Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Archive 60

Debbie C. Crans' Biography Article
Epm98f (talk) 19:24, 2 September 2016 (UTC)Why is the ultimate impact of her scientific findings not stated in the article? It doesn't go into any more depth than besides saying it's for diabetes. I also think the first paragraph should be restructured to mention what she is most known for, which is her work with Vandium. Her current job at Colorado State is not what she is known for.Epm98f (talk) 19:24, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

GAR for Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. More details are available on the re-assessment page. Please ping me if you need anything as my watchlist is already quite large and I'd prefer not to add seven or eight more wikiprojects to my watchlist on top of the ones that I already have. Mr rnddude (talk) 23:35, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Recreation of deleted article?
Fede Pistono could possibly be a recreation of Federico Pistono. - Brianhe (talk) 13:54, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Same guy, text is different - David Gerard (talk) 14:02, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
 * From a spot check of the sources, and the subject's own official website, Federico Pistono is the WP:COMMONNAME. - Brianhe (talk) 05:00, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Notification of run-off vote
There is currently a poll taking place regarding the infobox image at the Donald Trump article talk page that project members might be interested in here. The polling is set to conclude on September 20, 2016. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 19:09, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

RM notification 29 July 2024
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:First Spouse of the Philippines, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, — Sam Sailor 00:25, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

RM notification 29 July 2024
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Megan Marcks, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, — Sam Sailor 01:10, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Ross Kemp
I am not sure if he should be a protected article or not. But I've watched a number of IP editors cause vandalism, then revert their own vandalism. It's a bit strange at times. Maybe an admin can add the article to their watchlist to monitor it. Govvy (talk) 12:47, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not an admin, but I added it to my watchlist. Maybe more eyes on the article will help. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:47, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Actor John P Ryan
His page doesn't credit him with his appearance in "Rent-a-Cop" in 1987...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752636/?ref_=nv_sr_1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mojazz40 (talk • contribs) 01:32, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Doug McMillon request
Hello, Wikipedians! I'm hoping editors experienced editing biography articles can review a discussion on the Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Talk page.

A brief history: This article was badly outdated so I, as one of Walmart's representatives on Wikipedia, prepared a new draft and posted an edit request in March. Editor Checkingfax implemented my proposed draft the next month. In August, editor HighKing posted an  tag atop the article. On the Talk page, HighKing wrote that the article contains "too much detail that has nothing to do with the reason Doug is notable".

While I disagree and believe the information is important to Mr. McMillon's role with Walmart, it is also my understanding that Wikipedia's notability guidelines are for whether a person or topic qualifies for a Wikipedia article, whereas the content of an article is governed by other policies, such as Neutral point of view, Verifiability, No original research, What Wikipedia is not, and Biographies of living persons.

I would appreciate another view on this. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thanks, JLD at Walmart (talk) 21:46, 14 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure I would say that it has too much detail, but it certainly paints a rosy picture of Mr. McMillon, almost as if it had been written by Walmart's PR department. I can't dive in to this myself but it could use some attention. Kendall-K1 (talk) 03:05, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Sarah Tiana
I was wondering if someone from this WP:BIOG would mind taking a look at Sarah Tiana. I've been trying off and on to find better sourcing for the article, but haven't had much luck. There was discussion at Talk:Sarah Tiana of the possibility of a redirect to another article, but AfD is also another alternative. Any suggestion or other feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:17, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Move discussion at the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey article
I know that this move discussion is currently listed at the top of the talk page, but I'm highlighting it here as well: Talk:Murder of JonBenét Ramsey. Among the concerns noted in the move discussion is whether or not WP:Undue weight is being given to a recent documentary. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 15:36, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Community reassessment
The article Joachim Helbig, which is within the scope of this project, has been nominated for community GA reassessment as per WP:GAR.

The discussion will take place at GAR:Joachim Helbig, with the goal to reach a consensus whether the article satisfies the good article criteria. Any input would be welcome. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:17, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Babji2000 (talk) 11:06, 24 September 2016 (UTC) The following page is a duplicate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?curid=49049903

Original page : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?curid=49067882 is better and updates should go to this page.

Invitation to 	 Women in Architecture & Women in Archaeology editathons
(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 20:05, 24 September 2016 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
There is a move request on the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey page to move it to Death of JonBennét Ramsey. Another suggestion is to simplify it to her name, making it JonBenét Ramsey, which was the article name until November 2012.

Would you mind weighing on the discussion at Talk:Murder of JonBenét Ramsey regarding this and any standard that this project may have for naming articles when someone has been murdered or died?

Thanks so much!-- CaroleHenson (talk) 18:34, 27 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I am not sure that this is the ideal forum for seeking assistance on this question because JonBenét Ramsey is not a biography. The question is one concerning titles. Bus stop (talk) 18:41, 27 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Cool! I was just about to post that the request has also been posted at Wikipedia talk:Article titles. If someone here, though, is familiar with standards that the Biography group has about naming articles of people that have died or been killed, that would be great!-- CaroleHenson (talk) 18:45, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Request Reassessment
I have worked on the biography of musical theatre performer Jason Graae, taking it from an unreferenced stub of 2127 bytes to the current 20327 byte version. I'm about to nominate it for DYK so would appreciate an assessment of its current level. Thanks. EdChem (talk) 13:26, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Any chance of someone looking at the Jason Graae article and assessing it for me? I re-wrote it so can't assess it myself.  Thanks.  EdChem (talk) 14:26, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Problem with picture in infobox
Does anyone know why shows up in the Italian article but not the English one (Mauro Piacenza) please?Zigzig20s (talk) 19:31, 4 October 2016 (UTC)


 * There is nothing in the "image" field of the infobox. To make the image appear, you either need an interwiki link to it in the image field (I don't know how to do that), or (better) you need to copy the image to Wikimedia Commons. If you can't figure it out and no one else chimes in here, try Village pump or WP:Help Desk. Kendall-K1 (talk) 20:56, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * There was--but it was reverted.Zigzig20s (talk) 21:18, 4 October 2016 (UTC)


