Talk:List of people from Minnesota

Half done
I merged List of famous Minnesotans into List of people from Minnesota.


 * I decided to go with an alphabetized list rather than a categorized list because:
 * A lot of people are notable in more than one area, and there were a number of people who were listed more than once.
 * It's easier to add someone alphabetically than to decide what categor(y|ies) they should fall into.
 * It's easier to find someone by last name than by guessing what they might be listed under.
 * The disadvantage of an alphabetized list is that it's not easy, for example, to see all the Supreme Court justices from Minnesota at a glance. However, if there are enough Minnesotans in a given group, they should probably be put in a list or category like Supreme Court justices from Minnesota.


 * I worked through sections A through G to put in birth and death dates and to remove people who clearly aren't important Minnesotans. I removed a number of redlinked names and removed some non-natives who didn't do much of note while living in Minnesota. Please help me complete H through Z!


 * In my opinion a great deal of the athletes should be removed from this list, but I'm not familiar enough with the sports to know who should stay and who should go. Probably all of the non-natives and most of the less-notable natives. I think these people should be listed on pages such as List of Minnesota Vikings players or in a relevant category. If someone else could help out with that, that'd be great.


 * Due to the large number of people on the list, I decided that the most important or influential ones should be somehow marked, so I bolded their names. I'm not sure what criteria should be used for deciding who deserves to be bolded, but I chose those whom I knew to be internationally famous or very important in their field.

--Jonathan Kovaciny 21:46, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Not From Minnesota
Does Mary Tyler Moore have any non-fictional connection to Minnesota? If not, should she be deleted? Appraiser 16:48, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Charles Babbage is from England. The Charles Babbage Institute is not a person. meccaneer 00:40, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. Removing Babbage from the list until someone can provide a source that says he spent important time in the state of Minnesota. --Onorem 12:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Reference?
This book: Lists these people as famous minnesotans. This might be a basis for bolding... -Ravedave (help name my baby) 05:19, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Andrews Sisters
 * Harry Blackman
 * Warren Burger
 * William O. Douglas
 * Bob Dylan
 * F. Scott Fitzgerald
 * Judy Garland
 * Jean Paul Getty
 * Hubert H. Humphrey
 * Garrison Keillor
 * Jessica Lange
 * Sinclair Lewis
 * Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.
 * Walter Mondale
 * Prince
 * Jane Russell
 * Charles Schultz
 * Jesse Ventura
 * Roy Wilkins

Deleted images
It seems all images were deleted as "fair use", (WP:FUC) when clearly they were not ALL "fair use" so I'll help look for more "free use" images to restore... Cricket02 17:35, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Cricket02 thank you for restoring all the images. It must have been a lot of work. Maybe I can find a couple more free ones in the group deleted from Minneapolis. -Susanlesch 03:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Just as in Minneapolis article, it was just plain inconsiderate to delete ALL the images without checking for free images that were already in place, and make someone have to start the process all over again! It would have been even nicer to first advise of these image technicalities on the talk page or something, at least give us a fair chance to correct ourselves.  But no, someone has to pretend to be all-powerful and just go in and delete.  hmmm.  :)  Thanks for all you've done too!  Let me know if I can be of any other help.  :)  Cricket02 22:21, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Important or widely-recognized persons are listed in bold.
What are the criteria for deciding which people are important or widely-recognized? If there aren't specific requirements to have a bold name, then none should be bold. Using the Groups from Minnesota as an example...and no offense to anyone involved in the groups, but Motion City Soundtrack, SSDD, and The Soviettes are the Important or widely-recognized persons from MN in the music industry? --Onorem 03:24, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. Maybe some kind of citation is needed for these, like the book above that Ravedave mentions? Cricket02 22:23, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

redlinks and live/born

 * Should all redlinks be removed?
 * Should we add a symbol for people born in MN? -Ravedave (Adopt a State) 05:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like to keep the lieutenant governors of MN that are red-linked, as I hope they will all get articles eventually
 * Since those not born in MN have a §, I think it would be redundant to add a symbol for all the others. --Appraiser 06:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

This list is ridiculous...
We need to change the name of this list, saying it's a list of people from Minnesota isn't at all accurate. More like, people who have spent time in Minnesota at one time or another. If you asked a fair percentage of people on this list "Where are you from" - their answer certainly wouldn't be Minnesota.

Most of the sports figures (Gary Anderson, Morton Anderson, Rod Carew, etc.) are NOT from Minnesota. At least Gary Anderson played for the Vikings, Morton Anderson didn't even do that. He played against the Vikings in a noteable game. That's about it. You could say that about a good number of sports figures.

Kofi Annan. From Minnesota? Really - does anyone believe that? I tried to edit the list but got overridden.

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