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Hello,
I have been working on the re-write and expansion of the article about Kate Millett and have a question at Talk:Kate Millett#Expansion of personal life info. Your input would be greatly appreciated!-- CaroleHenson ( talk) 18:36, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
In case you are interested there is a discussion at: Template_talk:Infobox_person#Citizenship
Gregkaye ✍♪ 14:55, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
Please join the discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 September 18 as to whether a biography should be restored. -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ( talk) 12:52, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
There is currently an RfC on the proper use of pronouns in the article Chevalier d'Eon, which falls within the scope of this Wikiproject. The RfC can be found here. Your comments and discussion on the matter would be appreciated. 0x0077BE [ talk/ contrib] 14:48, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Editors of this project are invited to participate in the following RfC. [1] A Quest For Knowledge ( talk) 00:53, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
There's a dispute going on at Christian Serratos that needs attention. ☴ Jaewon [ Talk 00:44, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
There is a new editor who is going through articles and changing the adjectives indicating their origin. Examples [2] [3]. I'm curious is there is any position with regards to this? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 20:19, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej ( talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
I have a picture of Thomas Garner, architect, that I would like to add to the biography on him. How can I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keoghse ( talk • contribs) 19:19, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
Mir Mandow Rind is nominated for deletion. Discussion is possible here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mir Mandow Rind. The Banner talk 17:42, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
In the article Basil Temple Blackwood, I started the lead paragraph with "Ian Basil Gawaine Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood... styled Lord Basil Temple Blackwood..." However, another editor has amended this to "Lord Ian Basil Gawaine Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood... styled Lord Basil Temple Blackwood...." Is there an approved method for this sort of thing? Alansplodge ( talk) 12:40, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
This will be of interest to this WikiProject. George8211 / T 12:13, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
I noticed on my watchlist this morning that the article on Cú Roí, a legendary king of Munster from the Ulster Cycle, had been given a C class rating by the biography project. I did a quick check and found that other legendary Irish characters, incluing Cú Chulainn, Conchobar mac Nessa, Cormac mac Airt, Túathal Techtmar, Labraid Loingsech and Fionn mac Cumhaill, are also included in this project. By comparison, legendary heroes and kings from other cultures, like Agamemnon, Sigurd, Lancelot and Beowulf (hero), are not, while Achilles, Hrothgar, King Arthur and Robin Hood are. Does the biography project have a rule for inclusion or non-inclusion of non-existent people? -- Nicknack009 ( talk) 09:24, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi, there is currently a discussion taking place at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#VG comments subpages regarding whether it would be acceptable to permanently shift all comments subpages associated with WP:VG articles into talk. This shift would follow the recommended approach given at WP:DCS. The WikiProject Biography articles that would be affected by this action are these:
If you have objections related specifically to WikiProject Biography's use of these subpages, please make this clear at the discussion so that other unrelated talk pages can be cleaned up where appropriate. Thank you. - Thibbs ( talk) 15:52, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
I'd like to join this WikiProject. Suggestions for improvement are needed. -- 108.211.72.67 ( talk) 19:05, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
I've nominated a WP:FA quality page related to this WikiProject for "Today's Featured Article" consideration, nomination is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/John Barbirolli. — Cirt ( talk) 00:19, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Members of ProjectBio may want to keep an eye on Renée Zellweger. The "Appearance" section has been growing remarkably WP:UNDUE, quoting gossip-magazine style speculation by people who are not her doctors as well as opinions by celebrities having nothing to do with Zellwegger. Some of the cites, such as the Daily Mirror, also seem tabloidy. I've removed some egregious material, but the gossip-mag crowd will be back. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 20:17, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
I have started
Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Orphaned articles (shortcut:
WP:BIOG/O) as a holding area for orphaned biographical articles. Editors of biographical articles may wish to add it to their watchlists.
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Wavelength (
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23:04, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
I need comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Emily Ratajkowski/archive1 to guide editorial improvements.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:42, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi – I have prepared a userspace draft for Nigel Cayzer, a British businessman and chairman of two London-listed funds. I have a conflict of interest in that I work for Bell Pottinger and Nigel Cayzer is my client. I have made this clear on my user page, on the draft article's talk page, and on COIN. There are a number of offline news articles referenced in the draft, which I have stored in their entirety on the talk page. If anyone has time to review this draft and leave comments either here, on the talk page or on my talk page, that would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. HOgilvy ( talk) 11:22, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
I've nominated an article relevant to this project for WP:TFAR consideration, discussion at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/George B. McClellan. — Cirt ( talk) 20:14, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
I stumbled upon the article Carolyn Wasilewski through Special:Random today, it doesn't look very notable to me, but I'm a bit wary about jumping straight to AfD. I'm going to start with a proposed deletion, but I thought it is worth throwing out there to get a few eyes on it. At the very least, it should presumably be moved to Murder of Carolyn Wasilewski, since she's not notable other than being the victim of an unsolved murder, so WP:BIO1E applies, but I'm not seeing much justification for this article. 0x0077BE [ talk/ contrib] 22:54, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
Tseziz and Wenden is the same place! Wenden is Cēsis in our days, it used to be called Wenden. And and even nowdays, many people from abroad, especially Germans call Cesis - Wenden. The same as city of Valmiera is called Wolmar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.68.120.187 ( talk) 08:27, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
This has been asked before but I didn't find an answer. For a BLP article on an academic who may have many publications, what are the common practices to determine which publications to list? Certainly we don't list every one! Thanks. Jytdog ( talk) 11:51, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
I believe the stub designation can now be removed from the John Fullbright article. How does that happen and/or who can remove it? I'm unsure how that works. Thank you. Kmzundel ( talk) 14:35, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Trey Burke/archive1 has been open for 2 and a half weeks without any substantive commentary.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:11, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
Guidelines for biography articles aren't my strong point. Could someone have a look at Jason_Smith_(sports_radio_personality) please. Advanced warning, the resident IP editor appears to have ownership issues. - X201 ( talk) 09:20, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I've just suggested some new sections for Tucker Eskew's article on the article's Talk page. The page appears to be very quiet, so I wanted to leave a note here to see if any editors have time to review my suggestions. I prepared my drafts on behalf of Eskew's agency, Vianovo, so due to this conflict of interest I won't make the changes myself. Thanks in advance, 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 21:01, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Need advice from the experts! I have a source which states:
was born on either the 31st of Dec 1860 or the 30th of Dec 1870 in either Alsace or Breslau.
Assuming I cannot find anything reliable which contradicts this, have I filled out the infobox correctly? And what do I put in the persondata?
{{Infobox person ... | birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|12|31}} or {{Birth date|1870|12|30}} | birth_place = [[Alsace]] or [[Breslau]]<ref name=BLAH>...</ref> ... }}
Thanks! Basie ( talk) 19:20, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
This message is to notify you that there is an RfC ongoing on whether to add pronunciation info to {{ Infobox person}}, a discussion which is likely relevant to this Wikiproject. Your comments on the matter are appreciated. The discussion can be found here. Thanks! 0x0077BE ( talk · contrib) 17:29, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
(I'm very inexperienced with Wikipedia work and so I could be putting this in the wrong place.) I was trying to find a Woodfall of interest to me, but when tried with just Woodfall I was redirected to Woodfall Film Productions. Resorting to Google, I discovered there were at least two Woodfall pages; William Woodfall was the one I was looking for. Shouldn't there be a page for Woodfall (name) for Woodfall to be redirected to? (I have no idea how this would be done.)
Incidentally, while I find pages like Sadler (surname) very useful, there doesn't seem to be any standard as I have occasionally run across xx (name) and xx (surname and title).
Neville Holmes (
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04:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
The usage and primary topic of " Batista" is under discussion at talk:Dave Batista -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 07:40, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
I've nominated the article Geoffrey (archbishop of York) to be considered for Today's Featured Article, nomination discussion is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Geoffrey (archbishop of York). — Cirt ( talk) 01:43, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Cyjan, drummer for Polish goregrind band Dead Infection, commented, "Musically, there's no real difference between grindcore and goregrind, but lyrically, whereas the first is socially and politically concerned, goregrind, as the name implies, deals with everything related to blood, pathological aspects or accidents with fatal results." [1] ,if you label Exhumed Goregrind yes because they play Death Metal with Grindcore elements ( Deathgrind) but what about Cannibal Corpse? there's no Grinding madness in their sound. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GREYBOYY ( talk • contribs) 13:51, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
I've started a thread at Talk:Roger Williams (theologian)#Primary topic about whether or not he is the primary Roger Williams. Would appreciate input, thanks. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 19:58, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
Molyvos1 ( talk) 04:05, 30 November 2014 (UTC)Molyvos 1 There is an exhibition at Heidi Gallery (Dec 2014) which suggests that Prof Tipper and HD were two different people. So there is still some work to be done here. (I think that it's plausible that Tipper was HD - but that has not been demonstrated. The Heidi exibition did located actual people called H Dearing.
Bishkekvunderbar ( talk) 06:20, 30 November 2014 (UTC)I have very little experience with Wikipedia, but I just completed writing an MA History thesis on Ostroumov's work. It contains extensive, well-sourced information on his biography and work. What is the procedure for adding this?
