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Categorization by place

Well, I don't agree that for most cases, a person is notable for where they are born, it is not defining and should not be done. However I also believe that there are a large number of editors who would not support that as a position and would fight the removal of these categories from people articles. Add to this mess the fact that for some places, the qualify sources don't actually provide the actual place and cases where their mother lived in one place and they came home there from the hospital but since that place did not have a hospital, they are born someplace all. It is all a mess. Vegaswikian (talk) 02:59, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Well, it is clear some editors fight the removals. Maybe we should try and get a compromise that says if it is clear that the person either never lived in that place or moved away when they were very young, that we will not categorize by it. I think a big issue is, should by place categories try to capture everyone who ever lived in the place, or be limited to those who have a defining connection to the place.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:34, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi, for info I've closed the withdrawn CfD's as requested but noted in each case that closure is pending an RfC (so no prejudice against renomination post-RFC or if RFC doesn't happen in a reasonable time). Have also posted a pointlessly tortured explanation of my rationale here. - Euryalus (talk) 00:49, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

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I've removed the categories from the Tunechi user page as they shouldn't have been there in user space anyway. Apart from which, I'm still trying to work out if it is a he or a she. Kate Robyn suggests she, but 'he' is mostly used. Confusing. I'm contacting them to see what's going on with the page. Peridon (talk) 19:45, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Category:The Incredible Hulk (TV series)

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Carl Levin is a native of Detroit. He was born in Detroit. He served on Detroit's city council. So he is from Detroit. I should know and I am a Michigan resident. Steelbeard1 (talk) 14:56, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

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Thailand/Siam

I am thinking all the years of Thailand before 1939 should be renamed to Siam, but I just wondered your opinion first as it will have to be a big nomination. Thanks. Tim! (talk) 07:21, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Please change your vote at https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_October_2#Category:Video_games_featuring_female_protagonists becuse you were misinformed

"Almost all video games have female protagonists" is 100% false, these games are actually rare.

See, for example:

Etc. --Niemti (talk) 16:40, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

The current list (about 850 titles with articles on Misplaced Pages - out of tens of thousands game articles) is in fact pretty much definitive and there's not much more. I used the lists compiled by others as well as my own knowledge. Also this:

Not quite "so often", no? --Niemti (talk) 17:02, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

I answered you again. And no, characters (doesn't matter if playable or non-playable) are never protagonists unless they're actually protagonists (I mean, pretty obviously so?). --Niemti (talk) 10:11, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Jonathan Del Arco

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"Not-notable for" category removals

Hi. Can you point to some actual guideline that supports your removal of people from categories they are "not notable" for, such as Category:Jeopardy! contestants? The category system traditionally does not work that way. If you grew up in a place, you are put in the "People from" category for it, regardless of whether you are famous for having grown up there. Same for what university you go to, and so forth. If we go down this route, many many category removals will have to be made. Take John McCain, for instance, which I am the main editor of. I can tell you that besides not being "notable" for being a Jeopardy contestant, he's also not notable for being a Baptists from the United States (he's not very religious) or for being a Commanders of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite (whatever that is) or for having attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria (he moved around a lot) or for his association with the International Republican Institute or for being a National Heroes of Georgia or for being a Recipients of the Air Medal (he's only famous for being shot down, not for the missions before that) or for Recipients of the Legion of Merit or Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class or Recipients of the Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class or Sons of the American Revolution, among others.

