Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography

Viktor Berthold

This was in Viktor Berthold, but is actually about Marcel Bertholds: He was born in Riga to a Livonian family. Before the outbreak of World War II he moved to Argentina, where he studied at the University of Buenos Aires to become a doctor. He graduated and moved to the United States where he worked as a doctor and scientist. After that, he moved to Sweden and eventually to Switzerland where he died in the city of Lugano.

Berthold was active in Livonian cultural organizations, and visited Latvia multiple times before his death.

Also Viktor Berthold was not the last speaker of Livonian, there is one still living in Canada: articles about her in Latvian, Finnish and Estonian.

Santiago de Liniers

Complements and correction have been done on the English version of article about Santiago de Liniers. Identity, his name is Jacques de Liniers not Jacques Marie Antoin who is his brother. A lot of addition come either from the French version of the article which is more completed and sourced by the website http://jacques-de-liniers.wifeo.com/ which assembles many historical elements.

More opinions please

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Rosie O'Donnell#Does the "Chinese language parody" merit inclusion or not?. Jnast1 (talk) 22:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{pls}})

Emilia Clarke

Please tell your opinion here. Thanks. --Maz-El (talk) 21:16, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Daniel Coughlin

The article, Daniel Coughlin, is classified as a stub. Since I have reworked and expanded the article, could someone take a look to reassess it? Thanks! NearTheZoo (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Quick PS - I noticed that there was some consensus on the assessment discussion page for WikiProject Biography that quality ratings (as opposed to importance/priority ratings) should match. Since the WikiProject Chicago group has rated the Daniel Coughlin article as "B-class," could someone in the Bio group give me the go-ahead to give it a "B" for this group? NearTheZoo (talk) 14:12, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Rubayat

Blanche McManus ilustrated the first edition of Omar Khayam's book Rubayat? Thanks My name is Salomao Rovedo, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil rovedod10@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.228.6.2 (talk) 14:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Jasmine (American singer)

There is a dispute regarding the name of this artist, and I think it would be helpful if some other editors could comment; please see Talk:Jasmine (American_singer)#Article reverted. Many thanks,  Chzz  ►  21:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

FAR

I have nominated Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 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. Dana boomer (talk) 15:08, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Crowsnest

I haven't come across this as a ref anywhere yet, so IDK if anybody knows about it. I found an RCN magazine, Crowsnest, available on the DND website. It covers 1948-65, apparently, with current events, officer & enlisted promotions, & suchlike. For bios of sailors, it occurs to me it might be of use. (It's a bit thin on detail from the issues I've looked at.) Just FYI. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 13:42, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Could really use some biography help at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback

Greetings, as of the last month or so I'm the main guy holding down the fort at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback, and I could really use some additional help. RfF has been an outstanding experience in providing editing help to new editors who really want help and, in the majority of cases, are quick to incorporate feedback and really add to the value of their articles. A substantial number of requests (nearly a majority) are for biography articles, and I've been pleasantly surprised that most of those do indeed meet notability, or can do so after informing the editor about the standards of WP:Notability. I've seen quite a few bio articles go from a patchy, unpublishable state to a truly high-quality, possibly even B-class, level with only 20min of my time over several posts.

RfF doesn't require any fixed time commitment, and many feedbacks can be knocked out in literally five minutes or less, so even dropping by once or twice a week for five minutes would aid considerably in answering as many requests as possible, and consequently both encouraging new editors (who may become long-term serious editors) as well as maintaining high Wikipedia standards.