 * An image hosted on the Italian wikipedia cannot (as far as I know) be used by adding its filename in an infobox on the English wikipedia. The image needs to be copied to wikimedia commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/ - and then a link of the sort which you used in your 19:29, 4 October 2016 edit will show the image, and will not be reverted. (i.e. it was reverted because it did not work - did not display the image.) I'm not very comfortable with doing the image move for lack of understanding of the italian licences found on the image. I can see it is PD, not not why. --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:31, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I feel the same way. Where could we find an editor who could transfer it to Wikimedia Commons for us?Zigzig20s (talk) 22:12, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, lazyness break over. I put the page into a translation software, and it turns out it's PD-self. So, all now sorted, . --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:46, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. But can you spot a difference in the "image" line here?Zigzig20s (talk) 23:49, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The image line looks the same to me. I added the alt & caption. Feel free to amend to your taste. It really should have an alt. Don't care if it has a caption of not. On you boldly go :) --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:51, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * But why wasn't the picture showing up when I first put it in, if it's the same text in the "image" line as now?Zigzig20s (talk) 23:58, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Because the image was neither on the English wikipedia nor on Wikimedia Commons. It was on the Italian Wikipedia only - it might as well have been on the moon. English Wikipedia can only see files on English Wikipedia and Commons. :) --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:04, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, problem and mystery both solved. Thank you.
 * I thought it should be possible to display it with something like [[File:it:Card-piac3.jpg]] but nothing seems to work. Probably because of the copyright issue you noted. Kendall-K1 (talk) 14:47, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yup. What may well be usable in one jurisdiction may not be usable in another; especially the case with fair dealing / fair use. So inter-language file sharing is not enabled. Commons was created to make good that problem by providing a central location of files that should be good for all jurisdictions. --Tagishsimon (talk) 15:32, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Reference
Hello. Would you say this reference is reliable or not? It's in the Huffington Post, but it looks like it's a blog. Lots of useful information if I can cite it.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:23, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

The following list is full of more sources on Lottie "the body" Graves that I deemed useful for this article.

1. Jones, Tiffani. "Secret History of The Black Pinup: Lottie "The Body" Graves." Coffee Rhetoric:. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

This source recounts Lottie “the body” Graves upbringing and her history as a burlesque dancer. It talks about how the notable black burlesque/ vaudeville dancer danced in white clubs at the peak of segregation. It even goes as far as her mingling with Aretha Franklin and famed others.

2. Klein, Sarah. "Paradise Regained." Detroit Metro Times. Metro Times, 03 Aug. 2005. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

This source notes Lottie “ The Body” as the muse behind the pink poodle, and friends with notables like Billy Holiday and Fidel Castro. She’s noted in this source as Detroit's Gypsy Rose Lee.

3. Doherty, Serena. "This Is How You Burlesque." Burlexe. Burlexe, 30 May 2016. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

This source let’s us know where Lottie was born and the age she began her Burlesque career. It also takes snippets of quotes from authors who wrote on Lottie.

4. "Legend: Lottie the Body." Red Hots Burlesque. Red Hots Burlesque, n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

This story talks about how Lottie could’ve been the inspiration for “Brick House” by the commodores. It also reiterates the same information found in other sources.

5. "Lottie 'The Body' Graves | Wikiwand." Wikiwand. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

This source had no more useful information.

6.Clements, David. "LOTTIE THE BODY - "Built like Two Stacks of Pancakes": There Is a Lot of Lottie Online." Detroit Dissolving::. N.p., 13 Oct. 2015. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

This source gives a view on Lottie Graves’ life currently.

Timeline section of a biography

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I am being told that timeline sections are not allowed in biographies, does anyone know what !Wikilaw is being cited? Another editor added this to the timeline section, a tiny part of the article:

The other editor wrote: "Timelines are allowed for year, century, decade, etc articles; biographies are appropriately presented as prose." Anyone have thoughts? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 04:24, 6 September 2016 (UTC)


 * 1911 Birth of Eddie Schneider in Manhattan, New York on October 20.
 * 1915 (circa) Move to Red Bank, New Jersey.
 * 1920 (circa) Move to Jersey City, New Jersey.
 * 1920 Living in New Jersey.
 * 1927 Death of Inga Pedersen, Eddie's mother, on December 26.
 * 1927 Graduation from William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City.
 * 1928 Returning from trip to Norway and Germany.
 * 1929 Became the youngest person in the United States to receive a commercial pilot certificate and the youngest certificated airplane mechanic in New York.
 * 1930 Living at 114 Carlton Avenue in Jersey City.
 * 1930 Sets east-to-west junior transcontinental air speed record on August 19.
 * 1930 Sets west-to-east and round-trip junior transcontinental air speed record on August 25.
 * 1930 National Air Tour: Won Great Lakes Trophy, eighth place overall.
 * 1930 Living in Hempstead, Long Island with Carl Schneider (no known relation)
 * 1931 at Miami Air Race in January with Richfield Oil Corporation as his sponsor.
 * 1931 National Air Tour. He won first place for single engine planes, third place overall.
 * 1932 Working for Hoover Air League.
 * 1934 Marriage to Gretchen Francis Hahnen on June 23, 1934.
 * 1935 Living at 209 Sip Avenue, Jersey City
 * 1935 Leases Jersey City Airport on January 1, 1935.
 * 1935 Engine dies at 100 feet and he and Fred Weigel (1904-?) crash into Newark Bay.
 * 1935 Jersey City Airport closes to make room for sports stadium on December 31.
 * 1936 Flying in Yankee Squadron in Spanish Civil War.
 * 1936 Living at 50 Jones Street in Jersey City.
 * 1937 Moves to Manhattan from Jersey City after return from Spain.
 * 1938 Living at 38 Broadway in Manhattan.
 * 1940 Work at American Airlines.
 * 1940 Registered for draft on October 16.
 * 1940 Death in crash at Floyd Bennett Field on December 23.
 * 1948 Papers donated to Institute of Aeronautical Sciences archive
 * 2007 Nominated to the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame.
 * 2008 Nominated to the National Aviation Hall of Fame.


 * My first thought is that it's hard to form an opinion without knowing what article you're talking about. Kendall-K1 (talk) 00:36, 7 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't see a hard rule about it, but there are plenty of guidelines which suggest a prose approach for better readability, such as the one linked from the prose template you provided and Manual of Style/Embedded lists. I also find prose makes it easier for later editors to expand on some details in the article, whereas expanding one entry in a list makes the list look very odd.  1bandsaw (talk) 20:23, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
 * A prosefied list of chronological facts is called a biography, a bulleted list of chronological facts is called a "timeline". ... why would we need to have a biography written twice, a bulleted list of chronological facts serves a different reader. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:52, 10 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I can't cite a policy against it, but this seems like a bad idea to me. Biographies should be in prose format.  This seems like it takes all the negatives of infoboxes but avoids the positives.  Infoboxes are useful because they're concise, present the most pertinent information, and are positioned such that you see them at a glance.  This presents mountains of trivia. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:44, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment Summoned by bot. Agree that timelines for biographies are not a good idea in general, as they are duplicative of text. Timelines should be reserved only as stand-alone articles in special situations, such as the Sept. 11 attacks. Coretheapple (talk) 12:56, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment if it's collapsed at the bottom of the article, it's not a distraction yet it's still helpful for readers who serve to benefit. Atsme 📞📧 13:20, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I do not recall any policy/guideline on this subject matter; but the idea of a timeline in biographical articles doesn't appeal to me. To summarize key contents of an article, we already have infobox template that serves the purpose.