Now some of the categories he really is "notable" for, including the political ones and Naval aviator and Vietnam War prisoners of war. But do you really propose to delete all the others? If so, where is the guideline telling all of us to start this big purge? If not, why pick on just Jeopardy? Wasted Time R (talk) 23:41, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

my impression is that the WP:defining criteria is applied more strictly in practice to jobs vs other things. It's the same reason we don't have hundreds of actors in the waiters category even tho they once did that job.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 03:24, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Gendered categories for actors

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I actually had read some of the background before you posted it on my talk page. But it is really necessary to have categories as specific and sparsely-populated as Category:Male actors from Fresno, California?? Funcrunch (talk) 20:47, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

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Apology

I'm sorry I jumped on you so hard at my talk page. I was frustrated by what I see as the glaring flaws in categorization, and I jumped to conclusions based on slanted media accounts. It won't happen again. Binksternet (talk) 15:23, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

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Actors, male, Shakespearean

Hi; in the past month or so, you've created Category:Shakespearean male actors and Category:Male Shakespearean actors. I assume that these are the same thing? If so, which one should be deleted and which one do you want kept? Good Ol’factory 19:30, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

I emptied the one I didn't think we needed, but I lack a strong view on either form.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:16, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
OK, I will delete Category:Shakespearean male actors for now. Good Ol’factory 20:36, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

actors

FYI, I feel that gendering all actors cats below national level is excessive. I don't have time right now to start a nomination but wanted your thoughts - what is the limit of actors-gendered categories? Can't we have male/female at national level, then keep the rest ungendered?--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 00:15, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

I really don't see that working. The categories have developed in too large a way, and too few of them exist. Anyway, acting is a profession where everyone, in all ways in controlled by gender. Roles are by gender, awards are by gender, and we have consistently seen having the gender split upheld at all levels.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:03, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
If this were to be done, Obi-Wan Kenobi, it would involve thousands and thousands of articles covering male actors and actresses around the world. I think it would need to be a decision based on a RFC. At the least, it should involve an active discussion with regulars at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers. Those categories are most relevant to Editors who work on creating and maintaining actor bios and shouldn't be drastically changed without consultation from the Editors most impacted (or a deleted category will just continually be recreated). Liz 16:11, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Ok, then I'll start the discussion there. I think the whole thing smacks of overcategorization. Yes, gender is important for acting, but it doesn't mean that every single actor category should thus be gendered. We can easily set up simple category intersection at the top of any relevant pages to capture "nationality + actor + specific actor cat" + "nationality + actor + gender". --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 16:54, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

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Politicians

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Categorizing women by occupation

Hi, John. You've written: "In the past I have mistakenly categorized people into only gender categories. I have tried to remedy this situation recently, such as by making sure that all the people in Category:American female film directors were also in Category:American film directors."

Was there any discussion about this? If this is to be done in this way, then I'm willing to recategorise all the Slovene women in the similar way. Thank you. --Eleassar 08:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

tp stalker - yes, it was a massive forest fire that consumed at least a month of wiki-time - see American women novelists and associated cfds but it spread all over the wiki. In general women (or anyone) should never be ghettoized - to avoid this you can use the algorithm I developed which is linked on my user page.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 13:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Sergio Franchi

Hi John. Have you gotten a bee in your bonnet about recategorizing people? You have edited several categories on the Sergio Franchi page (including one which does not exist) from American to Italian. Because Sergio Franchi became a naturalized American in 1972, I believe that his initial categories were more correct. He became an AMERICAN 1972. I am reverting your edits. Thanks, Catherine.Cathlec (talk) 23:17, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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Help?

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An Inspirational Quote for You

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Descent, Expatriates, and Emigrants

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Category you created

Hello, have you decided what to do with this category: Category:American men's basketball players? It's just been sitting there.Hoops gza (talk) 19:39, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

It needs to be expanded. Unless people want to eliminate the women's category as well.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:57, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

We're talking about a gigantic category project here, thousands of articles. Perhaps it would be wise to do men's basketball players by state instead?Hoops gza (talk) 22:54, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

We have an entirely separate category tree for the various colleges at which both men (and women) played basketball. Jabari Parker is not a basketball player from North Carolina, he is from Illinois. He is also in Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players. Michael Jordan is not from New York nor from Illinois, he is from North Carolina. By state would be pretty manageable, as we already have a "Basketball players by state" category tree.Hoops gza (talk) 22:25, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Well I still have to say that I think by state is the way to go with this one. I don't think there is an ideal way with this one.Hoops gza (talk) 16:04, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Dail Jones

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re The Great Grape Ape Show

Hi Johnpacklambert. So what's the deal here? Isn't he a fictional gorilla etc? --Herostratus (talk) 06:53, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

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About the American Theatre Hall of Fame inductees category...

