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Requested moves

• 03 Aug 2024 – Josef Ng (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Brother Cane (performance) by Queen of Hearts (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Aug 2024 – Oleksandr Oliynyk (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Oleksandr Mikolayovich—Oliynik by 5.43.65.30 (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Aug 2024 – James Bye (actor) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to James Bye by FishLoveHam (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Aug 2024 – Luciano (singer) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Luciano (Jamaican singer) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Aug 2024 – Abdul Aleem Khan (Hyderabad politician) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Abdul Aleem Khanzada by Robertsky (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2024 – Ted Wilson (1943–2013) (talk · edit · hist) (initially Ted Wilson (figure skater)) is requested to be moved to Ted Wilson (ice skating) by Quadrantal (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2024 – René Binet (neo-Fascist) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to René Binet by Biohistorian15 (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2024 – Maurice Clenock (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Morys Clynnog by Ham II (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2024 – David Long Jr. (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to David Long Jr. (linebacker) by WikiOriginal-9 (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2024 – Dagö (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dagö (band) by Jähmefyysikko (t · c); see discussion

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FAR for Oengus I

I have nominated Óengus I 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. Hog Farm _Talk 04:43, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for Óengus I

There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Óengus I/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped assure this article would retain its featured status. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:56, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested correction at Talk:Moniz_Bandeira#Name

I request the completion of the article name who contains only the last names of the person. --Fah (talk) 10:25, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

@Fah technically, there's nothing stopping you from moving the article to his full name. – robertsky (talk) 12:14, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Not technically - but my limited know how ;) so i would appreciate someone else doing it :) --Fah (talk) 20:44, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

@Fah and the full name of the subject is? – robertsky (talk) 09:33, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

The full name ist, interesting enough, mentioned in the first sentence of the article. But if you perhaps feel it beeing to long, i suggest the version beneath his image, "Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira".Fah (talk) 18:10, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

I have moved it to my best guess about the subject's WP:COMMONNAME. - Astrophobe (talk) 23:29, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Obituaries

Is an obituary in The Times (or any other major national newspaper) sufficient to establish notability? See the discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hugh Archer ("Sagette"). -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:17, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Edits by "new user"

Antimod made an account a few days ago. They started with just adding unnecessary wikilinks, which is kind of disruptive, but as soon as the autoconfirmation kicked in, they have been adding random citation needed tags to perfectly sourced information. Exclusively editing on biography and food science articles. Most concerning is this behavior at the David Beckham article, because of the amount and the article's prominence. Also of concern is the pattern of editing multiple articles, mostly through visual editor, within a few minutes. It looks strangely automated. But this isn't the editing behavior of a new editor, and it's just disruptive-without-being-vandalism enough to fly under radars while still being a massive detriment to the encyclopaedia. In a similar fashion to some other disruptive BLP editors I have noticed in recent times, they have a fascination with Judaism. Because of the line they walk, 1. it suggests they have enough knowledge of Wikipedia to know the line, and 2. there isn't enough concrete disruption to report. The username, anti-mod, is also concerning to me. For now, I think all we can do is be vigilant of their editing. Kingsif (talk) 13:58, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Amanda Seales

Did a bunch of expanding of the article Amanda Seales

• "adding bit about her being a guest host before becoming permanent co-host for The Real"
• "+new show"
• "+exchange with Caitlyn Jenner"
• "+Everything's Gonna Be All White"
• "+more on the AKA stuff"
• "+Black Lives Matter University segment"
• "+Smart Black and Funny segment on The Real"
• "→‎Film and television"
• 15 intermediate revisions, between before and after I expanded the article

My additions could probably do with a copyedit, if anyone wants to take a look :). —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 05:19, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Adrian Di Marco COI edit requests

Hi! I've posted some COI edit requests at Talk:Adrian Di Marco. Sharing in case anyone here is interested in taking a look. Thank you for any help or feedback! Mary Gaulke (talk) 20:20, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Retrial of Joan of Arc#Requested move 18 April 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Retrial of Joan of Arc#Requested move 18 April 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 08:50, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Help with Robert Rubin biography?

