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Hi there, I need some learned guidance. An IP editor
changed the categories of
Raven-Symoné with the explanation Replaced all references to "African-American" with "American". Race is a political orientation, not a taxonomic grouping.
I reverted on the basis that it needs discussion. The IP
reverted again with the explanation There's nothing to debate. If the subject doesn't identify as African-American (which she doesn't), then she's not. SHE decides, not Wikipedia.
I figured I'd come here to get some education for how this should be treated. I note that in the article there is sourced information about the subject not wanting to identify as African-American or gay. Is that sufficient to warrant the removal of these categories? (Oddly, the user didn't remove all of the LGBT cats, only the African-American one.)
Cyphoidbomb (
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Wikpedia: I received some e mails seeking to understand a rather peculiar entry for Stanley Miller. One stated "I was not aware wiki had fallen in with everyone else of using religious descriptors in it’s bios." " *Stanley Lloyd Miller* (March 7, 1930 – May 20, 2007) was a Jewish-American < /info/en/?search=American_Jews> chemist who made landmark experiments in the origin of life < /info/en/?search=Origin_of_life>". I have made several additions to the article. They have all been accepted. The matter which was called to my attention is that he is described (as above) as a Jewish-American. However, when I tried to correct this, it never occurs. His Jewish background is well described in the following section of the article. I have no problem with this. However the description as a Jewish-American is quite out of line. J. Robert Oppenheimer is described as an American physicist, not as a Jewish-American Physicist. My friends consider this special title to be some anti Semitic insinuation. I do not. It is simply improper. Further, all of us who have know Stan Miller during & since his student days until his death know that he was an atheist. It would seem possible to correct this, but I have not been able to nor can I figure out your system for inquiries. G. J. Wasserburg Caltech— Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.94.245.61 ( talk • contribs)
I presume this WikiProject has a little bit of experience with sources about birth dates and the like but for WP:WOP, I started an RFC here about whether we should separately identify information that is "validated" by some particular sources versus other sources. I can't explain it better than that while trying to put a neutral notice up. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 23:02, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I'm wondering if there's an automated bot list of new articles within this project's scope? -- Rosiestep ( talk) 14:27, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello all, The Wiki Education Foundation has drafted up a short handbook for student editors in the USA/Canada who will edit Biography articles for classroom assignments, and we'd love to hear from experienced editors. The proposed text is here. If there's anything you'd like to contribute, please have a look! I'll be submitting for final design on August 31, so comments before then would be especially helpful. Thanks! Eryk (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 17:13, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
To meet Martin Luther at the Diet of Augsburg in 1521 should be to meet Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms in 1521 The Diet of Worms occurred in 1521 and the Diet of Augsburg occurred in 1530, as stated later in this same article.
diet at Worms, in 1521,
24.206.113.58 ( talk) 01:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
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I recently stumbled across a bio about a Filipino politician named Jose Roy and noticed it was in pretty bad shape (see [1]), so I decided to try and clean it up a bit. I think it's a little better now then it was, but there's still quite a lot to do. In particular, the article still needs some better sourcing. I tried to find what I could by Googling, but was only able to get so far. Since Roy seems to be have played an important role in Philippine politics from 1946-1973 or so, I imagine there are probably quite a number of non-English sources that could be used in the article. I think this article is one that falls under the scope of this Wikiproject, so I was wondering if someone could take a look at it and possibly assess it or revise it as needed. I know almost nothing about Philippine history or politics and basically was trying to work with the text that was already in the article. If there's someone here who's familiar with the subject matter, then any suggestions or input which can be provided would be most appreciated. I posted a similar request a WT:TAMBAY#Jose Roy, but I'm not sure what other Wikiprojects this article might fall under. Thanks in advance. - Marchjuly ( talk) 04:19, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Categories for recipients of some very significant honours up for deletion here: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 September 2. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 13:36, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi there. I have a request to move a few pieces of disorganized information from one section of the Hansjörg Wyss article to a new Personal life section. The information is related to Wyss' rankings and personal life, but appears in the middle of the Environmental protection section. There are more details about what I'm proposing over on the Talk page if any editors are interested in assisting. As I've mentioned here previously, I have a COI with this article and won't make these edits myself. Thanks! Heatherer ( talk) 15:31, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
9/10/15 If you refer to the book Rin Tin Tin The Life The Legend by Susan Orlean you will find out the surrounding of Mr. von Stephanitz's death. The short of it is that the Nazis wanted him to join and hand over is German Shepard Organization to them, but he refused. Later they "convinced" him to hand over the organization. That day he died. She never said, but I'm assuming they killed him.
