Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Politics and government/Archive 6

Bill Cassidy
Somebody made an edit to his full name as well as is his name in the righthand box to say his name is "William 'GinrichFace' Cassidy" and "Bill 'GinrichFace' Cassidy" respectively. It might be good to keep an eye on his page and Mary Landrieu's page with the runoff election for the U.S. Senate race just a few days away.

C. D. Howe
This article is at FAC. Please review it and comment or vote here: Featured article candidates/C. D. Howe/archive1. Cheers! -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:59, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Stub type
Greetings! A stub template or category which you created has been nominated for renaming or deletion at Stub types for deletion. The stub type most likely doesn't meet Wikipedia requirements for a stub type, through failure to meet standards relating to the name, scope, current stub hierarchy or likely size, as explained at Stub. Please feel free to make any comments at WP:SFD regarding this stub type, and in future, please consider proposing new stub types first at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals! This message is boilerplate, left here as a courtesy, and should not be considered personal in nature.

Nominating SouthAm-politician-stub and CentralAm-politician-stub for deletion. Associated national level categories already exist. Dawynn (talk) 19:54, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Benjamin Harrison dispute
There is a discussion going on at Talk:Benjamin Harrison that might benefit from the opinions of members of this project. --Coemgenus 12:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Photographs of Canadian politicians
I am looking for data regarding how many articles about Canadian politicians are missing profile photos. It is my understanding that profile photos are not available because the Queen's Printer in Canada and the respective provincial jurisdictions holds copyright on these photographs that are taken after an election. As a project of Wiki Canada we are hoping to persuade the Canadian government to change this policy. Any help in quantifying the need or assisting with this effort would be appreciated. Alan.ca (talk) 06:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

BLP noticeboard discussion
I have started a discussion at the BLP noticeboard about Rick Santorum, santorum, and santorum (sexual neologism) that editors here may wish to join. Mike Christie (talk – library) 10:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Tony Blair
Editors here may be interested in assisting with the Good Article nomination of Tony Blair. The review can be found at Talk:Tony Blair/GA1. GA is reachable, but it will require hard work. Any assistance would be appreciated. HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   23:01, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Daniel Coughlin
I just did some work on the page for Daniel Coughlin, which is listed as a stub in this project area. Could someone please reassess the stub category? Thanks! NearTheZoo (talk) 19:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * List it at WikiProject Biography/Assessment. Hekerui (talk) 07:56, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Appropriateness of "Political Positions"
Perhaps someone here can help me. Not surprisingly, some work is being done on Gary E. Johnson. In the opinion of some, the article has NPOV problems. There seems to be an on-going good-faith effort to correct these. My question relates to the appropriateness of the "political positions" section in the article Gary E. Johnson. It seems to me inappropriate to list a few positions of a presidential candidate, and that trying to list them all is impossible, and that the section shouldn't be here. Is there some guidance on this somewhere? TheNgeveld  20:55, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Notice
The Starhawk article was moved/renamed today to Starhawk (author) without discussion by a proponent of the new video game of the same name. Now Starhawk (and all 100 Wikilinks to her name) redirects to a disambiguation page. Please note my Requested Move discussion about moving it back to the original article title. If inspired to vote, please note Wiki policies that support this, such as WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, etc. Softlavender (talk) 12:17, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Request for NPOV review
Here are the articles: I will not object to any changes proposed, discussed, or implemented.
 * Recently an editor has raised concerns regarding NPOV with some articles I had worked on prior to an extended wikibreak.
 * I have committed to no longer edit or watch these pages.
 * However, I would appreciate it if others could look them over with NPOV in mind, and discuss on their talk pages and make appropriate changes if need be.
 * 1) Joel Anderson
 * 2) Jose Peralta
 * 3) Hiram Monserrate

Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 20:53, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Help needed at Talk:Prescott Bush
There's currently a lengthy discussion at Talk:Prescott Bush regarding our coverage of Bush's involvement with UBC, a bank that was seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act. The dispute is mainly about whether secondary sources or primary sources should be emphasized, and whether some of the sources are tainted by the involvement of a conspiracy theorist who may have had ulterior motives. Input would be greatly appreciated. Huon (talk) 18:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Help requested by inexperienced biographer
I'm looking for some help from an expert WP:BIO member (or multiple). I've made some great strides on Kirsten Gillibrand, but need some help finishing it up. For one, there doesn't seem to be a set format for how US Senator articles should look (and those that are at FA level now are not helpful since they are Senate leaders, former presidential candidates, and so on, therefore exceptions to the way the articles should be written for the rest of the group). Also, finding sources that sum up a senator's and representative's service during each term would be helpful (i.e. the milestones). Writing about the campaigns is easy; covering the terms isn't so much. Lastly, covering 'political views' sections can be cumbersome because the list could become endless. An outside viewpoint on what could be added or trimmed would be great. Your help would be much appreciated.  upstate NYer  01:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs - the final surge
Since early in 2010, many editors have assisted in the referencing or removal of over 90% of the Unreferenced Biographies of Living People, bringing the total down from over 50,000 to the current 4,862 (as of 16:28, 1 June 2011 (UTC)). Thank you for all of the work you've done to date, but we are now asking for your help in finishing this task. There are two main projects which are devoted to removing UBLPs from en.Wikipedia:
 * WP:URBLP has set up a large number of topic based lists, which are updated each day by a WP:BOT. Your project's list is located at WikiProject Biography/Politics and government/Unreferenced BLPs and currently contains 353 articles.
 * WP:URBLPR is focusing on clearing out the backlog based on the month in which each article was tagged as being unreferenced. The current task is Category:Unreferenced BLPs from September 2009, and it is the last month remaining from 2009.
 * You can also reference a or make your own lists using one of the catscan tools, such as this search for |9&doit=1 Canadian politicians.

All you have to do is pick your articles and then add suitable references from reliable sources and remove the BLP unsourced template. There is no need to log your changes, register or remove the articles from the list. If you need any help, or have any comments, please ask at WP:URBLPR or WT:URBLP.

Thank you for any assistance you can provide. The-Pope (talk) 16:28, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Jim DeMint
For a U.S. Senator, Jim DeMint has a very poor article. It reqires a lot of expansion, and the section about his career as a U.S. Rep, for which he served for SIX years prior to becoming Senotr (1999-2005) is empty. For a potential Presidential candidate in 2012, this is very bad. SOXROX (talk) 22:47, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Request for comment - Santorum (neologism)
Request for Comment discussion started, please see Talk:Santorum_(neologism).
 * Santorum (neologism)
 * Thank you for your time, -- J N  466  16:25, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Good article review of Tim Pawlenty
I have done a good article review of Governor Tim Pawlenty and am informing wikiprojects associated with the article so that improvements can be made to the article. Ryan Vesey  Review me!  23:30, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Ferdinand Marcos and TfD:Template:The Marcoses
Is there anyone here with an interest in the Philippines? If so, please come and have a look at TfD:Template:The Marcoses. There is a discussion there which is relevant to this project. In the course of considering a proposal to delete Template:The Marcoses I discovered that links to articles about many opponents of - and some collaborators with - Ferdinand Marcos are not linked to the text in his article, merely to this badly named and concealed navbox, which is now proposed for deletion. These include Insurgency in the Philippines, New People's Army, Moro National Liberation Front, Assassination of Ninoy Aquino, NAMFREL and People Power Revolution. Also, Constitution of the Philippines is a link hidden underneath alternative text, and Rolex 12 only appears without elaboration under "See also". Some of these are in danger of being orphaned. I sincerely hope that someone here will take an interest in rectifying the situation. Thanks.  Rubywine. talk 22:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Template:The Marcoses
I have opened a discussion topic Template name and contents at Template_talk:The_Marcoses.  Rubywine. talk 10:23, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

WP:COI issues with Scott Smith (mayor)
I would like a third party to take a look at. I have tried to edit it, but I am getting reverted by a possible WP:SPA named that I feel is having some WP:COI issues.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:46, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Tom Kahn good article nominee
Tom Kahn was a democracy activist, first with the Socialist Party of America, then in the civil rights movement (with Bayard Rustin and Rachelle Horowitz), and the AFL–CIO International Affairs Department (where he worked to support Solidarity (Polish trade union).