She was born n Marion NC but grew up in Asheville NC, graduated from Lee H. Edwards High School in 1950 and left for New York in June 1950. Not 1947. She was in Compulsion but not until she was in NYC. I was her best friend for most of her life and remember these facts. Thank You, Peggy A. Pettit, Ph.D., MBA, South Riding VA
15:03, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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tags on this page without content in them (see the
help page).personal experience, yearbooks of LEH for 1947-1950
Hi, I am working on a biography and I have encountered this general problem. I often encounter two or more sources that do not agree about the date of a certain event. My question is, while writing the biography, how should I resolve this conflict? Should I mention a date from only one source, or mention all the sources. Sometimes an event can be quite obscure, and all the sources give very different dates. Manoguru ( talk) 19:42, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
A BLP for an entrepreneur is currently listed and being relisted in AfD. ( /info/en/?search=Marc_Lore). Initially the page lacked sufficient referencing; however, updates have been made and it appears satisfactory. It has been relisted twice in AfD and I'm looking for participation by others in that debate to ensure that the page is kept. I appreciate your help. 66.108.234.192 ( talk) 05:27, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
I have nominated Selena for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Snuggums ( talk / edits) 04:48, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
I have just created Category:Biographical templates usable as a module, for templates which can be used as a module in {{ Infobox person}} or other biographical infoboxes. Please help to populate it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 00:05, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
I'm doing an English assignment where we edit a page on Wikipedia. I am having trouble with the Brett Smith page. I can't find his discussion page. I have looked on his page and never found it. However, I have found that the it is up for deletion.
This is what I am hoping to add:
NFL Draft
Scout score
Projected draft pic
Weakness/strengths
College Passes completed Interceptions Fumbles Tackles awards and nominations
High School Records Passing yards Rushing yards Interceptions Passes completed Fumbles Tackles Awards
Kolby Collins ( talk) 21:29, 9 December 2014 (UTC)Kolby
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Hi there - I have made some suggested edits in the Talk for Mark_Baker_(author), as he is the Chair of Board of Trustees for Gwrych Trust and has released some new material (references are included), as well as a few minor edits that are obviously pranks in nature. If someone could take a look I would really appreciate it! Any issues drop me a line on my talk - there is also a summary of the updates there :) Best, Jake JakeB of GCPT ( talk) 13:28, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Summary: Make the default disambiguator used for ambiguous MMA fighter biography articles to be "mixed martial artist". -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 10:24, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Per the suggestion at Talk:Ed Herman (mixed martial artist), I propose that the standard disambiguator used for ambiguous mixed martial artists biography articles become "mixed martial artist", per the naming of the list articles List of female mixed martial artists and List of male mixed martial artists, and the fact that "fighter", a disambiguator used for some MMA fighters articles is not clearly meaning anything. In the news, Kurdish fighters fight for the liberty of Kobani, clearly not MMA fighters. Boxers and kickboxers are called "fighters" in news media, also clearly not MMA.
I post this at WT:BIOG because one of the current disambiguators, "fighters" affects many sports, not just MMA, and even the military. This is also why it is posted as an RFC. -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 10:24, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Pinging participants from the related move request: @ Dekimasu: ; @ Lineagegeek: @ PRehse: ; @ Papaursa: ; @ LiberatorLX: -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 10:27, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Pinging related wikiprojects: WPSPORTS, WPMMA, WPMARTIALARTS, WPMILITARY -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 10:35, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
I also put a link to this discussion at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation. Kevlar ( talk) 20:15, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
I would like to request more neutral editors to take a look at Amy Pascal's article, especially the section about her racial remarks. None are commenting on the talkpage, so I thought I would ask here. I have tried to remain neutral in my editing, but one very insistent editor has reverted my edits and another one has admitted to wanting to portray Pascal in a more positive light than she has been in the media. That seems to be original research and not encyclopedic to me. Simply put, would you support reverting that section to my edits? I would add that Sorkin's reaction sounds sycophantic to me; also, the other editor has removed Lisa Kudrow's reaction, apparently because it is negative towards Pascal...I think if we are going to have Sorkin's glowing remarks, we should have Kudrow's as well, just to keep it balanced. Finally, many, many newspapers have called Pascal's remarks "racist" and I had added that term under inverted commas with clear in-line references, but again that other editor has removed it. I had however reverted an edit renaming the section "racist remarks" back to "racial remarks," for the sake of neutrality. I encourage you to read the talkpage and look at the edit history. I have not reverted the section again as I don't want to edit-war, but I really would like more neutral editors to take a look, and see if my edits would sound more encyclopedic. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 11:01, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
Could somebody take a look at "Robert S. Nelsen" and see it there are any outstanding issues other than being an orphan and possible overlinking that still need to be resolved. Most of the sources cited seem to be primary sources so it's a little hard for me to tell if Nelsen satisfies WP:NACADEMICS: I believe being president of a university is sufficient on it's own, but just not sure if more is needed. Also, not sure if a {{ BLP primary sources}} is appropriate to add.
In addition, the primary editor on the article has been a SPA which is probably a non-issue, but again I'm not too sure. I am assuming good faith, but it might help if someone more experienced than myself in biographies, particularly those about academics, took a look since they most likely would be able to provide more specific advice than I have been able to do so far.
FWIW, I posted something similar at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Science and academia#Robert S. Nelsen about four months ago, but have gotten no response. So, I thought I'd try posting here to see if anyone can help out. Anyway, any feedback at all would be most welcome. Thanks in advance - Marchjuly ( talk) 00:44, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
Could someone please take a look at this guy's page? He hardly seems noteworthy, and the article appears to have been written by him or his publicist. I can scarcely find any information about him that I can't trace back to him or his publicity firm. Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia, not a bulletin board in a Starbucks. Arlesd ( talk) 07:05, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
This article is nomination for DYK, but it needs to be large enough to be eligible as expanded by fivefold. I hope anyone interested can find sources and then expand it. -- George Ho ( talk) 22:25, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
I am writing to ask your help in making some corrections and edits for clarity to the biography of Tony Blinken. I work at The Glover Park Group. A colleague has asked me to help make these changes, and you seemed like a natural place to ask for help. My full request is on the Blinken discussion page here. Thanks for your consideration. Bgluckman ( talk) 22:17, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Gentlemen:
The photo of Jules Andre Smith is incorrect. A visit to the military history blog ( http://blogs.archives.gov/unwritten-record/2014/06/13/world-war-i-art-and-artists/ ) shows that the incorrect photo was actually of Walter Jack Duncan – (1881-1941), and Jules Andre Smith. Smith's photo is farther down the page. Also, I think he would be better identified as Jules Andre Smith, instead of J. Andre Smith - a small correction, but more precise, I believe.
Many thanks and best hopes for the holidays,
Bill Lanigan / warehall — Preceding unsigned comment added by Warehall ( talk • contribs) 12:40, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Please comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive1.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:42, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
I am currently looking for info re: fair use of images for Wikipedia biographical articles. I am looking for an image to add to the Sybil Plumlee article, but I can't find a free image and I am wondering if one of the two images used in this Oregonian article are eligible for fair use. Any feedback or links to guidelines would be helpful. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 19:36, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi there; this is just a quick note to let you all know that the 2015 WikiCup will begin on January 1st. The WikiCup is an annual competition to encourage high-quality contributions to Wikipedia by adding a little friendly competition to editing. At the time of writing, more than fifty users have signed up to take part in the competition; interested parties, no matter their level of experience or their editing interests, are warmly invited to sign up. Questions are welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! Miyagawa ( talk) 21:58, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Kevin Moyers appears to have been raided by a vandal in November. I'm not a frequent reader of the biography pages and I thought someone who is should take a look at Moyers.-- Jim in Georgia Contribs Talk 01:37, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
No mention of General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD of the Australian Corps who was Rawlinson's most able subordinate and military planner and significantly enhanced Rawlinson's reputation(credit where credit is due).
"On 8 August 1918 the successful Allied attack at the Battle of Amiens, which led to the expedited end to the war, was planned by Monash and spearheaded by British forces including the Australian and Canadian Corps under Monash and Arthur Currie. Monash is considered to be one of the best Allied generals of the First World War". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monash
"Monash planned'Bold text' the attack on the German defences in the Battle of the Hindenburg Line between 16 September and 5 October 1918. The Allies eventually breached the Hindenburg Line by 5 October, and the war was essentially over." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monash
Your quote: "By this stage of the war British manpower was severely depleted, and Rawlinson relied heavily on Australian, Canadian and American troops to achieve the breakthrough.[29]" I find this a very poor reference and not accurate (a more pro-British/home front viewpoint). Commonwealth troops (Australians, Canadians and New Zealander's)were the best shock troops in both WW1 and WW2 for the British Empire. This sentence may be seen as offensive by some, by basically stating if there were British troops available they would have been used and Australian, Canadian and US troops were somewhat 'second rate' troops. This is incorrect, the Australians, New Zealanders and the Canadians were the best troops the Empire had and that is why they led the attacks and was not a 'British manpower issue'. I think you will find a sufficient references to this fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.176.56.232 ( talk) 13:53, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello! I see you may have an interest for The Waterboys' Paul Brown article. The artist requested help on the IRC channel recently to develop this article, and made a copy and paste copyvio draft on the talk page (which has already been taken care of and deleted). As a result of this, I talk to them a bit and got them to post a list of possible sources on the talk page instead. I've copied the WikiProject banners from the band's talk page, and this page will need to have each WikiProject assess their own importance and ratings on the topic. Thank you for your assistance. — {{U| Technical 13}} ( e • t • c) 20:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I have a problem with "original research". Mr McCabe, an anticatholic polemist in the early XX century said that Pope Leo X was homosexual, citing a contemporary author who knew him, Francesco Guicciardini. It so happens that Guicciardini's book is available on the internet and he does not say what McCabe claims he said. Quite the opposite. I have provided links to the text, links to an english online translation of the text. The same problem happens with another false quotation by Jovius. But a user is desperate not to correct the article and keeps making excuses to revert my edits and accusing me of I doing "original research". He demand that I upload pictures of the original manuscript... Since the article falls on the scope of this project I ask you to visit the talk page and give your opinions. Thanks a lot. El Huinca ( talk) 10:52, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Can someone have a look at the tables on this BLP? Someone got creative and added colors to the them. I don't think it's supposed to be like that. (I wonder if "they" did this to any other BLP tables...) Thanks - theWOLFchild 13:47, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Template:Infobox_person says the occupation parameter should reflect the information in the lead, so I guess my question is what should go in the lead. If someone was notable for one occupation, do we list other occupations in the lead? I would think not, as most biographies would be cluttered with "Joe Smith is a former waiter, former shoe salesperson and actor, best known for his Academy Award-winning role..."
