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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.[1]

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.

Proposed deletion of Paulette Jiles

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.

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]
You left in the anti-Aristide speculations but removed the facts about Boulos's pharmacy firm having produced some medication that killed a bunch of kids. I'll see if the WHO reports on this are on line as a source, but this seems to have very much sanitzied a profile of this controversial man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doubledup2 (talk • contribs) 02:35, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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:

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)[reply]

"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. SilverserenC 06:28, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Request for comment on the title of Santorum (neologism)

Please see Talk:Santorum (neologism)#Proposal to rename, redirect, and merge content. Not a biography, but involves biographical issues. SlimVirgin TALK|CONTRIBS 08:21, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Possible expansion of core biographies section

I have recently found out about a book which evaluates the biography articles in a number of reference books, based on the articles of the 4,002 individuals whose biographies most frequently appear in such books. The book was published a few years ago, and I myself haven't seen the book myself yet to determine which reference books were included in the selection, or what the names included are. It could be that, given the considerable number of reference books devoted to one or another aspect of popular culture, that recent performers and others might have a disproportionate representation in the list. Also, there might be some degree of systemic bias against particularly important Chinese and others from non-Western cultures. In any event, if the book actually lists all 4,002 names it is based on (like I said, I haven't seen the book itself yet), what would the rest of you think if we were to maybe expand the Core biographies to include all of them, and, if there is some indication of pro-Western bias, maybe add other names which might not be so frequently discussed in what might be sources which might have some sort of systemic pro-Western bias, if such is in fact found? John Carter (talk) 18:32, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The book in question is Human Accomplishment, and it actually does, to my personal surprise, fairly seriously cover Eastern individuals. Its weaknesses are in the areas of political/governmental, military, religious, and business biographies, as well as pre-8th century BCE and post-1950 biographies. Granted, there may not be that many people who actually qualify as "core" biographies in those eras, although there probably are several individuals in the other fields who probably should be included. Would anyone have any interest in, maybe, doing something like what the author of the book did and generate lists which might cover those biographical fields? John Carter (talk) 21:20, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Good article nominations currently has a backlog!

All editors willing and able to review articles are needed! Please contribute to the consensus of these articles by choosing 3 or more nominations to review in any of the catagories of interest to this project!

Please visit Wikipedia:Good article nominations now and begin! Thanks you! --Amadscientist (talk) 03:44, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have chosen the article Newt Gingrich as one on my reviews for this project.--Amadscientist (talk) 05:03, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your project's categories being renamed without notifying you

It appears that an editor decided that all of Wikipedia's 2000+ WikiProjects need to use matching category names: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_May_12#Foo-priority_bar_articles

Unfortunately, this proposal wasn't announced to any of the (hundreds of) affected groups, and—worse—they decided that the cats should be named "importance" rather than the more neutral "priority", which we know from experience prompts complaints about "How dare you declare that this living person is 'low importance'!"

It appears that your cats have already been renamed. If this seems like a good idea to you, then you don't need to do anything. If you object, then you probably want to appeal the decision at WP:DRV. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lists in living people category

I have asked here for input on whether three list articles currently in Category:Living people belong there. Gurch (talk) 16:35, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wyatt Earp GAN

Wyatt Earp was listed as a GA in April, then went through a GAR and was delisted. It is now going through another GAN. Wyatt Earp is one of Wikipedia's most popular articles and is on an important and complex topic. The GAN is on an initial seven day hold while the reviewer checks sources. Meanwhile there is some work to be done on trimming back excessive detail, and on making the article flow more by reducing the amount of subsections. See Talk:Wyatt Earp/GA3 for more detail. SilkTork *Tea time 20:04, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Felice Beato GAN

I have nominated Felice Beato 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. GamerPro64 20:02, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New Boyz featured singles.

