Forbes Magazine s Most Powerful Ranking There is an increasing number of Forbes Magazine references appearing in the leading paragraphs of biographical wiki pages The opening paragraphs of a wiki page should contain important details not subjective trivia Forbes most powerful ranking is merely one American magazine editor s perceived and unsupported opinion as to each well known person s power By rights it should not appear on any wiki page other than the Forbes magazine page or Forbes Magazine ranking page It appears the less powerful an important person or celebrity is the more likely s he is to have a Forbes ranking on their wiki page Truly powerful people do not For example Barack Obama President USA No mention of Forbes ridiculous ranking on his page Vladimir Putin Prime Minister Russia No mention of Forbes Dmitry Medvedev President Russia No mention of Forbes David Cameron Prime Minister United Kingdom No mention of Forbes Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Israel No mention of Forbes Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King Saudi Arabia No mention of Forbes Nicolas Sarkozy President France No mention of Forbes Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader Iran No mention of Forbes Naoto Kan Prime Minister Japan No mention of Forbes Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Chief of Army Staff Pakistan No mention of Forbes So why do the Forbes rankings keep appearing all over wiki Is there a wiki rule to stop the magazine from obtaining free advertising at wiki s expense Sorry but what does this have to do with the main page Also while I have no opinion on whether Forbes ratings belong it hardly seems surprising that the less powerful and important person or celebrity is the more likely they are to have a Forbes rating You don t need a Forbes rating to tell you Barack Obama is important You just need to words President of the United States The same with all the rest you mentioned Why do Forbes Magazine s unsubstantiated rankings garner support on wiki They are obviously fabricated Many are rubbish For example Forbes rank Michelle Obama as the most powerful woman in the world Yet it is Barack who is the president not Michelle As First Lady Michelle has no power whatsoever How about the number 2 ranked woman It is an American food saleswoman Irene Rosenfeld What complete baloney Number 3 is an American television host Oprah Winfrey and finally at number 4 is a woman with real power the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel Forbes incredibly has ranked an American grocer and an American television host above a head of government My question is why does a supposedly factual encyclopaedia wiki rate worthy of mention the suppositions and meanderings of a magazine that specialises in listening to gossip rather than in researching facts So what does this have to do with the main page If you don t think the information belongs in articles the place to discuss that is on the talk page of the effected articles You could also be bold and remove it and explain why If another editor reverts you then you are into the bold revert discuss cycle and you know who to discuss it with The discussion does not belong here because it has nothing to do with the main page and that is what this page is for fan And if you do want discussion somewhere in a more centralised page the big header has suggestions Perhaps start at WP VPP