 * 1915 (circa) Move to Red Bank, New Jersey.
 * 1920 (circa) Move to Jersey City, New Jersey.
 * 1928 Returning from trip to Norway and Germany.
 * 1930 Living at 114 Carlton Avenue in Jersey City.
 * 1932 Working for Hoover Air League.
 * 1934 Marriage to Gretchen Francis Hahnen on June 23, 1934.
 * 1935 Living at 209 Sip Avenue, Jersey City
 * 1935 Leases Jersey City Airport on January 1, 1935.


 * I found above texts from the collapsed box (i.e. probably suggested information to be included in a proposed timeline). If we are going to write that kind of stuffs in a separate section and call it timeline-feature; I've a definite "no" for that suggestion/proposal. That makes, timeline = infobox + tons of trivia. Anup   [Talk]  05:30, 18 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment, I've never heard of this. I don't think its common practice and it probably wouldn't be kept since we have infoboxes which are similar. Thanks, RfC Volunteer, Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 19:54, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I think we're mostly in agreement here this sort of thing doesn't add any value to the Eddie Schneider article. There's simply no need of having biographical tidbits presented in list format at the bottom of an article, especially one that's pretty decent overall. I could understand such a recourse for a stub as a sort of guide for future editors to expand on, but this is not the case here. I am not aware of a !law per se disallowing bulleted biographical lists, if that's the only thing you're asking, but common sense trumps policy. Finally, I don't think tagging the section or submitting an RfC were productive here - prose is a pretty obvious standard Wikipedia practice for biographies; an editor should have just removed the section altogether with an accompanying edit summary stating "no need". I will avoid doing that myself given the very fact an RfC was started and is ongoing; let this be an educating experience for both parties. Best, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  13:05, 28 September 2016 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

T.K. Thorne
There are some problems with this article, I think. For instance the awards section. Do any of the awards there deserve mention, and is there a guideline or something about that? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:06, 10 October 2016 (UTC)


 * This article looks like an AfD candidate. The subject does not appear to be notable per WP:AUTHOR. Kendall-K1 (talk) 01:06, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Pictures for Sad Children AfD discussion
Someone started an AfD discussion for a certain webcomic because the majority of its sources are based on a single event that has been described as a 'mental breakdown', and because its author requested the article to be deleted. I think there is consensus to keep the article in place, as there are multiple sources for the work or its author not about the specific incident, but now there is a question for how to deal with the situation. I hope someone could have a look at the discussion. I recommend reading from onward. That's when the discussion took its current form. Are there ways to deal with this low profile topic that we haven't thought of yet? ~ Mable ( chat ) 15:45, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * A friendly word of caution Please be careful when posting notices about ongoing AfD discussions to avoid editorializing. I am not questioning anyone's good faith. However, when posting an FYI notice alerting editors that a discussion is taking place it should be worded in a neutral "just the facts please" manner. Anything more could be interpreted as WP:CANVASSING. Any discussion of the merits (or lack thereof) of an article at AfD belongs there. Thanks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:00, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, I'm sorry if I came off as canvassing. I merely tried to communicate the worries that have come up in the discussion. I don't know if the current situation is even related to the AfD process anymore, actually. It's a fairly awkward situation. ~ Mable ( chat ) 17:35, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
 * No worries. I didn't think you were trying anything improper. Sometimes we get a bit carried away in discussions. But yeah, these kinds of notices are best limited to "There is an AfD discussion that may be of interest to editors which can be found here(link)." or similar. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:38, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Élizabeth Teissier
The BLP on Élizabeth Teissier has an UNDUE tag. She is an astrologer and former model and actress and author. She was given a PhD for a thesis which defended astrology, causing a substantial controversy – and which is a substantial fraction of available sources – and she also unsuccessfully sued the WMF over her BLP on the French WP. I have been working on the article and seek input on balance and undue issues. Please have a look and comment. Thanks. EdChem (talk) 00:14, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Removing the "works" section from a journalist's article
User:Drmies has removed the "works" section from Jacques Follorou twice, with an edit summary suggesting that it makes the article look like a "resume". No, it does not. It is perfectly normal to add a list of works/books published by a journalist/author. We are not in the habit of actively removing information because we don't like it. Has anyone seen this behaviour before and what can we do about this please? This is the very first time I have seen this in ten years. The books had ISBN and OCLC.Zigzig20s (talk) 02:47, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It's not "perfectly normal" and adding ISBNs doesn't make it better. Toodles, Drmies (talk) 02:06, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * We are in the habit of removing information because it is irrelevant, trivial, throws the article out of balance, of minor importance, or otherwise makes the text of an article less useful to readers. I am not saying that Drmies is correct, and saying that I am also not saying that you are correct.  However, it is not sufficient merely for some bit of information to be true or even verifiable; verifiability is a necessary but insufficient condition for inclusion of some bit of information.  If you're only rationale for including some fact or bit of information is "I can verify it", than that's simply not enough.  You'd need to have reasons based on the quality of the narrative about a person's life.  Wikipedia articles are, after all, supposed to contain well-written prose and not merely random and unconnected collections of true things, like complete collections of works, no matter how small or insignificant.  Instead, as a compromise, try a bibliography of selected works; such as those that have reliable reviews or which have won significant awards.  Such a list would be more in line with WP:IINFO, which notes that "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information" and states "merely being true, or even verifiable, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia."  Instead of an indiscriminate list of works, why not an annotated list of works which have shown recognition by others?  Also, instead of focusing on the list of works, why not expand the biography.  If a person's entire life story can be summed up in one sentence, I'm not sure we need to waste an article title on them.  Try writing a comprehensive biography first, then add the summation of their major works second.  -- Jayron 32 03:08, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * He has published eight books. Why is that too many? I would understand if it was 100 books, but this seems bizarre and unconstructive. The article says, "He is the author of several books". Now that they have been removed, the reader will wonder, "which ones?" and leave Wikipedia to find out. Is that what we want--to take readers away from Wikipedia and discourage them from reading Wikipedia?Zigzig20s (talk) 03:13, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * And it's a stub; anybody can expand it. But the question here is the redaction of the "works" section.Zigzig20s (talk) 03:14, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I should note that on the guidelines for article creations from this WikiProject, it says, "Consider adding a list of works (bibliography, discography, etc.).".Zigzig20s (talk) 03:17, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Have you started as discussion at the article talk page indicating why you think the books should be there? Have you asked Drmies to participate in the discussion?  Have you waited for his response there?  Have you asked other people unconnected to the page to also comment on the article talk discussion you started?  The first course of action is ALWAYS to engage in civil discussion with the person whose editing you question.  Please don't run to others first to build an army of support for yourself; it never looks good.  Vanishingly close to 100% of all discord could be avoided at Wikipedia if people had the common courtesy to talk with others rather than running off to some noticeboard to "get help".  Everything you say about your preferred version of the article could be right (I'm not saying it is, merely positing it as a possibility) and even if it were 100% correct it means nothing because you've taken no action to have a nice conversation with Drmies to ask him what he is doing nor have you ever explained your position to him.  You're first response was to instantly revert them and your second action was to run somewhere else to get help.  Whatever happened to just talking with other people?!?  Seriously.  Just talk to him.  In a nice way.  Very friendly and cordial, not demanding.  Point out what you just told me here.  Direct him to the style guides.  Ask him for his comment on that.  You did NOTHING like that.  You didn't like what he did, never talked to him, then ran for help from someone else.  That rarely yields satisfactory results in a collaborative project.  -- Jayron 32 03:25, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Look, it's simple. This WikiProject has a guideline for a "works" section. Why are we suddenly no longer following this guideline? There is no need whatsoever to personalize this; editors don't change guidelines by themselves randomly.Zigzig20s (talk) 03:30, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Are you intentionally ignoring me, or are you incapable of reading what I wrote? It has nothing to do with whether or not you're right or wrong.  You've never once engaged Drmies and started a direct, personal discussion with him over the matter before coming here.  Let me make it simple, and with few distractions so you don't miss it: Don't ask for help from others if you never made a good faith effort to solve the problem yourself by talking directly and civily with Drmies.  That's all.  I don't give two shits about whether or not you think you're right.  You can be right if you want to be.  Don't come asking for people to intervene on your behalf, however, if you can't talk directly to someone and explain to him directly.  If all you had done, before posting here, is explain exactly what you've explained to us, but instead did it directly to Drmies, i'm close to 100% sure you would have already solved your problem.  That you continue to refuse to do so speaks volumes about how important it is for your to fix the article... Just freaking talk with him already!  Stop dragging others into it... -- Jayron 32 04:12, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I am intentionally telling you that there is nothing personal about editing Wikipedia. It is not about talking to complete strangers online; it's about improving content. My sense is that by removing the "works" section, the edit (probably unintentionally) failed to meet the WikiProject guidelines and failed to improve content. Can we please restore it and make sure we focus on improving content on all articles as we move forward?Zigzig20s (talk) 04:28, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, that's not a guideline. It's an advice page.  It seems like good advice to me, but nobody is under any obligation to follow it.  As far as lists of works, I generally like to include them.  However, like any other content, consensus can determine that it doesn't add any value.  If you feel strongly about it, you could always start an request for comments.  Generally, when I create an article, I like to do what Drmies said you should do: discuss it in prose and include a secondary source.  Once I've done that, I often – but not always – list the works.  Why not try doing it that way?  It'll satisfy Drmies, and you'll have what you want. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:07, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Because are we going to discuss every single "works" section on every single article about every single author/journalist who has written books, or could we just save time and agree to include it (as the vast majority of such articles have them and the guideline here suggests we should)? If we save time on this, we can spend the rest of our time adding more content productively.Zigzig20s (talk) 04:12, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

