Talk:Russell Woolf

Article needs updating....
Woolf is not on the ABC any more - he's running for the Senate. Mitch Ames (talk) 04:11, 15 March 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ Mitch Ames (talk) 07:56, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Year of birth
Would we consider changing the circa year of birth to 1965 considering the ABC note he was 56 at time of death? It's more likely he turned 56 this year (born between January–October 1965) as apposed to being set to turn 57 in November or December this year (born November/December 1964). Not too fussed as the current source for 1964 is sound enough. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 10:54, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * There is this "happy birthday" tweet from November 2020, so my November/December assumption is probably not accurate. DaHuzyBru (talk) 11:06, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * This says 1964. I think the image is the same as the one that was on the Perth 7pm news about an hour ago. Mitch Ames (talk) 11:55, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Also 10 News First Perth Mitch Ames (talk) 12:06, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Perfect, thanks for that. If ABC (and 10) is officially recognising 1964–2021, we could remove the circa. DaHuzyBru (talk) 12:14, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll redact my 10 note as they could have just as easily got that from Wikipedia this morning, whereas I would trust ABC. DaHuzyBru (talk) 12:22, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I just checked tonight's 7pm news on iView and the background image is not the same, but the one on the ABC News bulletin (from 00:47 to 01:04) does say "1964-2021". Mitch Ames (talk) 13:02, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The YouTube video thumbnail here has that graphic. DaHuzyBru (talk) 13:07, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Mitch Ames (talk) 23:44, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Western Australian
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So far as I can tell from the sources he was known primarily in WA, not the rest of Australia, and so the article should refer to him as Western Australian. Is there a specific part of BLP that says "key identifier for BLPs should always be their nationality, not their home state"? Mitch Ames (talk) 23:57, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No. Articles refer to people by their nationality. Western Australia is not a nationality (at least not yet). Yahboo (talk) 02:10, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * MOS:OPENPARABIO "3. Context (location, nationality, etc.) for the activities that made the person notable." Woolf's nationality was Australian. We don't see any American personalities or entertainment stars with the lead sentence noting "Californian" or "New Yorker". DaHuzyBru (talk) 02:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I would have thought that "Western Australian" clearly implied "Australian", and simultaneously and better meets the "location" context requirement. However I defer to the 2-1 majority (in the absence of any other opinions). Mitch Ames (talk) 13:23, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Make that 3-1. Doesn't the succinct lede say it all except possibly his proclaimed Jewishness? Bjenks (talk) 00:55, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Died from the jab?
On August 19, Woolf tweeted about being proud to have received his COVID vaccinations. His death comes at about the same amount of time as the others who have died from the vax side-effects. Mention in the article? 96.255.69.229 (talk) 20:14, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No. There are no reliable sources that connect the two, and we don't do speculation here. Mitch Ames (talk) 22:43, 27 October 2021 (UTC)