The article Tom Kahn has been nominated as a WP:Good article. Writing a review is a chance to earn good karma!

Kiefer .Wolfowitz 19:31, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Berezovsky article
Editors are removing reliably sourced information from the Boris Berezovsky article, and on the talk page seem to indicate that it is a WP:BLP violation. Can uninvolved editors take a look at Talk:Boris_Berezovsky_(businessman) and opine over there. There appears to be gaming going on to keep relevant information out of an article. Appreciate any input on the talk page. Thanks, Russavia Let's dialogue 20:21, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Portal:History
Is up for FPOC. This is one of the highest (if not the highest) visibility portal on Wikipedia, I recommend commenting on it! Cheers, Res Mar 23:28, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

AfD
Please see: Articles for deletion/Pratt–Romney family. BigJim707 (talk) 18:31, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Leon Panetta as a United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month candidate
Greetings, as a WikiProject that relates to this article, this notice was sent to let you know that the article, Leon Panetta, has been nominated to be a future Collaboration of the Month article. All editors interested in voting for or improving these article are encouraged to participate. You can cast your vote here. --Kumioko (talk) 16:40, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Luke Ravenstahl/GA2
GA article up for review at Talk:Luke Ravenstahl/GA2.--GrapedApe (talk) 04:04, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Barack Obama FAR
There is a discussion ongoing at Featured article review/Barack Obama/archive9Lihaas (talk) 16:26, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Project scope
Is this project just intended for politician and government officials or does it also include political atavists (NGOs etc.) and social workers and community leaders who do not hold government office positions?--Traveler100 (talk) 07:17, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Nabeel Rajab GAN
The article Nabeel Rajab has been nominated for Good article status. Interested editor can start review process by clicking here.  Mohamed CJ  (talk)  00:44, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Kerry Bentivolio NPOV review request
Can someone please look over the Kerry Bentivolio article? I tried to make it a little better, but I don't want to go too far in the opposite direction, probably be better to have someone who doesn't care about US politics at all do the final review/edit. Chadnibal (talk) 15:15, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Help with a Featured Article candidacy
I'd like to ask anyone who has any interest in military history to review Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre. So far Malleus Fatuorum and Dank have reviewed (and given their support) it. However, an extra pair of eyes would be really, really welcomed. The candidacy page is here. Thank you very much, --Lecen (talk) 16:00, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Alben W. Barkley
An RFC on whether this article is too long and contains too many references has been opened. You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Alben W. Barkley. Acdixon (talk · contribs) 13:36, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

U.S. Election editnotice
I've created U.S. Election notice as an editnotice template for use on articles affected by the U.S. general election. Since the election is in early November and many of those elected don't take office until mid-to-late January, we tend to have a lot of jump-the-gun updating. This editnotice is intended to prevent some of that editing by reminding editors that there is a difference between editing and inauguration. I'm not mass-implementing it generally, but if you see that an article is drawing a lot of good faith errors, this is available. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 20:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Patrick Murphy RfC
Input is encouraged at Talk:Patrick Murphy (Florida politician). Instaurare (talk) 19:15, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Arthur Schultz
I've requested a good article reassessment of Arthur Schultz. See:  -- Mesconsing (talk) 18:53, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer, 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 will be removed from the article. AIR corn (talk) 12:56, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

GA review
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Elizabeth_Warren/GA2#GA_Reassessment - You  really  can  21:39, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

RfC for Juan Manuel de Rosas: please help!
A Request for Comment has been made regarding Juan Manuel de Rosas, who governed the Argentine Confederation from 1829 until 1852. The discussion is on this link. Please take your time to comment. --Lecen (talk) 00:57, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

I need help to avoid an edit war at Bill Clinton
Please comment at Talk:Bill_Clinton or just step in and edit as you see fit.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

COI at Govind Singh?
It might be worth keeping some eyeballs on Indian politician Govind Singh, I suspect User:GOVIND SINGH MEHRAT has something to tell us...Le Deluge (talk) 01:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

RFC on Nautrality at Narendra Modi
Asking about whether the article on the prominent and controversial Indian Hindu nationalist politican Narendra is currently neutral.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 21:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

