Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Core biographies/Archive 2

message: Not sure where to put this, but shouldn't Saladin be an Asian political figure, not African? A bit technical, yes, but since this doesn't have a seperate Middle East politician section, I think it should be more appropriate for Saladin to be in the Asian category. --Laserbeamcrossfire 07:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The majority of his empire was in North Africa, but using the "extended" territory of Southwest Asia, he can be listed under Asia. ♠ SG →Talk 20:09, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: His capital was in Damascus. john k 02:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He was born in Damascus. --Laserbeamcrossfire 16:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He was born in Tikrit, actually, like old Saddam, what with being a Kurd and the Burid dynasty rather than the Zengids, whom his family served, ruling Damascus at the time of his birth.  But he mostly lived in Damascus after 1174, and he died and was buried there. john k 10:59, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Saladin?

message: Please vote on this proposed change of the definition for Top. This is an effort to try to help clarify who should be on this list. 
Should this section of the sentence: "and in the majority of the world" be revised to say "and in the majority of both the Western and non-Western world. For instance, Buddha not only affected the Eastern World but has widely affected much of the Western World".
I think it's vital we get this out of the way before we decide on any more deletions and inclusions. plange 08:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Straw poll 

message: Straw poll: Please indicate support or opposition for each.
;Philosophers
# Søren Kierkegaard -- Maurreen 14:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Candidates for removal 

message: The following each have at least two supporters and no opposition voiced. 
;Count
*Allow as many as 250 on the list. (It now has 134.)
;Additions
#Inventor - Charles Babbage
#Political figure - William I of England
#Scientist - James Watt 
:Maurreen 14:53, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current status 

message: If we can't get consensus on a definition or a number, maybe this is not even worthwhile. Maurreen 21:23, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think we have fairly good consensus on the current definition. Just because people are floating ideas for tweaking it doesn't neccessarily mean there is substantial objection to the current definition. The number issue seems to be pretty arbitrary. I don't think it would really matter that much what the number is, although I think a small number (100-250) would be easier to manage. Kaldari 21:33, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Worthwhile?

message: Right now we have Alfred Hitchcock as the only representative of cinema. I would contend that Akira Kurosawa and Walt Disney were more influential than Hitchcock. What do people think of adding both of them (since we're expanding the list).
*Akira Kurosawa
*Walt Disney
Kaldari 23:59, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cinema 

message: ====Actors and related====
# Charlie Chaplin - Has been added. Maurreen 10:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Added

message: # Charlie Chaplin - Has been added. Maurreen 10:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Actors and related

message: # Giotto di Bondone, founder of modern painting john k 11:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Artists

message: #Alexander Graham Bell - Added. Maurreen 17:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Added inventors

message: # Francis Bacon – Added. Maurreen 05:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Added philosophers

message: #Hernando Cortes, conquered Mexico. Maurreen 13:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Added political figures and leaders

message: #John Calvin – Added. Maurreen 05:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added relivious figures

message: #Stephen Hawking -- Added Maurreen 15:10, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added scientists

message: # Aeschylus.  Invented drama, more or less. john k 10:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added writers

message: # Margaret Sanger -- Added. Maurreen 11:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added miscellaneous

message: ;History, leaders, politics
# Ardashir I founder of the Sassanid Dynasty (as there are still far too many Europeans)
##Oppose - doesn't seem to meet the definition for Top? plange 05:27, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed or withdrawn candidates