If anyone is willing to step up and drop by even a few times a week for just a few minutes, I would be profoundly grateful, as that would allow me to answer more requests for topics I specialise in (history, art, religion). Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Playboy playmate mass deletion

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2011 April 28 for over 100 Playboy Playmates who have been nominated for deletion. This issue has also appeared at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Massive_number_of_Playboy-related_AFD_nominations_by_a_single_user

65.94.45.160 (talk) 05:31, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed change to infobox adult biography

Please see Template talk:Infobox adult biography#Proposal to remove "measurements" from template. Just FYI. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 18:05, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Luisana Lopilato

I am requesting that this article be added to some watchlists. I've been attempting to keep the subject's full name in the lead (see [1]), but I'd rather not get into a pissing match over a detail others may feel is a minor point. OTOH, I'd be open to opinions that my take on the guideline could be too narrow, picking at nits or just plain wrong. Thanks Tiderolls 04:06, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

J. C. Watts

Could I get some editors to comment on the discussion at Talk:J. C. Watts#Name? There is a dispute as to whether his birth name is actually "Julius Caesar Watts, Jr." Thanks. –CWenger (^ • @) 22:24, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Out of uniform

Can we get uniform treatment of military bios? I've seen pages started with final rank & with no rank. (I default to no rank, since they weren't born with it.) I'm raising the issue here & here, also, but suggest it be discussed here, because this would appear to be the "lead project". (Also, I don't anticipate adding anythng further. ;p ) TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 16:47 & 16:53, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

• According to WP:MOSBIO, it should be without (I would treat ranks the same way as academic titles). --Crusio (talk) 16:58, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

As far as I am aware military biogs have always quoted the last or final rank in the first sentence of the lead or introduction as per Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) or similar. I have not looked at them all but all the ones I have looked at Category:FA-Class biography (military) articles follow this pattern. MilborneOne (talk) 17:06, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Subject ethnicity dispute

You are invited to join the discussion at WP:BLPN#Leroy A. Mendonca. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:11, 3 May 2011 (UTC) (Using {{pls}})

re: stormie omartian

Suggest she talk about her songs, "Believing for the Best in You" and "Main Steam" which were Christian pop hits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.191.37.81 (talk) 01:40, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Encyclopædia Britannica as a source

Is Encyclopædia Britannica or any other encyclopedia considered an reliable source?--TriiipleThreat (talk) 18:14, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

In great need of help for bios at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback

Greetings, I and only a handful of editors are struggling to keep up running Wikipedia:Requests for feedback. It's a great resource that helps out a lot of brand-new editors who are eager to receive feedback and improve the quality of their work. Of those we advise (which often takes only 5-10 minutes), the vast majority execute that guidance, and a sizeable percentage manage to turn low-quality articles into C or even B articles with only mimimal guidance. A substantial portion of our requests for feedback are on biographies, and I've been pleasantly surprised that probably 80% actually do meet notability.

If anyone here is looking to encourage new editors and improve the quality of biography coverage on Wikipedia, we would greatly appreciate any help you can give at RfF. Even dropping in for 10 minutes a couple times a week could make a big difference in answering more requests, and some of these editors thus encouraged go on to produce even more high-quality articles with what they've learned.

Thanks for any help project members can lend in a spare moment. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:02, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Sir John Stuart, 4th Baronet

Please would somebody help me get this article right. Kittybrewster ☎ 14:59, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Patrick Billingsley

I've created a new article titled Patrick Billingsley. Billingsley died recently at the age of 85.

The article is imperfect. Work on it! Michael Hardy (talk) 17:20, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

comments on the tunde bakare biography page

41.155.53.117 (talk) 14:21, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

1. There are no references to certain messages that made national controversies 2. I expected that his biography page would serve as an online archive for major events/dates and stories/dates concerning him and Government 3. For example, The SNG - Save NIgeria Group - isn't mentioned at all. There is no way anyone would talk about the BUhari/Bakare campaign without mentioning SNG. E.g The SNG march that took place in key states of the federation and even internationally. 4. There is also G.A.I.N a Latterrain organization, amongst others, youth organizations, Teens church e.t.c 5. In 2002 there was a major national youth event - GRAND SLAM 2002 - that marked a memorable experience for many latterrain and non-Latterrrain youth in attendance. 6. Latterrainians have been involved in community services influenced by Pastor Bakare's leadership. 7. There are no pictorial references at all suggesting that the page is about Pastor Tunde Bakare. 8. Tunde Bakare has a thousand and one quotes that embody his passion for truth, justice and good governance.