Sandy Livingston (holidaygnome1) Holidaygnome1 ( talk) 15:42, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Please come to the RFC at Talk:Peter_Dinklage#RFC_on_the_inclusion_of_his_dwarfism_in_the_lead if it interests you to do so. -- Jayron 32 03:05, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Regarding article on Thomas KNAGGS. You indicate that it is not known whom he married. The Parish Register of Grantchester, Cambridgeshire allegedly contains a marriage record dated 9 August 1681 for Thomas KNAGGS and Elizabeth GREEN, both of Cambridge. Grantchester Parish is contiguous with Cambridge. Thomas KNAGGS appears to have been a student at Cambridge University at that time. There does not appear to be any other Knaggs surname vital records in Grantchester between 1681 and 1542, when an Elizabeth KNAGES married William Caro. 65.30.37.192 ( talk) 22:45, 12 September 2015 (UTC) Gary Suhm
There currently is a discussion about the future organization of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women and several other women-related Wikiprojects and taskforces at the above link. Some aspects may be of interests to editors of this project and your participation in the discussion would be appreciated. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:17, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
I was wondering what the rest of you might think of maybe trying to develop over at wikisource some of the older, PD encyclopedic articles for the less-highly-assessed core biography articles. So, perhaps, we might make sure that the various PD Encyclopedia Britannica, for instance, articles on those individuals, where they exist of course, be developed, and then maybe both provide at least one easily available comparable biography, and, theoretically, where there may not have been significant changes in the historical views of those persons, a useful "rough draft" of our own articles here, and what they should cover and to what weight various subtopics should be covered in them. Anyone interested? John Carter ( talk) 20:37, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Is anyone here interested in doing a peer review for me on a musical group article? The review is located at Wikipedia:Peer review/Diamond Rio/archive2. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 02:14, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, last week I left an edit request on Quint Studer's article, looking for feedback on two new drafts. I've written the drafts to address missing information in the article related to Studer's investments and baseball team ownership. I'm posting a message here because I prepared the drafts on behalf of, and with input from, Mr. Studer as a paid consultant to The Studer Group and given my COI, I don't want to make any changes myself. The full request, detailing the changes I've made, can be found here. I'd appreciate it if editors from here could review. Thanks. 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 15:38, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
I have opened a request for comment at the article Rudolf Hess. Interested participants may like to comment: Talk:Rudolf Hess#Request for comment: Maser's theory. -- Diannaa ( talk) 20:53, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Viola Davis#WP:Citation overkill in the lead; also see the section started immediately below that. Flyer22 ( talk) 13:06, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I have opened an AfD to the article Owen 'Alik Shahadah. Rupert Loup ( talk) 21:47, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
I’m not member of Wiki-Bio, but I noticed a major deletion on your assessment request page … see assessment page edit history. It looks like when Mundugumor added review request on 26 Sep, the entry inadvertently deleted about a dozen other pending article assessment requests.-- Orygun ( talk) 20:35, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
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Will those who normally work on biography articles comment please. Talk:Susannah_Mushatt_Jones#Reliable_sources_all_comment_on_how_she_eats_bacon_every_day I think if thousands of news organizations mention the woman eats bacon every day, it should be in the article. Please join the discussion there, it currently deadlocked between just me and one other person. Dream Focus 17:18, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi. I wonder if anyone could help clean up this page a bit by:1. separating Vocal and Chamber Works, which are jumbled together. 2. The list of compositions isn't complete. The most comprehensive listing of Levy's compositions are on this page: http://ernstlevy.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/. 3. It would be great to have a discography, as Ward Marston has produced a number of CDs of "found" recordings of his piano playing. And there are a number of other recordings. 4. There are a couple of Youtube selections of his compositions, and all the piano recordings are on there, I think. 5. He has two sons. One is an engineer and author matthyslevy.com. 6. Why don't I do this myself? Sorry to ask others, but I don't know anyone who edits on Wikipedia. Blessings. -- Jeanhenley ( talk) 19:31, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
As I asked before, I think we should allow for Draft, File and Redirect classes to be included. We could then split Category:NA-Class biography articles to remove them and also have draft-classes for each of the task forces. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 05:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Update: Category:Draft-Class biography articles now has over 430 articles including numerous in the workgroups to help distinguish various ones. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 04:11, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Everybody, I am a student from a History of English Culture class from Venice's Ca Foscari university. As part of my exam I've been assigned to improve a Wikipedia article related the subjects treated during the lessons. I'm thus going to try and improve the Wikipedia arricle related to Bosavern Penlez. I will soon upload a bibliography from which I'll be taking my sources.