RfC: Should the section title for Academic freedom controversy be changed?
There is an RfC here Talk:Hans-Hermann_Hoppe concerning the article on Hans-Hermann Hoppe. There is extensive background discussion elsewhere on the talk page there. SPECIFICO talk  02:21, 25 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Note: I have revised the section heading here to reflect what the RfC title is and modified the link to create a Wikilink. – S. Rich (talk) 14:26, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Help reviewing draft article for Alex Castellanos
Hi, I'm looking for anyone who might be willing to review a new draft I have prepared for Alex Castellanos's article. While he is not a politician, he is a high-profile political consultant. Currently, his article could use some improvement, so I've written a new draft to propose as a replacement. As I've written this draft on behalf of Purple Strategies—Castellanos' communications firm—I have a conflict of interest and am looking for other editors to review this draft for me, rather than making edits to the live article myself. The new draft and issues with the current article are explained in more detail on the article's talk page and my proposed draft is in my user space here: User:16912_Rhiannon/Alex_Castellanos

It would be great to have editors from this WikiProject take a look. Feel free to make any small changes in the user space draft and don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 13:26, 29 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi again, I'm still looking for help with this article, if anyone here has some time to take a look. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk &middot; COI) 00:57, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅ This has now been reviewed. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk &middot; COI) 21:25, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

RfC on title of Sarah Brown (wife of Gordon Brown)
Hi, there is an RM/RfC here that may be of interest to this project. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:04, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Help with Jim DeMint article
Hi there. I'm an employee of The Heritage Foundation and I'm looking for editors to review a section I would like to add to the Jim DeMint article. DeMint is a former U.S. congressman, and the current president of The Heritage Foundation, which is why I don't want to make the change without other editors looking at what I've written.

I have written a new version of the U.S. Representative section, which is actually currently blank. I've left a more detailed request on the talk page, so please look there if you'd like to help improve this article. Thanks! Thurmant (talk) 15:36, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Help on section of Anthony G. Brown article
Could someone (preferably someone not from Maryland) take a look at the entire Lieutenant Governor section of Anthony G. Brown, it appears to need paring down (and references from Press releases suck).Naraht (talk) 03:23, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

RfC on Talk:Barack Obama
There is an RfC at Talk:Barack Obama. Please comment there. Wilhelm Meis (&#9742; Diskuss &#124; &#x270D; Beiträge) 21:42, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to join a discussion
Through this way, I inform there is a discussion at WT:Disambiguation about partially disambiguated titles, known as "PDABs". This subguide of WP:D affects articles in this WikiProject, some examples listed at WP:NC-GAL. There you can give ideas or thoughts about what to do with this guideline. Note this discussion is not to modify any aspect of NC-GAL. Thanks. Tb hotch .™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions.  01:10, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

RfC relating to articles on Canadian governors general
An RfC about the use of images in infoboxes on biography articles about Canada's governors general has been started at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons. Please give your opinion on the matter there to help resolve a dispute. Thanks. -- Ħ   MIESIANIACAL  15:44, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Help with stalled discussion on Jim DeMint's article
Hello again. As I explained above on June 14th, I'm an employee of The Heritage Foundation and I'm now looking for editors to review another section I've written for the Jim DeMint article. DeMint is a former U.S. congressman, and the current president of The Heritage Foundation, which is why I am asking for help here.

This time I have written a revision for the Reception, policies, and politics section which needs updating to meet Wikipedia standards. If you look at the section now you'll see that there are two different tags pointing out problems.

Since I originally posted this request on the article's talk page a couple of editors have been involved in the discussion, however the focus shifted towards COI editing and the heading for the section. If there are any editors here who are willing to review the content of the revision and let me know if they think it is an appropriate replacement I would be very thankful.

The full discussion and my draft can be seen on the talk page. Please take a look at that if you want to help. Thanks! Thurmant (talk) 17:58, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Factually correct? Maybe, but there's still a [ citation needed ] ... (right?)
Please see Talk:Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.

