Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Politics and government/Archive 4

Party political offices
Please come discuss policy regarding party political office inclusion in infoboxes, navbox templates, succession boxes and WP:LEADs Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Biography.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:45, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Duplicate articles John Paul (1883-1964)
John Paul (1883-1964) and John Paul, Jr. (1883 - 1964) appear to be the same person, with substantial content in both articles, and were marked for merge proposal on 1 Feb 2008 since when there has been no discussion. One is marked for WikiProject Biography/Politics and government and one for WikiProject Virginia, so I'm putting this note on both talk pages in the hope that someone interested will sort him out! I just came across him while tidying the the John Paul dab page. PamD (talk) 09:39, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

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Use of campaign logos in politician bios
User:Kelleycm insists on installing an image of a campaign logo on Ben Cline, a bio article of a current Virginia state legislator. It seems to me this raises issues with WP:NPOV at the very least, but is there a more specific guideline than that or WP:BLP I can point him to? Rklear (talk) 19:13, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I actually think that is OK. I can't imagine how that would relate to BLP: there is nothing libelous about it, and it's not like there's a free replacement image for a logo. Think of it the same as a company logo.--A. Gorilla (talk) 03:31, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

PA House & Senate Resources
Articles regarding the Pennsylvania State Senate and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have passed some major milestones recently. First, every State Rep and Senator who served from 2000-now has at least a bare-bones article. However, these articles still need to be fleshed out, and everyone is invited to help out. Every State Rep article has at least an archived external link to an official PA House profile. This can be used for biographical data. The Senator articles still don't have this, but such links can be found here: (1997199819992000200120012002200320042005200620072008). The article for Thomas W. Dempsey is a good example of how these can look.

Second, every PA Senate district and PA House District have articles. However, most of the senate and many house articles still need a table of representatives. That data can be found here. The article for the 83rd district is a good example of how these can look. I would invite everyone to help us out!--A. Gorilla (talk) 03:29, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

George W. Bush GA Sweeps: On Hold
I have reviewed George W. Bush for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since the article falls under the scope of this project, I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 22:05, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

FAR notice for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
nominated Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.Cirt (talk) 06:34, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Francis Amasa Walker
I have completed a major re-write of Francis Amasa Walker and am soliciting other editors' input, edits, and corrections to the article. Madcoverboy (talk) 16:59, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Geraldine Ferraro FAC
FYI, the Geraldine Ferraro article has been nominated for Featured Article status. Support/opposition/comments welcome at Featured article candidates/Geraldine Ferraro/archive1. Wasted Time R (talk) 01:14, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Liaquat Ali Khan GA Sweeps: On Hold
I have reviewed Liaquat Ali Khan for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since the article falls under the scope of this project, I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 04:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Idi Amin
I am posting this here as the project banner appears on the article talk page. I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns with the article which you can see at Talk:Idi Amin/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 17:21, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Betsy McCaughey
Folks, this article is an embarassing mess of BLP violations and poorly sourced statements. Please, help fix this one! Bearian (talk) 20:19, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Update to Template:WPBiography
Please note that priority assessments for this work group are now added by using the politician-priority parameter in the WPBiography project banner. Please refer to Template:WikiProject Biography/doc for full instructions on how to use the banner, or feel free to ask any questions on the banner's talk page. PC78 (talk) 10:51, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Factual error in at least 2 articles
Articles for Gary K. Hart and for John Briggs (Politician) have factual errors which may also occur in other articles on California legislators. The 35th Assembly District was re-numbered in the early 1970s, during redistricting after the census. When John Briggs represented the 35th, it was in Orange County Gary K. Hart lived in Santa Barbara County. I can't recall who preceded him, but it certainly was not Briggs.

From Briggs' papers at :

Biography John V. Briggs, Republican was a member of the Assembly from 1967 to 1976. He represented the 35th District, which included the northern parts of Orange County and the western parts of San Bernardino County. After redistricting took effect in 1974, he represented the 69th District, which covered part of Orange County, including the city of Fullerton. He then served in the Senate from 1977 to 1981 for the 35th District, which included parts of Orange Country.

Someone needs to repair this and check other pages on the CA legislature, which may have the same problem.

Lindakp (talk) 23:11, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Not sure my source came though in previous section - for John Briggs (politician)
That source for bio of John Briggs (politician) is http://www.oac.cdlib.org/data/13030/x4/kt3199q2x4/files/kt3199q2x4.pdf

It's from the Online Archive of California - an amazing collection that I wasn't aware of.

Lindakp (talk) 23:20, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow
I think the article Bernhard Ernst von Bülow has a picture of his son, Bernhard von Bülow, rather than the father. Does anyone have any ideas? The image comes from the german government archive (link via commons) and anyone understanding German or German names might be able to make more sense of the caption. It appears to say the man in the picture was chancellor, which I don't think the father was. On the other hand, the name is different to the son's. Sandpiper (talk) 09:51, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * You are correct, it's the son. He is identified in the description as chancellor. I removed the image. Hekerui (talk) 10:01, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ta Sandpiper (talk)

I have another query if anyone is good with pictures. This image, shows Bernhard Bulow junior on the left and its caption says something like 'with a trooper'. Though I dont read German. Does anyone know what the uniform is of the guy on the right? Secondly, is it possible that it is Kaiser Wilhelm II. The moustache looks a bit small but the face seems possible. The two were in the habit of being in each others company so it would make perfect sense to have photographed the pair. Sandpiper (talk) 20:39, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * They are identified under "extra information" as "Bernhard von Bülow accompanied by Captain von Schwarzkoppen riding through Tiergaten". Hekerui (talk) 21:20, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

while on the subject, can anyone translate 'Treffen zwischen Kaiser Wilhelm II. und Zar Nikolaus II. in der Danziger Bucht vor Heisternest auf der Insel Hela, 11. - 13.9.1901.- Reichskanzler Bernhard Fürst von Bülow (sitzend, 2. von rechts) mit deutschen und russischen Offizieren an Bord der kaise '. It appears to say wilhelm II and Nikolaus II are in the picture somewhere but which is where? Sandpiper (talk) 20:39, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
 * "Meeting of Wilhelm II and Nicholas II in Gdańsk Bay at Jastarnia on the Hel Peninsula, 11 - 13 September 1901 - Bernhard von Bülow (sitting, second from the right) with German and Russian officers on board of the kaise..." - that probably meant "kaiserliche X"/"imperial X" - It doesn't say in the text where Nicholas is, perhaps he's not there because the meeting describes the whole three days and this could be a specific moment without him. I'm not sure at all, though one of the standing guys looks like him. Hekerui (talk) 21:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Simple English Wikipedia
The Simple English Wikipedia needs your help with some of their politician articles (especially US politicians). We are missing about 6 current cabinet members, and most of the governors. We also have very few articles on members of the Senate/House and on heads of state for other countries. Please stop by and see what you can do. If you have any question on writing Simple English articles, read this guide, stop by our version of the village pump, or drop a line at my talk page. Thanks, Griffinofwales (talk) 22:19, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Request for involvement regarding Nigel Farage dispute
Talk:Nigel Farage

There's something of a dispute about whether to say that Nigel Farage is the former leader of UKIP in the infobox itself. All is explained at the relevant link. Any involvement would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. HonouraryMix (talk) 00:40, 15 December 2009 (UTC)