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Since you weighed in at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Mohammed Hameeduddin I felt the nominator lapsed from compliance with WP:BEFORE, and I considerably expanded Mohammed_Hameeduddin.

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Cfd closure

The above discussion is closed. I'm not placing it for automatic depopulation in order to give time for manual depopulation, if wanted. - jc37 22:11, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Collegiate discourse

I'm not writing this a warning, just a hopefully friendly note at this point. Strong, policy-supported and reference-supported debate is of course welcome at CfD, like any discussion page.

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As such, no need for a response.

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4th-century Israel

I been accused enough of being an anti-Semite for trying to enforce even normal policies on Israel and Jewish sections, that I do not think I was out of line. The people out of line were those who ignored the clear consensus, decided in multiple discussions, that Israel was founded in 1948 and using the term for anything before that is anachronistic.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:44, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

    • The discussion still strikes me as radical pro-Israel factions forcing their will be majority rule with no regard for existing policies or historical reality.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:45, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
      • The people who were out-of-line were those who claimed we were "trying to make Misplaced Pages into a PLO encyclopedia", when in fact we were seeking to recognize the fact that there was no state of Israel in the 4th-century. We did not propose a Palestine name at all, so that was the unjustified attack, and they never backed down or apologized.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:54, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

I understand your concern, but try to comment on the content, not the contributor, and if you find you need to comment concerning a contributor, try to avoid applying labels to a person.

Which I think you understand, as you did decide to strike some of your comments. - jc37 00:56, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

That is a separate thing. and I'll happily clarify my close.

In this case my point was that both sides were using the OTHERSTUFF argeuement. "otherstuff is being cleaned up" vs. "otherstuff is not". - jc37 00:56, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

  • No we weren't. We were using the argument that there is no Israel in the 4th or 6th century, and cited previous precedents of discussions to show this was the agreed consensus. The other side refused to consider actual discussion of category policy. They also made false claims, that were refuted, but they never bothered to admit they were making un-true claims. Lastly, they ignored the fact that Israel is a special case, a country that embraces a clear ethnic group as its founding group, that was clearly not in the majority in the area at the time of these categories. Of course, saying that truth somehow makes me a stooge of the PLO. Which is just plain rubbish claims. I will speak just as loudly in favor of Israel to refuse the right of return as long as Czech can, as anyone else, and would say that Ukraines main problem is they did not learn the lesson of Sudentenland and ethnically cleans the Crimea.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:01, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Outing accusation

I've replied on my talk page. I assume you are referring to User:Schlafly who is Roger Schafly, as he makes clear there - also see his talk page and its archives. Throwing around accusations like that without checking is never a good idea, nor is making personal attacks as you did. Dougweller (talk) 07:23, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your support. I commented on his page. Roger (talk) 22:36, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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Category:Ethnic Armenian boxers

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LDS General Authority articles

First off, get over yourself: this isn't about you. I nominate LDS-related articles because of their quality, not on their authorship. I don't even bother looking to see who wrote them when I delete them. If Jimbo had written them in that quality, I would still want them deleted.

Secondly, it's perfectly acceptable to nominate articles for deletion one or two at a time. And there IS a consensus that articles like this should be deleted. The consensus is GNG, which requires independent source. In each discussion, a majority agreed with my interpretation of GNG, you and Stokes essentially argued that GNG should be ignored and LDS sources be used to establish notability of an LDS official. Both in the particular discussions, and in the abstract, there is consensus that GNG should be upheld. So it's counterproductive to refight the battle.

