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The wikitext parser is going to change in June, and any page with an error may display strangely. I'm going through Special:LintErrors, and I've found some high-priority errors in FA, FL, and GA articles tagged by this WikiProject.

What's needed right now is for someone to click these links and compare the side-by-side preview of the two parsers. If the "New" page looks okay, then something's maybe technically wrong with the HTML, but there's no immediate worry. If that column looks wrong, then it should be fixed.

The first list is all "deletable table" errors. If you want to know more about how to fix these pages, then see mw:Help:Extension:Linter/deletable-table-tag. Taking the first link as an example, there is highlighting in the wikitext that shows where the lint error is; it's in the succession box. Taking the first item as an example, the "Family information" succession box (using ((S-fam))) is the only difference that I found between the two. If you're satisfied with the appearance in the new rendering, then you're done. Looking at the error details in the second column here, the second and fourth articles may be similar; the third one probably has a simpler error in wikitext table formatting.

This second list is "misnested tags". See mw:Help:Extension:Linter/html5-misnesting for more information. The highlighting for the first link indicates that the problem for that article is in the infobox. The most common problem in an infobox is parameter values that are multiple lines/paragraphs (because the template wraps much of the content in span tags, which aren't allowed to go across multiple paragraphs).

Note that the highlighting from the lintid code won't work reliably after the article has been edited, so for pages with multiple errors, it's best to try to fix them all at once. For more help, you can ask questions at Wikipedia talk:Linter. Just in case you need this list re-generated, here's the query for this limited set:

A complete list would require a query like this one:

Please ping me when you have made some progress on these, and I'll generate the complete list for you. When I look outside the featured class content, there are almost 1,000 biographies affected by these two errors. Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:47, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

I am new here. I want to join this community. I will be glad if someone on this group can guide on how to contribute content related to biography of living persons to Wikipedia. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerusalem666 (talk • contribs) 23:36, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

@Jerusalem666: I would advise having a read through the Help:Getting started page and follow the links on there. We have some some specific rules for living people, which you can read about at WP:BLP (most importantly, content needs references to reliable sources). I see you have made enquiries about the adoption programme, which is a great idea. Thanks, Nzd (talk) 00:11, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

On behalf of Vox Media, I've drafted an expanded and improved Wikipedia article about Jim Bankoff (the chairman and CEO of Vox Media) for community review. The current article has some bad sourcing and a couple of inaccuracies (including his birth date), so I've worked to draft a more thorough overview of his early life and education, career, and personal life. I don't edit the main space because of my COI, so I'm looking for volunteer editors to review this draft and implement proposed content appropriately. If this sounds like something you'd be interested to help with, please read my comments on the article's talk page, and let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks, Inkian Jason (talk) 16:52, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Greetings all. I've spotted this article and I wonder if I can ask the members of this WikiProject to take a look at it? At the moment it's painfully promotional in nature and barely sourced. It needs a major overhaul but I don't have the required expertise with biographies. Regards Exemplo347 (talk) 11:00, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

It's been tagged "BLP sources" for 11 years, and I have removed the unsourced material. There is almost nothing left, and this may be an AfD candidate. Kendall-K1 (talk) 12:03, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Greetings all. Could a member of this Wikiproject please cast their eye over this article, paying attention to the quality of the sourcing? Thanks very much. Exemplo347 (talk) 08:16, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi. I have proposed some updates to the Charlie Ergen page via Talk to update some key facts and help improve the page. Due to my COI (I work in communications for DISH), I proposed them on the "Talk" page. I'm awaiting an editor to review and implement or discuss. I invite anyone interested to review. Please let me know if I can improve anything on my process. Thanks! --Editor4Good (talk) 18:46, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi all -- I've just noticed there are some outdated statistics about women biographies on the WP Biography main page. Are these supposed to be updated automatically, or manually? If you check the WHGI page (and the WikiProject Women in Red page), you'll see the number of biographies about women has increased from 16.78% to 17.61% of the total. Small change, but an improvement just the same. Could somebody fix those stats on the main page? I'm not certain how to do it myself. Alanna the Brave (talk) 19:39, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

