[5] Two distinct edit wars just this year. The (understandable) difficulty in maintaining FA quality due to Swift's stardom (and sources' continual, voluminous coverage) alone is enough to warrant a review. KyleJoan^talk 03:18, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• "Reviews of Swift's later albums were more appreciative of her vocals" is improperly synthesized from three individual reviews and five critics from one publication
• "Critics have highlighted Swift's versatility as an entertainer" is improperly synthesized because neither of the two sources cited (one being an individual review) wholly supports this
• "Critics regard Swift as a rare yet successful combination" is improperly sourced with one transcript documenting a host and a critic suggesting this
• "According to publications, Swift changed the music landscape ... and her ability to popularize" is improperly synthesized, as each part of this claim is supported by one source
• "Journalists [note] how her actions ... reshaped ticketing models" is improperly sourced with only one source suggesting this

KyleJoan^talk 04:47, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@KyleJoan: have any of these been addressed? If not, it might be time to go to FAR. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 17:25, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TenPoundHammer: I believe some claims have been reconstructed or removed, but these were only examples. I'm sure there are more. I'm now unsure about the FAR. There doesn't appear to be enough interest from this article's watchers to discuss its quality. The gold star is there. That seems to matter more. Not to mention that the article's nominator is an FA coordinator. Seems like a losing battle. KyleJoan^talk 04:40, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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change "was" to is" in the first sentence, she's still alive :sob: 2600:1702:5082:C60F:DC63:96E:18E6:1570 (talk) 20:25, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done The vandalism was reverted. Gawaon (talk) 20:34, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"producer" seems a bit vague. Shouldn't it be specifically "record producer", since she's known for producing music than television and/or film? Kamo0606 (talk) 22:22, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I think this is fair. All the categories she's listed under at the bottom of the page mention 'record producer' specifically.

Aurangzebra (talk) 17:56, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Already five years since Swift's first TFA appearance. What do you think about the article getting a second TFA appearance this coming Dec. 13, 2024, her 35th birthday? ScarletViolet tc 13:13, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not a good idea for now. The article's quality is currently being discussed (see above sections), and an FAR might be underway. I've been working, albeit rather slowly, my way through the article, looking for problematic and unsupported claims. If there's a consensus among editors that its quality meets the FA standards, then it can surely be considered for TFA but I don't see that happening right now. FrB.TG (talk) 18:54, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FrB.TG: This is noted. Will just remove the nom from the TFAP page. ScarletViolet tc 06:50, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change “history greatest” to “history’s greatest” 107.198.31.212 (talk) 19:06, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Not by me, but I don't see an error. Thwaluigi (talk) 20:41, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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To add her best friend 35.148.22.168 (talk) 12:52, 19 September 2024 (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. Cannolis (talk) 13:23, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]