Thirdly, complaining about me to third-parties is unproductive. If you're going to complain about me, complain to me. Or do it on a general noticeboard. And please don't use words like vexatious because they are inaccurate. pbp 20:55, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

  • In the Kevin S. Hamilton discussion, which I did not even particpate in, 4 people opposed deletion, and counting you, 3 supported it. That is not a majority in favor of deletion by any means.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:06, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
    • Dude, no admin is going to count a keep vote that ignores policy as a keep vote. You and Stokes are arguing that GNG should be ignored, and that general authorities should be kept even if no reliable sources are found. That is something I cannot abide by. I cannot abide by it regardless of who created the article: you, Stokes, or anyone else. pbp 21:12, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
      • We disagree with your overly narrow interpretation of "reliable source" which has a tendency to favor cetain views and sideline others. Your constant antagonistic voice, calling for the ignoring of "Latter-day Saint sources" is also highly objectionable, and suggests that Latter-day Saints should be treated as a marginzalized and non-noticable people. It is the type of privaleging of certain forms of sources that many people have said prevents Misplaced Pages from being what it truly seeks to be.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:16, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
        • You're going too far if you call me "antagonistic" just because I call the rules as written. ("Vexatious" was also too far). The general principle behind GNG requiring independent sources is that there are biases in the other direction too; people have felt articles sourced mostly from the organizations people belong too tend to exaggerate those peoples' achievements and downplay their failures. I never said you can't use LDS sources, just that you can't use them to meet the GNG bar. But there are reasons for not using LDS sources; there's I believe a whole article, a well-sourced one, on the dubiousness of LDS sources. Articles are always better if they include sources not associated with the topic to support their primary claims. pbp 21:26, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
  • The calling of LDS sources as "dubious" is another example of the bigotry that is at the heart of PBP attacks on LDS articles.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:30, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Another misused loaded word bordering on a personal attack. pbp 21:35, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Why are you focusing on LDS articles, PBP? Given your hostility to John, it would be hard not to see this whole deletion process as personal. Liz 21:58, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
To be fair to PBP, I am clearly not the only Misplaced Pages editor he hates and wants to drive off the project.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:03, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
Nor am I the only person who dislikes you, JPL. @Liz:, the reason I've nominated a number of LDS general authorities for deletion is because I believe them to not be adequately sourced enough to pass GNG. I have nominated articles and categories for deletion that have not been created by him, so to say it's personal is a stretch. If JPL considers all LDS articles, including those he did not create, to be his domain, we've got some serious OWNership issues on his part. pbp 01:16, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
  • What is an attack is to claim that all of "x-religion sources" are "dubious". No one has quesitoned any of the statments about the biographical details of Vinson, or the other slew of General Authroties you have nominated for deletion. Even if they had, that would not support your attempts to dismiss a whole set of sources out of hand. To make things worse, this in many ways seems like fighting a poxy war. The real goal of the "Dubious" claim is to slant aritcles of unquesitoned notability in a certain way. I have seen far too much of that slanting in wikipedia, to have anything but revulsion to the "dubious" claim in any location. Beyond this, the mention of "LDS sources" is undefined enough to make it useable as a bait and switch. We are never sure what you mean, so we can never be sure when a source moves beyond that.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:56, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
  • The fact that PBP claims "Being LDS and being black are not analogous" shows that he recognizes the bigrotry in his attacks, but thinks anti-LDS bigotry is OK. The fact of the matter is, that both race and religion are protected by the Civil Right Act, so in fact the analogy works. Attempts to exclude sources on racial, religious or other similar grounds are all equally objectionable. In this case it may at times be more an issue of tone than content, but the tone chosen has clearly been objectioanble and bigoted. I am not the one who has gone around claiming that a whole set of potential sources should be excluded on a grounds that is discriminatory based on the Civil Rights Act. I have also not been the one making flase claims of no sources.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:01, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
The problem, JPL, is by your logic, we could have an article on a basketball player based solely on quotes from his agent and coach. And I am fully comfortable saying that LDS sources do not pass muster as much as those of other religions; other scholars agree with me on that, out of concerns of transparency of the sources. Even the sources from other religions are not in and of themselves enough in today's day and age to create articles that pass GNG. pbp 01:16, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
To lump all sources from a given religion together is to show your continued bigotry. I am glad you are finally admitting your deep seated hate for the Latter-day Saints and the materials they produce. Your tone continues to be combative and cdondescending, and to show no respect for anyone else. To compare Church produced sources to those of an agent does not work. The Ensign and Church News are not under the control of the people involved in these articles. The people are highlighted in articles in these sources because in the view of the editors all general authorities are important and notable. Considering that there are lots and lots of articles on Catholic bishops that have only a website that focuses solely on covering the Catholic hierachy as their souirces, and in fact they lack anything approaching the indepth biographical articles we have in the case of LDS General Autorities, your claims about the current state of religious articles do not stand up to any amount of scrutiny.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:27, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
  • Since PBP has openly admitted to disliking me, he should probably give up on his crusade against me. Also, contrary to what he believes, people do not have to be popular to edit wikipedia.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:28, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
OMG, for the fourth time, this is about the articles, not about you! And stop throwing around weasel words pbp 23:41, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
Your clearly bigoted attacks on sources created by Latter-day Saints do not mesh with these claims.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:43, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
You're hyperbolizing at this point, and using a lot of weasel words. Why are you ONLY complaining about me? Other editors agree with my position. Why aren't you complaining to THEM. I'm done talking to you. I'm off to find more poorly sourced articles and nominate them for deletion. pbp 00:02, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Larry Y. Wilson for deletion