The list of eight books looks fine. The issue is the lack of prose in the article. It really needs a paragraph or two talking about who this person is or why they are notable. I understand that the list of works, as the article is now, makes the whole thing a bit unbalanced. We could temporarily move the list of works to the talk page until a bit more prose has been added to the article? ~ Mable ( chat ) 12:24, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The article is a stub. As far as I know, we encourage stub creations, as they often lead to longer articles over time. But we also have a habit of adding a "works" section, as this WikiProject guideline suggests. I don't see a good argument here for hiding the "works" section in the edit history or even on the talkpage, especially as the text mentions his "several books". Stubs are often unbalanced; we could come up with a new policy to ban stubs entirely, but this is not the right place to discuss this. User:Maplestrip: Would you mind restoring the "works" section please?Zigzig20s (talk) 12:33, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

I note the complainant is actively going out of their way to avoid discussing the issue with the editor they have a dispute with - David Gerard (talk) 14:06, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Not at all. I pinged them at the beginning of this thread. But we do not need to personalize this whatsoever. This is not a personal matter. Let me be clear: I have zero time for any attempt whatsoever at Wikidrama. I am busy in real life. This is a matter of WikiProject guidelines and this sets a precedent for all other similar articles. I have never seen this in ten years of editing and if we suddenly decide to do this, it needs to be discussed.Zigzig20s (talk) 14:45, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, User:Tagishsimon, for reverting the deletion, under the rationale that "It is conventional and useful to have a works section for authors.". I just hope this doesn't happen again for other articles. And I do hope someone likes the stub and wants to expand it. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 14:53, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * That would be the most useful outcome. Would that the article even approached the length of this thread. --Tagishsimon (talk) 15:15, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Prashant Thakur
The page has been blanked.Xx236 (talk) 07:15, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Callum Morton
Page blanked, allegedly by Callum Morton.Xx236 (talk) 10:28, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

IMDB not reliable?
User:Yamla just removed the imdb citation on Charisma Carpenter since when did IMDB become unreliable? It works on the same principles as wiki. Govvy (talk) 15:05, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * See Identifying_reliable_sources. IMDB has been explicitly listed there since 2010, but it's never been considered a reliable source, exactly for the reason you give. Wikipedia, too, isn't a reliable source. --Yamla (talk) 15:23, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yup for the same reason Wikipedia isn't a reliable source. It is user generated material. -DJSasso (talk) 17:26, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, never new about this, I've seen plenty of bio's using imdb, should I be removing those citations when I see them then? Govvy (talk) 17:47, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The best would be to replace them, of course. Removing them actually doesn't 'help', though there's not much of a reason to keep them either, as linking to IMDb doesn't 'prove' anything. So yeah, you can remove them when used as a citation. ~ Mable ( chat ) 17:57, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, in general, if a statement on a BLP is only sourced to IMDb (or another unreliable source), it should be removed. This is to keep biographies free of possible libelous content. Listing a bad film as one of an actor's roles, for example, may be an issue. ~ Mable ( chat ) 18:46, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

IMDB is not reliable. So the same way Wikipedia can't be a reference to itself. Noether can IMDB be a reference to Wikipedia. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:28, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

Jerry Falwell Jr. discussion
Hello. There is currently a discussion taking place at the above article regarding whether or not to include a section about the Trump tapes and Liberty University students' reactions to it. Given, I thought it best to notify relevant WikiProjects of the discussion, especially because Falwell is a very politically-involved figure at the moment. I believe that this notification is as neutrally-worded as possible and that it does not violate the canvassing policy.  — Gestrid  ( talk ) 22:11, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Harold T. Martin III
Harold T. Martin III, please expand Victor Grigas (talk) 02:10, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

An invitation to November's events
(To subscribe: Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 18:07, 23 October 2016 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Newly translated article
In retrospect, it seems a bit surprising that we didn't already have an article on Mark Welser, but we didn't. I translated it from the Italian version. I don't do a lot of bios, so the experts here might want to take a look.