In the present case, an actor has apparently retired from acting to work at the family karate studio. With hometown news coverage, we do know know she is working at the studio, but that is not notable. Any reason this would go in the lead? - SummerPhD ( talk) 13:38, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
I would put always put all his occupations in the lead. Just edited the 4th Lord Granville's page, 2 screenfulls of his activities as one of the great and good with no mention that he was also a serious ironmaster. Or Carl Kellner whose entry went on forever about his life as a religeous nutter and failed to mention that he had a hand in 2 of the major developments of the 20th century (paper, chlorine). Your priorities might not be the same as others but they could be the right ones. Peterrivington ( talk) 22:56, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Celine Dion for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 10:24, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Marian Rejewski for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 10:36, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Vivien Leigh for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 13:34, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Steve Nash is a dual citizen. You are invited to help form a consensus on how his nationality should be presented in the bio's infobox. Please comment at Talk:Steve_Nash#Nationality_in_infobox. Thanks.— Bagumba ( talk) 22:31, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi! Just a heads up that I'd greatly appreciate input on this FAC nomination. -- Zanimum ( talk) 22:03, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
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Harej ( talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Please see ongoing deletion discussion for Ron Wear, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ron Wear.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 01:32, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to participate in the ongoing discussion and RfC at WP:ELN#Linking to Prager University, which addresses the allegedly addition of external links to Prager University, a website associated with radio host Dennis Prager, in biography articles. -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 21:14, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, as a wikikitten/magpie (attracted to shiny things that i shouldn't get involved with), i came across the above BLP.
i was about to list it as selfpromotional/need more references (a lot but they seem to be unreliable/poorly sourced) or even be bold and delete half of the artcle but decided to check its talk page.... WARNING: ACTIVE ARBITRATION REMEDIES ... !!! I am not sure what it all means but it looks scary.
So rather then risk sanctions or the other wrath of other editors i thought of posting here:) Could some other more learned wikiites please have a look at the article and make edits as/if required. thanks
Coolabahapple ( talk) 16:38, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
There is an ongoing move discussion, even if alerted in the project page. -- George Ho ( talk) 07:22, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
The biography of Swedish diplomat and politician Carl Bildt needs checked for its compliance with WP:BLP, WP:NPOV, and WP:Due weight, even more than usual BLPs.
is a 12:05, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, everyone,
I have recently developed the habit of tracking which Wikipedia articles gain especially many page views, from the weekly list of top 5000 pages and from the 2014 annual list of most viewed pages. On both lists, we can see that often the living people whose biographical articles are most viewed on Wikipedia are stars of movies or TV shows. I've watchlisted some of those articles, and I'll see how editor discussion continues on each article talk page as edits continue on the articles. I'm developing a habit of looking for articles with high page views as especially interesting to expand and refine to go from C class or B class up to a quality level of being ready for good article nomination. I wonder if any of you have any suggestions for general approaches to successfully improving biographical articles with persistently high page views that haven't yet been improved to good article status. Your suggestions of useful sources and other tips for doing good editorial work on biographical articles would be greatly appreciated. I've just let WikiProject Minnesota know that I'm interested in updating Jesse Ventura, but there are several other biographical articles with even more page views than that article. -- WeijiBaikeBianji ( talk, how I edit) 14:12, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
The article Ilene Busch-Vishniac has some edits [4] that look a bit suspicious, especially as the user only edited that article. I AGF-- and reverted. Nevertheless, I think this article should be watched a bit -- to see if these changes re-appear. Nephron T| C 22:56, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I would be very grateful if someone could help me out to fix issues on this biography article Kiril_Tenekedjiev
Thank you in advance.
( Nissan300zx ( talk) 12:50, 4 February 2015 (UTC))
Hello,
I am needing your help. I was reading this article (Jean Terrasson) and because of my university study I need more info about. I please you so so much, let me know and write me: in which books or documents you found all the data (date of birth, about his life etc...). I am working on my graduate work with Jean Terrasson and i am searching for ANY sources I can find ANYTHING in.
Thank you, Wishing all the best Markéta Medková — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.168.31.69 ( talk) 15:25, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Trying to get this to FA. Please comment at Wikipedia:Peer review/Shah Rukh Khan/archive2. BollyJeff | talk 13:28, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion that may be of interest to members of this project. That discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Wilson (British Free Corps). - Ad Orientem ( talk) 01:36, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
What is the degree of a person's residency in a city so that [[Category:People from [city]]] should be placed on their WP entry?-- Prisencolinensinainciusol ( talk) 01:11, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
As part of my data verification project with Wikidata and the Persondata template, I am throwing up lots of anomalies. My current scans are finding lots of articles where the persons date of birth differs between the various language versions of Wikipedia. Some recent examples - Jennifer Rush, Kevin Magee (motorcycle racer), Aleksandr Belyakov and Hólger Quiñónez. The big problem is that the date of birth is rarely cited. I do not know what to fix. My experience shows that the date of birth is often added and changed without any explanation (although I only see the ones where there is a problem).
Apart from requesting a source on the talk page, I do not know what else I can do. Should we be harsh and remove conflicting entries until we have a reliable source? Should we replace the date with a less accurate but consistent version. ie (14 July 1962 & 15 July 1962 becomes July 1962; 10 October 1962 & 10 November 1962 becomes 1962; 1 May 1961 & 1 May 1962 becomes 1960s). Should we create a warning template? Should we have a rule for BLP "No date of birth unless cited"? I am at an early stage with my project but it looks like I will have thousands of BLPs with dates of birth in doubt. Periglio ( talk) 07:12, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place Talk:Frédéric_Chopin#Infobox.3F on installing an infobox for the article about a classical music composer. Montanabw (talk) 20:42, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
When writing a bio article about an author or academician, are the books and articles written by the individual consider primary source documents or are they secondary sources based on the fact they are published works. How about the “About the Author” section that discusses the author’s background. Those sections usually have a lot of good info…e.g. where the individual is from, academic credentials, previous works the help establish bona fides, etc.-- Orygun ( talk) 20:48, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
I've got some code for detecting articles without photos (of any sort, whether embedded in the article body, or via infoboxes or other templates, but ignoring icons, SVG, maps, flags, heraldic images, and other line graphics images), using code developed as part of my geocoding activities. I could easily use this in a bot that would generate a needs-photo
photo request parameter in the existing {{
WikiProject Biography}} header on talk pages where no photo is currently present in the article.
I have in mind adding these tags to within the project header on talk pages of articles where:
needs-photo
parameter with a value assigned in it (for example, it may be wanted for editorial reasons not to have a photo in an article)I could also filter by other time ranges and categories: for example, by whether the person lived in the pre-1923 copyright era, or whether they died within the last 20 years, etc. etc. -- suggestions welcomed on this front. It's not entirely unreasonable to generate these tags for pre-photography era articles: many famous people living prior to photography may still be represented in a (in many cases out-of-copyright) woodcut, engraving, sculpture, drawing or painting somewhere which can be photographed and added Commons.
With any luck, this would generate tens of thousands of new photo request tags to the project templates, thus creating lots of opportunities for volunteers to hunt down public domain or free photos to add to the articles. Would anybody be interested in this bot being created? -- The Anome ( talk) 22:44, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I was last here when proposing some changes to the Touré (journalist) article, now complete. This time I'm consulting for U.S. Rep. Tom Graves article, whose article has a number of problems: in some cases the wording does not conform to the cited source, others are missing WP:RS citations entirely. Following Jimbo's "bright line" advice, I'm avoiding direct edits to the article. Instead I have proposed two initial fixes on the Talk page here. However, I've previously sought assistance at all other wikiprojects this article falls under, and I haven't received so much as a reply. If anyone is able to review and make the changes as they feel are appropriate, I'd be very grateful. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 18:00, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Just as a note: Maximilian Kolbe did die in Auschwitz, but he died in place of a fellow prisoner. (Not by poisoning as the list says.) The Nazis chose 10 prisoners to be starved to death. One man cried out that he had a wife and children. St. Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to die in his place. From the starvation barracks, you could hear screams from all the prisoners save one--him.