Giulia Giulia Odo ( talk) 16:47, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
I'm looking for celebrity articles with no image. The more famous the better. I am trying to find artists to create portraits of notable individuals where a photo has thus far been unavailable. If you know of such articles that get big page hits, please let me know.
Many thanks,
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 14:42, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
A recent discussion of MOS:IDENTITY closed with the recommendation that Wikipedia's policy on transgender individuals be revisited.
Two threads have been opened at the Village Pump:Policy. The first addresses how the Manual of Style should instruct editors to refer to transgender people in articles about themselves (which name, which pronoun, etc.). The second addresses how to instruct editors to refer to transgender people when they are mentioned in passing in other articles. Your participation is welcome. Darkfrog24 ( talk) 21:05, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I don't do biographical articles (nowhere close to being up to speed on the conventions), but while editing 508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing, I looked to add a Wikilink to a notable commander, Gerald W. Johnson, and was amazed to find there was no Wikipedia Article on him. I'd argue he is more notable than any of the Gerald W. Johnsons who have articles about them, and Gerald W. Johnson (military officer) would be superflouous. I'd suggest that someone who works in the area of military bios might give this a shot. His official USAF biography [2] would be a good place to start. Reasons:
I'll post this at WP:MILHIST as well. -- Lineagegeek ( talk) 23:33, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
I do a fair amount of paid work on Wikipedia ( disclosed here), and often that work includes BLPs that don't otherwise get a lot of attention. Would anyone here be interested in collaborating with me to improve these pages?-- FacultiesIntact ( talk) 21:40, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
I recently discovered that electronic sports players pages have been getting renamed with bad naming conventions along the lines of First name "Pseudonym" Surname. After getting called out multiple times by myself and others, the person responsible for this has been changing these page names to purely the pseudonyms, which I think is a terrible concept. However, I want to be sure. Just from looking around, I can see the following pages with this naming convention I disagree with: GeT RiGhT, Leffen, Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson, F0rest, Ryan "Saiyan" Danford (Halo player), Reginald (professional video gaming), Dyrus, Greg "Idra" Fields, GH057ayame, Victor "Lil Poison" De Leon III, Fear (Dota 2 player), Chris "HuK" Loranger, Carlos "Cpt Anarchy" Morales, Nadeshot, NYChrisG, etc, etc... As the eSports task force doesn't really have ground rules for much of anything and lacks experienced editors, I feel it's more appropriate to hear some thoughts from WikiProject Biography, to see if the naming conventions should remain simply with first and last names like most every other article. DARTHBOTTO talk• cont 23:27, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
The scope and name of List of Pagans is under discussion, see talk:List of Pagans -- 70.51.44.60 ( talk) 05:30, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Dennis Patrick played the part of Jason McGuire on Dark Shadows. Sheriff Patterson was played by Dana Elcar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.19.11.8 ( talk) 18:17, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
I've created a new article on the deceased British composer, William Busch.
Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:William Busch.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 17:22, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
I've created a new article on the Cuban-born musician Israel Kantor.
Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at Talk:Israel Kantor.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 01:16, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
The banner that appears above this article claims that the article does not provide factual information and that it is hyperbolically laudatory of its subject. Neither seems to be true when one reads the article.
The author or authors cite patents and include patent numbers when making claims about Russell's accomplishments. There are also numerous references at the end of the article.