There is an RfC at the Diamond and Silk talk page found here that members of this project might interested in taking part in. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 03:32, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Not sure if this is the right place for it, but nonetheless. There is a problem with almost all biographies of freedivers. At the moment there are 3 organizations that award world record title (AIDA, CMAS, Guinness), historically there was a fourth organization (IAFD), which had quite a few world records. Since this is quite a small sport almost all biographies are of previous or current world record holders and as such list their world records. The problem is that very, very rarely organization under which the record was achieved is noted. It should be noted that usually freedivers achieve more than one record and in more than one organization so unless it is clear in the records list, what is what, the list and information itself is essentially useless. It has become poor practice. I tried mentioning it on talk pages but that is not effective. Infobox at the top of the article could do the job, if it is specific enough. Why is that a problem? For example you can set DYN under ice WR under CMAS which can also become Guinness' WR if it's better than the latter's (as Guinness "inherits" records), but you can also set DYN under ice under Guinness but not under CMAS - this situation happened in 2017. Or you have 3 WR's in DYN (3 divers with 300m) but two are under AIDA and one is under CMAS; and as Guinness "inherits records" they (could) list all three of them. 213.149.51.151 (talk) 12:20, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello everybody, I'd like to know why in the Italian language Wikipedia reports two different entry: "Igino (astronomo)" (I century AD), to whom are attributed the De Astronomia and the Fabulae and "Caio Giulio Igino" (64 BC – AD 17), to whom are attributed some works nowadays almost entirely lost, while and the English version reports only the entry "Gaius Iulius Hyginus"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.213.32.230 (talk) 09:14, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Do we have a new policy whereby we can't add the full date of birth and mother's name of notable individuals who are alive even as reliable sources do? This is news to see, but I am happy to comply if that's the case. However, I am very surprised. Please see this. Please ping me when you reply. Thanks!Zigzig20s (talk) 10:59, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Pls see Wikipedia talk:Categories, lists, and navigation templates#Personal relationships.--Moxy (talk) 12:24, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello, WikiProject Biography. I recently proposed some updates to the Wikipedia article about David Trone, on his behalf, and I've disclosed my COI appropriately. In the course of those updates, I'd asked editors to consider re-adding the word "philanthropist" to the article's introduction (this was previously removed by an editor earlier this year). See this request to add the word back. Both editors who responded felt that "philanthropist" should not be readded, and I'm curious to understand if there's a general rule for this.

In this particular case:

• A number of sources refer to him as a philanthropist, and not as an afterthought or passing mention
• There are many sources verifying his contributions to various organizations and institutions
• His charitable work is part of what makes him notable, and he has made donations personally, not just through his company
• There is an entire section of the article about him dedicated to his charitable work, so to me adding "philanthropy" or "philanthropist" seems like an appropriate and simple way of summarizing this in the introduction

My reason for posting here is to hopefully gain a better understanding of when to describe someone as a philanthropist from experienced editors. Are there any rules for inclusion? What are the reasons for not calling someone a philanthropist when so many sources do? I'm mostly wondering for future reference, since this is likely to come up again in biographical articles I work on. Any feedback here is much appreciated. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 14:43, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

The closest we have to a general rule is probably this, from Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies:

The lead sentence should describe the person as he or she is commonly described in reliable sources. The notable position(s) or role(s) the person held should usually be stated in the opening paragraph. However, avoid overloading the lead paragraph with various sundry roles; instead, emphasize what made the person notable. Incidental and non-notable roles (i.e. activities that are not integral to the person's notability) should usually not be mentioned in the lead paragraph.

Kendall-K1 (talk) 14:54, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

@Kendall-K1: Thanks for replying. The part of this that's tricky is that I would argue that David Trone is notable in part for his philanthropic activities given how he's described in sources, so it does feel like there's another factor involved deciding whether this particular terminology should be used in a biography.