He is considered a saint in my Church. (Roman Catholic.) Thank you for including him on your list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:3B78:5520:3598:5E91:32D6:E11E ( talk) 19:02, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
It is my understanding that Capt. William Stone was married to one of the descendants of George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore. Could she have been a second wife? Thanks! Norman O. Besheer, 11330 Jarboe St., KCMO 641114. nobesheer@yahoo.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CCA5:C4A0:81D8:4C17:C1E9:C6E1 ( talk) 17:25, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi everybody. On behalf of the teams behind the Wikipedia Primary School research project, I would like to announce that the articles Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo (of interest to this wikiproject) were selected a while ago to be reviewed by external experts. We'd now like to ask interested editors to join our efforts and improve the articles before March 15, 2015 (any timezone) as they see fit; a revision will be then sent to the designated experts for review (for details, please see each articles' talk page). Any notes and remarks written by the external experts will be made available on the articles' talk pages under a CC-BY-SA license as soon as possible, so that you can read them, discuss them and then decide if and how to use them. Please sign up here to let us know you're collaborating. Thanks a lot for your support! Elitre (WPS) ( talk) 16:42, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Methodism Jerodlycett ( talk) 09:45, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
The article Archibald_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Blythswood mentions the title passed to his younger brothers, Sholto, Barrington and Archibald. Archibald was in fact the son of the brother Barrington. Apologies - not much of a Wiki editor, just passing along info to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spotvega ( talk • contribs) 15:19, 4 March 2015
Hello to the members of the project. This article for JR now has two pictures that are paintings, by his father, of him as a child. Neither is very representative of him as a man. I have little understanding of the ins and outs of adding pictures to WikiP so if any of you can find a better pic to add to the article I think that would be beneficial to our readers. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD| Talk 18:39, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
I opened a thread at WT:MUSICIAN#Trevor Menear a little over a week ago to discuss whether this particular musician satisfies WP:MUSICBIO. Since the article is listed as being uner the scope of WikiProject Biography, I probably should've added a link here as well. Anyway, the only reply I've received at WikiTalk Musician said I should AfD the article, but before I do that I'm interested in knowing if anyone here has any suggestions or ideas. Thanks in advance, - Marchjuly ( talk) 22:19, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
There was no reply to this inquiry when I posted it last June (without any useful markup).
The preface of ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Redirects to joint biographies, among others, notes that monitoring R from people "is necessary for compliance with the policy on biographies of living persons."
But WP:ALIVE does not say whether placement of a redirect in cat Living people and in some R from people category is adequate, and thus a living people talk page unnecessary. -- P64 ( talk) 23:58, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
I worked with Garth Butler after he retired from playing professional football.He was my charge hand working at Drakelow A & b power Stations working in The Electrical Maintanence Department.I was at Drakelow from 1959 to 1967 working with Garth.We often talked about his football career with Port vale Football club at the time I supported Wrexham football club.Regards Hugh Evans E mail hughevans271@btinternet.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.1.144.134 ( talk) 13:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Shmuel_Yosef_Agnon is an example where the month and day have been transposed within the infobox birth template. Although the transposition error may still give a valid date, 60% of the time it will be invalid. Unfortunately if this happens, the birth template still displays a "random" date. ie in the example, 1888-17-07 displays as May 7, 1888.
The reason I am here is that someone has already looked at this and produced a working solution. Template_talk:Birth_date_and_age but is still waiting for someone to notice! Just mentioning it here to get a bit more publicity. Periglio ( talk) 22:57, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
I recently flagged this page for AFD. It is in the scope of two projects (this one and one other), but Biography seems like the most active of the two. This could also be a candidate for merger into Madonna (entertainer). James Cage ( talk) 18:57, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Please check talk page and comment on InfoBox. Fakedeeps ( talk) 23:32, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Trevor Menear is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trevor Menear until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. - Marchjuly ( talk) 08:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Rather than split this into two threads, I am asking for advice at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Joseph and Melissa Batten murder/suicide. BOZ ( talk) 19:03, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Could we get some more eyes on Arudou Debito and Talk:Arudou Debito? There is an unusual high amount of activity from single-purpose accounts and single-purpose IPs there. One of them has taken the dispute so far as to invade my own talk page to make remarks about my anatomy. Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 10:49, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Benjamin Morrell for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Green C 02:29, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm not a bio person but I came across recent edits by User:Cash2013 which I suspect may be of interest to you guys - a lot of apparently unreferenced additions of religion categories and creation of new intersection categories for descent. Seems enthusiastic and has a particular interest in Italians, just needs a bit of guidance. I've already given some pointers on categorisation, but perhaps someone could take a look at the edits and perhaps do some mentoring? Le Deluge ( talk) 17:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Diana_Brown_&_Barrie_K._Sharpe
It's doubtful there is any reason for this duo to have a Wikipedia page. It's quite possible that this is just a vanity page for group who never quite made it.
The page attributes the invention of a non-existent musical genre, "groundbeat". "Groundbeat" - as it's written on the page, or any references to it doesn't exist anywhere apart from this Wikipedia page.
The musicial duo, Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe referred to on the page, although the appeared on 1 or 2 British TV shows never managed a hit single or album.
The page claims the highest chart position they ever reached was number 39 in the UK charts. There is no valid citation for this. In addition, it brings into question whether everyone and anyone who attains 1 very minor hit should have a Wikipedia page.
Furthermore, the "References" (detailed below) on the page do not link to any pages on the internet, or at the very most go to dead links.
The "References" cited: http://www.officialcharts.com/page-not-found/?aspxerrorpath=/artist/_/diana%2520brown%2520&%2520barrie%2520k.%2520sharpe/
http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/ffrr.htm
http://indamixworldwide.com/html/article1215.html
There is a Wikipeda reference to a Russian musicial outfit called "Ground Beat" - note 2 separate words. The Russian group and Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe do not seem connected in any capacity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.59.188 ( talk) 18:16, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello. An editor has added twice a long quote with an unreliable reference to John T. Lupton II's article. The quote sounds made up and has this passage for example: "Well, they were full of s---, as far as I'm concerned." I don't want to edit-war but can someone please fix this? Sorry, I have to write this here because no one seems to be paying much attention to the article and writing on the talkpage would not do much. I've already tried to ask an administrator, to no avail. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 23:56, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Is there anywhere that I can check on the date of death for a UK resident who died after the Second World War? I'm trying to find out the date of death for Ted Ellyard, the Daily Mail telegraphist who survived the Munich air disaster. I believe he died in 1964, six years after the accident, but I have no way of checking this. I'm not even sure where the year 1964 originated in the article. Any help would be much appreciated. (Also, could someone ping me when this message receives a reply?) – Pee Jay 20:40, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
Can a project member Talk page assess this new one please ? Thanks. Acabashi ( talk) 09:18, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
There is a discussion taking place at Talk:Trayvon Martin#Infobox again on whether or not to include an infobox in the article. More opinions would improve the quality of debate there -- RexxS ( talk) 17:12, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
Please take a look at Indian Biography articles that need attention discussion that may be of interest to members of this project too. Abecedare ( talk) 06:12, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
...at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mountains#Matterhorn 150th anniversary (lots of bios to improve). ZachG (Talk) 13:15, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Some important discussions are ongoing here on these afds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Please join the discussion and opine, since this will create a precedent for other such Indian articles on WP existing now, and created in future. Please dont miss out! Educationtemple ( talk) 14:34, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
There is a discussion taking place at Talk:Ludwig van Beethoven#Infobox on whether or not to include an infobox in the article. More opinions would improve the quality of debate there. -- RexxS ( talk) 21:35, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
This are a few RfCs in progress at this BLP. Atsme☯ Consult 16:24, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Talk:Marie Antoinette#Tone and appropriate content that may be of interest to members of this project. Comments from interested editors are welcome.. NebY ( talk) 20:59, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
...at John Pym. The source text for the carte blanche transfer of the copyrighted material to Wikipedia is identified in the article's Talk section. Le Prof 71.239.87.100 ( talk) 02:08, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Currently some back and forth on Emilia Clarke's page about what to put in the infobox for nationality. It's between English and British. Anyone able to point to a particular discussion, policy, or essay that would clear this up? EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 04:05, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
An interesting question has come up at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pantacles of Athens about whether Ancient Olympians should automatically be considered notable. Please comment over there if you are interested. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 17:43, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello. Is anyone able to find much about Bernard D. Sadow, who invented wheels on suitcases in 1970 and received a patent in 1972? Such an important invention of something used by millions of people every day; I believe he should have a page, but I can't find much about him. There was a brief obituary in The New York Times, but I can't find much else. Please help if you can. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 20:39, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to notify the wikiproject that there's currently an RFC underway at Talk:Meghan Trainor#RFC: Describing Trainor as to how to describe the talents of Meghan Trainor. Your participation is welcome. -- Diannaa ( talk) 00:55, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