Greetings, I am working on behalf of the former Treasury secretary Robert Rubin to update to the article about him. (Because of my COI, I will not directly edit the article.) I am hoping someone here would be willing to take a look at my latest request. I'd appreciate anyone who would be willing to offer feedback or even consider making the proposed change. Happy to answer any questions about the request, as well. Thanks, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:13, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Aleksey Aygi#Requested move 20 April 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Aleksey Aygi#Requested move 20 April 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 16:46, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:David Einhorn (hedge fund manager)#Requested move 21 April 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:David Einhorn (hedge fund manager)#Requested move 21 April 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 04:47, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

May Women in Red events

Women in Red May 2022, Vol 8, Issue 5, Nos 214, 217, 227, 229, 230 Online events: New: Women in the Ancient World | British Overseas Territories Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Translation contest (second month) Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Wikimedia District of Columbia: 100 DC Women contest The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:51, 30 April 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Peabody Awards question

(copied from discussion I opened at BLP)

This may be more appropriate for Wikipedia:WikiProject Awards, but I have noticed inconsistency in how BLPs, specifically, handle Peabody Awards wins. Peabody Awards can be given to a variety of media, and broadly fall into two categories: personal and production. E.g. Martin Agronsky won a personal award, it was given to him, and Hailee Steinfeld was among the cast and crew cited when Dickinson received a production award. In both these cases, the Peabody is mentioned on the BLPs as their win, in the lead and awards.
The inconsistency doesn't really concern the personal awards, as I think it's clear those are for the person named, but when it comes to production awards there doesn't seem to be a standard for inclusion on BLPs of everyone mentioned in the citations across Wikipedia. The producers, typically, yes, but then in the case of Steinfeld, she gave the acceptance speech despite being part of the cast.
So, my question is whether we should include production Peabody Awards among the awards/honours on BLPs for everyone named in the citation, or if we should otherwise decide which categories of people should be mentioned, or if there should be no BLP mention of production Peabody Awards (leave it at the media, e.g. TV show, article)? Kingsif (talk) 19:58, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Yes

Need photo Prolinkodigital (talk) 21:47, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

@Prolinkodigital: What needs a photo? Peaceray (talk) 21:56, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Presumably the article at the one other edit they've made, Vidyabhushana, which needs deleting instead. Kingsif (talk) 22:38, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Sonny Leon

I recently created an article for Sonny Leon, the jockey of Rich Strike, the winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby. His notability has been questioned. Any help would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 18:48, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Pierre Poilievre voted repeatedly against equal rights marriage.

[of the 38th Canadian Parliament and same-sex marriage]April 9: Was one of the public speakers at the "March 4 Marriage" protest by the DefendMarriage.ca group in Ottawa. Counter protests followed by equal-marriage groups such as The Stephen Harper Coalition — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheAbsoluteTruthForTheWorld (talk • contribs) 18:57, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Panos Mourdoukoutas

The article Panos Mourdoukoutas has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence of meeting any notability requirements

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

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

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} 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. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:47, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

GAR

Eddie Bayers has been nominated for a community 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. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 05:10, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

FAR notice

I have nominated Maximus the Confessor 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. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Draft:SJ (rapper)

Hello, it’s been like 50 days since the article Draft:SJ (rapper) has been submitted and it still hasn’t been reviewed yet could someone please at least check it out, Thank You. UK Rap and Drill Editor (talk) 22:29, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Greg Hsu#Requested move 8 May 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Greg Hsu#Requested move 8 May 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 09:48, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi EpicPupper, thanks for your time and help. If you need any more information, please feel free to let me know. Have a great day! Doedoeneoneo (talk) 06:00, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

James Robert Baker Featured article review

I have nominated James Robert Baker 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. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:56, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Kathleen Freeman (classicist)

Lajmmoore, Another Believer and I have been discussing how to describe Freeman's sexual orientation at Talk:Kathleen Freeman (classicist)#"Freeman was gay", advice from other editors will be welcome. TSventon (talk) 14:26, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Rohitashv#Requested move 13 May 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Rohitashv#Requested move 13 May 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Megan B.... ^{It’s all coming to me} till the end of time 10:08, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Hey!

