Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Collaboration

Every other week a Collaboration of the week will be picked using this page. This is a specific topic related to biographies which either has no article or can be drastically improved with the goal of a =featured-standard article by the end of the two weeks, from widespread cooperative editing.

Template:BioCurrentCOTW.

Template:BioCOTWs The next winner may be selected on Sunday, June 26, 18:00 (UTC). The current date and time is 19:11, May 25, 2024.
Previous winners can be found at /History.
Removed nominations can be found at /Removed.

Selecting the next Collaboration of the week

• Voting
  • Users are allowed to vote only for those candidates that were nominated after they had registered. The votes of unregistered users will not be taken into consideration. Register at the Create account / log in page in order to be eligible to vote for future candidates.
  • To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with "# ~~~~". This will add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item.
  • A vote will be taken to include a pledge that the voter will contribute to the article if it is selected.
  • Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see Approval voting).
• Tie-breakers
  • In case of a tie, voting will be extended for 24 hours. If there is still a tie, the candidate that was nominated first wins.
• Nominations
  • New nominations can be made at any time and should be added at the end of this page. Please use the template at the bottom of this page.
  • If the page you are nominating already exists, please add {{BioCOTWs}} to the top of its talk page. This expands to:

• Considerations for nominations

• • Please only nominate articles which don't currently exist or can be drastically improved.
  • Giving reasons as to why an article should become the COTW may assist others in casting their vote.
• Pruning
  • The nomination will be moved to /Removed if it has not received 3 votes after 14 days on the list, 6 votes after 28 days, 9 votes after 42 days, and so on. Essentially, an article needs to get 3 nominations every two weeks until the Sunday on which it has the most votes.

Candidates for next week

If an article wins, please add {{BioCOTWnow}} to the top of the article, which will show up as: Template:BioCOTWnow Also add the BioCOTWvoter template to the talk pages of all the people who voted for the current BioCOTW winner.

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Nominees

Tim LaHaye(July 5)

Nominated:June 21, 2005. Needs 3 votes by July 5, 2005.

Support:

1. Falphin 00:45, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• He's an author of a lot of bestselling books in the LeftBehind series but there isn't much about him on the article. Falphin 00:45, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Truthfully not the best COTW choice but its a start hopefully others will join. Falphin 00:55, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Dan Gable(July 5)

Nominated:June 21, 2005. Needs 3 votes by July 5, 2005.

Support:

1. ZeWrestler 02:05, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
2. Falphin 02:07, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• This is one of the world most well known wrestlers, still there is not much about him in this artical. I believe that with the right amount of help, and attention from the BCOTW, this could become Featured Artical Material. --ZeWrestler 02:05, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• He made it pretty far on the COTW list so he is even more deserving here. Falphin 02:07, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Henry Fonda (July 19)

Nominated:June 21, 2005. Needs 6 votes by July 19, 2005.

Support:

1. Falphin 02:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
2. David File:Arms-westminster-lb.jpg | Talk 08:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
3. A Link to the Past 07:11, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
4. Mike H 02:31, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• Received 8 votes on the COTW list. Falphin 02:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Damn straight. Shoulda told me this was nominated. c_c -- A Link to the Past 07:11, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

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Robert Jordan (July 5)

Nominated:June 21, 2005. Needs 3 votes by July 5, 2005.

Support:This man is the author of the famous Wheel of Time book series.

1. Magicmonster 05:07, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• The Wheel of Time series is a very popular series and I am surprised at the lack of biographic information available on the author. Magicmonster 05:07, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Lady Deborah Moody (July 5)

Nominated:June 21, 2005. Needs 3 votes by July 5, 2005.

Support:

1. Pharos 06:34, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
2. Falphin 00:57, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• The only woman to found a colonial settlement in early North America; led a group of religious dissenters fleeing persecution in Puritan New England to found the town of Gravesend in 1645 under the Dutch in New Netherland. Today the area is part of Brooklyn in New York City, with the English town square still evident in the street layout.--Pharos 06:34, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Sean Hannity (July 21)

Nominated:June 23, 2005. Needs 3 votes by July 21, 2005.

Support:

1. Falphin 01:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
2. Jelloyeti 13:11, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
3. Mike H 02:31, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• A popular conservative talk host that if compared Bill O'Reilly is in need of expansion. 01:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• I'm not so sure there is a whole lot more to add. He's a popular talk show host but that's about it. There isn't a whole lot of notable depth to Sean Hannity's life, I don't think. In any event it's just going to bring in goons from both sides of the political spectrum who will vandalise it back and forth for the two weeks that it's up there. --Holdek ^(talk) 20:16, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • Vandalism is a possibility but compared to O'Reilly or Dan Rather his article isn't that great. Falphin 13:59, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Sheikh Hasina (August 4)

Nominated:June 23, 2005. Needs 9 votes by August 4, 2005.

Support:

1. Mike H 05:08, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
2. Ragib 15:52, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
3. Ambi 17:12, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
4. Revolución 01:06, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
5. Awais141--Sheikhu 06:44, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
6. Peripatetic 07:45, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• This article is very short. The paragraphs consist of roughly two sentences each, much of the article is a list and many sections are POV with no sources. She was a former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of modern Bangladesh, so I think she deserves a better article. Mike H 05:08, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
• Count on my support if this gets up - someone might need to remind me though. Ambi 17:12, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • There is a BioCOTW voter so it will be pasted on your talk page if it gets through. Falphin 18:51, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• She is the leader of the opposition and former prime minister of Bangladesh (1996-2001), leader of Awami League since 1981. A non-biased article (not too flattering, not too criticizing) should be written. --Ragib 17:18, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan (July 9)

Nominated:June 25, 2005. Needs 3 votes by July 9, 2005.

Support:

1. Mike H 02:25, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

I put these two women together as they were instrumental for peace in Northern Ireland in the late 1970s. Their articles leave much to be desired...one or two sentence paragraphs, five short line blurbs each. I think there is much more to their stories that can be documented. Mike H 02:25, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

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