Also, the Italian version was not interlanged to the German version (it is now, but wasn't when I started), so someone might want to take a look at the German article and see if there's anything to import. --Trovatore (talk) 00:53, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations - Underage Sex and Drug Parties
There has been a recent edit to add content to the Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations article regarding sex parties for girls as young as 15 and involving drugs. The content of the alleged sexual misconduct is in this edit; It is currently commented out to investigate a dispute about this issue.

It is not widely reported at this time. The journalistic press that appears to be reporting on this at this very moment are New York Daily News, New York Post, Toronto Sun, NEWS.com.au, Times of Israel, and perhaps more sources per this query. I am not sure how many of these sources you would consider reliable sources for this content. Searches conducted just on his name at news.google.com at this very moment do not result in any stories about this issue until the fourth page, per this search.

There is an open RfC regarding whether or not to include content about a rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1994. Based on responses to that discussion in the RfC: Jane Doe content section of the talk page - I think it would be a fair assumption that since it is covered in several mainstream news sources, some editors would likely believe it should be covered in the article, per WP:V,  WP:RS and WP:NOTCENSORED.

Oversimplifying the extremes, those who think that an exceptional claim like this requires a major development in a case or more widespread coverage have cited  WP:EXCEPTIONAL and  WP:BALASP guidelines. And the applicable policies seem to include WP:WELLKNOWN for Donald Trump. Due to the fact that this is a breaking story, these may apply as well, WP:NOT, with There is no deadline and  WP:RECENTISM.

There is a posted discussion at Underage Sex and Drug Parties.

Would you help us understand which of the policies and guidelines are most applicable in this situation and how that affects whether it should or should not be included in the article? And, if so characterization of the content, are there any criminal charges or terms that should or should not be used? That would help a lot!-- CaroleHenson (talk) 06:35, 26 October 2016 (UTC)


 * WP:V, WP:RS and WP:NOTCENSORED all apply. There is no need to give in-depth coverage to these new allegations, just as there is no need to give in-depth coverage to the Jane Doe allegations - but they do need to be covered.  Coverage can be limited to the brief substance of the allegations, who has made them/reported them, and what Trump or his spokespeople/representatives have said in response, if anything. Using an RfC to prevent inclusion of verified, reliably sourced information is, I believe, an improper use of the RfC procedure.  As to the question "are there any criminal charges or terms that should or should not be used", as always, we use what's in the sources. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 12:16, 26 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, those guidelines in the summary here. Rather than repeating the conversation that we've had on the article talk page (I've provided links to the "Jane Doe" and "Underage sex and drug parties" discussion), could we get input from people that haven't been involved in those discussions? Your comments are explored in great detail in the RfC: Jane Doe content and most recently at the Underage Sex and Drug Parties sections.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 17:04, 26 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Apparently, two people are on the record about Donald Trump's parties: model Andy Lucchesi and fashion writer Michael Gross, who has now published two articles at The Daily Beast covering this subject, in addition to his 2000 book, "My Generation: Fifty Years of Sex, Drugs, Rock, Revolution, Glamour, Greed, Valor, Faith, and Silicon Chips" which includes interviewing he conducted with Donald Trump. The more well-known article relates to underage models and drug use ( http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/24/inside-donald-trump-s-one-stop-parties-attendees-recall-cocaine-and-very-young-models.html ) and the older article is about Trump's illicit practice of providing fringe benefits to potential partners in deals, casino high-rollers, and prospective condo clients (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/19/donald-trump-used-model-parties-to-seal-deals-industry-sources-say.html).  In addition to Lucchesi, Michael Gross himself is a source because of his writing and his synthesis of the facts, many of which are from sources who for clear reasons do not wish to be identified. Leaving out the material reported by the Daily Beast because of a 2009 RSN would be inappropriate, in my opinion.  Besides, this article is about "allegations" and the fact of the matter is that we know that these things being alleged is indisputable.  Just open the paper! 168.88.65.6 (talk) 18:26, 27 October 2016 (UTC)


 * From Amazon.com: "Michael Gross is one of America's most provocative non-fiction writers. A contributing editor of Departures, he's written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Town & Country,the New York Times and New York, and authored twelve books--detective novels, biographies, exposes and social histories--among them, Rogues' Gallery, a history and expose of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Unreal Estate, uncovering the secrets of the estate district of Los Angeles, and the critically-acclaimed best-sellers Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, House of Outrageous Fortune, the story of 15 Central Park West and its residents, and 740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building. He's just finished his next book, Focus, a look at the sexy, scandalous world of fashion photographers. Atria Books will publish it next year. " 168.88.65.6 (talk) 18:34, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Scott Kapnick
Scott Kapnick is the Chief Executive Officer of HPS Investment Partners, a leading global non-investment grade credit firm with ~$33 billion of assets under management. I am writing to request the creation of a Wikipedia page on Kapnick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Taenakim/sandbox

Thank you. Taenakim (talk) 18:39, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

The Iron Lady
Biography editors may be interest to comment on the discussion started at Talk:Margaret Thatcher, which deals with the placement of the "Iron Lady" section within Margaret Thatcher's article. — JFG talk 18:48, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

RFCs on citations templates and the flagging free-to-read sources
See
 * Village pump (proposals)
 * Village pump (proposals)

Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 17:14, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Brad Allen: Second Opinion(s) Requested
Brad Allen is a rather short BLP about an NFL referee. I had some doubts about notability and attached a tag to that effect on 19 April of 2015. It was subsequently removed a few days later with an edit summary simply stating that Allen was notable with no further explanation or rational. In any event the article fell off my radar but I recently stumbled back on it and I am still not seeing a strong claim to WP:N. A Google yielded a number of hits but most of the coverage appeared to be of the trivial/run of the mill variety; i.e. announcements that he will be or has refereed a certain game or that he spoke at a dinner etc. Maybe this collectively adds up to WP:N, but I am ambivalent. WP:NSPORT makes no provision for referee or umpires and OUTCOMES doesn't touch on this at all. This pretty much leaves us with WP:BASIC and I'm just not sure Allen rings that particular bell. So here I am asking for some other editors to take a look and let me know what you think. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:55, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Requested move of "Bobby Harris (gridiron football)"
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Bobby Harris (gridiron football), regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks,   Paine   u/ c  22:40, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