I am really curious if any other project members care to weigh in here, so I am pinging a few editors who have contributed to this talk page recently. @Finnusertop, Moxy, and Winkelvi: Do any of you have opinions on this? Inkian Jason (talk) 16:59, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Records I have read refer to him as Simon Mathew (no "s"). The "s" was added on later in years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:458B:8900:AD28:58F:5532:AAE (talk) 14:55, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

The article Raffaello Giovagnoli has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Machine translation, unimproved in months.

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There is an RfC at the Roseanne Barr talk page found here that members of this project might be interested in taking part in. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 01:53, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

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At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template ((Transclude lead excerpt)).

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

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Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   07:27, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

An RfC has been opened at Wikipedia talk:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality#RfC on categorizing biracial people for your consideration. StAnselm (talk) 05:05, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography members are invited to contribute to the 2018 Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs during the month of June and seeks to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. In-person events are being organized in some cities, and editors can also participate remotely. Results are being tracked here, so feel free to show off your work. Happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 01:11, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

I'm a descendant of the Bradish family and have researched Bradish in the UK archives. He did not sail with Kidd, except when he was a prisoner on the same ship enroute from Boston to London. The timing of Kidd and Bradish is very close and each sailed on different ships named Adventure, hence much confusion. Eventually I hope to write this all out, if I can read my notes.

Rick Clarke — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.21.241.139 (talk) 15:26, 5 April 2016

Hello, anyone hanging around being able to confirm this is James Charles Dale? If positivie, the file could be renamed and added to the article. Thank you for your time. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lotje (talk • contribs) 09:31, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Please note that Richard Rohr, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article was scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 June 2018 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team

Project members are invited to weigh in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marek Jerzy Minakowski re: Marek Jerzy Minakowski. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:19, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Hello, WPBIO participants. Last week I posted a proposal to revise and update the biographical article for journalist Ken Layne, which is very outdated and relies heavily on non-RS sources. I have written a draft that addresses these issues and more, and mindful of the WP:COI guideline, I'll refrain from editing the article directly. So what I'm looking for is an editor willing to review the article, see if they agree it is an improvement, and make the change if so. More information about this proposed change can be found at Talk:Ken Layne. Thanks in advance, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:00, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Following up just to say, this has now been addressed. Best, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 15:17, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

A few weeks ago I rewrote the article about the American singer Holly Beth Vincent and thoroughly referenced it, updating its level to C-class. Ms. Vincent herself has just heavy-handedly edited the article, deleting much information about herself and her relatives, claiming that she removed "content that is harmful to publish, the names of my family", requesting respect for her privacy and that of her family. She actually deleted much more than those names, but this is not the point. I know that this is an obvious case of COI for Wikipedia standards, but do we editors have the right to barge in the lives of living people publishing in a wide-accessed media like an encyclopedia info that those people feel as sensitive? Moreover, although that sensitive info is already published somewhere, it is not offered in coherent articles about a single topic like on Wikipedia. What behaviour should I have if such things occur again? Lewismaster (talk) 07:16, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

We can try to respect people's privacy, but not if it compromises WP:NPOV. Some of the material that Fishette removed was poorly-sourced personal information that shouldn't have been in the article, but as you say her changes went way beyond that, and we can't have the subjects of biographies dictating what they contain. I've undone her edits, notified her of the COI policy, and asked her to make suggestions on the talk page.

COIN is a good forum for these issues, if it comes up again. – Joe (talk) 08:28, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Ok, thank you. Lewismaster (talk) 17:31, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

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Requesting for creation of page for Victor Mochere — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.232.61.249 (talk) 20:52, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

There is an RfC at the Richard B. Spencer talk page found here that members of this project might be interested in taking part in. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 02:40, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

The subject of this article may be an urban legend rather than a real figure. He's cited in books, but the books make no reference to any primary reference or how they got this information. There's many details that can't be confirmed. Issues with the sourcing of the article have been pointed out:

• Talk:Yang_Kyoungjong#Not_a_Hoax_but_there_are_serious_problems:_Where_did_his_name_come_from?
• Talk:Yang_Kyoungjong#Sources,_hoax_concerns

Harizotoh9 (talk) 20:30, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Hello dear Wikipedias, please can you tell me that can I write this in Drashti Dhami's Personal life section.