Personally I feel the page is under-sourced and unreasonably thinned out with information. Whoever the administration is will need to do a lot more work.

You do realize that this is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, right? Feel free to contribute, and make sure you have sources when adding content. Phearson (talk) 14:25, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Dr. Friedrich Simon Archenhold in Bansin

Dr. Friedrich Simon Archenhold was a well respected astronomer who founded the observatory in Treptow Berlin. This telescope built for the 1896 Berlin Trade Fair became the longest moving refractor telescope in the world.

In 1920 Dr. Archenhold bought a house and about 125 acres of land in the Baltic Seaside town of Bansin. This became the family holiday home where Dr. Archenhold, his wife Alice and 5 children spent many summer holidays.

In 1938 the house was confiscated by the Nazi Party.

Dr. Archenhold died on 14th October 1939 in Berlin where he was buried. Alice, his wife, died in Terezin (Theresienstadt) Concentration Camp on 9th February 1943 and his daughter Hilde also died in Terezin. After the war the house was not returned to the family who were still alive as it was administered by Russia and then the DDR until the fall of the wall.

When the family established their ownership of the house and land most of it was sold off. The final 2 acres of land and the house located on Seestasse 63 was bought by Dr. Archenhold's granddaugher Alison. Her dream of restoring the oldest house in Bansin and setting up a museum in the grounds she owns have been hampered.

First there was failure to get planning permission for a holiday home and museum. Also there is a tenant who only pays 120€ per month for the house. This has halted any plans to restore the house and build a museum to celebrate the life, works and friends of Dr. Friedrich Simon Archenhold. As she has been unable to start a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION in Bansin Alison would like to start a virtual museum online.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.234.55 (talk) 17:11, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Request for input regarding Donald Trump

There is a debate about the article's section heading. The link is here: "Statements regarding President Barack Obama" vs "Statements regarding 2012 Presidential election". Additional comments are much appreciated. Thanks. - Artoasis (talk) 14:03, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Notice

The Starhawk article was moved/renamed today to Starhawk (author) without discussion by a proponent of the new video game of the same name. Now Starhawk (and all 100 Wikilinks to her name) redirects to a disambiguation page. Please note my Requested Move discussion about moving it back to the original article title. If inspired to vote, please note Wiki policies that support this, such as WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, etc. Softlavender (talk) 12:22, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Beatles navbox discussion

Please be aware of the discussion at Talk:The_Beatles#Template_removal.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:29, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Surname DAB pages

I came across someone who is adding the {{WikiProject Biography}} template to the talk pages of surname dab pages such as Talk:Benveniste. the edits showed up because I was working on clearing Category:Biography articles without living parameter. Should these pages be part of the project? GB fan (talk) 15:04, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

• There are thousands of dab pages marked as such, see Category:Disambig-Class biography articles. --Crusio (talk) 17:01, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks GB fan (talk) 17:08, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

US Route 66 task force

At WP:USRD, we have started a US Route 66 task force. I was wondering if perhaps you could help with people related to the route (e.g. Thomas Harris MacDonald). Thanks. - [[::User:Presidentman|Presidentman]] (talk · contribs) (Talkback) Random Picture of the Day 20:59, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Alexis Neace

User:Ohsnapsydney/Alexis Neace has been requested to be moved to mainspace. Someone might want to check it to see if it qualifies. 65.95.13.213 (talk) 00:39, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Reginal Boulos

Reginald Boulos (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) This biograpny for [Reginal Boulos] is edited every so often to make odd political points, or to remove other negative (but true) information, in order to lionize the subject of the biography. The writing is pretty bad, too. Can something be done to put it on a watch list or "needs cleaning up and editing" list? Thanks. Doubledup (talk) 23:33, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

I have added it to my watchlist and removed some information that is not specifically about Reginald Boulos. GB fan (talk) 23:41, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Jane Wheatley