I have posed a question about the use of pre-marriage names in infoboxes at Infobox person's talk page. This is related to the project here, so I thought I would invite discussion/input. Cheers! EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 05:58, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hello,
I have been working on the re-write and expansion of the article about Kate Millett and have a question at Talk:Kate Millett#Expansion of personal life info. Your input would be greatly appreciated!-- CaroleHenson ( talk) 18:36, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
In case you are interested there is a discussion at: Template_talk:Infobox_person#Citizenship
Gregkaye ✍♪ 14:55, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
Please join the discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2014 September 18 as to whether a biography should be restored. -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ( talk) 12:52, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
There is currently an RfC on the proper use of pronouns in the article Chevalier d'Eon, which falls within the scope of this Wikiproject. The RfC can be found here. Your comments and discussion on the matter would be appreciated. 0x0077BE [ talk/ contrib] 14:48, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Editors of this project are invited to participate in the following RfC. [1] A Quest For Knowledge ( talk) 00:53, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
There's a dispute going on at Christian Serratos that needs attention. ☴ Jaewon [ Talk 00:44, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
There is a new editor who is going through articles and changing the adjectives indicating their origin. Examples [2] [3]. I'm curious is there is any position with regards to this? -- Hammersoft ( talk) 20:19, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej ( talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
I have a picture of Thomas Garner, architect, that I would like to add to the biography on him. How can I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keoghse ( talk • contribs) 19:19, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
Mir Mandow Rind is nominated for deletion. Discussion is possible here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mir Mandow Rind. The Banner talk 17:42, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
In the article Basil Temple Blackwood, I started the lead paragraph with "Ian Basil Gawaine Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood... styled Lord Basil Temple Blackwood..." However, another editor has amended this to "Lord Ian Basil Gawaine Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood... styled Lord Basil Temple Blackwood...." Is there an approved method for this sort of thing? Alansplodge ( talk) 12:40, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
This will be of interest to this WikiProject. George8211 / T 12:13, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
I noticed on my watchlist this morning that the article on Cú Roí, a legendary king of Munster from the Ulster Cycle, had been given a C class rating by the biography project. I did a quick check and found that other legendary Irish characters, incluing Cú Chulainn, Conchobar mac Nessa, Cormac mac Airt, Túathal Techtmar, Labraid Loingsech and Fionn mac Cumhaill, are also included in this project. By comparison, legendary heroes and kings from other cultures, like Agamemnon, Sigurd, Lancelot and Beowulf (hero), are not, while Achilles, Hrothgar, King Arthur and Robin Hood are. Does the biography project have a rule for inclusion or non-inclusion of non-existent people? -- Nicknack009 ( talk) 09:24, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi, there is currently a discussion taking place at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#VG comments subpages regarding whether it would be acceptable to permanently shift all comments subpages associated with WP:VG articles into talk. This shift would follow the recommended approach given at WP:DCS. The WikiProject Biography articles that would be affected by this action are these:
If you have objections related specifically to WikiProject Biography's use of these subpages, please make this clear at the discussion so that other unrelated talk pages can be cleaned up where appropriate. Thank you. - Thibbs ( talk) 15:52, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
I'd like to join this WikiProject. Suggestions for improvement are needed. -- 108.211.72.67 ( talk) 19:05, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
I've nominated a WP:FA quality page related to this WikiProject for "Today's Featured Article" consideration, nomination is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/John Barbirolli. — Cirt ( talk) 00:19, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Members of ProjectBio may want to keep an eye on Renée Zellweger. The "Appearance" section has been growing remarkably WP:UNDUE, quoting gossip-magazine style speculation by people who are not her doctors as well as opinions by celebrities having nothing to do with Zellwegger. Some of the cites, such as the Daily Mirror, also seem tabloidy. I've removed some egregious material, but the gossip-mag crowd will be back. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 20:17, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
I have started
Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Orphaned articles (shortcut:
WP:BIOG/O) as a holding area for orphaned biographical articles. Editors of biographical articles may wish to add it to their watchlists.
—
Wavelength (
talk)
23:04, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
I need comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Emily Ratajkowski/archive1 to guide editorial improvements.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:42, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi – I have prepared a userspace draft for Nigel Cayzer, a British businessman and chairman of two London-listed funds. I have a conflict of interest in that I work for Bell Pottinger and Nigel Cayzer is my client. I have made this clear on my user page, on the draft article's talk page, and on COIN. There are a number of offline news articles referenced in the draft, which I have stored in their entirety on the talk page. If anyone has time to review this draft and leave comments either here, on the talk page or on my talk page, that would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. HOgilvy ( talk) 11:22, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
I've nominated an article relevant to this project for WP:TFAR consideration, discussion at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/George B. McClellan. — Cirt ( talk) 20:14, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
I stumbled upon the article Carolyn Wasilewski through Special:Random today, it doesn't look very notable to me, but I'm a bit wary about jumping straight to AfD. I'm going to start with a proposed deletion, but I thought it is worth throwing out there to get a few eyes on it. At the very least, it should presumably be moved to Murder of Carolyn Wasilewski, since she's not notable other than being the victim of an unsolved murder, so WP:BIO1E applies, but I'm not seeing much justification for this article. 0x0077BE [ talk/ contrib] 22:54, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
Tseziz and Wenden is the same place! Wenden is Cēsis in our days, it used to be called Wenden. And and even nowdays, many people from abroad, especially Germans call Cesis - Wenden. The same as city of Valmiera is called Wolmar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.68.120.187 ( talk) 08:27, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
This has been asked before but I didn't find an answer. For a BLP article on an academic who may have many publications, what are the common practices to determine which publications to list? Certainly we don't list every one! Thanks. Jytdog ( talk) 11:51, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
I believe the stub designation can now be removed from the John Fullbright article. How does that happen and/or who can remove it? I'm unsure how that works. Thank you. Kmzundel ( talk) 14:35, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Trey Burke/archive1 has been open for 2 and a half weeks without any substantive commentary.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:11, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
Guidelines for biography articles aren't my strong point. Could someone have a look at Jason_Smith_(sports_radio_personality) please. Advanced warning, the resident IP editor appears to have ownership issues. - X201 ( talk) 09:20, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I've just suggested some new sections for Tucker Eskew's article on the article's Talk page. The page appears to be very quiet, so I wanted to leave a note here to see if any editors have time to review my suggestions. I prepared my drafts on behalf of Eskew's agency, Vianovo, so due to this conflict of interest I won't make the changes myself. Thanks in advance, 16912 Rhiannon ( Talk · COI) 21:01, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
Need advice from the experts! I have a source which states:
was born on either the 31st of Dec 1860 or the 30th of Dec 1870 in either Alsace or Breslau.
Assuming I cannot find anything reliable which contradicts this, have I filled out the infobox correctly? And what do I put in the persondata?
{{Infobox person ... | birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|12|31}} or {{Birth date|1870|12|30}} | birth_place = [[Alsace]] or [[Breslau]]<ref name=BLAH>...</ref> ... }}
Thanks! Basie ( talk) 19:20, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
This message is to notify you that there is an RfC ongoing on whether to add pronunciation info to {{ Infobox person}}, a discussion which is likely relevant to this Wikiproject. Your comments on the matter are appreciated. The discussion can be found here. Thanks! 0x0077BE ( talk · contrib) 17:29, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
(I'm very inexperienced with Wikipedia work and so I could be putting this in the wrong place.) I was trying to find a Woodfall of interest to me, but when tried with just Woodfall I was redirected to Woodfall Film Productions. Resorting to Google, I discovered there were at least two Woodfall pages; William Woodfall was the one I was looking for. Shouldn't there be a page for Woodfall (name) for Woodfall to be redirected to? (I have no idea how this would be done.)
Incidentally, while I find pages like Sadler (surname) very useful, there doesn't seem to be any standard as I have occasionally run across xx (name) and xx (surname and title).
Neville Holmes (
talk)
04:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
The usage and primary topic of " Batista" is under discussion at talk:Dave Batista -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 07:40, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
I've nominated the article Geoffrey (archbishop of York) to be considered for Today's Featured Article, nomination discussion is at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Geoffrey (archbishop of York). — Cirt ( talk) 01:43, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Cyjan, drummer for Polish goregrind band Dead Infection, commented, "Musically, there's no real difference between grindcore and goregrind, but lyrically, whereas the first is socially and politically concerned, goregrind, as the name implies, deals with everything related to blood, pathological aspects or accidents with fatal results." [1] ,if you label Exhumed Goregrind yes because they play Death Metal with Grindcore elements ( Deathgrind) but what about Cannibal Corpse? there's no Grinding madness in their sound. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GREYBOYY ( talk • contribs) 13:51, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
I've started a thread at Talk:Roger Williams (theologian)#Primary topic about whether or not he is the primary Roger Williams. Would appreciate input, thanks. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 19:58, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
Molyvos1 ( talk) 04:05, 30 November 2014 (UTC)Molyvos 1 There is an exhibition at Heidi Gallery (Dec 2014) which suggests that Prof Tipper and HD were two different people. So there is still some work to be done here. (I think that it's plausible that Tipper was HD - but that has not been demonstrated. The Heidi exibition did located actual people called H Dearing.
Bishkekvunderbar ( talk) 06:20, 30 November 2014 (UTC)I have very little experience with Wikipedia, but I just completed writing an MA History thesis on Ostroumov's work. It contains extensive, well-sourced information on his biography and work. What is the procedure for adding this?