This is I want to write:

Dhami reveals that her husband has many female friends and she does not have problem with them as she trust him.See the Reference: Indian Express.

Or is there is a better way to write that? Zafar24Talk 04:43, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi community members, could I please encourage any of you to help Zafar? So far I've been breathing down his neck about BLP issues and I'd prefer that someone neutral could help him figure out what sorts of content are suitable for inclusion in biographies. Thank you, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:47, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Thanks:)Zafar24Talk 06:22, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Project members input is requested at the antisemitism thread at Talk:Vincent Price. MarnetteD|Talk 17:38, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

FYI

 – Pointer to relevant discussion elsewhere.

Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography#The lead date-range vs. full dates thing
 — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  13:39, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Would some one from WPBIO mind taking a look at this? Assuming that the artist is notable per WP:ARTIST, it does seem in need of quite a re-write to make it more WP:NPOV. No links are provided for any of the sources, so it's kind of hard to tell if there's any WP:SYN or WP:OR issues as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:31, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

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Resolved

Hello! I've submitted a request here to add mention of David Trone's religion. Another editor approved a slightly modified version of the proposed text, but left updating the article to others more familiar with the subject. I do not edit the main space directly because of my COI, and I'm seeking an editor to help implement proposed wording and sourcing appropriately (markup is provided). Is a member of WikiProject Biographies willing to take a look? Inkian Jason (talk) 14:57, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

The edit request has been answered. Inkian Jason (talk) 15:47, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

There is a discussion at the Laura Ingraham talk page found here that members of this project might be interested in taking part in. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 00:59, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

This documentary is about the famous general Qi Jiguang. One of key characters share Qi Jiguang's journey is a conscripted worker, Geng Zhou, symbol of China’s indomitable labouring spirit. This is an historical or fictional character? Even if he is fictional, can you create a voice for him? Furthermore, Chang Ang, the mongols leader who attack the Great Wall, is historical or fictional? --95.245.233.241 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.245.233.241 (talk) 14:18, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

I'm reviewing John Fresshe at GA. Editor has a "thing" about info boxes. Are they required by the project? Please advise. auntieruth (talk) 19:08, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

The discussion is located here:

• Template_talk:Infobox_criminal#RfC_on_"trial"_parameter

--K.e.coffman (talk) 20:20, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

The article about William de Breteuil^[1] conflates two different people. William de Breteuil, son of William fitzOsbern, and a William, abbot of Breteuil. William, son of William fitzOsbern died in Bec in 1103. "William of Breteuil had married Hugh of Montfort’s daughter Adeline, but he had no children by his lawful wife. So when he died on 12 January at Bec and was buried in the monastery that his father had built on his own property in Lire, his nephew William of Gael and Reginald of Grancey contended for his inheritance." The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, vol. vi, p. 41. William, abbot of Breteuil, died in 11130. Ascelin Goel (talk) 09:15, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

If you need to, you could create a disambiguation page. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:07, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

What's with the deletion page for the project? It's had this tag since 23 February 2016, yet, if I go back one on the history, seems to look okay, has nobody paid any attention to this in over two years? Govvy (talk) 09:56, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

I've expanded these articles a lot over the last year, and re-written some sections. I'd like outsiders to give it a go over, and give input. Main issue is that I wonder if it makes sense to outsiders unfamiliar with the subject matter. Harizotoh9 (talk) 23:28, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello! I work for Executive Writing, and as part of my consultancy work, I've drafted new Wikipedia articles for David Kramer (talent agent) and Jay Sures, who serve as co-presidents of United Talent Agency. Both articles are currently in poor shape, and on their respective talk pages (Talk:David Kramer (talent agent) and Talk:Jay Sures) I've provided further detail about the problems with each. You can view my proposed drafts at User:EWChristine/David Kramer (talent agent) and User:EWChristine/Jay Sures. Are any WikiProject Biography members willing to review the drafts and replace the existing articles? I believe I've disclosed my conflict of interest appropriately, but please let me know if not. Thank you. EWChristine (talk) 20:23, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

