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Requested moves

• 30 Jul 2024 – Ive (group) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to IVE (group) by 122141510 (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Jul 2024 – Patrick Deneen (political theorist) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Patrick Deneen by Biohistorian15 (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Jul 2024 – Tyler Reed (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Tyler Reed (American football) by Ortizesp (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Jul 2024 – James Ferguson (footballer, fl. 1905-15) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to James Ferguson (1900s–1910s footballer) by BarrelProof (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – Dan Hawkins (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dan Hawkins (American football) by Crouch, Swale (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – Dan Hawkins (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dan Hawkins by Crouch, Swale (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – Pierre Carl Ouellet (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to PCO (wrestler) by McPhail (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – Mary Manning (photographer) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lee Mary Manning by Infopetal (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – Sir John Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, 4th Baronet (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to John Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn by Fram (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – Shwekey (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Yaakov Shwekey by Yeshivish613 (t · c); see discussion

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Looking for collaboration in article "David Gonzalez"

Hi, I wrote this article by a multi-faceted New York artist that is now in draft format: Draft:David Gonzalez (multi-disciplinary artist). The article is part of Wikiproject arts, WikiProject Children's literature, and WikiProject Biographies.

I respectfully ask if anyone can help me in making the wording neutral.  The most important reference is an article from the NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/12/movies/orpheus-as-a-charmer-with-a-sax.html can also be viewed here:                  Thank you very much   Miskito89 (talk) 15:41, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Grag Queen

New stub for Brazilian drag performer and entertainer Grag Queen. Improvements welcome! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:29, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Input requested

A situation has come up regarding the spelling of one of Oscar Wilde's middle names. Any and all input here Talk:Oscar Wilde would be appreciated. Thanks. MarnetteD|Talk 18:44, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett has been nominated for a 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. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:43, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red March 2023

Women in Red Mar 2023, Vol 9, Iss 3, Nos 251, 252, 258, 259, 260, 261 Online events: New: Geofocus Mediterranean | Art + Activism | Alphabet run Q & R Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman | Folklore See also: #Visible Wiki Women Wikimedia challenge to add more images of women to Commons Tip of the month: Mobile phone readers may only see the article "lead" – take some time to make it shine! Include something to keep people reading. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Lajmmoore (talk) 12:51, 26 February 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging

FAR for Sex Pistols

I have nominated Sex Pistols for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the 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" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 00:43, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Jonathan Karp

Hello! On behalf of American book editor, publisher, and writer Jonathan Karp, I've submitted a few edit requests to update his biography. One of the requests is about crediting him for his contributions to a selection of specific books, based on multiple reliable sources.

Are any project members able to take a look at the ongoing discussions? Thanks in advance for any feedback or article updates! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:J. J. Wright#Requested move 23 February 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:J. J. Wright#Requested move 23 February 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Fuzheado | Talk 03:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Aura Eternal

Aura Eternal is WikiProject Drag Race's Collaboration of the Month for March.

Project members are invited to help improve the stub for this Italian drag queen.

Thanks and happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:19, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Kelly's most recent win

Latinamericanguy (talk) 23:55, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

There should most certainly be new information about his most recent pipe master's victory. Latinamericanguy (talk) 23:55, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

RfC notice

There is a request for comment at the Village Pump that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Shells-shells (talk) 21:19, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Ian Gibbons (biochemist)

Ian Gibbons (biochemist) -- was the Chief Scientist of Theranos, who took his own life amid controversy over the company's technology. Recently expanded article and nominated for Good Article consideration. Thank you, Princessa Unicorn (talk) 03:07, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Sanctus Real

Sanctus Real has been nominated for a 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. Hog Farm _Talk 02:17, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Potential AfD for biog article

Biog of Nicolas Sarkis appears to be promoting his book and little else. I can't see what makes the subject notable. The article refers to his book as his 'first' but he has no other publications. There is little that comes up on a search of his name. The biog is mainly sourced from his publisher's website, other citations are dead or deprecated links (one to Bloomberg is generic and takes you to current news). Repetition used to create headings. I will tag it soon if there's no objections. Thelisteninghand (talk) 16:27, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography#Proposal: Moving post-nominals from lead sentences to article bodies

An RM that will be of interest to editors here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:22, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

How to deal with SPA biography editors

How to deal with users convinced (in over 100 edits) that everyone is of a certain nationality, sometimes even in direct contradiction to the sources? It's not wrong enough to be obvious vandalism and there are useful edits as well, but it's wrong often enough to be disturbing. --mfb (talk) 07:52, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Signups open for The Core Contest

The Core Contest—Wikipedia's most exciting contest—will take place this year from April 15 to May 31. The goal: to improve vital or other core articles, with a focus on those in the worst state of disrepair. Editing can be done individually, but in the past groups have also successfully competed. There is £300 of prize money divided among editors who provide the "best additive encyclopedic value". Signups are open now. Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24.

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Discussion at Eddie Izzard

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Eddie Izzard#Requested move 15 March 2023 , which is within the scope of this WikiProject. The topic of the discussion is on moving the article due to Izzard's recent name change. Note, I'm making this notification manually as the RM doesn't seem to have been added to the list at the top by the bot. Sideswipe9th (talk) 19:43, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Living people articles with talk pages, but no WP:BIOGRAPHY tag

Here's an SQL query that trivially finds living people pages that have talk pages but are not tagged as being under WP:BIOGRAPHY: https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/72401

I hope this is useful. — The Anome (talk) 16:28, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Notice of RFC on Rod Steiger

For those interested, there's currently a RFC asking should the biography of Rod Steiger include an infobox? Thanks! Nemov (talk) 03:49, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Imadaddin Nasimi#Requested move 16 March 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Imadaddin Nasimi#Requested move 16 March 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. EpicPupper (talk) 01:17, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Tom Westman still under relisted AFD discussion

More input is welcome, especially after two relistings. Link: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Westman (2nd nomination). George Ho (talk) 10:19, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Colin Espie

Y'all may want to take a look at Colin Espie: an editor recently added a number of in-text URLs. My recollection is that these are discouraged. 76.14.122.5 (talk) 20:13, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Input requested

A thread has been started at the talk page for Oliver Hardy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) regarding recent edits. Any input will be appreciated. MarnetteD|Talk 23:19, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red April 2023

Women in Red Apr 2023, Vol 9, Iss 4, Nos 251, 252, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266 Online events: New: Gender studies | Health | Dance | Alphabet run S & T | Books by women Continuing: Peace and Diplomacy (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman | See also: Women in Red is supporting Every Book Its Reader through our Books by women event. Tip of the month: When writing about a book, check WP:NBOOK for notability, then see MOS:NOVEL, WP:NONFICTION or WP:POETRYSTANDARDS for guidance. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

--Lajmmoore (talk) 07:50, 27 March 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Proposed deletion of Robert Wiedemer

The article Robert Wiedemer has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Has failed WP:N for 10.23 years. After cleanup and reconstitution, I found little else to support an article, and what I did failed WP:RSP.

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= | 14:17, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for William Bradford (printer, born 1663)

William Bradford (printer, born 1663) has been nominated for a 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. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:26, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Isaac of Nineveh#Requested move 27 March 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Isaac of Nineveh#Requested move 27 March 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ❯❯❯ Raydann^(Talk) 09:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Discussion of interest

The discussion here, at Talk:Leo Frank, may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:18, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography#Remove the "living" qualifier in MOS:DEADNAME, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. The discussion is about removing the living qualifier from MOS:DEADNAME. Thanks. Sideswipe9th (talk) 23:27, 5 April 2023 (UTC)