What to include in John Sackar
An editor wishes to make a major rewrite to the John Sackar article and has started a discussion about whether or not to make the change. Sackar is a judge in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. You can find the discussion at Talk:John Sackar  — Gestrid  ( talk ) 07:03, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Lord Lucan in mysterious disappearance article
An editor insists on removing Lord Lucan from this article on the grounds that "a fugitive from justice has not disappeared mysteriously". He also feels that the long standing entry should be removed until those who want it included (like me) an argue the case for its inclusion. What does the project feel is the right thing here? Britmax (talk) 16:11, 1 November 2016 (UTC)


 * From which article, --16:32, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * List of people who disappeared mysteriously. Britmax (talk) 16:38, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * A list for which there are not clear inclusion/exclusion criteria is always going to be a boxing ring. One might hope that RS would win the day, but it seems editors of the list know better. I'd advise you to give up hope. --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:55, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't want these tatty lists in the encyclopedia anyway, I didn't think we were in that business. But if we have to have them, then a list of mysteriously missing people without Lucan is just daft. Britmax (talk) 21:39, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I doubt there'll be a good resolution here. The article has survived 3 AfDs. There's a discussion going on right now about criteria, but I see little prospect of consensus being reached, as one or two editors really don't want Lucan on the list and will not be persuaded otherwise. I agree that the preferential order would be a) nuke the article b) agree criteria which meet use-cases like Lucan. Depressing. --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:10, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Requested move of "Jim McAllister (Irish republican)"
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Jim McAllister (Irish republican), regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks,   Paine   u/ c  18:28, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Pictures for Sad Children identity issue, again
A new user claiming to be the author of Pictures for Sad Children has appeared. They say they have gone through the recommended means to get the article changed in some manner, without positive results. I hope someone with more experience in the BLP field could jump in and help out. See here. ~ Mable ( chat ) 21:20, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The proper place to put this would be WP:BLPN. Elizium23 (talk) 23:04, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I have engaged with the user, asking what exactly is the issue. I presume there's some history here, but I'm as happy taking it from first principles with the user, supposing that he/she/it/them/whatever responds. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:24, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you Elizium, I didn't know, but I'll be sure to go there next time. Tagishsimon, I could redirect you to the article's recent deletion discussion for some backstory on what is going on, but it is a lot of text and we don't know if any of the issues brought up there are relevant to the author's actual issues. ~ Mable ( chat ) 23:29, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Maplestrip. I did pop in there, but thought it all a little tl;dr. Let's see what sort of a response I get direct. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:34, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Angela White
A little battle going on at Angela White with an editor adding sourced content followed by its deletion by an other editor due to unreliable sources. I added my opinion, but it would be handy to have a few more independent comments please. Periglio (talk) 01:09, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Tasha Eurich
Would someone from this WikiProject mind taking a look at and assessing Tasha Eurich. It's a newly created article moved directly to the mainspace by an SPA. I tried cleaning up the formatting a bit, but I'm not sure if this person satisfies WP:NAUTHOR or WP:NACADEMIC based upon the sources which are provided. There is also a problem with the infobox image which means it's going to be deleted if left unresolved. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:24, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The article is well-formed spam, now sitting at Articles for deletion/Tasha Eurich. --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:45, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking a look . For reference, I also asked for opinions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wiki Loves Women‎ and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women writers, and the reponses I got were that Wikipedia notability for a stand-alone article was not sufficiently established. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:27, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Interview invitation from a Wikipedia researcher in University of Minnesota
Hello all,

I am Bowen Yu, a Ph.D. student from GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Currently, we are undertaking a study about turnover (editors leaving and joining) in WikiProjects within Wikipedia. We are trying to understand the effects of member turnovers in the WikiProject group, in terms of the group performance and member interaction, with a purpose of learning how to build successful online communities in future. More details about our project can be found on this meta-wiki page.

If you are interested in our study and willing to share your experience with us, please reach me at bowen@cs.umn.edu. The interview will be about 30 - 45 minutes via phone, Skype or Google Hangout. You will receive a $10 gift card as compensation afterwards.

Thank you, Bowen Bobo.03 (talk) 23:11, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Input sought for a GAR of a biography article
Hi, posting re Good_article_reassessment/Joachim_Helbig/1.

The discussion has been extensive, but with few !votes. The dialog has most recently centered on what sources should or should not be acceptable. It can be found in section "1.6 Wrapping Up", or a via a direct link to Good_article_reassessment/Joachim_Helbig/1.

Interested editors are invited to share an opinion, or to cast an !vote. Thank you. K.e.coffman (talk) 18:00, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Image captions in biographies of politicians
I see very few biographies using image captions for lead images, like the Franklin D. Roosevelt article. Ones like Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump don't use captions. Would omission of captions mislead most readers, or would readers simply guess when the photos were taken? --George Ho (talk) 10:25, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * In what way do you fear that readers would be "misled"? Is the date of the photo of that great importance to the mass of readers? --Tagishsimon (talk) 10:52, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * If an article has multiple images, I am not sure how important a caption is to reader. If an article has just one, a caption might be necessary unless readers would recognize a person's current or recent face. Readers over the years would not recognize low-profile politicians of the past, so captions may be needed. Of course, biographies of high-profile politicians might not need captions for lead images. George Ho (talk) 11:54, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * It should be a basic rule that all photographs of people and places in anything calling itself an encyclopaedia should be dated.AnthonyCamp (talk) 09:31, 11 November 2016 (UTC).
 * Ah. It should be a basic rule of discussion that anyone laying down preposterous proposals should explain the underlying logic. Have you leafed through EB or any other encyclopedia recently? Have you discovered that you can click on images to inspect their metadata, and thought to yourself 'perhaps all of this metadata does not need to be specified at the point of use, so long as it is discoverable?' Or have you not done and not thought any of those things? --Tagishsimon (talk) 13:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Lets check the metadata for Isaac Newton. Created: 1 January 1992 Yes, thats much better than the caption "Portrait of Newton in 1689".  Periglio (talk) 14:07, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * As a rule of thumb, I think adding dates to photographs is a good idea, but I doubt it needs to be a rule, especially for recent photos of certain subjects. When it comes to any historical subject, I think it is very useful for a reader to know what a person looked like in specific years. So yeah, from Obama, Clinton, or Trump, I doubt it really matters much. There's nothing particularly bad about dating either, though! Hell, writing "Donald Trump at a debate in January 2016" or whatever only gives more context. I suppose you shouldn't go to far with that. ~ Mable ( chat ) 14:31, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Does a statistical analysis on metadata of images exist? Viewership at Commons and at en wiki may differ from viewing the main article. To my calculation, the viewership on the photo page is 1% of the main article. George Ho (talk) 02:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Adding portrait of former public official
Can someone please explain how to add an official portrait to Jennifer Velez, a former cabinet member in the state of New Jersey? I'm not sure how to ensure the proper licencing. I can find potential images here, here, and here. Can someone please provide guidance? Thanks! Knope7 (talk) 23:52, 13 November 2016 (UTC)


