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Somebody tagged the description of Christgau as "revered", describing this as a peacock word. This use of the word seems to be justified by the sources, to wit:

• The Village Voice Breaks Up With Robert Christgau (Medialoper)
• The Village Voice fires a famous music critic. (Slate)
• The Rock Critic Robert Christgau's Big-Hearted Theory of Pop (New Yorker)
• 'Going Into the City' tells the story of 'the Dean of American rock critics' (Christian Science Monitor)

Fabrickator ( talk) 23:52, 23 June 2022 (UTC) reply

They should be in the article. (CC)  Tbhotch ^™ 00:00, 24 June 2022 (UTC) reply

@ Teflon Peter Christ: - "Among the most well-known, revered, and influential music critics" - even if it's sourced, it's just syrupy and excessive. It hinges on becoming POV editing - we are not trying to promote Christgau, just demonstrate who he is and what his influence is. I took out 'revered' because I think 'influential' serves the same purpose, even if it's not a synonym. Having influence implies that his work is significant and that his peers view him highly enough to be influenced by his work. Look at, for example, the second sentence of The Beatles. You could add a lot more adjectives, but it's kept down to them being the most influential and integral to x. I just don't think throwing a bunch of extra adjectives into the lead helps the article, and again, it makes it seem like we are promoting him. ‡ El cid, el campeador ^talk 15:24, 3 August 2022 (UTC) reply

Fair enough. 𝒮𝒾𝓇 𝒯𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑜𝓃 ( talk | contribs) 04:01, 4 August 2022 (UTC) reply