While the article is laudatory, it is certainly no more so than many other articles about inventors or scientists and considerably less so than some that I have read. A Wikipedia entry of this kind should be expected to praise its subject, since the subject is an inventor who made major contributions to an important technology. Is there an agenda here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.16.151.183 ( talk) 01:31, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
There has been recent discussion on the talk page regarding the use of a separate section of the article for quotations. That section has since been removed, as indicated at Talk:Athanasius of Alexandria#Quotes removal from Article Page. Input of editors involved here on how to deal with that material would be welcome. John Carter ( talk) 20:18, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I was reading the article on Catherine Hamlin and noticed there is a note there on adding citations. I'm not clear on what is needed, is it citations for the awards section at the end of the article, or citations in general for the whole article? I'd like to tidy it up. TIA for any advice! MurielMary ( talk) 10:08, 29 October 2015 (UTC)MurielMary
Marylou Whitney is a notable individual, but someone has been making the article into the family scrapbook. I am too busy and tired to tackle this one - and I'd probably be too snarky, as by all accounts this lady is a kind and gracious individual; but my god we need a wikignome! Montanabw (talk) 22:38, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
I've created a new article on the British statistician Roger Thatcher.
Additional input for further research collaboration and secondary sources would be appreciated at the article's talk page, at Talk:Roger Thatcher.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 05:11, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
...at Talk:William Sloane Coffin, Sr.. Two questions there, one biography-specific. BMK ( talk) 23:21, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
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Participants here often create a lot of content, have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are factors at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship.
So, please consider taking a look at and watchlisting this page:
You could be very helpful to evaluate potential candidates, and maybe even find out if you would be a suitable RfA candidate.
Best wishes,
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 00:55, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi all. I'm a student at Austin College, located in Sherman TX, and for one of my classes, we are supposed to edit a wiki page. I have chosen to edit Pedro Pascal's page, and am hoping for some feedback from seasoned wiki users on how I should go about this. There is not very much information given on Pascal's early history and personal life, plus more can be added in the career section of his wiki page. I am not trying to replace other's contributions to his page, but instead add to it in order for others to learn more about this fantastic actor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tbroadway14 ( talk • contribs) 18:36, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
Category:People associated with the Whitewater controversy, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 09:15, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
Members of this project might like to comment on an idea I've described at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)#Easier_access_to_biography_articles_via_subject_surname.3F. Pam D 18:01, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I am posting here to see if anyone might want to review edits I'm suggesting for Jarret Myer's article. I posted a message on the Talk page last month, but have not yet had anyone weigh in about the content. My aim is just to improve accuracy, sourcing, and neutrality of the article.
I have a financial COI and prepared the edits on behalf of Myer and Uproxx, the company Myer founded, so I prefer not to make edits myself. I'm hoping someone here can review and make the changes if they seem reasonable.Thanks! Heatherer ( talk) 19:26, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
The categories for births and deaths in years BC were rather small, and a series of CFD decisions resulted in consensus to upmerge them to centuries/decades, and to the year categories. For example, a death in 14 BC was recategorised from Category:14 BC deaths to Category:10s BC deaths and Category:14 BC.
Towards the end of that process, it was pointed out that biographies should not go directly in year categories because of WP:COPSEP. This led to a DRV and RfC, which was recently closed as:
(option 5:) Return to earlier guideline-conforming scheme adding "rollup" categories by decade/century
The "roll-up" on decade categories, as currently seen at Category:0s deaths, is simply done using <categorytree mode=pages>0s deaths</categorytree> on that page. The parameter in the middle has to match the page name. AFAIK this "rollup" code will have to be added manually.
The old categories will have to be undeleted by admins, and either cleaned up manually or listed at WP:CFDWR so that Cydebot will remove the CFD templates from them.
I believe the member pages (biography articles) will also have to be reverted manually. The best help that I can offer as an admin is to provide links to the diffs made by Cydebot or ArmbrustBot when emptying the old categories.
Armbrust has confirmed at Wikipedia:Bot_requests#BC_births_and_deaths_categorizations that he does not mind if we use rollback or undo on his bot's edits. Some articles were edited after the bot, in which case Undo is needed from history, rather than Rollback straight from the list of contribs.
Marcocapelle ( talk · contribs), as nominator, and Francis Schonken ( talk · contribs), who posted the RfC, may will be willing to share in the work of reversing the upmerges. Assistance from members of this WikiProject would be greatly appreciated, and I hope it will be forthcoming as it was for BIO-related reasons that the consensus at CFD was reversed.