Actress Jane Wheatley was a member of the 1911 summer stock company at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis. Contrary to the entry in Wikipedia, she did not leave the company early. She was there for the company's entire summer schedule. Ms. Wheatley first appeared at the Murat in 1911 in late May in the title role of "Barbara Frietchie." Her next performance at the theater was in "Mary Jane's Pa." Ms. Wheatley appeared as Mary Jane's Ma to Lillian Sinnott's Mary Jane. So, Lillian Sinnott did not replace Wheatley. Jane Wheatley also appeared at the Murat that summer in "The Great John Ganton", "Arizona," "Wildfire," "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "Mrs. Temple’s Telegram." Jane Wheatley and Galway Herbert were married in Indianapolis on June 6, 1911, after an engagement of two years. Lillian Sinnot "stood up" with Ms. Wheatley — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.60.22 (talk) 02:41, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Jascha Heifetz update

There's a lot of current interest in Jascha Heifetz this year, due to three things that are happening in 2011:

• The new 103 CD collection from Sony/BMG, which has won the Guiness World Record for largest CD box set by a classical musician.
• The premiere of Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler, a film by Peter Rosen, that was shown at the Colburn School, and will air on PBS and in Europe this year.
• John Maltese and John Anthony Maltese are publishing a book on Heifetz in late 2011.
• I've left some suggestions and made a few tiny changes to his article noted here.

Russellbyrne (talk) 23:00, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Emily Mary Osborn

Hi, I am a newbie, please be gentle. I went to the Category: Women of The Vctorian Era page and Emily Mary Osborn is not listed in the index. She definitely should be, as a major and influential artist of the period. Miss G. 0515hrs GMT Missgrunge (talk) 05:15, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

 Done--JayJasper (talk) 17:48, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs - the final surge

Since early in 2010, many editors have assisted in the referencing or removal of over 90% of the Unreferenced Biographies of Living People, bringing the total down from over 50,000 to the current 4,861 (as of 15:34, 1 June 2011 (UTC)). We are now asking for your help in finishing this task. There are two main projects which are devoted to removing UBLPs from en.Wikipedia:

• WP:URBLP has set up a large number of topic based lists, which are updated each day by a WP:BOT.
• WP:URBLPR is focusing on clearing out the backlog based on the month in which each article was tagged as being unreferenced. The current task is Category:Unreferenced BLPs from September 2009, and it is the last month remaining from 2009.
• You can also reference a Random page in category All unreferenced BLPs or make your own lists using one of the catscan tools, such as this search for musicians.

All you have to do is pick your articles and then add suitable references from reliable sources and remove the {{BLP unsourced}} template. There is no need to log your changes, register or remove the articles from the list. If you need any help, or have any comments, please ask at WP:URBLPR or WT:URBLP.

Thank you for any assistance you can provide. The-Pope (talk) 15:34, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

"Death of" articles

Do they fall under the purview of this Wikiproject? For example, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed. It currently has this Wikiproject on the talk page, which seems to confirm my question, but I just wanted to make sure. I personally believe they do, because such articles are about people and often have a biography in them about the person as it is. Silverseren^C 06:28, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Sourcing for Abdul Majid Abdullah

Could someone find some reliable, independent sources for this article. I looked for them for the English-language name, but didn't find any about this person - only about other people with the same name (I tell a lie, I found a minor mention along the lines of "Singers include Abdul MNajid Adbullah who is famous and xyz who ..."). However, I do not read Arabic, so I cannot tell if any of the hits on GNews Archive, etc, are about this person, rather than another person with the same name.

• Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
• Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

I am leaving a message about this on relevant WikiProjects, but if no sources are found, I will take this article to Articles for deletion in a week - in the meantime, I have Proposed it for deletion PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 16:21, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Charles Hutton and contour lines

In the Schiehallion Experiment, designed to measure (effectively) the mass of the earth, Charles Hutton, mathematician, was part of the team determining the volume of the mountain chosen for the experiment. In the course of this, he invented contour lines. This should be mentioned in his bio. Suma rongi (talk) 04:23, 3 June 2011 (UTC)