She was born n Marion NC but grew up in Asheville NC, graduated from Lee H. Edwards High School in 1950 and left for New York in June 1950. Not 1947. She was in Compulsion but not until she was in NYC. I was her best friend for most of her life and remember these facts. Thank You, Peggy A. Pettit, Ph.D., MBA, South Riding VA
15:03, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I am working on a biography and I have encountered this general problem. I often encounter two or more sources that do not agree about the date of a certain event. My question is, while writing the biography, how should I resolve this conflict? Should I mention a date from only one source, or mention all the sources. Sometimes an event can be quite obscure, and all the sources give very different dates. Manoguru ( talk) 19:42, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
A BLP for an entrepreneur is currently listed and being relisted in AfD. ( /info/en/?search=Marc_Lore). Initially the page lacked sufficient referencing; however, updates have been made and it appears satisfactory. It has been relisted twice in AfD and I'm looking for participation by others in that debate to ensure that the page is kept. I appreciate your help. 66.108.234.192 ( talk) 05:27, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
I have nominated Selena for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Snuggums ( talk / edits) 04:48, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
I have just created Category:Biographical templates usable as a module, for templates which can be used as a module in {{ Infobox person}} or other biographical infoboxes. Please help to populate it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 00:05, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
I'm doing an English assignment where we edit a page on Wikipedia. I am having trouble with the Brett Smith page. I can't find his discussion page. I have looked on his page and never found it. However, I have found that the it is up for deletion.
This is what I am hoping to add:
NFL Draft
Scout score
Projected draft pic
Weakness/strengths
College Passes completed Interceptions Fumbles Tackles awards and nominations
High School Records Passing yards Rushing yards Interceptions Passes completed Fumbles Tackles Awards
Kolby Collins ( talk) 21:29, 9 December 2014 (UTC)Kolby
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Hi there - I have made some suggested edits in the Talk for Mark_Baker_(author), as he is the Chair of Board of Trustees for Gwrych Trust and has released some new material (references are included), as well as a few minor edits that are obviously pranks in nature. If someone could take a look I would really appreciate it! Any issues drop me a line on my talk - there is also a summary of the updates there :) Best, Jake JakeB of GCPT ( talk) 13:28, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
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Summary: Make the default disambiguator used for ambiguous MMA fighter biography articles to be "mixed martial artist". -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 10:24, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Per the suggestion at Talk:Ed Herman (mixed martial artist), I propose that the standard disambiguator used for ambiguous mixed martial artists biography articles become "mixed martial artist", per the naming of the list articles List of female mixed martial artists and List of male mixed martial artists, and the fact that "fighter", a disambiguator used for some MMA fighters articles is not clearly meaning anything. In the news, Kurdish fighters fight for the liberty of Kobani, clearly not MMA fighters. Boxers and kickboxers are called "fighters" in news media, also clearly not MMA.
I post this at WT:BIOG because one of the current disambiguators, "fighters" affects many sports, not just MMA, and even the military. This is also why it is posted as an RFC. -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 10:24, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Pinging participants from the related move request: @ Dekimasu: ; @ Lineagegeek: @ PRehse: ; @ Papaursa: ; @ LiberatorLX: -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 10:27, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Pinging related wikiprojects: WPSPORTS, WPMMA, WPMARTIALARTS, WPMILITARY -- 67.70.35.44 ( talk) 10:35, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
I also put a link to this discussion at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation. Kevlar ( talk) 20:15, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
I would like to request more neutral editors to take a look at Amy Pascal's article, especially the section about her racial remarks. None are commenting on the talkpage, so I thought I would ask here. I have tried to remain neutral in my editing, but one very insistent editor has reverted my edits and another one has admitted to wanting to portray Pascal in a more positive light than she has been in the media. That seems to be original research and not encyclopedic to me. Simply put, would you support reverting that section to my edits? I would add that Sorkin's reaction sounds sycophantic to me; also, the other editor has removed Lisa Kudrow's reaction, apparently because it is negative towards Pascal...I think if we are going to have Sorkin's glowing remarks, we should have Kudrow's as well, just to keep it balanced. Finally, many, many newspapers have called Pascal's remarks "racist" and I had added that term under inverted commas with clear in-line references, but again that other editor has removed it. I had however reverted an edit renaming the section "racist remarks" back to "racial remarks," for the sake of neutrality. I encourage you to read the talkpage and look at the edit history. I have not reverted the section again as I don't want to edit-war, but I really would like more neutral editors to take a look, and see if my edits would sound more encyclopedic. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 11:01, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
Could somebody take a look at "Robert S. Nelsen" and see it there are any outstanding issues other than being an orphan and possible overlinking that still need to be resolved. Most of the sources cited seem to be primary sources so it's a little hard for me to tell if Nelsen satisfies WP:NACADEMICS: I believe being president of a university is sufficient on it's own, but just not sure if more is needed. Also, not sure if a {{ BLP primary sources}} is appropriate to add.
In addition, the primary editor on the article has been a SPA which is probably a non-issue, but again I'm not too sure. I am assuming good faith, but it might help if someone more experienced than myself in biographies, particularly those about academics, took a look since they most likely would be able to provide more specific advice than I have been able to do so far.
FWIW, I posted something similar at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Science and academia#Robert S. Nelsen about four months ago, but have gotten no response. So, I thought I'd try posting here to see if anyone can help out. Anyway, any feedback at all would be most welcome. Thanks in advance - Marchjuly ( talk) 00:44, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
Could someone please take a look at this guy's page? He hardly seems noteworthy, and the article appears to have been written by him or his publicist. I can scarcely find any information about him that I can't trace back to him or his publicity firm. Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia, not a bulletin board in a Starbucks. Arlesd ( talk) 07:05, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
This article is nomination for DYK, but it needs to be large enough to be eligible as expanded by fivefold. I hope anyone interested can find sources and then expand it. -- George Ho ( talk) 22:25, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
I am writing to ask your help in making some corrections and edits for clarity to the biography of Tony Blinken. I work at The Glover Park Group. A colleague has asked me to help make these changes, and you seemed like a natural place to ask for help. My full request is on the Blinken discussion page here. Thanks for your consideration. Bgluckman ( talk) 22:17, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
Gentlemen:
The photo of Jules Andre Smith is incorrect. A visit to the military history blog ( http://blogs.archives.gov/unwritten-record/2014/06/13/world-war-i-art-and-artists/ ) shows that the incorrect photo was actually of Walter Jack Duncan – (1881-1941), and Jules Andre Smith. Smith's photo is farther down the page. Also, I think he would be better identified as Jules Andre Smith, instead of J. Andre Smith - a small correction, but more precise, I believe.
Many thanks and best hopes for the holidays,
Bill Lanigan / warehall — Preceding unsigned comment added by Warehall ( talk • contribs) 12:40, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Please comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive1.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:42, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
I am currently looking for info re: fair use of images for Wikipedia biographical articles. I am looking for an image to add to the Sybil Plumlee article, but I can't find a free image and I am wondering if one of the two images used in this Oregonian article are eligible for fair use. Any feedback or links to guidelines would be helpful. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 19:36, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi there; this is just a quick note to let you all know that the 2015 WikiCup will begin on January 1st. The WikiCup is an annual competition to encourage high-quality contributions to Wikipedia by adding a little friendly competition to editing. At the time of writing, more than fifty users have signed up to take part in the competition; interested parties, no matter their level of experience or their editing interests, are warmly invited to sign up. Questions are welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Thanks! Miyagawa ( talk) 21:58, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Kevin Moyers appears to have been raided by a vandal in November. I'm not a frequent reader of the biography pages and I thought someone who is should take a look at Moyers.-- Jim in Georgia Contribs Talk 01:37, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
No mention of General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD of the Australian Corps who was Rawlinson's most able subordinate and military planner and significantly enhanced Rawlinson's reputation(credit where credit is due).
"On 8 August 1918 the successful Allied attack at the Battle of Amiens, which led to the expedited end to the war, was planned by Monash and spearheaded by British forces including the Australian and Canadian Corps under Monash and Arthur Currie. Monash is considered to be one of the best Allied generals of the First World War". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monash
"Monash planned'Bold text' the attack on the German defences in the Battle of the Hindenburg Line between 16 September and 5 October 1918. The Allies eventually breached the Hindenburg Line by 5 October, and the war was essentially over." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Monash
Your quote: "By this stage of the war British manpower was severely depleted, and Rawlinson relied heavily on Australian, Canadian and American troops to achieve the breakthrough.[29]" I find this a very poor reference and not accurate (a more pro-British/home front viewpoint). Commonwealth troops (Australians, Canadians and New Zealander's)were the best shock troops in both WW1 and WW2 for the British Empire. This sentence may be seen as offensive by some, by basically stating if there were British troops available they would have been used and Australian, Canadian and US troops were somewhat 'second rate' troops. This is incorrect, the Australians, New Zealanders and the Canadians were the best troops the Empire had and that is why they led the attacks and was not a 'British manpower issue'. I think you will find a sufficient references to this fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.176.56.232 ( talk) 13:53, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello! I see you may have an interest for The Waterboys' Paul Brown article. The artist requested help on the IRC channel recently to develop this article, and made a copy and paste copyvio draft on the talk page (which has already been taken care of and deleted). As a result of this, I talk to them a bit and got them to post a list of possible sources on the talk page instead. I've copied the WikiProject banners from the band's talk page, and this page will need to have each WikiProject assess their own importance and ratings on the topic. Thank you for your assistance. — {{U| Technical 13}} ( e • t • c) 20:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I have a problem with "original research". Mr McCabe, an anticatholic polemist in the early XX century said that Pope Leo X was homosexual, citing a contemporary author who knew him, Francesco Guicciardini. It so happens that Guicciardini's book is available on the internet and he does not say what McCabe claims he said. Quite the opposite. I have provided links to the text, links to an english online translation of the text. The same problem happens with another false quotation by Jovius. But a user is desperate not to correct the article and keeps making excuses to revert my edits and accusing me of I doing "original research". He demand that I upload pictures of the original manuscript... Since the article falls on the scope of this project I ask you to visit the talk page and give your opinions. Thanks a lot. El Huinca ( talk) 10:52, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Can someone have a look at the tables on this BLP? Someone got creative and added colors to the them. I don't think it's supposed to be like that. (I wonder if "they" did this to any other BLP tables...) Thanks - theWOLFchild 13:47, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Template:Infobox_person says the occupation parameter should reflect the information in the lead, so I guess my question is what should go in the lead. If someone was notable for one occupation, do we list other occupations in the lead? I would think not, as most biographies would be cluttered with "Joe Smith is a former waiter, former shoe salesperson and actor, best known for his Academy Award-winning role..."