(Note: A short follow-up discussion took place at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Years#BC_births_and_deaths_categories, from where I have moved the list below.)
The CFDs listing the births/deaths categories to be reinstated are:
– Fayenatic L ondon 13:21, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
I have moved my "Progress marker" section back to the bot requests page: Wikipedia:Bot_requests/Archive_71#Subthread 3 – repopulating BC births and deaths categories. – Fayenatic L ondon 10:10, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
IMHO, Resting Place should be changed to Buried, per WP:EUPHEMISM. Let's not be dancing lightly around a natural situation. GoodDay ( talk) 13:25, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
remember, this is a template we're talking about, not an article; it needs to be able to cover situations which are definitely not burial, ranging from "stuffed and put on display as a museum specimen" to "cremated and scattered on the pitch at Macclesfield Town". In that context, I think "resting place" is going to be least-worst option, unless we go with something unreasonably literal like "current whereabouts of body".I stand by that, no compromise is ever going to be perfect, but "Burial" is going to be actively misleading on multiple pages. ‑ iridescent 16:19, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
|burial=
which would override |resting place=
and display the label Burial, which would allow us to display the alternative label when desired. I just need to know what alternative label people want. --
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|burial=
parameter that can be used instead of the default |resting place=
. At present it displays the label as Burial and you can see an example at
Julius Beer. It would be trivial to change the label to whatever consensus arrives at. --
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Note: You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Charles Erickson#Merger proposal regarding if the issue of whether or not the two subjects involved are the same person. Thanks! 🎄 Corkythe hornetfan 🎄 02:36, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
I'm looking for feedback on Albert Folch Folch. I've been trying to clean up it up a bit, but I've sort of hit the wall. I have some concerns about whether the subject is even notable enough for a stand-alone article per WP:ACADEMIC or WP:ARTIST and much of the sourcing seems to be WP:BLPSELFPUB stuff. Lots of what is in the article seems fairly promotional in nature as well. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 07:26, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
There arose a dispute about the proper extent of the Duke of Windsor's wartime activities in regards the German Nazi regime. An editor feels that the pro-Nazi sympathies and activities, including one act of treason, is not reflected with the appropriate due weight in the article, and believes that the insertion of an extract of a German embassy cable should be added, as a footnote. Another editor feels that quoting the entire text of the cable is overkill, and that overall the article is consistent with the views that are presented in scholarly discourse and presents them with due weight and cites them to reliable sources. The question is now being put forth to Wikipedia editors whether to Support the addition of the contested material in a footnote or Oppose it. Anyone interested to participate in the relevant RfC is welcome. - The Gnome ( talk) 14:07, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
I've been in an ongoing dispute over Rudolph Abel. Some editors insist codenames of Abel's co-conspirators & other tangential information are somehow essential. I suggest they're not, per this edit. Opinions are invited. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 05:50, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
:in case alerts haven't picked them up. In ictu oculi ( talk) 17:01, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Just wondering why this project does not subscibe to WP:Article alerts? Ottawahitech ( talk) 00:15, 28 November 2015 (UTC)please ping me
I wrote this also on the Help Desk, which suggested I try find an experienced editor, so I am here!
So the following article was covered in a Deletion Review and the result was 'No consensus' and not to resubmit until the article has been improved (see Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Draft:Alex_Gilbert_.28closed.29 Here is the article Draft:Alex Gilbert. I can't submit it for review as it will just get deleted as it has before, this was before it was improved or when anyone even looked clearly at the sources. It was also reviewed in the past and was approved, moved to the main space and then deleted as it had to go through Deletion Review. The article is about NZ Adoptee Alex Gilbert, who has since established a Non-Profit Organisation 'I'm Adopted' (facebook.com/imadoptedOrg). This itself was covered in a lot of Russian Media. I have noted these references in the article and I have also described these below. I am having trouble and editors are just not clearly looking at the sources/references. People think its a Wikipedia:BLP1E, which NO the sources cover his Book and his Non-Profit Organisation. I have decided to list these in detail below. This article clearly covers basic notability. If someone can put this below into a Deletion Review or help me, I am happy to talk! I need an experienced editor to have a look at the article. Please any Russian Editors!
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References in Russian Language If you can't understand them then don't comment. People have been ignoring these. These are put up as a support to the article. It shows you how much coverage it had.