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Views on Prod Deletion

I still am of the opinion the creation of the Prod deletion method was unwise. It allows deletion to occur without enough discussion of the merits of the case.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:18, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Given that any removal of at least WP:PROD results in it not applying, I don't see fault in that. What I do see fault in is it's WP:BITEY and maybe that's why it works. Create what you think is a good article, get it PROD'd, just leave Misplaced Pages because of it, and you're long gone to contest the PROD and it gets deleted. However, that's the nature of CSD as well. Tutelary (talk) 02:22, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
I think a lot of things on Misplaced Pages have a tendency to scare off all except the truly thick skinned. Either that, or people who are especially good at lobbing complaints about the behavior of others. I really think that Misplaced Pages editors would be most helped by in-person advice from live people on how to start. I remember my first article creation got shot down almost immediately (although more because I had not developed enough sources than because the person was not notable). My second article also was put to AfD, but that one survived, because people who have served as a president of a significant academic institution generally do. The fact that Bruce C. Hafen might not even be most notable for being president of Ricks College, made the article even more likely to survive.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:37, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
Maybe Hafen never did get nominated for deletion. I thought the article had, but I did not see it in there. I may also be misremembering it as the second article I created.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:45, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
I think what you're talking about is the IRC chat, which I actively lurk in. Tutelary (talk) 02:48, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
  • I am not sure what the IRC chat is. I looked again, and I was right that immediately after creation, the article on Bruce C. Hafen faced a speedy deletion nomination. Of course, the fact that it lacked sources did not help. Although to be fair I had a history professor who I remember explicitly telling us that Encyclopedia Articles do not have sources in them. When I started with Misplaced Pages I didn't realize the same rules that apply to other encyclopedia's don't apply here. We lack respected editors, for the most part, so we need to show sources, especially after all the hoaxes. The first article I created was on Phoebe Woodruff, who still lacks a seperate article, but I later figured out a way to provide more indepth coverage of her in the article on her husband, Wilford Woodruff. In fact, I am 90% sure what it says of her there is more than was ever said in the seperate article I created on her.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:54, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

