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Requested moves

09 Jan 2025 – Erik XIV of Sweden (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Erik XIV by Векочел (t · c); see discussion
08 Jan 2025 – Bernard Hughes (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Barney Hughes by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
08 Jan 2025 – Kim Si-eun (actress, born 1999) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Kim Si-eun by 222.109.227.131 (t · c); see discussion
07 Jan 2025 – John Felton Parish (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 1982 Grand Prairie warehouse shootings by BarrelProof (t · c); see discussion
07 Jan 2025 – Héloïse (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Heloise by Surtsicna (t · c); see discussion
07 Jan 2025 – Carter Harrison Jr. (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Carter Harrison IV by Closeapple (t · c); see discussion
07 Jan 2025 – Carter Harrison Sr. (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Carter Harrison III by Closeapple (t · c); see discussion
06 Jan 2025 – Terry Ratzmann (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2005 Living Church of God shooting by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion
06 Jan 2025 – Syed Ahmad Khan (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan by TheBirdsShedTears (t · c); see discussion
06 Jan 2025 – Thomas William Mercer (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to T. W. Mercer by LittleDwangs (t · c); see discussion

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Request for Assistance with Article on Mohiuddin Ahmed

Requested move at Talk:John Savage (actor)#Requested move 4 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:John Savage (actor)#Requested move 4 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 02:04, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Valentin Pavlov

Valentin Pavlov 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. Z1720 (talk) 17:53, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RfC at WP:BLP

There is currently a conversation regarding a proposed change to WP:SUSPECT which may be related to the subject of this project. Interested editors are invited to join the discussion. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:27, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Margaret Chin

Margaret Chin 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. Z1720 (talk) 20:40, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red December 2024

Women in Red | December 2024, Vol 10, Issue 12, Nos 293, 294, 324, 325

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Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative)

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Length of Joseph Stalin: discussion invitation

Editors are invited to give comments on the legnth of the article Joseph Stalin. The discussion can be found at on the article's talk page. Z1720 (talk) 17:38, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for James Cagney

James Cagney 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. Z1720 (talk) 01:17, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo 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. Z1720 (talk) 01:20, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Edwin of Northumbria

Edwin of Northumbria 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. Z1720 (talk) 15:51, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on date format

Hi! I have recently opened up a discussion on the date format of the article for Kalpana Chawla. You can find it on the Talk page. Would like to see people's perspectives on it. Also, I'm sorry if this is not an appropriate place to post this. Thank you! Spookyaki (talk) 22:36, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama#Requested move 22 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama#Requested move 22 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 02:54, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested at Talk:Avraham Shapira#Problematic edit

Can someone please help with this? I'm sorry if this is not an appropriate place to post this. Thank you! 132.70.66.13 (talk) 15:57, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RFC notice at Talk:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

There's currently a RFC about a potential infobox on Talk:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Please feel free to contribute. Thanks! Nemov (talk) 23:27, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Ujjal Dosanjh

Ujjal Dosanjh 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. Z1720 (talk) 03:06, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bahgat Saber Image

Please add an image for the “activist” Bahgat Saber as it need an image. Image Example Cloarui (talk) 13:12, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question: @Cloarui: Do you have access to a image that of Bahgat Saber that has an acceptable license for Wikimedia Commons or meets English Wikipedia's fair use criteria?

There is nothing from soundcloud.com/bahgat-saber-497387947 or soundcloud.com/pages/copyright that exempts this content from copyright restictions, & soundcloud.com/terms-of-use#your-content clearly states that the Any and all Content is uploaded, owned and controlled solely by you (the uploader), and not by SoundCloud. Peaceray (talk) 19:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These copyright terms is for music, not for personal photos no mention of that was there. Therefore I think the image on there fits the criteria. Cloarui (talk) 16:46, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Emma Dumont#Requested move 7 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Emma Dumont#Requested move 7 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. LIrala (talk) 05:56, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Charles Hanson (auctioneer)#Requested move 3 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Charles Hanson (auctioneer)#Requested move 3 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 05:44, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Lee Young-ja (comedian)#Requested move 6 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Lee Young-ja (comedian)#Requested move 6 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. RachelTensions (talk) 14:28, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Yoel Kahn#Requested move 30 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Yoel Kahn#Requested move 30 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 03:00, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Leonid Kadeniuk#Page move due to misspelled name

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Leonid Kadeniuk#Page move due to misspelled name that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 17:34, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Portals#A cleaner layout for portals about changes in the portal Portal:Biography.Guilherme Burn (talk) 19:06, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Quinn brothers' killings#Requested move 9 December 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Quinn brothers' killings#Requested move 9 December 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 19:44, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Capital Cities (band)#Requested move 25 November 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Capital Cities (band)#Requested move 25 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 02:38, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could {{Person categories}} (aka {{L}} ) be adapted for Drafts?