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Thank You for your time- Dmitry -- DmitryPopovRU ( talk) 04:50, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
An editor and I are having a disagreement on the article Ted Deutch about whether the article subject's high school should be included. I've added a half-sentence reference to the "Early life and education" section, as well as a category identifying him as Liberty High School alumni, but the editor has repeatedly reverted it ( [25] [26] [27] [28]). In the talk page, he says that it's "silly trivia of no importance" and "not important enough to include in his article", with which I obviously disagree. I'd like to gather more input to determine a WP:CONSENSUS as to whether this information should be included, so any feedback at Talk:Ted Deutch#Inclusion of high school would be appreciated. Please keep the conversation there, not here on this talk page, so it's all in one place. Thanks! — Hun ter Ka hn 15:34, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
You are a published writer, but that obviously does not make you a knowledgeable on identifying photos of the people you write about. Especially since there are not many photos available to compare to. It does take some experience to properly identify these people. It cannot be done with just a quick glance and judgement as you have done. You are not known as having any experience in identifying photographs. This collection is getting known as credible and submitting credible photographs of our old west lawmen and outlaws. I may not be able to write well or impress anyone with my words, but these photos I know. The collection that these photographs come from was put together before you were born, received from family and friends of the deceased people back when there were very little photos to use for comparison. Collectors, typically with money, could afford to buy their hearts desire. Museums have great artifacts, R.G McCubbin has a fantastic collection of old west photographs. Isn't it possible that someone else could of also amassed such a collection? This collection is backed by some influential people and is growing in credibility and popularity everyday. Photos from this collection have been requested by prominent film producers for use with their further investigation to be certain it is of the person claimed. You will soon see some of the photos you dispute on Discovery and National Geographic. You add to our history. Do not block others who may also know their business and contribute to history in their own way. I have attached below the photo with comparisons you dispute to help you identify the people you write about. You can click on the photo to enlarge it for analysis. OSMOND PHILLIPS ( talk) 21:07, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
According to its "About" page [29], it has a full-time editorial staff and is a professional organization. But so is the National Enquirer. Is Starpulse a tabloid site, or do we consider a biography such as this one a reliable source? -- Tenebrae ( talk) 00:36, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
Should every substantial redirect from living person[*] have a talk page with WPBIO banner and living=yes? If so, is it something we encourage or consider urgent or required? On the other hand, is it adequate that the redirect is in Category:Living people? I have created many such redirects and improved a much greater number but I have not created talk pages. From my watchlist I think I have learned that some other editors occasionally add talk pages with WPBIO living=yes.
[*] A substantial redirect represents its entity at English Wikipedia. If its entity is a person, generally it will be under Category:Redirects from people; perhaps it should be there without exception. It is not an alternative name or alternative version of a name. Redirects to joint biographies contains substantial redirects only. Category:Redirects from pseudonyms should not contain any substantial redirects.
--P64 00:21 -- P64 ( talk) 00:22, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
As is sometimes the case with articles involving politics or political commentators, an edit-war is brewing with an editor who restored what appears to be politically motivated additions of tangential material at Megyn Kelly. Rather than discuss as per WP:BRD, the editor instead restored his contentious edits while at the same time reintroducing MOS errors, removing archival links and other standard housekeeping edits. Please see Talk:Megyn Kelly#Adding Hillary Clinton POV, removing archival links, adding MOS errors. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 16:47, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I am editing the page of Show Luo. He is a famous Taiwanese singer, actor and host. I would greatly appreciated any feedback on it. Thisislily ( talk) 03:18, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
I am the subject of the article and have been updating it. Please do not change it again. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2E9C:8770:540:BAD5:5B70:E715 ( talk) 07:35, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Is her mother Marsha Mason? They look very much alike... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.209.0.193 ( talk) 19:01, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Not really. His mother is also a Taiwanese. Thisislily ( talk) 01:41, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
The usage and topic of Life of Christ is under discussion, see talk:Life of Christ -- 70.51.44.60 ( talk) 07:13, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Please see discussion at Category talk:Wikipedia requested images by subject#Proposing to move this category and its children to "requested images (of/in ...)". Thank you for your time. JJ98 ( Talk) 18:00, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
I am hoping to get this article up to GA/FA standard for WSB's bicentenary (April 2016) and have therefore initiated a peer review - comments would be very welcome.-- Smerus ( talk) 10:03, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Category:Cancer deaths by country, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Big_iron ( talk) 12:38, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
A few more editors are needed to complete the A-Class review for Jacob L. Devers; please stop by and help review the article! Thanks! AustralianRupert ( talk) 01:43, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi all. Back in October, I worked with another editor on changes to the Synthes USA section of the Hansjörg Wyss article based on a new draft I wrote. My draft reduced information about an indictment Wyss' company was involved in ( here's what the article originally said). I detail my reasoning for removing that material here, but my main argument was that it didn't belong because Wyss was not named in the indictment and was never charged with wrongdoing. The editor who initially reviewed agreed.