In the present case, an actor has apparently retired from acting to work at the family karate studio. With hometown news coverage, we do know know she is working at the studio, but that is not notable. Any reason this would go in the lead? - SummerPhD ( talk) 13:38, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
I would put always put all his occupations in the lead. Just edited the 4th Lord Granville's page, 2 screenfulls of his activities as one of the great and good with no mention that he was also a serious ironmaster. Or Carl Kellner whose entry went on forever about his life as a religeous nutter and failed to mention that he had a hand in 2 of the major developments of the 20th century (paper, chlorine). Your priorities might not be the same as others but they could be the right ones. Peterrivington ( talk) 22:56, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Celine Dion for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 10:24, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Marian Rejewski for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 10:36, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Vivien Leigh for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 13:34, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Steve Nash is a dual citizen. You are invited to help form a consensus on how his nationality should be presented in the bio's infobox. Please comment at Talk:Steve_Nash#Nationality_in_infobox. Thanks.— Bagumba ( talk) 22:31, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi! Just a heads up that I'd greatly appreciate input on this FAC nomination. -- Zanimum ( talk) 22:03, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
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Harej ( talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Please see ongoing deletion discussion for Ron Wear, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ron Wear.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 01:32, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to participate in the ongoing discussion and RfC at WP:ELN#Linking to Prager University, which addresses the allegedly addition of external links to Prager University, a website associated with radio host Dennis Prager, in biography articles. -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 21:14, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, as a wikikitten/magpie (attracted to shiny things that i shouldn't get involved with), i came across the above BLP.
i was about to list it as selfpromotional/need more references (a lot but they seem to be unreliable/poorly sourced) or even be bold and delete half of the artcle but decided to check its talk page.... WARNING: ACTIVE ARBITRATION REMEDIES ... !!! I am not sure what it all means but it looks scary.
So rather then risk sanctions or the other wrath of other editors i thought of posting here:) Could some other more learned wikiites please have a look at the article and make edits as/if required. thanks
Coolabahapple ( talk) 16:38, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
There is an ongoing move discussion, even if alerted in the project page. -- George Ho ( talk) 07:22, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
The biography of Swedish diplomat and politician Carl Bildt needs checked for its compliance with WP:BLP, WP:NPOV, and WP:Due weight, even more than usual BLPs.
is a 12:05, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi, everyone,
I have recently developed the habit of tracking which Wikipedia articles gain especially many page views, from the weekly list of top 5000 pages and from the 2014 annual list of most viewed pages. On both lists, we can see that often the living people whose biographical articles are most viewed on Wikipedia are stars of movies or TV shows. I've watchlisted some of those articles, and I'll see how editor discussion continues on each article talk page as edits continue on the articles. I'm developing a habit of looking for articles with high page views as especially interesting to expand and refine to go from C class or B class up to a quality level of being ready for good article nomination. I wonder if any of you have any suggestions for general approaches to successfully improving biographical articles with persistently high page views that haven't yet been improved to good article status. Your suggestions of useful sources and other tips for doing good editorial work on biographical articles would be greatly appreciated. I've just let WikiProject Minnesota know that I'm interested in updating Jesse Ventura, but there are several other biographical articles with even more page views than that article. -- WeijiBaikeBianji ( talk, how I edit) 14:12, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
The article Ilene Busch-Vishniac has some edits [4] that look a bit suspicious, especially as the user only edited that article. I AGF-- and reverted. Nevertheless, I think this article should be watched a bit -- to see if these changes re-appear. Nephron T| C 22:56, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I would be very grateful if someone could help me out to fix issues on this biography article Kiril_Tenekedjiev
Thank you in advance.
( Nissan300zx ( talk) 12:50, 4 February 2015 (UTC))
Hello,
I am needing your help. I was reading this article (Jean Terrasson) and because of my university study I need more info about. I please you so so much, let me know and write me: in which books or documents you found all the data (date of birth, about his life etc...). I am working on my graduate work with Jean Terrasson and i am searching for ANY sources I can find ANYTHING in.
Thank you, Wishing all the best Markéta Medková — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.168.31.69 ( talk) 15:25, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Trying to get this to FA. Please comment at Wikipedia:Peer review/Shah Rukh Khan/archive2. BollyJeff | talk 13:28, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion that may be of interest to members of this project. That discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Wilson (British Free Corps). - Ad Orientem ( talk) 01:36, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
What is the degree of a person's residency in a city so that [[Category:People from [city]]] should be placed on their WP entry?-- Prisencolinensinainciusol ( talk) 01:11, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
As part of my data verification project with Wikidata and the Persondata template, I am throwing up lots of anomalies. My current scans are finding lots of articles where the persons date of birth differs between the various language versions of Wikipedia. Some recent examples - Jennifer Rush, Kevin Magee (motorcycle racer), Aleksandr Belyakov and Hólger Quiñónez. The big problem is that the date of birth is rarely cited. I do not know what to fix. My experience shows that the date of birth is often added and changed without any explanation (although I only see the ones where there is a problem).
Apart from requesting a source on the talk page, I do not know what else I can do. Should we be harsh and remove conflicting entries until we have a reliable source? Should we replace the date with a less accurate but consistent version. ie (14 July 1962 & 15 July 1962 becomes July 1962; 10 October 1962 & 10 November 1962 becomes 1962; 1 May 1961 & 1 May 1962 becomes 1960s). Should we create a warning template? Should we have a rule for BLP "No date of birth unless cited"? I am at an early stage with my project but it looks like I will have thousands of BLPs with dates of birth in doubt. Periglio ( talk) 07:12, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place Talk:Frédéric_Chopin#Infobox.3F on installing an infobox for the article about a classical music composer. Montanabw (talk) 20:42, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
When writing a bio article about an author or academician, are the books and articles written by the individual consider primary source documents or are they secondary sources based on the fact they are published works. How about the “About the Author” section that discusses the author’s background. Those sections usually have a lot of good info…e.g. where the individual is from, academic credentials, previous works the help establish bona fides, etc.-- Orygun ( talk) 20:48, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
I've got some code for detecting articles without photos (of any sort, whether embedded in the article body, or via infoboxes or other templates, but ignoring icons, SVG, maps, flags, heraldic images, and other line graphics images), using code developed as part of my geocoding activities. I could easily use this in a bot that would generate a needs-photo
photo request parameter in the existing {{
WikiProject Biography}} header on talk pages where no photo is currently present in the article.
I have in mind adding these tags to within the project header on talk pages of articles where:
needs-photo
parameter with a value assigned in it (for example, it may be wanted for editorial reasons not to have a photo in an article)I could also filter by other time ranges and categories: for example, by whether the person lived in the pre-1923 copyright era, or whether they died within the last 20 years, etc. etc. -- suggestions welcomed on this front. It's not entirely unreasonable to generate these tags for pre-photography era articles: many famous people living prior to photography may still be represented in a (in many cases out-of-copyright) woodcut, engraving, sculpture, drawing or painting somewhere which can be photographed and added Commons.
With any luck, this would generate tens of thousands of new photo request tags to the project templates, thus creating lots of opportunities for volunteers to hunt down public domain or free photos to add to the articles. Would anybody be interested in this bot being created? -- The Anome ( talk) 22:44, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I was last here when proposing some changes to the Touré (journalist) article, now complete. This time I'm consulting for U.S. Rep. Tom Graves article, whose article has a number of problems: in some cases the wording does not conform to the cited source, others are missing WP:RS citations entirely. Following Jimbo's "bright line" advice, I'm avoiding direct edits to the article. Instead I have proposed two initial fixes on the Talk page here. However, I've previously sought assistance at all other wikiprojects this article falls under, and I haven't received so much as a reply. If anyone is able to review and make the changes as they feel are appropriate, I'd be very grateful. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 18:00, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Just as a note: Maximilian Kolbe did die in Auschwitz, but he died in place of a fellow prisoner. (Not by poisoning as the list says.) The Nazis chose 10 prisoners to be starved to death. One man cried out that he had a wife and children. St. Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to die in his place. From the starvation barracks, you could hear screams from all the prisoners save one--him.