It has been suggested that this template could be useful for editors working on biographies as Drafts, with some modification.

Please comment at Template talk:Person categories#Adapt for use in Drafts?. Thanks. PamD 09:46, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion of interest?

Folks, see Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)#Suggestion_to_rename_many_criticism/controversies_articles_to_include_both_concepts_in_name. Primarily concerns organizations/companies and biographies. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:44, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did the German Scholar Dr. Karl Reinhardt have child relatives at the end of World War II?

What happened to the children who became orphans as a result of, or during, WWII? Were any children sent without first obtaining official documentation? If the answer to those questions are "yes," then consider the possibility of the following:

A child comes to the United States of America at the end of WWII. Upon arrival, he tells his name to an American (who spells it incorrectly) to later be placed on an official document of identification and given to the child to be used as his official I.D. throughout his life. That name is then passed along to his children. So on and so forth.

This is my first attempt at searching for my family heritage via philosophy and public forum. Please be kind.

My name is Latrisha Ann Clinard. I was removed from the custody of my biological parents in the United States of America when I was only 2, and they died before I could meet them. David Clinard, the brother of my father, Gary Clinard, told me a few things that might have helped me learn who I am and where I come from. Firstly, the pronunciation of my name is "Klein-art" instead of "Clunard," as I had always thought. Secondly, my father had a very high IQ. I can't remember the exact number, but I believe it was around 130-140. I do not know what that means exactly, but I remember mine being above average. I also know I am partly German, and according to my father, my name was misspelled at birth. There is no record I can find with information on my father's sires. The government buried him because I was still a minor in foster care and no one else claimed him. The only other information I have is that the mother of David Clinard is Joan Lohse; she is nearly 100 years old, but she is not the mother of Gary Clinard (my father). They have the same father, but I do not know his name.

I am beginning to consider that my father may not have known who his father was, because his father may not have been a very good one as a result of his father's father's potential involvement in World War II. 2604:5500:502C:F400:349A:3D9F:DCCC:FED3 (talk) 21:03, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Postnominal letters and infoboxes

See Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography#MOS:POSTNOM for discussion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:15, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Mitch Daniels

Mitch Daniels 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. Z1720 (talk) 17:55, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Anuel AA

Anuel AA 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. Z1720 (talk) 03:21, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Mark Kellogg (reporter)

Mark Kellogg (reporter) 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. Z1720 (talk) 02:42, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Paul Steed

The article Paul Steed has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Aside from being created back when it was possible for IPs to do so, this page received the notability tag immediately after it was unprotected. I wouldn't go so far as to call Steed a nobody, but I believe he is Fandom-Wiki-level material that isn't notable enough for a page on a site as generalized as Wikipedia.

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. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 15:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Using LinkedIn for some biography details

If secondary sources don't cover person's education in details (e. g., major/minor or honors), but person's LinkedIn has them, is it acceptable to use latter as a source? 5.178.188.143 (talk) 11:31, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:RSPLINKEDIN. The account would have to be verified and the content would have to comply with policies on for BLPs and self-published sources. Potentially promotional content such as honors would probably not be appropriate without independent sourcing. Going into too much detail may also violate WP:DUE without independent sourcing to show why significant enough to include in the article. – notwally (talk) 19:46, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Henry VIII

Henry VIII 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. Z1720 (talk) 23:11, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Romaine Brooks

Romaine Brooks 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. Z1720 (talk) 23:42, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editor deleting large chunks of academic biographies using political criteria

[1] Any that mention activism, socialism, gender issues, etc. But not conservatism. Doug Weller talk 07:50, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red January 2025

Women in Red | January 2025, Vol 11, Issue 1, Nos 324, 326, 327, 328, 329

Online events:

New: Music (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run A & B | Internet personalities
Continuing: #1day1woman (year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2024

Announcements from other communities

Celebrate Wikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2025
Participate in #1Lib1Ref Jan 15 – Feb 5, 2025

Tip of the month:

Celebrate WiR's 20% achievement by adding {{User:ForsythiaJo/20%Userbox}} to your user page.

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Proposed splitting of Magdalena Bay (duo)

There is a discussion at Talk:Magdalena Bay (duo)#Split article to Magdalena Bay discography that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ ^{(CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)} 23:18, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Arthur Phillip

Arthur Phillip 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. Z1720 (talk) 22:11, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead 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. Z1720 (talk) 23:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho 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. Z1720 (talk) 16:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Benny Friedman#Requested move 4 January 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Benny Friedman#Requested move 4 January 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Yeshivish613 (talk) 19:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]