Here's a quick summary of what followed:
Since then, I have had difficulty finding anyone to help make the changes. I will not make them myself because I have a financial conflict of interest and I am working on the article on behalf of The Wyss Foundation. Would anyone here be interested in taking a look and making edits as they see fit? Thanks! Heatherer ( talk) 21:30, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Angelina Jolie#How do we judge how actor articles should be rated?. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 04:31, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
Your input is requested at Talk:Aloysius_Stepinac#RfC:_What_honorific-prefixes_should_be_included_in_the_infobox.3F. Thanks, Peacemaker67 ( crack... thump) 08:50, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
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THIS PICTURE IS NOT RABBI SIDNEY GREENBERG!!!!!
RABBI SIDNEY GREENBERG WAS MY FATHER AND YOU GUYS HAVE IT WRONG!!! 85.64.182.21 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:25, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
This article is up for AfD, please help out and comment on the page: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Kabir_Sadeghi. Tiggerjay ( talk) 02:17, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
Is Geni.com a reliable reference that we can in-line? This could be very useful for many articles, but I'd like to double-check with you all. Thank you and Happy New Year. Zigzig20s ( talk) 09:19, 1 January 2016 (UTC).
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Jennifer Lawrence#Scandal. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 20:06, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
This matter has now become a WP:RfC; see Talk:Jennifer Lawrence#How best to include the material?. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 00:49, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Patrick Kane#False rape accusation heading. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn ( talk) 03:23, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
I don't know how to get this listed on the project page. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim White (2nd nomination). Thanks. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 17:28, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
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Jack Nicholls currently commentates for the BBC's radio coverage of the Formula 1 World Championship. I've never made a new article so I'm not sure if I have enough reliable third-party sources to warrant notability and accuracy. He describes himself as:
Sports commentator. My main expertise lie in motorsport, covering F1 for BBC Radio 5 live, and the brand new FIA Formula E Championship on ITV and Fox Sports. I also commentate on football for BBC Radio and TalkSport, as well as both summer and winter Olympics for the Olympic Broadcasting Services.
Searching for "Jack Nicholls F1" on Google brings up quite a lot of information about him, but nothing from any major website apart from the ones he is employed by. Is a new article warranted? Khairul Islam 14:19, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
Adriana Sanford ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could someone take a look at Adriana Sanford and assess it? It's a new BLP which has lots of detail and sources (mainly seem to be primary or not too relevant though) and it probably could use a bit of trimming. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 21:59, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi guys! I have had a few articles deleted by wiki as I'm trying to let the world now know that 'Markos Vamvakaris Autobiography. The Man and the Bouzouki' has now been published in English. How can I add this in somewhere? Or have it as it's own article about Markos' autobiography? Thanks 82.35.51.27 ( talk) 16:19, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
How reliable is this website as a reference? It looks like a mirror website for text taken from the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, but I am not sure. Should I not be using it as a reference? Zigzig20s ( talk) 14:42, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
Draft:William H. Bell, submitted by Ted.gehring ( talk · contribs) seems like it probably could be a worthwhile and appropriate article for Wikipedia, but Ted is finding the AfC process frustrating. I think it's mostly just a case of more references needed. So, since this is the WikiProject for such articles, I thought I'd flag it here, to see if there's anyone both interested and with the time to give him a hand.
He appealed for help at the Teahouse, which is where it came to my attention.
