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Is Talk:Francisco M. Carreón really a C-Class and High article? Is my previous assessment to the article good, so far?--JL 09 q?c 13:07, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello all,
I've started a discussion on the biography article for Jody Turner about getting it reviewed for subjectivity. I just wanted to re-iterate here that I'd like to have someone review the article for accuracy and objectivity. Thanks.
Groundfloor711 (talk) 01:33, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Can I request a task force,please,within your group to have a team of people who oversee insertion of images of people - especially living people - where biographical subjects have, on their talk page, a request for a picture? This group could also ensure that only pictures in the public domain,i.e. not those that are copyright, are used for this purpose. Many thanks, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:48, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
A little help would be appreciated; I don't want to edit war, but I do believe these edits, while surely good-faith [1], [2], [3], [4] introduce an event that was not of major import, either nationally or to Hope's biography, and of questionable merit for inclusion in the article. Partially sourced, overall tone is personal/essay. Any help/suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, JNW (talk) 03:12, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
This issue doesn't appear to be covered explicitly by any policy or guideline, so I thought I'd ask about it here. I am preparing to write a biography about a woman who clearly meets the notability standards. Her husband is frequently mentioned in reliable third party sources, but I'd estimate that he is just below the threshold of notability because there's never been a profile on him alone. As individuals their notability derives from a shared involvement in the same field of endeavor, and their activities have considerable overlap. I figure his material might take a short section. Another option is that there are articles about actual married couples:Category:Married couples. However they are rarely referred to together, as in "John and Jane Smith" (thought there are a few such references). Any thoughts on the best way to proceed? Will Beback talk 03:57, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
What would be the correct way to structure an article on a person who made lasting, distinct contributions to architecture and ethnography and lesser contributions to geology, music, endineering etc.? Unlike Leonardo or Galileo he lived a very short life, twenty years of active work, and practiced all his arts concurrently. I was thinking of a structure:
with the middle three sections describing the same 20-year period. I suspect that these concurrent sections may confuse the reader; what would you suggest? NVO (talk) 08:45, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Please comment here. –xenotalk 22:42, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I've expanded the Joel Chandler Harris article quite a bit over the past few days, and would appreciate it if anyone would want to help add, subtract, clean up, and/or de-bias it. There is some forthcoming peer-reviewed scholarship to be released on his journalism work sometime this fall, so I have chosen not to make much headway in that section until that's released. The "Other Works" section is a little scrawny too, mostly because I haven't gotten to it yet. BardSeed (talk) 21:42, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Should ((WPBiography)) be listed on band articles? — Ched : ? 20:44, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
|musician-work-group=yes
. PC78 (talk) 20:53, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
((WPBiography|musician-work-group=yes))
and the larger scope of the biography project should be seen as flexible (though not without limits). Whether or not these articles should be tagged with ((BLP)) via the |living=
parameter in ((WPBiography)) is another question; that too has been discussed, my understanding being that BLP applies to all articles equally so it's not inappropriate to do so, though it may be better if they were tagged with ((BLP others)) instead (which does not add pages to Category:Biography articles of living people). IMO, while band articles aren't biographies per se, I do regard them as biographical and am inclined to liken them to biographis of multiple people. If I can think on I'll try and throw you a few links to past discussions. PC78 (talk) 21:55, 6 October 2009 (UTC)There are a few somewhat-related issues here.
--MZMcBride (talk) 22:27, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
xeno: There are likely still hundreds (possibly thousands) of unaccounted for biographies of living people on Wikipedia that aren't properly categorized in Category:Living people. Do you have a feasible suggestion for finding them? :-) (By the way, K-Ci & JoJo is a pretty good example of the band issue discussed above.) --MZMcBride (talk) 02:03, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
\{\{WPBiography.*?living[ ]*=[ ]*yes.*?(!musician-working-group[ ]*=[ ]*yes).*?\}\}
Just a note: Category:Biographies of multiple people. Rich Farmbrough, 17:32, 9 October 2009 (UTC).
