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Contents 1 Welcome to WP:Biography 2 My bot 3 Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies 4 Will Arnett article 5 EJO article 6 Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter 7 Speedy deletion of Forest Whitaker/Comments 8 Bal-Sagoth 9 Forest Whitaker article 10 Kendra and Maliyah Herrin 11 The WikiProject Biography Newsletter: Issue II - April 2007 12 Regarding the alleged Alyson Hannigan sex tape 13 Nicholas Beale 14 WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive 15 Otto Magnus von Stackelberg 16 Bourse de Luxembourg 17 Earls 18 Talk:Alexis Bledel/Archive 1 19 Gordon 20 James Underwood (pathologist) 21 Thanks 22 James Milner 23 Talkheader 24 A-class review 24.1 James Milner FAC 24.2 Elsie J. Oxenham 25 WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5 26 Oliver Golding 27 Azura Skye 28 Michelle Trachtenberg 29 American revolution 30 Natalie Portman

Welcome to WP:Biography

My bot

Please see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 January 25 for the CFD listing. Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 23:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of unassessed articles tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 20:30, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Will Arnett article

I sourced most of the information in the Will Arnett article, do you mind giving me feedback and re-rating it if you feel it's necessary? -- Fernandobouregard 03:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

EJO article

Thanks for your comments on the Elsie J. Oxenham article - I deliberately went light on the books themselves as there are separate articles on them and I didn't want to duplicate information too much. All her books are listed between the 3 articles Abbey Girls, Abbey Connectors and Oxenham Non-Connectors which are linked from this article, and I thought it best to show just a few relevant aspects of Oxenham's life in the article itself. Perhaps I should have a major re-think about this --Abbeybufo 11:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough - I'll do some work over the next few days to bring the books more into the article, and try and show more clearly how the dancing, camp fire etc influnced her writing - thanks for the encouragement --Abbeybufo 20:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I've added quite a bit more now to this and would be glad of your feedback when you have time. Still aim to include a section on the places she used. Thanks again --Abbeybufo 15:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

sorry - trying to 'tidy up' and thought if it was already a B in one box it could be on the other as well - exit toad, blushing madly...--Abbeybufo 14:09, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter

The March 2007 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Mocko13 22:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Forest Whitaker/Comments

A tag has been placed on Forest Whitaker/Comments, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

unnecessary redirect to original page

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet very basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Mhking 02:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

As opposed to simply clicking on the "article" link at the top of the page? I'm not quite following. If that is something that has been permitted in other articles, then fine; otherwise, it is something that I would suggest not being present. --Mhking 02:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Bal-Sagoth

You incorrectly removed a biography tag from this article. Band articles are tagged with the biography tag now though - please refer to Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Arts and entertainment/Musicians which says; "Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Musicians and Musical ensembles/Bands." LuciferMorgan 09:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the rating :) I wasn't sure whether bands were included either till reading that passage I quoted. LuciferMorgan 10:50, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Forest Whitaker article

I have worked on the article in light of your comments. I hope I have improved it to your satisfaction. I look forward to your review.--Vbd (talk) 11:14, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the B-status. I wanted to clarify one thing you said in your comments -- the "Personal life" section is not a sub-section of "Career"; it is a co-equal heading, as is "Early life." I ended up changing the heading levels to make the distinctions between the headings clearer.

I am having a hard time finding photos. It seems to be a challenge with celebrities. I thought I had a publicity photo that would work, but it got pulled. Any advice?

Thanks again.--Vbd (talk) 06:04, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Kendra and Maliyah Herrin

I definitely suggest prodding this article. I'll leave the honors to you. Errabee 10:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the deletion tag on this article. It meets notability requirements. There have been articles about this set of twins regularly for the past five years. They have appeared on Oprah and on morning news shows. There was an ethical debate -- mentioned in a British newspaper, the Guardian -- over whether they should be separated due to the risk to one of the twins of living without a kidney. I think they were the first set of conjoined twins who were separated under those circmstances. I have added a line to that effect in the article, but didn't have time to hunt down all the references. Type their names into a search engine, though, and numerous articles will pop up.--Bookworm857158367 15:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

The WikiProject Biography Newsletter: Issue II - April 2007

The April 2007 issue of the WikiProject Biography newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you BetacommandBot 18:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the alleged Alyson Hannigan sex tape

Why crush my dreams? Ichormosquito 08:38, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Nicholas Beale

You voted on this article's AFD previously. User:NBeale complained that the AFD was closed too early, and so it was reopened. Please leave your opinion at the second nomination for AFD. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-05-05 17:09Z

WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive

Otto Magnus von Stackelberg

Thanks for re-assessing this article. Could you perhaps also run up a To-do list for it on Talk:Otto Magnus von Stackelberg for bringing it up to B-class? Many thanks Neddyseagoon - talk 14:58, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Bourse de Luxembourg

I'm writing the article on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange at the moment, and nominating the redirect is just a distraction. Show some restraint and do not nominate redirects for speedy deletion immediately after they're created if they have undoubted merit (i.e. are not nonsense).