I've started this article and greatly expanded it. Harizotoh9 (talk) 10:51, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

I had a go at putting each AfD area in the sidebar on the front page, hope it helps users to navigate when looking at the AfDs. Regards Govvy (talk) 16:40, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

I think Remillard Brothers needs to be split into several articles about notable members of this family (for example, Countess Lillian Remillard Dandini may be). But as it stands, shouldn't the article be deleted?Zigzig20s (talk) 11:55, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

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I could use more eyes on this article. I've taken a bit a stick to it - it has the familiar problem that it's mostly only edited by obvious shills - and would be happy if some other disinterested editor gave it a look. Pinkbeast (talk) 00:24, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

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Hi there, your comments are respectfully requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force#Request for Comment: Star Parivaar Awards. Thank you, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:52, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, on commons I came across this image and I was wondering if this is related to Mujū, apart from the birth date: 1226 instead of 1227 the description matches. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 06:14, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi, only me again, I came across this this image and was wondering if this has to do with Asahina Yoshihide. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 09:09, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Dear editors, I have listed proposed changes to the Anasuya Shankar article on the Anasuya Shankar Talk page found here , along with valid sources. I will be grateful for your assistance in determining if these changes and citations meet wikipedia standards. All the sources have been published and are verifiable. Much of the information is obtained from published articles in the media and newspapers, several books who's authors have done extensive research on Anasuya, published theses that have done research on Anasuya and Kannada writers (which you can even find online) and Anasuya's own novels as well (which have all been published). I have cited almost every sentence.

Therefore, the information from these sources are reliable, verifiable, and accurate, and obtained from original research that has already been done. They are from third party sources, and no primary sources of reference have been used.

However, the revisions I have made before keep getting reverted back by one of the wikipedia editors, for reason that I have apparently not referenced every major assertion with reliable, verifiable, third party sources. He suggested that I discuss with other editors on the Anasuya Shankar talk page for more opinions. Therefore I would be very appreciative if you could let me know your thoughts on these citations and I could move forward with the proposed changes.

I have referenced every sentence and included the citations. I have given several citations for certain statements. In case needed, I can additionally add the citations for all her published books to provide evidence that those books exist and are published. In case there are any statements subjective in nature, do let me know as well. Do let me know your thoughts, and with assistance I can then move forward with the changes. Thank you very much for the help.

Trivenishankar 09:12, 23 July 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trivenishankar (talk • contribs)

You've got a lot of problems there. Just at a glance I would start with these:

• I doubt very much that her name is "Triveni- Kannada Novelist"
• The AFC submission template doesn't belong
• Some of the language is overly promotional ("came from an illustrious family of established writers")
• Everything has been added in one giant edit, making it difficult to review
• You have included some sources, but much of the material has no citation
• Many formatting errors

Also I was going to say you shouldn't be writing an autobiography, but since Shankar died in 1963 I assume you are not she. Still I wonder whether you have a conflict of interest. Do you?

@GorgeCustersSabre: You should probably be notified of this discussion. Kendall-K1 (talk) 12:18, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Kendall-K1, Thank you for the feedback.

I will take out the "Kannada Novelist" part. The overly promotional language, as far as I know, I have taken out (you may be looking at old edits, but the proposed changes on my talk page do not include "illustrious" or other types of promotional words. If in case it IS included in the proposed changes, do let me know- I have revised it several times.) As it is difficult to review, I can propose small sentence by sentence edits on the Anasuya Shankar talk page then. Thank you for notifying me of that. As for sources, I would TRULY appreciate if you could tell me within all my proposed changes, WHICH material does not include citations- again, as I have revised this over and over and almost every sentence contains a citation at this point. It would be helpful to know which material needs yet to be cited. That was why I started the discussion.

I would appreciate any help I could receive- thank you!