Can anyone recommend two or three model biographies of current business leaders, to which the authors of PR fluff like this could be pointed as examples of how to do it? JohnCD (talk) 23:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
There is a category, Category:Biography articles needing priority parameter replacement that is populated by “((WPBiography))-tagged talk pages have an active |importance=
parameter which needs to be changed to |priority=
.” I have been taking care of the pages that drop into the category from time to time, no more than five in a day.
There are now more than 56,000 pages in the category and the number is growing. I have looked at five pages to verify that that many could have been lurking waiting to be found. None of the pages has a |importance=
parameter and each has a |priority=
. Did one of the many programmers and template "experts" screw up again? How quickly will the category be de-populated? JimCubb (talk) 20:00, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Did the same mega-vandal cause Category-class articles to appear in Category:Biography articles without listas parameter? Can the offender be banned?
There have not been any vandals who have managed to screw up 60,000 pages and allowed to continue editing. JimCubb (talk) 20:11, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
The present English article on Milosz overstates the Lithuanian component of Milosz's identity. When I have made attempts to add or change information to the article, a Lithuanian correspondent immediately erases them. He should be banned from editing Wikipedia articles.Palmieri2 (talk) 11:00, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
The Kanhopatra GA nomination is being considered. Your thoughts are welcomed on the GA review page. --Nemonoman (talk) 12:11, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
I believe Mr. Hill drowned, and did not die during knee surgery. 67.52.232.130 (talk) 19:06, 15 October 2009 (UTC)10/15/09
The high importance article Aboriginal peoples in Canada needs some copy editing assistance as "the notable people section is very long relative to the other sections of the article". There was a pre-requisite that the lead section images are discussed in article, and the title lends itself to highlight some of the more notable Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many notable Aboriginal peoples have been cropped from the list format when the section was converted to prose format. How can the section again be cropped without conversion back to list which is eliminated for GA success.Thank you. SriMesh | talk 22:34, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Anne Hathaway (actress) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:34, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Ron Stone was the oldest surviving NZ football rep when he died in 2006 aged 93, and was therefore 19 or 20 when he played for NZ in 1933. Annalie Longo was up to 5 years younger when she became New Zealand's youngest full international, playing at age 15, therefore, knocking off 5 years from 1933 (being 1928), and any player making their debut for NZ prior to this must have been over 93 in 2006 and must be deceased!. Verging on WP:OR, and unable to prove it on an individual basis, so do I leave them as Category:living people or tag them as Category:Possibly living people, or is that enough to tag them Category:Year of death missing? Mostly I have no DOB as yet, so cannot use the "born before 1887" rule, and for the most part they would probably have been born between 1890 and 1905--ClubOranjeT 08:17, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
I have recently heard on TV that Boeta Dippenaar has a commercial pilot license. I wanted to start a discussion topic about this in his page itself but couldn't figure out how to. Please advise me on how to do this.
Sardaga (talk) 11:40, 21 October 2009 (UTC) Ska
I wonder if the Professor has considered self-awareness when we are asleep and dreaming? We appear to be able to make decisions in that state. Also - can it be memories of the past are carried within our DNA? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.213.220 (talk) 14:38, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
At the request of the August Derleth Society executive secretary, Kay Price, I am gradually making additions to the existing Wikipedia biography to more fully represent his entire literary output. Edits began a few days ago, and will continue, with citations from original and secondary source material over time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian D Campbell (talk • contribs) 03:08, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Ollanta Humala has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Malleus Fatuorum 15:30, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
My name is Vimalkumar Chandrakant Naik.I was born in Ahmedabad in 1954.I was raised in Valod since 1963 upto 1975.My family also belongs to Palvada Samaj.Shri Umedram Lalbhai Desai's biogrphy is wonderful.I do not know wether he belongs to my family tree as one of the forefathersor not.Still I feel proud of him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.149.151 (talk) 00:00, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
This article has clearly been put up by a member of a minor religious group trying to promote one of its leaders. Subhuti is not someone of general interest or of notable achievement, and I think the article needs to be removed.