 * You need to find an image in the public domain or which is under a suitable free licence. None of your suggestions are. State government tends to retain copyright, and the private sector - your second and third links - almost always do. So, no go with these three. --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:06, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, . I guess most of the portraits I have seen were probably for federal officials. I appreciate your guidance on this issue. Knope7 (talk) 00:39, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Question about public records and familysearch.org
Hi all, I'm aware of WP:BLPPRIMARY, which discourages the use of public records for biographical information of living people. I'm looking at Julie Gregg, a recently deceased subject and notice this content:
 * Gregg was born Beverly Scalzo, in Niagara Falls, New York, the daughter of Italian parents Victoria (née Larocca) and Caspar Scalzo.

The content is attributed to US Census paperwork via familysearch.org. (I don't see that the parents are indicated as Italian in the paperwork, though. Some interpretive liberty may have been taken there.) Anyhow, can we use census paperwork for biographies so long as the subject has died? Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:49, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * It looks like original research to me. For what it's worth, familysearch.org came up twice in the WP:RSN archives: Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 193 and Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 115.  Maybe another discussion will help resolve the issue? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:41, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Augh... I don't have the energy right now... :/ Seems like a useful resource. I could see why using it for living people might be sketchy on account of privacy concerns... Well, I'll say this, if anyone at WikiProject Biography has a problem with it, the article is linked above. :D Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:40, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Input sought for a GAR of a biography article
Interested editors are invited to comment:


 * At the GAR: Good article reassessment/Joachim Helbig/1
 * Or at RSN: Reliable_sources/Noticeboard

Thank you. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Requested move of "Carl Jung"
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Carl Jung, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks,   Paine   u/ c  01:34, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

December 2016 at Women in Red
(To subscribe: Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 22:42, 23 November 2016 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Vincenzo Langella
Hi! Have a look at the subject Vincenzo Langella and the opened Talk:Vincenzo Langella. --Valerio Bozzolan (talk) 21:09, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Luigi Stefanini
Hello. Could someone please upload on Wikimedia Commons, and update the infobox? I'll then ask WP:Italy to expand the article. Thanks!Zigzig20s (talk) 08:44, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Diversify/globalise RDs on the main page
Hello. I have been trying to suggest more RDs from the developing world, but it is a bit of an uphill battle. Should we create a taskforce? I think it would really help if a small group of editors watched out for prominent individuals from developing nations and created/expanded their articles before submitting them to RDs on "In the news".Zigzig20s (talk) 04:06, 3 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Giving us any sort of clue about what RD means would probably help this conversation enormously. --Tagishsimon (talk) 05:24, 3 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Recent Deaths - JarrahTree 05:36, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Notice of requested move discussion
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Aleksandar Jovanović (footballer, born 1992 in Niš), regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, JudgeRM   (talk to me)  03:42, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Meh. Life's too short. I've moved the article. I live in hope the other chap was not also a Decemeber 1992 birth. --Tagishsimon (talk) 05:31, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

WP:FILMOGRAPHY
I nominated the redirect page for discussion. This matter seems biography-related, so I invite you to discussion. --George Ho (talk) 08:32, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The proposal retargets this to MOS:FILMOGRAPHY. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:04, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Here's the link to the discussion, NinjaRobotPirate. George Ho (talk) 02:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Stephen Chow
I want to combine the two lists producer and director together, I am just not sure what headings I should be using. Can someone point me to a good example format to use cheers. Govvy (talk) 12:00, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Kelsinw (talk) 18:09, 6 December 2016 (UTC)Kelsinw
 * Quentin Tarantino has acted, produced, and directed. How his articles are written might be worth a look. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:09, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Murder of Adrianne Jones requested move to return article from Diane Zamora
There is a discussion at Talk:Murder of Adrianne Jones about returning the article content that was copied to Diane Zamora back to Murder of Adrianne Jones through a technical move.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 04:32, 24 November 2016 (UTC)


 * It would be really helpful if you'd use edit summaries, :( --Tagishsimon (talk) 04:56, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
 * My apologies, . I do use edit summaries - sorry that I missed this one.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 05:01, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
 * There were only two votes to my suggestion, and it seems it's a toss-up. Of the three people, I think people often remember the name Diane Zamora over anyone else's - unfortunately, including the victim. So, I'll just leave the article name the way it is and work on synching up the talk page.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 03:50, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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Women in Red additions
I've added a navigation box to the WikiProject Biography main page pointing to the WikiProject Women in Red redlists at what I hope is an appropriate position, abreadt of the workgroups (diff). It points to the WiR set of circa 300 lists of 100,000+ women identified as requiring biographies on wikipedia. I've also added a sentence to the project scope which gives stats (which can be updated weekly from the indicated source) on the proportion of women to men biographies on Wikipedia (diff), which according to WHGI amounts to 16.75%, being 238,922 of our 1,426,191 biographies women. I hope this project will lend its support to addressing this imbalance by encouraging the creation of biographies for women. Finally I've listed Women in Red as a related project, since it is concerned with the creation of women biographies (diff). thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 15:45, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Peer review for the Jadunath Singh article
A request has been made for the article on Jadunath Singh, an Indian Param Vir Chakra recipient, to be peer reviewed. Interested editors are invited to participate in the review here: Peer review/Jadunath Singh/archive1. Thank you for your time. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 01:00, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

FAC
Featured article candidates/Jennifer Lawrence/archive1 is open for comments. Snuggums (talk</b> / <b style="color:#454545">edits</b>) 02:17, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Newbie's inquiry
I have linked one hundred and thirty five names of delegates in the Chart of Delegates to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. To my delight, many of the blue links are to Virginia politicians of the nineteenth century, especially those who also served in Congress at some point in their careers. To my dismay, there are several links to bios of modern personalities. The bot has not yet notified my Talk page of names requiring disambiguation. I feel challenged to create stub bios for the omitted Virginian politicians of the nineteenth century linked in red.

My intent is to either contribute to or to establish biographical stubs for the Virginians for perhaps one hundred names with thumb nail sketches in Pulliam’s account of the Conventions of 1850, as well as using his treatment of the members of the Conventions of 1776, 1788, 1830 and 1868, then Brenaman for the 1902 Convention.

