Talk:Toupée

message: Good Article nomination has failed ==
 
The Good article nomination for Toupee has failed, for the following reason:
:(it follows a logical structure, introducing the topic and then grouping together its coverage of related aspects; where appropriate, it contains a succinct lead section summarising the topic, and the remaining text is organised into a system of hierarchical sections (particularly for longer articles):
This article's lead, like the hair on many of its subject's head, is lacking. As it doesn't lead into the other areas it covers. The prose isn't compelling at all and is scattered with little jokes that are completely unencyclopedic. The jokes (I'm mainly remembering the picture captions) also seem to violate the rule that viewpoints are represented fairly and without bias.
(d) it contains no elements of original research
No sources are cited, especially in the areas of "use and manufacture," "known wearers," and "suspected wearers."  We need to know where this information is coming from, so to this I would add the citation of its sources 
I'm also worrying about it being broad in its coverage; I'm personally curious about the history of toupees and their forerunners.)
Toupee TonyJoe 23:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomination for Good Article in 2006 Failed 

message: I have come here from the RfC page. I would say that it is a good idea to have a list of toupee wearers, that it should include all the known deceased wearers and those living wearers where there is a reliable source and the fact is not disputed. It even just might include a case where the fact is disputed, so long as the case is notable (i.e. not just that the alleged wearer is notable, but also their alleged toupee-wearing is an issue that has come to public attention), that there is a good source such as a mainstream news report, and that the difference between allegation and proven fact is clear. Itsmejudith 15:32, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think any list of toupe wearers could end up being a joke that makes Wikipedia look silly. (On the other hand that might not be a bad thing. ;-) )  Steve Dufour 16:56, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Response to RfC 

message: hi some comments
#Toupées, chemotherapy, and injury has a list of external links, better to link to the wiki articles on these charities.
#not enough pictures - this article would benifit from several pictures illustrating the item and its benefits and differnt kinds.
#The introduction is too brief and needs expansion.
#red link for media buys is not helpful, so remove it or add in a stub that explains the meaning and significance, or redirect it to a suitable article.
#Toupées in Popular Culture and subsequent headings have captials not meeting WP:HEAD
GB 10:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA nomination review 

message: :GA review (see here for criteria)
#It is reasonably well written.
#:a (prose):  b (MoS): 
#It is factually accurate and verifiable.
#:a (references):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 
#It is broad in its coverage.
#:a (major aspects):  b (focused): 
#It follows the neutral point of view policy.
#:a (fair representation):  b (all significant views): 
#It is stable.
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#It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
#:a (tagged and captioned):  b lack of images (does not in itself exclude GA):  c (non-free images have fair use rationales): 
#Overall: 
#:a Pass/Fail: 
I found the following issues with this article:
*The lead is not a summary of the article, as it should be.
*There should be images to represent the various types of toupees. (There are no
*The Toupées and wigs section needs wikification.
*"It has been stated that many men often know they are fooling no one with the use of the toupée" - It has been stated by whom? Sentences such as these need to be sourced.
*There are far too many one sentence paragraphs.
*There is unnecessary spacing between sections.
*References should be directly after punctuation with no spaces.
*References should also be formatted per WP:CITE with all available information included, and references that are used multiple times should be named.
*The entire article could use some additional wikification. That of countries, US$, etc.
*Dashes between years and centuries should use the mdash.
*Under Toupées in the 19th century, why is the second paragraph indented? If that's a quote, it should be a block quote or, at the very least, include quotation marks.
*By the 1950s, it was estimated that over 350,000 U.S. men wore hair pieces, out of a potential 15 million wearers. - Really? How do you know?  (see the Time Magazine Article that's referenced 199.68.81.105 19:34, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like the author or an enthusiast needs to go down to a wig shop with a camera and get some photos themself, then the pictures can be released under a suitable licence, and will not be an embarrassment to someone. GB 22:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You should also cite the reference at the end of this sentence. Any sentences that make claims should be sourced. Also, be careful when using words to avoid. LaraLoveT/C 06:38, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed GA

message: not a very reputable source for Caesar's inclusion is it?  Surely an ancient source is needed....  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.48.84.234 (talk) 05:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caesar reference 

message: Many living people who are well known wear or have worn toupees.
It is a well documented fact that Sean Connery wore one for all of the James Bond films. He no longer wears one though.
Maybe we can include living people IF they longer wear one.--24.218.8.95 (talk) 23:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  living wearers 

message: The image :Image:Everylastingpiece.jpg is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here.  In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page.  Please check
:* That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for the use in this article.
:* That this article is linked to from the image description page.
This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --23:55, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Everylastingpiece.jpg

message: I remember seeing a YouTube clip after the "toupee" moment that Pat Sajak explained that it was an April Fool's gag, even going on to show what they did with the makeup. WAVY 10 Fan (talk) 16:50, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wheel of Fortune incident