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A news item involving Whitney Houston was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 12 February 2012.

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A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on February 11, 2022 and February 11, 2023.

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Section size for Whitney Houston (36 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	9,386	9,386
Early life and family	9,243	9,243
Career	11	126,801
1978–1984: Career beginnings	9,928	9,928
1985–86: Whitney Houston and rise to international prominence	14,235	14,235
1987–89: Whitney	11,923	11,923
1990–91: I'm Your Baby Tonight and "The Star-Spangled Banner"	15,227	15,227
1992–94: The Bodyguard	24,094	24,094
1995–97: Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife and Cinderella	18,418	18,418
1998–2000: My Love Is Your Love and Whitney: The Greatest Hits	12,502	12,502
2000–2008: Just Whitney and personal struggles	14,758	14,758
2009–2012: Return and I Look to You	5,705	5,705
Personal life	1,613	7,182
Marriage to Bobby Brown	5,569	5,569
Death and funeral	10,964	29,414
Pre-Grammy party	3,757	3,757
Further reaction and tributes	10,612	10,612
Posthumous sales	6,936	6,936
Posthumous releases	11,514	11,514
Artistry	17,115	17,115
Legacy and influence	25,437	25,437
Awards and achievements	18,060	18,060
Philanthropy	6,517	6,517
Documentaries and portrayals	33	6,656
Documentaries	3,443	3,443
Portrayals	3,180	3,180
Discography	408	408
Filmography	774	774
Tours	64	610
Headlining tours	490	490
Co-headlining tours	56	56
See also	295	295
Notes	24	24
References	30	30
Further reading	1,496	1,496
External links	4,262	4,262
Total	278,079	278,079

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LGBT+ and bisexual categories

I've removed these cats, but now I'm not so sure. My concern is that they are not defining. It seems that the source for it are the claims of one person, posthumously, and Houston herself never publicly defined herself thus. But the most important thing is; do reliable sources commonly refer to her this way? I'm not sure they do. Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 22:05, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recent year linkage in lead section

Wikilinking the year 2012 is against the WP:MOS guideline of WP:DATELINK but let's discuss. It's possible I could be wrong... - Shearonink (talk) 15:52, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Voice and most awarded

The bolding of "The Voice" in the lead is against MOS guidelines. It should be removed. There are also a fair number of people who have been called "The Voice", so I'm not sure why it deserves this prominence.

The claim in the lead "one of the most awarded entertainers" is effectively meaningless puffery and unsourced. How has this been measured? Which awards are being counted? Who determined this? How? One of how many? Is she 999th out of 1000, or first out of 10? It conveys nothing factual and should be removed from the lead. It would be far better for it to be replaced with something that highlights the actual awards she has actually been awarded. Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 10:42, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whitney Houston is literally The Voice. She is the most popular singer with that nickname in pop culture right now. Just like dozens of female pop stars have been called ''Queen of pop'' but it's associated most with Madonna.

Secondly, Whitney was the most awarded female act of all time according to ABC News, Billboard 2402:800:6105:5D0D:ACA9:1523:99BC:9FB (talk) 15:52, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"She is the most popular singer with that nickname in pop culture right now" - You can source that claim?

"according to ABC News, Billboard" - Excellent. Could you please add these sources, and we can see how they determined this fact, or whether it is an opinion that should be attributed. The lead paragraph should focus on sourced facts, attributable opinions can come later. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 17:33, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]