Rudra85 (talk) 21:17, 23 October 2009 (UTC) Rudra85
I'm trying to bring the BLP article on Khaldoon Al Mubarak up to GA, I'd appreciate if people have time to help, comments at the current peer review would be most welcome. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 10:40, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
pasiziurekit koks baisus vertimas,vienos klaidos tekste?cia verte arba mokyklos nebaiges arba ne lietuvis? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.58.21.56 (talk) 12:44, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
ABOUT ANDY WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY
During the early 60's I used to watch a radio chat program called "Your Make Believe Ball Room".
As far as I remember, this radio program had chatted the song "Roses and Roses" at least among the top 20, since the program included only the top 20, but it was probably among the top 10.
This song is a version from the Brazilian composer Dorival Caymmi song "Das Rosas".
I think "Roses and Roses" single was a quite big hit by Andy Williams, but it's not included in his Wikipedia biography.
Regards,
Joao Manso
From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joao Manso (talk • contribs) 13:23, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Can anyone varify this statement on the Sydney Godolphin wiki?
"the gift of his late younger brother William"
Cant find any evidence for this gift, or the dates of death for Sir William Godolphin, the brother who raised the regiment.
A —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hatsock (talk • contribs) 20:43, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
In addition Acoustic Guitar Magazine has interviewed ambeR for a feature article in a article soon to be published (potentially Dec '09). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.70.222.210 (talk) 03:08, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
This note is to clarfiy that I hold the copyright to this biograpghy /company material in regard to the biograpghy of this living person.
I have sent an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions (at)wikimedia(dot)org and / or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and GNU Free Documentation License.
Thank you for your time.
Timothydb (talk) 12:10, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Timothy D. Bellavia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothydb (talk • contribs) 12:09, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
If this is not the right place to make this post, please move it.
Others have pointed out IPA is no readily understood by the casual reader - you do want Wikipedia to be understood by the casual reader don't you.
So my request is that pronunciation guides are written in a form of an Anglicised spelling ( such as easy = ee-zee) In particular I couldn't understand the pronunciation guide for the Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin in his biography. Alternatively you could possibly link to some speech software which can decode IPA (and its Irish variant) and create ( dynamically possibly) the sound of the name or words. thanks Davidseed (talk) 14:50, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Nathaniel Hawthorne has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. Awadewit (talk) 18:39, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I am John Means and I like the information posted. However there is more to the story. Dr. Gonzo existed from 1979 to 1999. In those twenty years, I opened for numerous bands including Joe Walsh, Night Ranger, Men At Work, Joan Baez, ABC, Haircut 100, Ambrosia, Blue Oyster Cult, Dave Mason, Ricky Nelson, Jerry Garcia, The Tubes, Pablo Cruise, ZZ Top, Missing Persons, Jefferson Starship, Starship, Greg Khin, Molley Hatchet, Santana, Lionel Hampton, The Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald, and many more. Comics I've appeared with include Drew Carrey, Rob Schnider, Bobby Slayton, Franklin Ajaye, Gary Schandling, Robin Williams, Ellen Degenerious, Will Durst, and many more. I hope your readers understand how the 80's and 90's were the pinnacle of stand-up comedy. Fixing my hometown is my priority with my wife Peggy. PJ's is named after Peggy and John and Jack & Jo's Steakhouse is named after my parents. Thanx, John —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.52.146.169 (talk) 06:09, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Am I wrong to think there's no reason to have a separate article about this incident? Shouldn't it be included in the main article about Juan Perón? LargoLarry (talk) 20:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Please see the discussion I started at Talk:Hands of Perón. Thanks! LargoLarry (talk) 20:24, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Please feel free to comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cato June/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:21, 31 October 2009 (UTC)