AfD note

Hi there. It would probably be helpful to the closers of AfD debates if you indicate Keep or Delete rather than "Oppose," which is ambiguous. best, —Tim /// Carrite (talk) 17:05, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

missing past general authorities

You asked at my talk page for me to get back to you about past general authority persons of the L.D.S. I have access to news lit search that I'll use to make a list for you, when i have time. Follow up with me in a few weeks if i don't get back to you. --doncram 13:12, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Running lit search again, this time on "Morman" and ("general authority" or "general authorities"), yielding 3,422 hits in major U.S. newspapers. Found a good general article about emeritus general authorities, listing them, will email you a PDF file of this. Also about hits:

  1. Henry D. Taylor has LA Times obit
  2. Marion G. Romney has LA Times obit and Chicago Tribune obit
  3. Ted E. Brewerton
  4. Paul H. Dunn covered in Chicago Tribune, for admitting fabrications involving baseball and war service(??)
  5. B. H. Roberts, "Misplaced Pages's Mormon Wars" Deseret News covers Misplaced Pages editing about Roberts' article in Misplaced Pages
  6. Gordon B. Hinckley, longish NYTimes article about him, with photo of him, July 4, 1994
  7. Bruce R. McConkie or Bruce McConkie, Chicago Tribune obit

too many to go through all.

Limiting search further to "Morman" and "obituary" and ("general authority" or "general authorities") yields 102 hits

  1. N. Eldon Tanner, Boston Globe obit
  2. H. Verlan Anderson
  3. Legrand Richards, then the oldest general authority died,
  4. William Bangerter, Deseret News obit, 2010
  5. Charles Gibbs, Deseret News obit, 2005
  6. "Congressman Del Clawson Dies at 78", Washington Post, was an LDS bishop
  7. Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 29 July 1998: B-6. ...Dixon Oaks, 65, the wife of Mormon general authority Dallin H. Oaks, July 14 in...
  8. Victor Lee Brown, in St. Petersburg Times: "VICTOR LEE BROWN, 81, the Mormon Church's 10th presiding bishop and an emeritus general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Tuesday in Salt Lake City of cancer. Bishop Brown served more than four years as a member of the faith's First Quorum of the Seventy after earlier having been in the Presiding Bishopric of the church for 24 years - 13 as presiding bishop. He stepped down from duties in church administration in 1989." 28 Mar 1996: 4.A.

Some hits were on persons already listed here, and some hits not relevant at all. Stopping for now to see which of the above are bluelinks vs. redlinks. --doncram 01:28, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

And I see only the William Bangerter is a redlink, others are bluelinks. But the Boston Globe obit would be a good source to add to the N. Eldon Tanner article, i note. --doncram 01:46, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
  1. Clinton L. Cutler: CLINTON L. CUTLER: Mormon Official

Clinton L. Cutler, 64, a member of the Mormon Church's Second Quorum of the Seventy, died of cancer April 9 at his home in Salt Lake City. He was named to the quorum, one of the church's tiers of authority, in 1990. He was first counselor in the General Presidency of the Sunday School and an assistant executive director of the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." The Washington Post Company Apr 11, 1994

  1. Sterling W. Sill, Wash Post obit
  2. Neal Maxwell, 78, a member of one of the highest ranking bodies of the Mormon Church: the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; July 21, in Salt Lake City, of leukemia. --Chicago Tribune
  3. Samuel Woolley Taylor SAMUEL WOOLLEY TAYLOR, 90, author of Flubber and The Absent-Minded Professor and known by some as the "Mark Twain of Mormondom," died Friday in Provo, Utah. He was known for Family Kingdom, the story of his father, John W. Taylor, father to three dozen children and husband to six wives who was dropped from the church's Quorum of Twelve Apostles for having plural wives after the church had abandoned the practice. Other Mormon works included Nightfall at Nauvoo, The Rocky Mountain Empire and Heaven Knows Why! -- St. Petersburg Times
  4. D. Arthur Haycock Washington Post: D. ARTHUR HAYCOCK: Church Official. D. Arthur Haycock, 77, former secretary to five presidents of the Mormon Church, died Feb. 25 in Salt Lake City after surgery for a heart ailment. He was a temple and mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was elected secretary-treasurer of the church-owned Deseret News Publishing Co. in 1958 and retired in 1986.

