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Actually, no she wasn't. Her birth was first announced in the local newspaper in 1969, which means that is the year she was born, contrary to any date mentioned elsewhere.
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Amanda Mannen (6 March 2021). "Music Mystery - No One Knows How Old Mariah Carey Is". Cracked.com. Even Wikipedia lists her birth year as "1969" or "1970," depending on the edit, and you'd better believe there's a heated talk page about it.
Marcus Gilmer (October 25, 2018). "Here are the most unforgettable Wikipedia vandalism trolls of all time". Mashable. RIP Mariah Carey: Few could forget Mariah Carey's painful New Year's Rockin' Eve performance on December 31, 2016, when a cold and confused Carey stumbled through some lip-syncing and eventually just gave up in the middle of a performance. She later blamed the whole mess on the show's producers. A week later, someone updated Carey's Wikipedia entry to declare her dead from embarrassment. Deceased. No more.
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Hello all, currently this article is at WP:FARC and needs to meet current standards to retain FA status. Right now there is an inconsistent citation format as some are from named references in the references section while others use templates in-text. Can we get a consensus as to which style should be used for this article? Because of the number of references I am leaning toward named references listed in the references section and excluding templates from the body as this will make it easier to edit prose and organize things. Heartfox (talk) 05:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure which to use, but personally I'm more concerned with overall credibility of refs. Getting rid of subpar citations should be a bigger priority and I saw that was mentioned in the FAR. Has that point been resolved yet? I haven't had a chance to thoroughly examine the page for them. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 13:19, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-5 vital article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
