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Requested moves
- 09 Jun 2021 – Germán Rojas (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Germán Rojas (politician) by Ortizesp (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jun 2021 – Germán Rojas Gallego (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Germán Rojas (footballer) by Ortizesp (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jun 2021 – Gerardo Carrera Piñera (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Gerardo Carrera by Ortizesp (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2021 – V. Ravichandran (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Ravichandran by AppuSunkad (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2021 – James Rowe (footballer) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to James Rowe (footballer, born 1991) by RedPatch (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2021 – James Rowe (football manager) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to James Rowe (footballer, born 1983) by RedPatch (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2021 – Badshah (rapper) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Badshah by AppuSunkad (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2021 – A. M. W. Stirling (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Wilhelmina Stirling by Anthony Appleyard (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2021 – Edward Arthur Hardy (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Edward Hardy by PamD (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Jun 2021 – Carlos Garrido (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to Carlos Garrido (footballer, born 1977) by Ortizesp (t · c); see discussion
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Proposed deletion of José Silva (parapsychologist)
The article José Silva (parapsychologist) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Unreferenced article with a slanted POV that has clearly not shown signs of improvement in years
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.
I am notifying this since the article falls under this WikiProject. Thank you.
May 2021 at Women in Red
Women in Red | May 2021, Volume 7, Issue 5, Numbers 184, 188, 197, 198
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--Rosiestep (talk) 21:35, 28 April 2021 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Ralph Puckett
How can Col. Puckett have a WW II victory medal if he didn’t join the Army until 1949? 2601:640:C500:B0D0:E177:7ED5:70:4957 (talk)
John Hopkins(actor) classification
Hello, fellow wikipedians. I am working on John Hopkins (actor) article, and would like to ask you to rate it based on the articles classification on Wikipedia. Here is the link to the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hopkins_(actor). Thank you Ostapina300 (talk) 04:51, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
The core contest
From June 1 to July 15, the Core Contest will be launched in its ninth iteration. It's an exciting contest, running over a period of six weeks, with £250 of prize money for the articles that are most improved. It would be neat if we could get participants to improve a biography, with Simón Bolivar and Tolstoy just two of the vital article judged to be C-class. FemkeMilene (talk) 15:18, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
- Just because I see the mention, I would put a note on Bolívar's article: nationalist propaganda is a major part of Chavism and while Venezuelan SPAs aren't so prolific anymore, I think there's been edit wars on how much to hero-fy Bolívar in the past. It might take a big effort. Kingsif (talk) 16:18, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
- So an important article to get right :). The talk page seems relatively quiet for a controversial topic, so it may be doable in six weeks. FemkeMilene (talk) 16:46, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
FAR for Leonhard Euler
I have nominated Leonhard Euler 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. (t · c) buidhe 04:05, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Tom Little's Sunflower Street
I would like to chage the end date of Tom Little's daily panel Sunflower Street, which is important because it depicted the life of a black community between 1934 and 1950. The strip was written by Tom Sims and drawn by political cartoonist Tom Little, both white. In 1950 it was withdrawn by it's syndicate for possible racial issues. I think that is interestng as a study subject on it's own and in the larger context op King Features history. The Wikipedia page for Tom Little is the only place this panel is mentioned. Further on, I would love to do a seperate entry for Sunflower Street. But for now a factual correction of the end dat would be great. I have found a newspaper clipping stating that Sunflower Street was withdrawn by the syndicate from 1950-04-03. Unfortunately, that clipping is on a blog, run by blogger, which makes the link controversial. Due to the fact that it is an actual newspaper clipping I wonder how I should insert that link. Can anyone help? By the ay, here is the link to the whole blogger page, the clipping (and the date in the file name) is the last one on the page. If I link to the clipping seperately, I lose the date in the file name.
FAR for Pierre Rossier
I have nominated Pierre Rossier 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. Z1720 (talk) 22:25, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Name spacing discussion
Please come participate in the discussion at Talk:R. R. Virdi#Spacing in name. Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 15:31, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
Name parameter {{Infobox sportsperson}}
The guideline says: «If this parameter is omitted, the name of the article is used.» Which in my way of understanding means that, in the event that the name of the person is the same as that of the article, it is recommended to omit it. However, I am undergoing systematic reverts by a user who instead believes it is necessary to add it. How should I behave? --Kasper2006 (talk) 15:20, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Student Assignment
Hi everyone, I am a student currently enrolled in a subject which requires the improvement of a stub article. I am writing on the 2017 Elvis Presley documentary 'The King'. I would really appreciate your advice and feedback over the coming weeks as our edits and contributions will make up our final grades for the subject. Thank you so much!Husseyp — Preceding undated comment added 03:08, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
Dorothy Gordon (Australian actress): Student project
Hi there! I'm a student new to Wikipedia and I am contributing to the Dorothy Gordon (Australian actress) page as part of my course. I have made significant changes and will be editing the page over the next few weeks, and would really appreciate any feedback and/or advice to improve the article! Jolisjoujou (talk) 11:26, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for your work, perhaps you could also look at WP:WikiProject Women in Red and consider nominating the article for WP:DYK Kingsif (talk) 11:31, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Request for input on nomination of Template:Gender unclear for deletion
Hello. Template:Gender unclear has been nominated for deletion. This template is categorised as being of relevance to Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. Links to the discussion, should it be of interest, are below.