Maybe not so easy to find articles to create. --doncram 01:46, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

But the Haycock article is tagged for notability and sources, while adding the Washington Post reference would help address. That article was "DEATHS: The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext) 28 Feb 1994: d04. ". --doncram 01:48, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

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Category:Group of 88

I see that you have re-added "Category:Group of 88" to some biographies. You also added to some new members to that category. Based on your comments here, you seem to be pursuing some kind of political agenda rather than working to improve categorization. I don't wish to get into an edit war over this, so can I ask that you remove the category until the deletion discussion is finished? Thank you. Nigel Pap (talk) 13:17, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Please see this discussion on ANI. This is obviously about more than just categories for you. Nigel Pap (talk) 20:23, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Group of 88

I removed The categories from a number of articles. All of those which don't actually mention that group. It presents to me a BLP issue. A Scarlet Letter is exactly what your language has suggested that it is meant to be. I understand and respect your position. But that isn't relevant. Misplaced Pages isn't the place for it. Perhaps you could create a blog to advocate for this as you personally feel appropriate.Serialjoepsycho (talk) 02:32, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

serialjoe, you should not empty categories under discussion for deletion - please read CFD guidelines. Better to let the category be filled with valid members - if it's deleted which seems likely, then it will be removed by a bot. If it's kept, then it wouldn't make sense to only have on some articles. Being a member of that group is not itself a BLP violation and they willingly joined it.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 02:51, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Actually missed the part of the banner that said not to remove anything before I did it. It was certainly unintentional. I came here to explain the removal. In the unlikely event that this doesn't get deleted I would have removed them none the less. Lee D. Baker that information was removed per BLP. I agree with that logic. Again judging by what you've said your primary reasoning is Advocacy. If it's not in the article because of BLP it shouldn't be hanging below the article. If you wish add the categories back, please do. I do apologize for missing the policy but it was a good faith mistake.Serialjoepsycho (talk) 03:20, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Hi John, potentially you could be a very valuable contributor to this important topic and thanks for your efforts. Your passion is a great thing but it seems you're letting it get the better of you occasionally (no doubt not helped by others deleting notable material not to mention your legitimate concern about COI editors). Can I suggest you maybe strike/amend some of your more emotive comments in the category discussion in order to prove to everyone that you understand what and what isn't useful? (such as part of your first sentence there). Thanks.--Shakehandsman (talk) 05:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for that, no need to go overboard though! 90% of what you said was excellent and you came across as much better informed than most people are on the subject.--Shakehandsman (talk) 06:07, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
Johnpacklambert, please furnish an an actual quotation from the original newspaper ad that justifies your repeated charges that the so-called Group of 88 prejudged the guilt of the accused. The follow-up letter signed by most of them said, ""We reject all attempts to try the case outside the courts, and stand firmly by the principle of the presumption of innocence". Cullen Let's discuss it 06:52, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
I see that you posted a link to a copy of the original ad at ANI. Reading that ad, I find no statement that prejudges the guilt of the lacrosse players. Do you? I am hoping that you will withdraw all such claims you've made. Mischaracterizing the contents of that ad seems to be a cottage industry. Cullen Let's discuss it 07:51, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

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Based on the WP:discretionary sanctions in force on all WP:BLP content, and in light of the recent complaints about you violating the rules of neutrality on biographies of living persons, as for example with these edits: , I am topic-banning you from all edits and discussions regarding the so-called Duke lacrosse case, the so-called Group of 88, and persons related to these, for an indefinite period of time. Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:42, 14 July 2014 (UTC)