Talk:Henry Nicols

I'm new
I'm entirely new to Wikipedia, and this is my first edit. I added everything I know about Nicols, having just seen a presentation by his father to my High School. If I find other sources to cite, I will do so later and perhaps add more information. .zax3000


 * A request for suggestions to improve this article, was made at the New Users' Help page. Here are a few comments.  One of the most important tasks on any article, but especially for biographies, is to establish the subject's notability in the opening paragraph, i.e. explain what the person is famous for.  The opening paragraph is one sentence which really only says that the person had AIDS.  More needs to be added.  The remaining paragraphs should be in a separate section to mark the end of the lead section.  It's okay if the lead partially duplicates what is said in later sections, as long as it's only a summary.


 * The article describes him as a "local hero", but then goes on to cite national magazines that covered his story. Perhaps "local" is being too modest?  One of the links at the bottom of the article (now dead, so I can't check what it said) apparently referred to him as an "activist".  Which actions earned him this label, and if you agree with it, are they adequately covered in the article?


 * In case it isn't already covered, I'm Henry's niece. He was actually an international AIDS activist - during the peak of his work, he went to Japan (and maybe Ireland? I'll have to check) to speak to people about HIV/AIDS. He was in the cover story of Parade Magazine, a movie was made about him, he lectured at Harvard, etc. He is primarily considered to be a "local hero" and an AIDS activist because he breached a lot of boundaries that people hadn't before. At the time when he was working, people who were outed as being HIV-positive lost their jobs, families and homes. The context needs to be covered more, because it doesn't seem notable by today's standards. AnEmptyCageGirl (talk) 18:22, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Near the bottom of the article, it's mentioned that a biography was written by his father. Was this published as a book? It looks like it, because we have an ISBN, but it's not properly formatted; the author's name should be shown, for one thing. This probably belongs in the references section instead of the body of the article. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 09:41, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The book needs to be listed as a ref too and the article need more citations.  — Rlevse • Talk  • 11:59, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * This was published as a book, but it was self-published and isn't a very good encyclopedic source. Now that I have a better sense of how it's possible to do this, I'm going to work on compiling a better list of sources. AnEmptyCageGirl (talk) 18:23, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

References require cleanup
Reference - http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20115280,00.html no longer exists, please change it to the archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20090827142057/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20115280,00.html

Reference - http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-07-11/entertainment/17980121_1_hiv-positive-eagle-scout-secret - no archive link exists. A mention of the HBO documentary special is printed here: https://www.nydailynews.com/bs-xpm-1995-07-11-1995192149-story.html

An IMDB movie link can be found here: https://www.nydailynews.com/bs-xpm-1995-07-11-1995192149-story.html Tiwaking (talk) 13:22, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

National Caring Award 1992
Please update the references for the National Caring Award 1992 using these links: https://www.liquisearch.com/henry_nicols/speaking_tour

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4748836

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62968658/henry-joseph-nicolsTiwaking (talk) 13:25, 1 January 2022 (UTC)