Template:Gender unclear has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. ExoticViolet (talk) 16:07, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Notability of executed prisoners
During a discussion about the specific article at Talk:Quintin Jones (prisoner), a user referenced Category:21st-century executions of American people. A quick glance shows that at least half of the articles in this category have hardly any references, and the coverage is almost always "local crime ticker" coverage - i.e. routine and not indicative of notability. Put simply, people who are executed seem to be a target for people to make articles on for two reasons - one to protest the execution because someone's against execution altogether (WP:ADVOCACY), and the second because someone who knew them wants to memorialize them in a WP article (WP:Notability). It would be nice if any highly motivated editors from the biographies project could potentially help going through these articles and determining which of them should likely be sent to a deletion discussion for being non-notable. Regards, -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 12:57, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Jeffrey Epstein RfC
There is a new RfC as to whether the cause of death should be listed as "disputed" in the infobox of the Jeffrey Epstein article. If you have any thoughts, please participate at Talk:Jeffrey_Epstein#RfC:_Epstein_death_infobox. Thanks. Hemiauchenia (talk) 13:26, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
Student Assignment Improving Wikipedia Page
Hi everyone, I am a student currently enrolled in a subject which requires the improvement of 'John Aitken (biologist)' article. I had put all the changes to the Wikipedia page John Aitken (biologist) and would really appreciate if I could hear advice and feedback over my edits and contributions. Thank you --Tempstent (talk) 12:01 26, May 2021
Help updating headshot
The infobox for the biographical article about Robert Rubin uses a photo that is now more than twenty years old. I have obtained Mr. Rubin's permission to release a much newer photo under a CC-BY license, and it is available on Commons here. I would update it myself except I have a financial COI, as I am a consultant to him. (I did post to the edit request queue earlier this week, however it is quite backlogged.) I'd be grateful to anyone with a moment to consider this suggestion. Thanks, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 12:45, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
June 2021 at Women in Red
Women in Red | June 2021, Volume 7, Issue 6, Numbers 184, 188, 196, 199, 200, 201
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--Rosiestep (talk) 18:48, 28 May 2021 (UTC) via MassMessaging
FAR for William Goebel
I have nominated William Goebel 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. (t · c) buidhe 03:33, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
FAR notice (Lee Smith
I have nominated Lee Smith (baseball) 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. Hog Farm Talk 22:13, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
Perpetrator images at FFD (May 2021)
The following perpetrator images have been relisted and continually discussed at FFD:
- File:James Oliver Huberty.jpg
- File:Micah Xavier Johnson - 2016 Dallas shooter.jpg
- File:Gavin Long - shot 6 police officers in Baton Rouge on July 17 2016.png
George Ho (talk) 20:51, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Kiwi Camara
Hello! Sarah here, seeking to update and improve the Kiwi Camara article on behalf of DISCO. I've disclosed my conflict of interest and shared a link to a draft article at Talk:Kiwi Camara, but so far I have not received any feedback from other editors. I've outlined problems with the current article, which is mostly a Background section with two Controversy sections related to the same incident. I've also worked to draft a more well-rounded biography which relies on news organizations over student newspapers. Are any members of WikiProject Biography able to review the concerns I've identified alongside the draft, then update the live article appropriately? Thanks in advance for feedback and assistance! Sarah DISCO (talk) 20:26, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
A Work Group for YouTube and TikTok people?
I'm kind of saddened to bring this up, but articles for YouTube and TikTok people are showing up with greater frequency. I find it tenuous to claim a YouTube or TikTok person is famous by virtue of posting videos of themselves, but there is a mob that supports them. If I am evaluating the landscape properly, about the only thing that's happening is, wikipedia is hosting a bunch of low quality self promoting articles. Due to the mob, it becomes difficult to delete an article that would otherwise fall to the wayside.
Here's my experience: I brought up the deletion of an article on a Talk page, claiming the person was not really notable. I did not feel YouTubing alone rose to wikipedia's bar. Supporters of the person retorted, stating (1) other YouTubers have wiki articles; and (2) the subject in the article was interviewed by a citable source, so the person is notable or important.
I don't find either reason very compelling. I think they both fail upon closer inspection. The first reason (other YouTuber articles) is a logical fallacy. It is simply an Appeal to Bandwagon. I believe the second reason (person was interviewed) is also a logical fallacy since it argues the converse instead of the contrapositive. I believe it is true that some (many?) notable or important people are interviewed by a citable source, but the converse is not true. The converse is, if you are interviewed then you are a notable or important person. (The only truthful statement is the contrapositive - if you don't get interviewed then you are not a notable person. (Most of the time since some people may not give interviews)).
So, my request is, please form a Work Group to evaluate articles for people who use social media sites, like YouTube and TikTok, and either improve the article or delete the article as required. In the hierarchy shown in section 3.3, I believe the organization would look like:
- Work groups
- Arts and entertainment
- Actors and Filmmakers
- Musicians
- Social media
- Arts and entertainment
Thanks in advance.
Jeffrey Walton (talk) 07:36, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
Edit Request
Hi WikiProject Biography members,
I have made numerous small edits to the Debra Cafaro page, a page that is within the purview of your project, to improve its quality. But I have a conflict of interest, so I cannot make the changes myself. I copied my rewrite into the talk page. Could a project member please review my rewrite and use it to replace the content that is there?
Thanks! Cglife.bmarcus (talk) 18:32, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Awards/accolades received during one's career
I wanted to know what is the preferred method for mentioning such things in BLPs for CEO's/music producers. On this page there is an existing section for awards the individual has rec'd for his work as a music producer/songwriter. But he's also placed on various Billboard/Forbes/Variety rankings for his achievements as a businessman. While a few of these have been mentioned in the prose of the Career section, there are still quite a few not yet included, so I'd like some advice on the best way to do this. Do I create a "Recognition" section like on the Jeff Bezos article and list them all out there? Or should the "Awards" section be renamed (idk to what tho), and the listicle placements inserted there? I've seen varying things on other BLPs so idk what to do. -- Carlobunnie (talk) 01:07, 9 June 2021 (UTC)