I've recently submitted my first article for Draft:Raffaello Degruttola, and really hope I've done a good job! Are you able to provide any tips - I know I would benefit massively from the many, many years of Wikipedia experience on this page!

Rafffan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rafffan (talk • contribs) 15:08, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Bobby Eaton

I have nominated Bobby Eaton 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. BloatedBun (talk) 07:43, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Bongbong Marcos#Requested move 19 May 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Bongbong Marcos#Requested move 19 May 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 11:02, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Text corrections for Bill Ackman

Hello! Francis here, representing Pershing Square Capital Management. I've registered an account to propose article improvements, starting with the Bill Ackman biography. Given my conflict of interest, I'll be sharing suggestions on the discussion page instead of editing directly. So far, I've submitted requests to correct a dollar figure and update the title for Lawrence David Ackman in the "early life and education" section. The requests remain unreviewed, if any WikiProject Biography members are willing to take a look. Thank you! FMatPSCM (talk) 19:30, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

{{request edit}} can be helpful for this. It puts requests in a queue, which can get more attention for your proposals. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:10, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: Thanks for the suggestion. I've included {{request edit}} on each of my requests, which remain unanswered but I'm hopeful editors will be able to assist soon. Please let me know if other venues for assistance come to mind. Thanks again! FMatPSCM (talk) 17:29, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Requesting help in assessment of a new article

Hello! Can I please request some help to assess the Somoza family stub I have been working on. Since starting on the stub I have added a substantial amount of content and various pieces of media (images and a timeline) so I think it is time for a reclassification. This is the first article I have edited on Wikipedia so I would appreciate any tips for improvement as I am aiming for a C- or B- class article. Thank you! Lilac Koala (talk) 09:39, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Is a historical marker a sufficient source for date of birth?

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Sources for Rosalie Slaughter Morton's date of birth, where input on sourcing is welcomed. Sam Walton (talk) 18:52, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

John III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard

Found this via Special:Random. It needs a fair bit of work, but I'm not an expert in this sort of field so thought I would discuss it here since its talk page doesn't get much attention.

I would do work on it with fellow editors if there's anyone willing to help.

--Easteary861 (talk) 16:34, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Charles Goodhart Requesting Help Assessing New Article

Hi All!

I just finished making edits on the stub for Charles Goodhart. Since starting on the stub I have added a substantial amount of content and various pieces of media (images and a table) so I think it is time for a reclassification. This is the first article I have edited on Wikipedia so I would appreciate any tips for improvement. Only posting here because the article's talk page has no traffic.

Thanks! Sam.Mack1 (talk) 14:24, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

FAR

I have nominated Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery 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. Ravenswing 02:01, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Jo In-sung#Requested move 23 May 2022

An editor has requested for Jo In-sung to be moved to Zo In-sung. Since you had some involvement with Jo In-sung, you might want to participate in the move discussion (if you have not already done so). Tempjrds (talk) 01:50, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Molly White

Project members are invited to help improve the newly-created Molly White (writer) entry, thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:41, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

June events from Women in Red

Women in Red June 2022, Vol 8, Issue 6, Nos 214, 217, 227, 231, 232, 233 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ women | Greenland and the Faroes | Women in music Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Translation contest (third and last month) Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 09:19, 31 May 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Stephanie Cutter page update request

Hi editors, my name is Christian and I work for Precision Strategies. I was hoping to make some updates to the Stephanie Cutter article and was hoping someone here might be interested! She's a consultant and worked in the White House and on President Obama's campaigns. I made similar requests at WikiProject American Politics and WikiProject Massachusetts but so far I haven't gotten any responses. Please let me know if you want to help! PrecisionChristian (talk) 15:58, 31 May 2022 (UTC)