He is considered a saint in my Church. (Roman Catholic.) Thank you for including him on your list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:3B78:5520:3598:5E91:32D6:E11E ( talk) 19:02, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
It is my understanding that Capt. William Stone was married to one of the descendants of George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore. Could she have been a second wife? Thanks! Norman O. Besheer, 11330 Jarboe St., KCMO 641114. nobesheer@yahoo.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CCA5:C4A0:81D8:4C17:C1E9:C6E1 ( talk) 17:25, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi everybody. On behalf of the teams behind the Wikipedia Primary School research project, I would like to announce that the articles Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo (of interest to this wikiproject) were selected a while ago to be reviewed by external experts. We'd now like to ask interested editors to join our efforts and improve the articles before March 15, 2015 (any timezone) as they see fit; a revision will be then sent to the designated experts for review (for details, please see each articles' talk page). Any notes and remarks written by the external experts will be made available on the articles' talk pages under a CC-BY-SA license as soon as possible, so that you can read them, discuss them and then decide if and how to use them. Please sign up here to let us know you're collaborating. Thanks a lot for your support! Elitre (WPS) ( talk) 16:42, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Methodism Jerodlycett ( talk) 09:45, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
The article Archibald_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Blythswood mentions the title passed to his younger brothers, Sholto, Barrington and Archibald. Archibald was in fact the son of the brother Barrington. Apologies - not much of a Wiki editor, just passing along info to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spotvega ( talk • contribs) 15:19, 4 March 2015
Hello to the members of the project. This article for JR now has two pictures that are paintings, by his father, of him as a child. Neither is very representative of him as a man. I have little understanding of the ins and outs of adding pictures to WikiP so if any of you can find a better pic to add to the article I think that would be beneficial to our readers. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD| Talk 18:39, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
I opened a thread at WT:MUSICIAN#Trevor Menear a little over a week ago to discuss whether this particular musician satisfies WP:MUSICBIO. Since the article is listed as being uner the scope of WikiProject Biography, I probably should've added a link here as well. Anyway, the only reply I've received at WikiTalk Musician said I should AfD the article, but before I do that I'm interested in knowing if anyone here has any suggestions or ideas. Thanks in advance, - Marchjuly ( talk) 22:19, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
There was no reply to this inquiry when I posted it last June (without any useful markup).
The preface of ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Redirects to joint biographies, among others, notes that monitoring R from people "is necessary for compliance with the policy on biographies of living persons."
But WP:ALIVE does not say whether placement of a redirect in cat Living people and in some R from people category is adequate, and thus a living people talk page unnecessary. -- P64 ( talk) 23:58, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
I worked with Garth Butler after he retired from playing professional football.He was my charge hand working at Drakelow A & b power Stations working in The Electrical Maintanence Department.I was at Drakelow from 1959 to 1967 working with Garth.We often talked about his football career with Port vale Football club at the time I supported Wrexham football club.Regards Hugh Evans E mail hughevans271@btinternet.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.1.144.134 ( talk) 13:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Shmuel_Yosef_Agnon is an example where the month and day have been transposed within the infobox birth template. Although the transposition error may still give a valid date, 60% of the time it will be invalid. Unfortunately if this happens, the birth template still displays a "random" date. ie in the example, 1888-17-07 displays as May 7, 1888.
The reason I am here is that someone has already looked at this and produced a working solution. Template_talk:Birth_date_and_age but is still waiting for someone to notice! Just mentioning it here to get a bit more publicity. Periglio ( talk) 22:57, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
I recently flagged this page for AFD. It is in the scope of two projects (this one and one other), but Biography seems like the most active of the two. This could also be a candidate for merger into Madonna (entertainer). James Cage ( talk) 18:57, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Please check talk page and comment on InfoBox. Fakedeeps ( talk) 23:32, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Trevor Menear is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trevor Menear until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. - Marchjuly ( talk) 08:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Rather than split this into two threads, I am asking for advice at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Joseph and Melissa Batten murder/suicide. BOZ ( talk) 19:03, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Could we get some more eyes on Arudou Debito and Talk:Arudou Debito? There is an unusual high amount of activity from single-purpose accounts and single-purpose IPs there. One of them has taken the dispute so far as to invade my own talk page to make remarks about my anatomy. Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 10:49, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Benjamin Morrell for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Green C 02:29, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
I'm not a bio person but I came across recent edits by User:Cash2013 which I suspect may be of interest to you guys - a lot of apparently unreferenced additions of religion categories and creation of new intersection categories for descent. Seems enthusiastic and has a particular interest in Italians, just needs a bit of guidance. I've already given some pointers on categorisation, but perhaps someone could take a look at the edits and perhaps do some mentoring? Le Deluge ( talk) 17:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Diana_Brown_&_Barrie_K._Sharpe
It's doubtful there is any reason for this duo to have a Wikipedia page. It's quite possible that this is just a vanity page for group who never quite made it.
The page attributes the invention of a non-existent musical genre, "groundbeat". "Groundbeat" - as it's written on the page, or any references to it doesn't exist anywhere apart from this Wikipedia page.
The musicial duo, Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe referred to on the page, although the appeared on 1 or 2 British TV shows never managed a hit single or album.
The page claims the highest chart position they ever reached was number 39 in the UK charts. There is no valid citation for this. In addition, it brings into question whether everyone and anyone who attains 1 very minor hit should have a Wikipedia page.
Furthermore, the "References" (detailed below) on the page do not link to any pages on the internet, or at the very most go to dead links.
The "References" cited: http://www.officialcharts.com/page-not-found/?aspxerrorpath=/artist/_/diana%2520brown%2520&%2520barrie%2520k.%2520sharpe/
http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/ffrr.htm
http://indamixworldwide.com/html/article1215.html
There is a Wikipeda reference to a Russian musicial outfit called "Ground Beat" - note 2 separate words. The Russian group and Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe do not seem connected in any capacity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.59.188 ( talk) 18:16, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello. An editor has added twice a long quote with an unreliable reference to John T. Lupton II's article. The quote sounds made up and has this passage for example: "Well, they were full of s---, as far as I'm concerned." I don't want to edit-war but can someone please fix this? Sorry, I have to write this here because no one seems to be paying much attention to the article and writing on the talkpage would not do much. I've already tried to ask an administrator, to no avail. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 23:56, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Is there anywhere that I can check on the date of death for a UK resident who died after the Second World War? I'm trying to find out the date of death for Ted Ellyard, the Daily Mail telegraphist who survived the Munich air disaster. I believe he died in 1964, six years after the accident, but I have no way of checking this. I'm not even sure where the year 1964 originated in the article. Any help would be much appreciated. (Also, could someone ping me when this message receives a reply?) – Pee Jay 20:40, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
Can a project member Talk page assess this new one please ? Thanks. Acabashi ( talk) 09:18, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
There is a discussion taking place at Talk:Trayvon Martin#Infobox again on whether or not to include an infobox in the article. More opinions would improve the quality of debate there -- RexxS ( talk) 17:12, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
Please take a look at Indian Biography articles that need attention discussion that may be of interest to members of this project too. Abecedare ( talk) 06:12, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
...at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mountains#Matterhorn 150th anniversary (lots of bios to improve). ZachG (Talk) 13:15, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Some important discussions are ongoing here on these afds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Please join the discussion and opine, since this will create a precedent for other such Indian articles on WP existing now, and created in future. Please dont miss out! Educationtemple ( talk) 14:34, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
There is a discussion taking place at Talk:Ludwig van Beethoven#Infobox on whether or not to include an infobox in the article. More opinions would improve the quality of debate there. -- RexxS ( talk) 21:35, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
This are a few RfCs in progress at this BLP. Atsme☯ Consult 16:24, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Talk:Marie Antoinette#Tone and appropriate content that may be of interest to members of this project. Comments from interested editors are welcome.. NebY ( talk) 20:59, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
...at John Pym. The source text for the carte blanche transfer of the copyrighted material to Wikipedia is identified in the article's Talk section. Le Prof 71.239.87.100 ( talk) 02:08, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Currently some back and forth on Emilia Clarke's page about what to put in the infobox for nationality. It's between English and British. Anyone able to point to a particular discussion, policy, or essay that would clear this up? EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 04:05, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
An interesting question has come up at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pantacles of Athens about whether Ancient Olympians should automatically be considered notable. Please comment over there if you are interested. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 17:43, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello. Is anyone able to find much about Bernard D. Sadow, who invented wheels on suitcases in 1970 and received a patent in 1972? Such an important invention of something used by millions of people every day; I believe he should have a page, but I can't find much about him. There was a brief obituary in The New York Times, but I can't find much else. Please help if you can. Thank you. Zigzig20s ( talk) 20:39, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to notify the wikiproject that there's currently an RFC underway at Talk:Meghan Trainor#RFC: Describing Trainor as to how to describe the talents of Meghan Trainor. Your participation is welcome. -- Diannaa ( talk) 00:55, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
I have posed a question about the use of pre-marriage names in infoboxes at Infobox person's talk page. This is related to the project here, so I thought I would invite discussion/input. Cheers! EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 05:58, 23 April 2015 (UTC)