Forbes Magazines 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 editors perceived and unsupported opinion as to each wellknown persons 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 she 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 wikis 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 dont 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 Magazines 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  ranked woman  It is an American food saleswoman Irene Rosenfeld  What complete baloney  Number  is an American television host Oprah Winfrey and finally at number  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 dont 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    And if you do want discussion somewhere in a more centralised page the big header has suggestions Perhaps start at WPVPP