As an aside, I have no idea what you were doing changing the spelling of 'Luxembourg' first. Really. Are you nominating it for speedy deletion because you don't like the way one spells that word? Bastin 20:14, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

'Usually' implies that there is scope for them otherwise, and that a modicum of judgment is required as to the circumstances. In this case, I wanted to have all the incoming red links on one 'What links here' page (there's only one to 'Bourse de Luxembourg', though; I expected more). I've posted a stub in place of the article so that there's no reason for you to delete that redirect. Please could you remove the speedy deletion notice now. Bastin 20:21, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Earls

to the best of my understanding, the upper nobility are considered notable at AfD, though Baronets are not. Three of the Earls you prodded may not be particular important otherwise,and possibly a merge would be the way to go, and you could propose one using WP:MERGE. One of them however is a very famous historical figure indeed. Your University library certainly will have access to the Oxford dictionary of National Biography--every figure with an article there is unquestionably notable, and you might want to check before nomination people from the UK who might be included.DGG (talk) 22:33, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Alexis Bledel/Archive 1

Yes, I did delete it, but I can see thanks to your note that it was a mistake. There was a vandal sockpuppet who was archiving dozens of article and user talk pages to disrupt Wikipedia, and that was a talk page archive they linked to. In repairing as much damage as possible, I zapped that one by mistake. If you see any more mistakes along that line, please let me know. I have restored the archive, and really do appreciate your message letting me know. --Fire Star 火星 02:33, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Gordon

Hi. Tx for your assessment. What would you suggest I do to bring Sid Gordon up to B level? I thought I had done it with my changes and additions, but I gather not. Tx.--Epeefleche 20:41, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Done. Tx.--Epeefleche 01:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

James Underwood (pathologist)

Many thanks for rating this article. Part 07:57, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

I apologise for having two identical articles. I realised that they are at least 3 others named James Underwood that have a legitimate right to an article. I am of the opinion that James Underwood (pathologist) should be the main article and James Underwood a re-direct for now. It will entail changing some links though. Thanks. Part 09:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the kind words. They are always appreciated. I hope it is much cooler up in Sweden than it is here in Taiwan right now. Cheers. ludahai 魯大海 13:46, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

James Milner

Just letting you know they article is currently having an A-class review Buc 19:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Talkheader

Hi, I saw you added some Talkheader templates to talk pages. You don't have to do that for every article though, only when it is needed. See also this discussion. Garion96 (talk) 20:27, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

A-class review

I see that you are a bio A-class reviewer. Might I be able to tempt you to participate in the review of Cillian Murphy? If you have time... Thanks, Melty girl 15:59, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for your prompt response! I see that you didn't record a "support" as third editor on the review page, but I guess your reclassification and archiving of the review speaks for itself. Thanks a bunch, much appreciated. --Melty girl 20:07, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Funny, cross messages! :) --Melty girl 20:08, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

James Milner FAC

I don’t know if you’re aware but James Milner is a current FAC. It has been one for about a week now but so far only one user has provided feedback. Since have given feedback on this article in the past I hope you can provide some here. Buc 19:34, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Elsie J. Oxenham

Hi Duribald - you were kind enough earlier this year to give some comments on my article on Elsie J. Oxenham. I have done some more work on it over the intervening months (in short bursts, it must be said!) and would be grateful if you could have another look at it as it now stands and let me have your comments/suggestions. I have recently put it through peer review, and addressed the suggestions that were made there, so I want to know what to do next, and whether I can/should put it up for GA or FA - I haven't looked at the procedures for doing that yet ;-) ... or if you feel it is worth an A yet? Any comments you have will be gratefully received --Abbeybufo (talk) • (contribs) 18:59, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5

