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WikiProject Biography

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Upside-down lists of works

If you spot a list of works, or a list of awards, that is in reverse-chronological order, please either correct it to chronological order as per the manual of style at WP:LOW, or tag it with the template {{MOSLOW}}. This template looks like this:

A helpful tool is User:Whilding87/ListReverser.

New workgroups: new template parameters & help needed

We have two new workgroups, Wikipedia:WikiProject Peerage and Wikipedia:WikiProject Baronetcies. Baronetcies is a child project of Peerage which is a child project of Biography.

I've updated our template with two new parameters to support these workgroups:

• peerage-work-group=yes
• baronets-work-group=yes

(with some tweaks to follow). I've also written a script to create assessment categories, which I used to set their categories up. I'll also be adding code to support the new params to my plugin, and doing a bot run.

So... since that's a lot of work, I'd be grateful if somebody else (who know's what they're doing) could:

• Add the WP Bio navigation templates and other information to the pages of the 2 new projects, like already at WP:BROY and WP:MUSICIANS
• Add the new workgroups to the navigation templates
• Ensure that the workgroups' infrastructure is properly categorised within WikiProject Biography.

Thanks. --kingboyk 23:07, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Anyone? I can't do everything myself! --kingboyk 12:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:LGBT still needs help.

We still have a list of people categorized as LGBT whose articles need to be checked for reliable sourcing. We've done 128 so far, and could do with more help! This effort is necessary and urgent, to comply with Wikipedia's policy on living persons. Please take a few moments to source one article; if you've got time, do another. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:23, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Michael Phelps

There's an issue on this page over a DUI incident and whether it is given undue weight in the article and even if it should be included at all. Can someone provide their input. Mahanga^Talk 23:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Malcolm Sargent

User:Tim riley, I and others have put together a rather thoroughly researched article on Sir Malcolm Sargent. Both Tim and I are somewhat technologically challenged, but the text is all there. I suspect it would be easy to get this article up to GA or even FA status if anyone wants to help with images, etc. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 15:18, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers

Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers has been established out of council consensus. Please help setting up the film section to the biography template and project components, - reorded Arts and Entertainment etc. Thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 16:49, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Two questions

I am editing a biography article, Amir-Abbas Fakhravar and I have two questions.

1. Although I have found plenty of information from secondary sources regarding parts of his life, I have relied heavily on his own biography from his website for his background/family/university life. I just wanted to double check that this is OK?

1. I couldn't find any guidelines for which headings/sub headings are generally good to have in a biographical article. Are the ones I have used any good?

Cheers, --Rayis 17:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Ian MacAlister Stewart

I am trying to find out the date of death for this very little known person, if any body on this task force can help i would appreciate it. Thanks. Article is Ian MacAlister Stewart. Tristan benedict 20:23, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

death date and age template

Two users are persisting on adding a "death date and age template" to the FA Nick Drake; which only adds, as far as I can see, the goulish words -died at 26- to the infobox. I've reverted them a few times over the last few weeks, and have engaged in a circular argument on talk. Whats going on here, do I have to submit to this -in my openion- low value template? Ceoil 22:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

That would be the "circular argument" where you claimed we were a minority, despite outnumbering you 2:1? And told be to "buzz off" from the page? "Ghoulsih2 is your interpretation; since it's already in the body text, your concern would appear to be misplaced. The template not only adds that wording, it adds semantic structure to the data, which can be extracted and used by machines. Andy Mabbett 22:49, 7 April 2007 (UTC)