PS: Sorry if I have posted this in the wrong place. Any comments / advice would be appreciated. --Mike Schwartz (talk) 01:32, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Ban Ki-moon FAR
I have nominated Ban Ki-moon 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. -- Khazar2 (talk) 17:02, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

GAR
Winston Churchill, 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. Dana boomer (talk) 01:06, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Human height
Just seeking a wider range of input from informed persons at Template_talk:Height.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 01:22, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

POV issues on David Stupich
I just noted this addition and formatted the cite, which is a well-known book on BC's history of political scandal by a certain partisan MSM newspaper editor. There's a lot of tub-thumping about certain scandals, even after the protagonists are dead, and a lot of petty speculations kicking about; the cite is to a googlebooks preview which doesn't show that page, whether it says what this says I can't be sure of, but it does impugn guilt against two other people and presumes/speculates in hyperbolic language - "public outrage" is Rayner's own hype, IMO. Because of the Adrian Dix matter I keep my hands off patrolling POV additions to British Columbia politician pages, but figured I'd better report this for review by more experienced BLP editors; Stupich isn't BLP, as he's dead, but the other people are alive. And as often in BC, accusation and imputation are treated as proof/evidence - Rayner himself in his years as editor of The Province was not innocent of this himself. POV sources produce POV content IMO....Skookum1 (talk) 04:31, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Hillary Rodham Clinton move request
Greetings! A proposal has been made at Talk:Hillary Rodham Clinton to change the title of the article, Hillary Rodham Clinton to Hillary Clinton. This notification is provided because this article is listed as being of interest to this project. Cheers! bd2412 T 17:54, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

List of LGBT elected British politicians
I think this recent article may need some attention - there are multiple issues - I have left some comments  on its talk page.--Smerus (talk) 12:22, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Peer review request
Would anybody be willing to peer review Theodore Roosevelt? It got demoted from FA back in June 2008, and I have been actively working with and  to try to at least bring it back up to GA. Beforehand, a peer review would be much appreciated. Please click here to review. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 21:21, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Move request at Talk:Sarah Jane Brown
There is currently a move request at Talk:Sarah Jane Brown in which some project members might be interested. 131.111.185.66 (talk) 20:11, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

RfC on Angela Merkel
...regarding the inclusion of a photograph of her grandfather in the article. Participation welcome.Volunteer Marek (talk) 02:19, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

RfC on Ian Gow
Please direct your attention to Talk:Ian_Gow, where the question is whether the make of Ian Gow's car (the one he got blown up in) is relevant enough to warrant inclusion in the article. There's an ongoing dispute, going on for over three years, and an RfC (that is, you) might could help settle that. Thanks in advance, Drmies (talk) 14:47, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Presidency of Shimon Peres
The article Presidency of Shimon Peres needs a lot of work. As this term is now in the past, it's a good time to work on it. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 03:47, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Michelle Obama/archive3
Please come comment at Featured article candidates/Michelle Obama/archive3.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:53, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Help with Tucker Eskew biography
Hi, I've prepared some new material for political consultant Tucker Eskew's article and I'm looking for some editors to review it. I'm working on behalf of Eskew's company, Vianovo, so I will not make direct edits to the page myself due to my conflict of interest. Would someone here be able to take a look? The drafts and more information about the requested changes are on the Talk page here. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 21:05, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Just to note: this has been done. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk &middot; COI) 20:01, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Expert attention
This is a notice about Category:Biography/Politics and government articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 21:08, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Ilse Koch - importance and expert attention
This is a request to upgrade the importance of the Ilse Koch page and suggest locating an expert. Ms. Koch was a major figure in post-WWII war crimes prosecutions, and plays a large role in several histories about the period, a number of books, and even spawned a B-movie. She also appears to be, from what we have here and what's on google, utterly fascinating, way beyond the material on her page.

I'd love to try to do this myself, but I think WWII history is such a complex and contentious subject that it should be handled by people with experience and expertise.

Djcheburashka (talk) 05:43, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

TFAR notification
I've nominated an article relevant to this project for WP:TFAR consideration, discussion at Today's featured article/requests/George B. McClellan. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:15, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Geoffrey (archbishop of York) nomination for Today's Featured Article
I've nominated the article Geoffrey (archbishop of York) to be considered for Today's Featured Article, nomination discussion is at Today's featured article/requests/Geoffrey (archbishop of York). &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:43, 28 November 2014 (UTC)