Trivenishankar 15:10, 31 July 2018 (UTC)Trivenishankar

I have nominated Rudolf Vrba 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. Catrìona (talk) 01:27, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

I have nominated Werner Mölders 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. Catrìona (talk) 03:01, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

There is a RfC at the Martha McSally talk page found here that members of this project might be interested in taking part in. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 01:47, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Greetings, During recent months I've been working on the over 4,000 article backlog at Category:Articles needing additional categories. Since about half of these are Biography articles, I'm wondering if WP Bio members would be able to help improve these? Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 13:56, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

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I have nominated Elaine Paige 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. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:02, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello, anyboday haning around who knows more about John McEnery (Louisiana) (25th Governor) and Stephen B. Packard (27th Governor) and why they are not on the list? On the Dutch version they is. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 12:43, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Randy Castillo is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy_Castillo until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Figfires^{Send me a message!} 19:29, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

I'm wondering whether this person is notable enough for a stand-alone article. The article was prodded and deleted back in June 2017, but was deproded in May 2018 per a request by an IP claiming to be Carrion herself. I've tried looking for sources for this, but all I'm seeing is pretty much primary or other user-generated stuff that's not really helpful in meeting WP:BIO or WP:GNG. Carrion has appeared on a number of talk shows/radio programs as a guest, but I don't think that's enough to establish notability. There was also some possibly contentious personal/family information, including claims about her father, which I removed because most of the sourcing was WP:BLPSELFPUB/WP:BLPPRIMARY. Anyway, I was going to bring to AfD, but figured I'd ask here first to see what others think. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:01, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

It certainly looks like an AfD candidate to me. Kendall-K1 (talk) 12:30, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Artitcle nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sasha Carrion. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:13, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi, by coincidence I cam across this image and I was wondering if the person on the right could be Hanns-Horst von Necker on the Blücher. If postivie, I would add the file to the article. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 09:24, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

I don't know if this has come up before, but having written many biographies, I was rather surprised to find the cause of death repeatedly deleted from the infobox on the grounds that it was not related to the subject's notability - in this case a sudden fatal heart attack at the age of 69 which ended the life of the philosopher Hannah Arendt. The justification was given as not meeting the criterion spelled out in the Infobox template. The cause of death is mentioned in many FA and GA biography infoboxes. Maybe it depends on one's understanding of the words notable and significant. In general it is very few people whose death is what makes them notable, maybe Julius Caesar. But the mode of one's death is frequently an important part of one's life.

Is it possible to develop a consensus here? For the record Template Infobox person states the following -

• Cause of death. Should be clearly defined and sourced, and should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability, e.g. James Dean, John Lennon. It should not be filled in for unremarkable deaths such as those from old age or routine illness, e.g. Bruce Forsyth, Eduard Khil.

I think that is too restrictive if interpreted literally. --Michael Goodyear ✐  ✉ 18:49, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

If someone dies from the complications of old age, that's kind of the default. It doesn't need to be spelled out. I think that's what the template is suggesting. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:07, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

That would be unnecessary to document, although difficult to define as to what exactly would fit that definition. But as I implied in many cases that is not necessarily the mode of death, in which case it seems to me, the circumstances should be spelled out. Marie Curie died of aplastic anaemia, Pierre Curie was run over, President Roosevelt of a stroke, Amy Winehouse of poisoning etc. So generally I do think the cause of death is worth mentioning.--Michael Goodyear ✐  ✉ 20:10, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

Article has been tagged with ((Unreferenced)) since January 2009. There's a Commons category c:Category:Georges Léonnec which might be examples of this persons artwork. Googling his name get various hits, inlcuding links to pages like this which seem to indicate that his work was notable enough to be sold at auctions. I'm just not really finding anything about him which might be useful per WP:NARTIST; so, I'm wondering whether this might be worth discussing at AfD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:13, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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• Maria Amor Torres

