Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography

message: Hello, all,
I propose merging Wikipedia:Living People Patrol (long defunct) into this group.  Specifically, if nobody objects, I would like to WP:MOVE that page to Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Living People Patrol (along with the talk page's archive) and then redirect the (currently blank) talk page here.  That way, if anyone goes looking for help, they'll have a chance of finding it.
Please let me know if you think this is a bad idea.  
WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:29, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there have been no objections either here or there, I'm doing this now. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:20, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Living People Patrol 

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--Lajmmoore (talk 06:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
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message: Hi guys, would anyone like to help me expand this article? On the it.wiki page there are 203 references (https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrizio_De_Andr%C3%A9), while on this page there are only 39; this difference is absurd. JacktheBrown (talk) 15:39, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Fabrizio De André]] 

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message: Hi, there is an edit request to update the article on OKCupid co-founder Sam Yagan at Talk:Sam_Yagan#Request_to_add_Corazon_Capital_subsection. I made this request on behalf of Yagan through my work at Corazon Capital. Thank you for considering. CBCorazon (talk) 13:44, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
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message: I've edited Gaten Matarazzo infobox to remove the listing of Amy Yu as his "partner" (but I left in the "personal life" item about their relationship).  The cited article describes her as his "girlfriend".  Does Wikipedia have standard practice/criteria for what qualifies as "partner"?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bsammon (talk • contribs) 16:04, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does "girlfriend"/"boyfriend" count as "partner"? 

message: Hello. There's a discussion regarding the infobox changes on the Martin O'Donnell article over at Talk:Martin O'Donnell#Infobox discussion that may be of interest to project members. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:   Discussion at Talk:Martin O'Donnell 

message: I don't ordinarily deal with biographies and people-list articles, so I thought I'd ask the good folks at WP:BIOGRAPHY for their experience on how similar articles are treated, or maybe even get some links to other similar articles so I can see how those present such categorization.
My question is how to deal with articles that have lists of people that have been separated out by statuses such as current/former/deceased. Of course trying to find a particular person in such an article means you have to scroll through 3 lists to find the one you're looking for, but is it even necessary to split people out? Who is checking to see if someone has died (so as to move the entry to the other section)?
In my case, I'm working on Scientology officials. Earlier it was a list-article, separated by the three sections current/deceased/former (example of old list-only version). It has since been made into a regular article by the addition of non-list content, and renamed to remove the "List of" part of the title, but retains the original list of people (plus some added since then). I had thought of removing the subcategories current/deceased/former and making just one alphabetical list, so I checked each entry to make sure there was sufficient information in each paragraph where a reader could easily see if the person was deceased or a former official (if we even know that information). We almost never know when someone dies or has left the employ, so I think the subsections should be removed.
Are there other similar articles in Wikipedia? Have there been other discussions about this sort of situation that I could read? Any insight would be appreciated.    ▶ I am Grorp ◀  15:54, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to deal with people-lists split by subsections such as current/former/deceased 

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message: Hello! As part of my work for Beutler Ink, I've posted Draft:Will Johnson (executive) for review at AfC and thought that editors here might be interested in having a look and leaving feedback. Happy to answer any questions. Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 21:55, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Will Johnson draft 

message: Hello, WikiProject Biography members,
I recently created a draft article about Michelle Valberg, a renowned Canadian nature and wildlife photographer known for her extensive work, especially in the Arctic regions. This article aims to highlight her career, contributions to photography, and her efforts in environmental and philanthropic activities.
As I prepare to move this draft towards a formal review, I am seeking your expertise to ensure that the article meets Wikipedia's standards for accuracy and neutrality and that it adequately covers her significant contributions to the field of photography.
I would greatly appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or edits you could provide to help enhance this article. Here is the link to the draft: Draft:Michelle Valberg
Thank you for your time and assistance Bojamon (talk) 16:37, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Review and Input on a New Article about Michelle Valberg 

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message: I just started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_Physics#Biographical importance ratings? and now realize that maybe I should have gone here, instead. Some biographical subject matter expertise is needed, since I don't understand how its supposed to work. Here's the post I put up there:
:The physics project template counts the number of articles ranked by importance, and quality. Here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Quality Control There are currently 700+ articles with unassesed priority (marked "???"). Clicking through, almost all of these are biographies. I suspect that no one particularly wants to tackle this, because of the unpleasantness of tagging someone's biography as "unimportant". That, plus the true difficulty of actually assigning a relative ranking -- you have to be very cross-disciplinary to be able to assess such comparisons. And that's just within physics, never mind something like "my biologist is more important than your physicist" or god help us, "our TV anchor is more notable than your physicist". Thus, I'm wondering if perhaps there might be better to avoid this issue entirely? I'm thinking of allowing the template to have an "importance=biographical" value. Or maybe there is some better way to do this? FWIW, Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics has exactly this same issue with unrated articles. (I'll cross-post there shortly.)
Thanks 67.198.37.16 (talk) 03:56, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unassessed articles tagged with WikiProject Physics and WP Math 

message: Hello, I would like to seek editor input on this edit request on the Dragan Šolak (businessman) article and its Money laundering investigations section.
 
In a discussion with another editor on the Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard I outline how the name of the section is misleading, as it could imply Šolak was investigated for  money laundering, which he was not. This section is not about Dragan Šolak directly but rather a media company owned by him and its reporting into Slovenian government misconduct. AlexforUnited (talk) 06:23, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
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message: Hi editors, I posted a request to add some additional information about Eric Hippeau's company Lerer Hippeau on his Talk page. Would anyone here be willing to take a look and see if this can be added? Because of my COI I can't make those changes myself BINK Robin (talk) 16:37, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
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message: Hello, I have an open edit request on the article about Sam Yagan at Talk:Sam_Yagan#Request_to_update_Excelerate_Labs_and_IAC_information. This is to add information about some of Yagan's previous companies. I made this request on behalf of Yagan through my work at Corazon Capital. Thank you for considering. CBCorazon (talk) 16:18, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
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