I regret that I have yet to learn how to create articles, disambiguation pages, etc. Any links to "how to" pages for biographies would be appreciated as I stumble through this project. Thanks in advance. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 09:20, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

RFC on tennis player Andy Murray (Scottish/British)
There is an ongoing RfC to determine whether Andy Murray is a Scottish or British tennis player. Please lend a hand at the Andy Murray British tennis player or Scottish tennis player RfC. Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 10:11, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Definition of WP:NPOV at the Death of JonBenét Ramsey article and its relation to article titles and article content
Will editors here weigh in on a dispute about the definition of WP:NPOV and its relation to article titles and article content? It's now an RfC; see Talk:Death of JonBenét Ramsey. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:10, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

‎File:Eric Garner facebook.jpg
This image is nomination for deletion. I invite you to FFD. --George Ho (talk) 20:25, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Conflict on Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson and mention of the Crown Heights riots
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I have had many problems in past with this article, but the most recent problem is that the article fails to mention the Crown Heights riots, even if but to mention that Schneerson's motorcade was involved. Again my source, and my justification, for adding this to Schneerson's article is that the New York Times obituary, and every retrospective article I found on the riots, mentions Schneerson. When I add any mention there is a team of editors that raises extraneous and false claims. I would urge authors interested in this area to help edit some entry in this article that does justice to the link.

My entry, which I thought was the least controversial, although entered in the controversy section (should it have its own section or his legacy?) stated:

The Crown Heights disturbances in August 19, 1991, which became a central issue in a New York City mayoral race, were set off when a car in Rabbi Schneerson's motorcade went out of control and killed a 7-year-old black child. In the days that followed, a riot erupted in the neighborhood, reflecting existing tensions between Jewish and black residents. Two men, one of them a young Lubavitch adherent, were killed during the riots. A grand jury found no reason bring charges against anyone in the motorcade.
 * Crown Heights Riot

I could live with a shorter version. My quibble is that an article on Schneerson should include the words: motorcade of ... Schneerson and Crown Heights riot in the same paragraph. I could use help from editors providing some reasonable framework with how to proceed. Again in reading obituaries and histories about the events, I feel the sources substantiate some link of the events to his biography. I wanted to do so without entering into the controversies of who started what or said what. That can be left to the articles on the riot itself of the murder of Rosenbaum etc. But to eliminate Schneerson from the picture altogether is not historically correct.Rococo1700 (talk) 05:36, 16 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I tried, but was unable to make much progress. The article is watched over by a group of editors who resist the addition of anything that might be at all critical. Kendall-K1 (talk) 13:13, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

HPS Investment Partners New Page
Hi,

I would like to request a new page to be created for HPS Investment Partners, which is a leading investment firm with a focus on non-investment grade credit. The firm currently manages approximately $34 billion in assets, has over 100 investment professionals and over 200 employees across 10 offices globally. I have included a link to my sandbox for review.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Taenakim/sandbox

Thank you for your consideration.

Taenakim (talk) 21:39, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Van Wolverton


The article Van Wolverton has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * non-notable person

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing 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. User:Dwarf Kirlston - talk 23:34, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Tag removal
John B. Clopton (jurist) and Chapman Johnson, that I created directly, are tagged as a “new unreviewed article…if necessary the page should be appropriately tagged for cleanup.” Samuel Taylor (Virginian), that I created with the wizard does not, and was classified by the reviewer as a Start-class article. When I created Philip N. Nicholas, the editor who moved the New article into mainspace did not so tag the article.

I propose creating articles for delegates to Virginia Constitutional Conventions of 1776, 1788, 1830, 1850, 1861 Richmond, 1861 Wheeling, 1864, 1868 and 1902. Most can be had from reliable resources by Pulliam and Brenaman. I try to add from online sources by a google search on the name, that sometimes gives me additional information from library index bios and I search for additional snippets in books.

Should I just remove the “new unreviewed article” tag when an editor moves it into mainspace? Until this tag, I understood that any registered editor could advance an article from a stub to B class. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 15:14, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Need a GA review or other work?
Hi, I'd like to trade an objective GA review of an article of your choice, or some copyediting, article improvement, or other work, in return for an unbiased GA review of Tony Ahn. I can't promise your article will pass GA review but I can promise it will be fairly reviewed with suggestions given if it doesn't pass. I expect the same for the GA review of Tony Ahn. Please let me know if you're interested. ScooterSponson (talk) 04:04, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Half of that article looks to be sourced to stuff written by the subject himself. Aren't there independent sources that can replace them? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:38, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * There are 32 sources. 4 of them were written by the subject and they are collectively cited a total of eleven times out of fifty nine total citations. One of the eleven citations is also backed up by an independent source (a newspaper). So to be accurate, a sixth of the article is sourced to stuff written by the subject himself, not half. ScooterSponson (talk) 15:56, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe also mention this at the GA Cup - competitors there won't even care whether or not you review an article they've written. They just want articles to review.-- 3family6 ( Talk to me   &#124;  See what I have done  ) 06:05, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, thank you! I'm unfamiliar with the GA Cup. I'll acquaint myself with it now. Thanks again! ScooterSponson (talk) 15:56, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Talk:Raymond Chan
I invite you to the ongoing RM discussion. --George Ho (talk) 03:39, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

January 2017 at Women in Red
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Proposed deletion of Thomas Eugene Foulks


The article Thomas Eugene Foulks has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * non-notable person

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing 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. User:Dwarf Kirlston - talk 04:26, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I did a quick round of research to see if the speedy delete was justified, and I think it likely is. All I could find was an obit, and as I couldn't find much else, it seems possible the page is at least partly original research. It might help if this line could be sourced, as evidence of GNG: three-year gig for Business Radio Network's "Computing Success!"—1991 Best Radio Show award from the Computer Press Association. Yvarta (talk) 20:30, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Peer review for Tom Wills
G'day, the article about Tom Wills, an Australian cricketer, has been nominated for a peer review. The review has been open for several months without comment, so if anyone is interested in reviewing, I'm sure that the nominator would be greatly appreciative. The review page can be found here: Peer review/Tom Wills/archive1. Thank you for your time. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 04:13, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Peer review for M. P. T. Acharya
G'day, a peer review has been requested for the M. P. T. Acharya article. Interested parties are invited to take part at the review page, which can be found here: Peer review/M. P. T. Acharya/archive1. Thank you for your time. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 00:53, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Statistics links
The three links in the Statistics section on the project page don't work. Is this a permanent situation? Does anyone know how to fix them? Kendall-K1 (talk) 17:45, 10 January 2017 (UTC)