I'm having a lot of trouble expanding this article. I know the subject must be notable, because the article has survived two AfDs. But I can only find a single independent reliable source, and it doesn't give me much to go on. Others have tried too and come up empty-handed. Kendall-K1 (talk) 21:29, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I wonder if there is a copy editor around who can take a long distance squint at this article. It has been marked with tone and advert, and cant the advertising component. Any help appreciated. Thanks. scope_creep (talk) 14:22, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi all! I've recently posted a request for Waymo CEO John Krafcik, seeking to add an Early life and education section, as is common in biography articles. I'm wondering if editors at this WikiProject would be interested and might have a few minutes to look over my suggestions? I'm making these suggestions on behalf of Mr. Krafcik's company, Waymo, as part of my work at Beutler Ink, so I will not make any direct edits to the article myself. I am also posting a similar note at WikiProject Automobiles. Thanks in advance! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 19:36, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi, anybody hanging around who is able to find out if this Maximilian Ronge was the author of Fortissimi sunt Belgae? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 06:41, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

I strongly doubt that Maximilian Ronge is in any way connected to Lieutenant-Colonel Marcel A. Rongé, Chief of the Belgian Military Mission attached to the First French Army during the Battle of Belgium. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:37, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much Michael Bednarek. Lotje (talk) 14:32, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Please note that Jahangir, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article was scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 September 2018 (UTC) on behalf of the TAFI team

I do not understand Wikipedia's nationality guidelines. Can someone who feels confident please resolve what is likely a basic question at Talk:Max Davidson?

Subject was born in Berlin then emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 15-25. We do not know of his citizenship. Currently, we have him as a German director, but most of his life (and all of his work) seems to have been in the U.S. With no indication of his citizenship, do we simply leave him as "German" or is this sufficient for "German-American"? - SummerPhD^v2.0 21:24, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

@SummerPhDv2.0: something similar to this came up at James Wan. Wan was born in Malaysia and is of Chinese descent. He moved to Australia as a kid and has been making films in the United States. There were endless edit wars over whether this, especially whether he's Australian or Malaysian. Eventually, I found a newspaper that labels him as an Australian filmmaker of Malaysian origin. It probably didn't hurt that it was a Malaysian newspaper. If you can't find a source, maybe it's not important enough to mention? I mean, it's not like we're contractually obligated to label everything. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:25, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello! At Talk:Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) § RfC, there is an RfC on the question "Should there be an article on Emma Sulkowicz?". You are being notified because the page is tagged as being of interest to this WikiProject. :) -sche (talk) 21:35, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 September 6#File:Not Half A Human 2018.webm. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:42, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

There is an RfC at the Ron DeSantis talk page found here that members of this project might interested in taking part in. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 16:12, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Opinions are needed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of notable people and groups accused of sexual misconduct since the Me Too movement. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 16:50, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

The article Michael Wesch has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Does not meet the standard of WP:Notability per WP:BIO or WP:NACADEMIC.

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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. Mathglot (talk) 20:55, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

We need some opinions on the following: Talk:Emilia Clarke#Lead image. A permalink is here. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 04:39, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

The current biographical entry for Jim Goetz is pretty bad: too short, too few good sources, etc. I've been hired by Mr. Goetz to improve this page, and have proposed an expanded replacement, carefully following RS guidelines and aiming to cover only encyclopedic details in a neutral manner. Because of my financial COI, however, I will not edit the page directly. Would anyone here be interested to review my suggested version? You can see the full draft here, and the explanation on the article's talk page. Happy to answer any questions over there. Thanks, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 16:15, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Never mind, this has been taken care of. Best, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 22:18, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mark Judge (writer) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Judge (writer) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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In creating the Carl Olson page, I had access to the dates of each event, but chose not to include them all, because it seemed like overkill. Is it? TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 17:24, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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I have written an article on my great uncle, Sir Alfred Chatterton (1866-1958) at User:Tango Mike Bravo/Alfred Chatterton. As I have a COI I won't move it to article space myself. I am looking for someone willing to look at my article and if it is suitable to move it to article space, or give me feedback on what needs to be improved. I have followed Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography#Tips for writing biographies in writing the article, except for moving the article to article space, and including a picture. On the talk page are notes on adding a picture, pages that could link to the article, and possible new categories. Happy to discuss anything on the talk page: User_talk:Tango Mike Bravo/Alfred Chatterton . Tango Mike Bravo (talk) 17:21, 28 September 2018 (UTC)