Talk:Who's Who (UK)

message: Shouldn't it be Who's Whom?
:No.  "Is" is a copula and has a nominative on both sides.  The Wednesday Island (talk) 23:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Who says that the apostrophe-s stands for "is"? It could be "has"!137.205.183.109 (talk) 12:03, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Grammar

message: But David Beckham is in the book! --81.105.251.160 06:45, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe he was only added very recently. If you think there's an error, please correct it.--Runcorn 19:08, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Beckham

message: I think I heard that not everyone in a year's Who's who gets into the Who was who cumulation.  Is this the case?  Many members of UK Public Libraries will find that they have free online access to Who's who/Who was who === Vernon White (talk) 23:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I hadn't heard of omissions from Who was Who.  Yes, they are accessible via Know UK.--Runcorn 19:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There must be an editing down process in the production of Who was who from Who's who entries.  The editors need to establish who has died and their date of death.  If this information is not available, then the subject cannot be included.  I think there is also a "Notability" process at this stage too. I'll check with the publishers, if you wish. === Vernon White (talk) 20:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: O/L version is also available on xrefer plus], a service similar to KnowUK. === Vernon White (talk) 21:36, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've emailed Black's PR person. === Vernon White (talk) 21:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Who Was Who

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message: He also points out that there is a high proportion of Oxford and Cambridge (Britain's most prestigious universities) graduates among the new entrants.[3]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.30.36.226 (talk) 19:51, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  who's 'he'? 

message: Volume 27 of the British Tariff gives a list of periodical book reviews of "Who's Who in 1849" at p 380, p 394 and another. A separate article is probably in order. James500 (talk) 02:54, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Reviews

message: This page cites http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-12-28-la-cemeteries_x.htm from USA Today as an example of the use of the expression "A who's who of X". Unfortunately the USA Today article does not show that the etymology of this expression has anything to do with this book. There is no evidence, for example, that the USA Today article is not comparing the cemetery to another Who's Who, such as one of Maquis' publications. 
The expression "Who's Who of" (in "the Who's Who of the Magazine") appears in the Illustrated London News for 15 May 1847 on p 310, approximately two years before "Who's Who in 1849". The expression "who's who in" (in "who's who in the grand topic of the day") appears in the London and Paris Observer for 24 December 1826 on p 813, reprinting the London Literary Gazette of 9 December 1826 on p 769, more than twenty years before "Who's Who in 1849". The expression "Who's Who" is so well attested that I can identify at least two theatre plays with that title, going back more than sixty years before "Who's Who in 1849": "Who's Who? or, the Double Imposture" (1816) by John Poole, and
"The Humourist, or, Who's Who?" (1785) by James Cobb.
I do not think we are in a position to simply assume that this book is sole and ultimate origin of the sort of phraseology used in the USA Today. I think we need sources that actually discuss the etymology directly. James500 (talk) 18:42, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: . James500 (talk) 19:08, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology of "Who's Who"

message: Hi ,
Is there any chance you could provide a quote from the Melanie Cable-Alexander FT piece to support the Who Was Who section on corrections? Thanks. Pilaz (talk) 17:25, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The particular fact in question is stated in express and unambiguous words on the Who's Who website, which you can read for free. Cable-Alexander is cited as confirmation by an independent source. As you can see, she says that all of the errors are corrected and the biographees don't know a thing about the corrections because they are dead, and the dead don't know anything. James500 (talk) 20:35, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I was hoping you'd provide an exact quotation from the Cable-Alexander article, because I don't have access to it. The Who's Who website says "where necessary", and I was hoping that Cable-Alexander would be able to expand on that. Pilaz (talk) 20:42, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ah, you did add the passage. Many thanks. Cheers, Pilaz (talk) 20:43, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full quote FT article 

message: The redirect Who's Who(UK) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Steel1943 (talk) 16:15, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Who's Who(UK)]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: MOS:QUOTE recommends paraphrasing quotes and summarizing them if there are too many in an article; in this C-class article there are over 50, so I added the over-quotation tag. Any thoughts on how to best proceed? Pilaz (talk) 19:13, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overquoting