-- Murph9000 ( talk) 06:16, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
There's an ongoing RFC at Talk:List_of_oldest_living_people#RfC:_How_should_we_word_the_lede.3F regarding the criteria for longevity "claims" (basically their alleged birth and death dates). This has fallen into arguments over what sourcing is required for such things as the birthdates of people who are allegedly age 110 and above, see Talk:Zhou Youguang for an argument that it was fine when he was age 109 but since he turned 110, we require higher sources. Has there been any discussion about an increase in the quality of sources required for a birth date when the person turns age 110 as opposed to before that? Has there ever been any discussion about the sourcing required for birth and death dates at all? -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 22:15, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Nalini Jaywant ( /info/en/?search=Nalini_Jaywant)
While reading about the miracles of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba, I came across an artcle ( http://bonjanrao.blogspot.in/2012/12/mrstarabai-sadasiv-tarkhad.html) wherein Nalini Jaywant's mother was stated to be a devotee of Shri Sai Baba.
The article describes that Nalini's mother took a vow to visit Shirdi if the serious illness of her daughter, Nalini who was just less than two years at that time, got cured. As the illness got immediately cured she visited Shirdi Sai Baba. As Shri Sai Baba took maha samadhi in the year 1915, how could it be that the birth year of Nalini is 1926!.
You may perhaps like to check it further.
Thanks,
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A few more editors are needed to complete the A-Class review for Gordon Gollob; please stop by and help review the article! Thanks! AustralianRupert ( talk) 14:06, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Lisabeth and Lizabeth are under discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2016_January_22 -- 70.51.200.135 ( talk) 13:34, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
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Can someone with Author/Book knowledge take a look at the Jesse Haynes page and determine if he is notable or not? It appears to me that he is not, but again, I am not an expert on Authors/Books. Also, if the page is determined to be notable, then it will probably require some cleanup; it reads like a promotion, in my opinion. Joeykai ( talk) 23:04, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Can someone examine 'Imelda Marcos'? A multi-month editorial spree by a single-topic editor Imeldific ( talk · contribs) has resulted in having two biographical infoboxes on this article, including one for royalty. This has also spilled over into the name article Imelda -- 70.51.200.135 ( talk) 13:51, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
Category:Fellow Members of the SME, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 03:30, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
Category:Demoniacs, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 05:12, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
The article Xenia Deli which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xenia Deli (2nd nomination). Your comments in the discussion would be welcomed. -- Odysses (○) 20:21, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello all, I'm kind of terrible at explaining things sometimes so i'll start with an example. On the article for Leonardo DiCaprio, we have the sections for See also, References and External links. The References section is obviously a list of links actually used to build the article, and the See also, and External links sections are sparse as i think they should be. What i'm wondering is, is there a place that it would be appropriate to list possible references that are not yet used in the article. Similar to this list of articles on Leonardo DiCaprio's IMDB page. My thought is that it might help as a tool to build the articles, or to more quiclky repair them when links go dead. Also one person might enjoy/be good at digging around and finding articles to use as references, but be terrible at actually incorporating them into the article itself. Kevlar ( talk) 21:25, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
...might be interested in this. BMK ( talk) 06:48, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Why hello! Might someone please look at Soufiane Choubani, an article on a Moroccan professor and founder of the Moroccan national debate team, and evaluate for notability? I get the sense that this is a bit of a vanity article, especially with these IP edits from Morocco, but if the guy's notable, he's notable. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 17:07, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
Note: I'm reposting this comment from
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Science and academia, having had no discussion for a year, in hopes of gaining clarity.
It is not uncommon for science and academia biographies to have a selection of publications at the end, usually titled "Selected works" or "Bibliography". It is (thankfully) less frequent that an article has an exhaustive list of publications, ranging from books to conference abstracts, which seem copied from a Curriculum Vitae or database (
example). How many works should be included seems largely left up to respective editors, but I feel it's prudent to bring up the question of how should these lists be implemented, and how exhaustive (or not) they should be. Publishing papers is not inherently noteworthy for academics, and exhaustive lists may be considered
indiscriminate info,
promotional, or an attempt to appear to satisfy
WP:SCHOLAR without actually gathering the explicit secondary sources establishing notability. Here are some possible guidelines to consider:
Note I'm not necessarily advocating any of the above, but I'm interested in opinions, and/or links to former discussions on this topic. Cheers, --Animalparty! ( talk) 21:57, 16 February 2016 (UTC)