The Biography WikiProject Newsletter Volume IV, no. 4 - September 2007
Project News The three-month long Summer Assessment Drive, organized by Psychless, was a huge success! It ran from June 1 – September 1, and reduced the backlog of unassessed articles from 113,385 to 56,237. In all, over 100,000 articles were assessed. Over 60 people contributed in some way. A barnstar has been created for exceptional work on Wikipedia biographies and for assisting the project. The Biography Barnstar is listed with the other WikiProject awards and can be awarded easily with a template. See the template page for more details. Member News Congratulations to the editors who worked on the newest featured biographies: Augustus; William Shakespeare; Adriaen van der Donck; Alfred Russel Wallace; Alison Krauss; Anne Frank; Anne of Denmark; Asser; Bart King; Bill O'Reilly; Bobby Robson; Bradley Joseph; CM Punk; Ceawlin of Wessex; Colley Cibber; Cædwalla of Wessex; Dominik Hašek; Elizabeth Needham; Frank Macfarlane Burnet; Georg Cantor; Gregory of Nazianzus; Gunnhild Mother of Kings; Gwen Stefani; Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery; Harriet Arbuthnot; Harry S. Truman; Henry, Bishop of Uppsala; Héctor Lavoe; Ine of Wessex; Ion Heliade Rădulescu; Jack Sheppard; Jackie Chan; Jay Chou; John Martin Scripps; John Mayer; Joseph Francis Shea; Joshua A. Norton; Kate Bush; Kazi Nazrul Islam; Kevin Pietersen; Martin Brodeur; Mary Martha Sherwood; Mary of Teck; Maximus the Confessor; Miranda Otto; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; P. K. van der Byl; Penda of Mercia; Pham Ngoc Thao; Rabindranath Tagore; Ramón Emeterio Betances; Red Barn Murder; Richard Hakluyt; Richard Hawes; Robert Garran; Roman Vishniac; Ronald Niel Stuart; Ronald Reagan; Roy Welensky; Rudolph Cartier; Samuel Adams; Samuel Beckett; Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; Sarah Trimmer; Sargon of Akkad; Shen Kuo; Sophie Blanchard; Stereolab; Sydney Newman; Sylvanus Morley; Tim Duncan; Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft; Uncle Tupelo; Waisale Serevi; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Walter Model; William Bruce; William Goebel; Yagan; Zhou Tong; Æthelbald of Mercia; Æthelbald of Mercia New Members Congratulations to our 225 new members	From the Editors The newsletter is back! Many things have gone on during the past few months, but many things have not. While the assessment drive helped revitalize the assessment department of the project, many other departments have received no attention. Most notably: peer review and our "workgroups". A day long IRC meeting has been planned for October 13th, with the major focus being which areas of the project are "dead", what should our goals be as a project, and how to "revive" the dead areas of our project. Contribute to the discussion on the the new channel (see below) We decided to deliver this newsletter to all project members this month but only those with their names down here will get it delivered in the future. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned or post news on the next issue's talk page New irc channel Lastly, a new WikiProject Biography channel has been set up on the freenode network: #wikipedia-en-bio Our thanks to Phoenix 15 for setting it up. Contributors to this Issue Psychless (talk · contribs) Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)
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Oliver Golding

Thanks. It's very difficult, when you've done so much work on an article, to remain objective about it! Ref ^(chew)(do) 00:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Azura Skye

Hi, thank you for pointing this out to me - I have been using a piece of software called CorHomo to fix disambiguation links. This was not meant to happen! Please accept my apologies, and I'll try and work out what went wrong. The Missing Piece (talk) 09:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Right, this is a recognized bug - see here. I can only say that this is a fairly rare occurrence. Thanks. The Missing Piece (talk) 09:49, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Michelle Trachtenberg

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Michelle Trachtenberg. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your reference to the article. Contact me if you need assistance adding references. Thank you. --Yamla (talk) 16:10, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

• Categories for an article should flow out of the main text that's in the article. For instance, for Michelle Trachtenberg, she's in the cat "American child actors" which follows from the mention of her being in Harriet the Spy. Another cat is Russian-Americans, which flows from her Russian mother. But where in the article does it say she's German or of German ancestry? That's why the cat keeps getting pulled, and if you're going to add that she is of German ancestry to the text, be prepared to provide a reliable source. Tabercil (talk) 16:32, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

American revolution

I don't deny that the French played an integral role in the American Revolution. The problem is that a substantial amount of text is spent discussing France's role in the lead section, when the article itself has relatively little mention of the country. Thus, having that paragraph in the lead gives the topic undue weight and does not accurately reflect the content of the article itself (see also WP:LEAD). WesleyDodds (talk) 09:36, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think the facts really warrant such emphasis on French participation in the lead. That paragraph is badly-written and goes out of its way to emphasize France with no proper context with the rest of the lead. Possibly mention France in the lead, but that paragraph needs to go. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:03, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

You won't break 3RR if we agree on a new version of the lead. We're not edit-warring. Consensus-building!!! Mention the role of France more unobtrusively in the lead and I'll probably be down with it. Keep in mind though, this is an article about the American Revolution as a whole, not just the American Revolutionary War. A lot of the article deals with the Revolution before France got involved, thus the relative lack of references to their role in the war throughout the article. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Natalie Portman

Please discuss on Talk:Natalie Portman#Erdos-Bacon Number. There is an article on Erdős–Bacon number that is well-sourced. That makes it notable. And the Erdős–Bacon number is based on a person's scientific research, something else that makes it notable. I can understand that there might be differences of opinion on this matter, but it needs to be discussed on the talk page until a consensus emerges rather than repeatedly removing sourced information that has been in the article for years. Thank you. Ward3001 (talk) 16:10, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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