Talk:List of TED speakers/Archive 1

Best of the Web
Recently, TED has decided to include additional videos that do not necessarily have an association with TED but are a great set to watch none-the-less and appear along with the other TED videos. Should they be acknowledged here in any way and if so how? Should there be a separate list at the bottom or the other speakers can be intertwined within this major list? Any thougts welcome. Thus far only 3 such talks exist but soon enough that number will likely rise. Kind regards.Calaka (talk) 10:48, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Continue to organize by alphabetical sections?
Should this list continue to be organized by alphabetical sections with a table of contents?

doesn't think so.. I've reverted. He reverted back. I'm about to revert back to the long standing formatting of this page. provided no edit summary nor any reason for his initial edit, nor a useful one for his revert.
 * Most lists are broken up into sub-sections. Many readers find this useful. Some readers find it useful to use a table of contents to check out sections at the end of the page, e.g. References.
 * No other editor has seen fit to make this list one long table with no sub-divisions. Which means the consensus to date is to have the list broken up into sections, leaving a minority of one.

Do any other editors have any thoughts on this change? Lentower (talk) 21:37, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Want to help out?
If you'd like to help out, go on to the TED website and find the name of each one of these talks and fill in the blanks there. Thanks so much! Mononomic (talk) 21:40, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Please add links to talks on ted.com
Please add an HTTP link to each talk on ted.com. Please also do the other items listed here. Doing this increases the usefulness of this list, and the speaker's articles to WP's readers.

I have started doing this. Lentower (talk) 16:01, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Nick Hanauer was missing, now added
Why is he missing in the list? 78.35.218.47 (talk) 14:24, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Probably because no one added him. Since he has a Wikipedia article, feel free to add him, using the points in the Notice box above. — Lentower (talk) 04:05, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ — Lentower (talk) 03:13, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Alphabetize by last name. please

 * ✅ I made a best effort at alphabetizing the entries by last name. — Lentower (talk) 01:02, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

TED areas column
Is there any particular benefit to incorporating the column "TED areas" in our list here? To me, it seems that part of the point of the conference, is how many of these presentations are interdisciplinary... (eg. David Bolinsky's talk is labelled as being all 3, and most of the talks are missing an entry for this field.)

Hence, I suggest we remove this column. Thoughts? Thanks. -- Quiddity (talk) 19:32, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree that the column serves little purpose. If the talks were tightly defined by TED itself as belonging to any of the 3 categories then it made sense to have it. An alternative is to use the 8 Themes (From Technology to Global Issues) as classified on the website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbohra (talk • contribs) 06:32, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Most editors, when adding an entry have not added the talk's TED areas.
 * This column serves no WP purpose. Readers who want to search by TED's current category scheme can go to TED's web site.
 * TED has changed the way they categorize and theme their talks several times. So keeping this column up to date would be an ongoing chore.
 * The table layout/mark-up gets difficult when a speaker has given more than one talk, and the TED areas are different for each talk. You need to have a sub-row for each talk in the second and third columns.
 * I suggest removing this column. — Lentower (talk) 22:49, 9 April 2014 (UTC

I'm slowly working on eliminating this column's contents. Then I'll eliminate the column. — Lentower (talk) 15:42, 13 July 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ I have eliminated the "TED areas" column from all the tables. — Lentower (talk) 00:59, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * (Last version with what "TED areas" entries there were. — Lentower (talk) 21:16, 18 July 2014 (UTC))

Deleted Joshua Davis entry
I deleted this entry for reasons listed at Talk:Joshua_Davis_(designer) for deleting the same information in that article. Please participate in establishing a consensus there. Please don't add the entry back for a week until a consensus is established. Thanks — Lentower (talk) 20:43, 1 August 2014 (UTC)


 * secondary source provided by Lesser Cartographies

MarySearles (talk) 18:52, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Discussion: removing external links from the list entries
The removal of external links from each of the list entries is currently under discussion at the External Links noticeboard: WP:External links/Noticeboard. You are invited to add your opinion to the discussion. Knight of Truth (talk) 05:03, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
 * No consensus was reachedin this discussion. It has been archived at External_links/Noticeboard/Archive_16. — Lentower (talk) 01:03, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Category:TED speakers nominated for deletion
Category:TED speakers was nominated for deletion. See Categories for discussion/Log/2015 July 14. -- Zyxw (talk) 23:10, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * As can be seen from the red link above, this category was deleted today and [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Cydebot&offset=20150821003600&limit=679&namespace=0 removed from 679 articles by a bot]. By my count 5 users voted delete (including the nominator) and 4 voted keep. -- Zyxw (talk) 23:21, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The vote totals are not suppose to be what determines deletion or keeping, but the merit of the arguments presented on how the article meets or fails to meet Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines. — Lentower (talk) 00:16, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't disagree with that and perhaps I shouldn't have used the word "voted". I was just reporting what happened and thought the fact that only nine users participated in the discussion and the number who preferred either option would be of interest to those who watch this page. -- Zyxw (talk) 16:44, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * To me the points raised in the discussion are of more importance and interest. I would have just noted the Delete result, and that people interested should read the CfD. — Lentower (talk) 00:55, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedians in Residence
User:Jane023 and I are now working as Wikipedians in Residence at TED. Please see WP:GLAM/TED and the pages linked from it, for more details. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:37, 29 March 2016 (UTC)