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January 28[edit]

Brett Christophers[edit]

I love Wikipedia: my question is not a criticism. I am genuinely curious about why Brett Christophers has no Wikipedia page. An assistant professor at the University of Uppsala, Brett Christophers has published 11 books, with his most popular a piece on rentier capitalism. Today economic issues of this nature are profoundly important and gaining in popularity. I consider this a very positive indication in terms of the reading level at which students in the public school system in the United States are graduating (5th garde level is the latest I've seen. A decline since the 8th grade level reported some time ago, and interesting for many reasons (the loss of reading skills and popularity associated with increased electronic media in society and the essential skills necessary for adults' skills necessary to our founders' goals for democrasy in the United States.) Abuses noted pertaining to "addictive" algorithms used in the creation of Facebook, and the consequences of the management of personal information, the criteria for account development and practices using the network, influences upon various political outcomes in several countries and gaining notariety, etc. make issues relevant to how the economic changes in the United States are enormously pressing. I just do not get why Wikipedia is not coverng this man's activity. I do not have the time or talent to contribute myself, or I woud. I am in fact working on a thesis regarding human development and my interest is also driving the question. Amazon reports the author as not having a 'page'. That is actuallt what sparked my interest. Thank you. My email address is [redacted; --L.] Linda Linda A. May 2603:301D:22F0:C000:75ED:36CB:33BF:AFD4 (talk) 11:49, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The content of Wikipedia is created by unpaid volunteers; any given topic may have flown under their radar or not be in the scope of their expertise and interest. One fundamental question is whether this person is notable in Wikipedia's sense of this word, whether as an academic or as an author. The volume of an individual's output is not relevant; the only thing that counts if there is enough material, published in independent reliable sources and covering a topic in sufficient depth to base an article on. If you can find such material, you're welcome to write a draft for an article (see Help:Your first article) and submit it. It may just be a "stub" and need not much work; other editors who stumble upon it will expand and improve it. Alternatively, you can submit a request at Requested articles and hope somewhat picks it up, but know that there is a huge backlog. Adding links to usable material (such as book reviews and interviews) may somewhat expedite this. --Lambiam 14:02, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sky News presenter[edit]

What's the name of this woman presenter? Appears regularly in Ukrainian war map analysis. Thanks. 212.180.235.46 (talk) 22:47, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

~~I think it's Penny Smith. --Viennese Waltz 07:55, 29 January 2023 (UTC)~~[reply]

Anna Botting. Nanonic (talk) 15:38, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]