The New Boyz have a few featured singles that are on itunes and are on those artists websites and even though they may never have charted they still need credit I believe. There is Found My Swag by The Bangz, Make Me Say by Tydis, and Dancing Around The Truth by The Stunners. Also I would like to state that Better with the Lights Off is NOT a promo single it was indeed released as a regular single. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.237.239.216 (talk) 22:40, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Eveline Hanska FAC

I have nominated for Featured Article Candidacy the article about Eveline Hańska, wife of the French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Your comments are welcome. Scartol • Tok 16:39, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Murray Ball

hey every1 just a question that i thought u could help me with Do you Knoe How Many Books In TOTAL Murray Ball Has Published? thankz bye--114.134.12.68 (talk) 02:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please take this to the Murray Ball talk page. Thanks.--JayJasper (talk) 04:25, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hans Kirk - The Fishermen - List of Characters

I just read it, and there are two corrections: 1) Bundgaard, Teodor is Lars and Malene's son and 2) Peder and Laura Hygum's daughter is named Kirstine. Thanks, Linda Fyffe 63.20.141.72 (talk) 03:12, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This needs to be posted on the Hans Kirk talk page. Thanks.--JayJasper (talk) 04:05, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hari Mohann Kansal

Actually, I came to know about him from several sources. He has got lots of media coverage during his various conferences for teaching packaging (world’s third largest industry after food & petrochemicals). He actually contributed to the phenomenal growth of plastic industries. Also, he worked on making plastics and packaging popular and promotes environmental friendly products.

14.98.54.228 (talk) 11:15, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tim McGraw

Was it me or did I see links to songs added to this page? And also saw some vulgar content added is these both true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justhere2help (talk • contribs) 22:54, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You need to discuss this on the appropriate page. Thanks.--JayJasper (talk) 23:39, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
(EC) You can check through the recent edits to the article by visiting the history page. The only edits today seem to be some fiddling with an image. Head in the direction of Tim McGraw (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and see what you can find. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:42, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

George Grosz' painiting "Metropolis"

No source indicates any link between Grosz' "Metropolis" and Caillebotte's "Paris - temps de pluie". Yet the similarities are so crass that it seems impossible that Grosz was not referencing this work when he painted it. There is even the lamppost in exactly the same position. The wikipeadia entry says that Grosz claimed the scene could have been New York. Maybe. Or any city modern city really. The two paintings are more than 30 years and an epoche apart. But the structure of the works is identical. Can anyone please comment on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edwgwilym (talk • contribs) 06:41, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

shouldnt delete

Think it is a rellevant article. I am interested in which teams he goes. I have followed his career & he has been with England u18's and fulham but got injured.

Sneakyt (talk) 23:03, 24 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sneakyt2010 (talk • contribs) [reply]

What article? You haven't pointed it out! Phearson (talk) 05:18, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Should the names of royals from the Western civilization have their names angliziced?

A Request for Comment has been made in Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies. See here. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, --Lecen (talk) 22:06, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in the biography of Salomon Dykman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Dykman

"Dykman was born in 1917 in Warsaw, Poland. He attended school at the "Hinuch" Hebrew Gymnasium, and then studied the classics at the Institute of Jewish Studies at Warsaw University."

the Institute of Classic at Warsaw University has never been a part of Institute of Jewish Studies (which, most probably, didn't even exist before the war). Please, correct it.

Daniel Webster FAR

I have nominated Daniel Webster 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. Brad (talk) 00:46, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Adding American Jews category

I just reverted User:Anibar E adding the American Jews category to a few articles, because I remember reading somewhere that it shouldn't be added unless the person was famous for being an american jew or something like that. [1] [2] [3] Did I do right? FurrySings (talk) 12:46, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures of IF people: ask Jason Scott?

Get Lamp is a documentary about interactive fiction filmed by computer historian Jason Scott. It is licensed under the Creative Commons-Attribution-Sharealike-Noncommercial license, but Scott has been somewhat liberal about this; for example (according to the talk he gave as part of showing the film on Google Tech Talks) he himself contributed to getting the film properly featured on The Pirate Bay.

There's an online gallery of interviewees available on the film's website, and here's why I brought this up here: I figured it might be worthwhile to ask if Scott would lax the licensing on some of the screenshots, as that would provide pictures of people for their corresponding articles here on Wikipedia. For example, of the six people at the beginning of the gallery at least Michael Berlyn, Nick Montfort and Edward Packard have their own articles, each without a likeness picture.

Any ideas if and how I (or someone) should proceed with this? -Uusijani (talk) 13:22, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Šuvcāne, Baiba. "He was proud to be a Liv..."
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