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== RfC on anti-gay bias and academic freedom == == RfC: Should the section title for Academic freedom controversy be changed? ==


There is an RfC here concerning the article on ]. There is extensive background discussion elsewhere on the talk page there. ] ] 02:21, 25 May 2013 (UTC) There is an RfC here ] concerning the article on Hans-Hermann Hoppe. There is extensive background discussion elsewhere on the talk page there. ] ] 02:21, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

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C. D. Howe

This article is at FAC. Please review it and comment or vote here: Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/C. D. Howe/archive1. Cheers! -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:59, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Stub type

Greetings! A stub template or category which you created has been nominated for renaming or deletion at Misplaced Pages:Stub types for deletion. The stub type most likely doesn't meet Misplaced Pages requirements for a stub type, through failure to meet standards relating to the name, scope, current stub hierarchy or likely size, as explained at Misplaced Pages:Stub. Please feel free to make any comments at WP:SFD regarding this stub type, and in future, please consider proposing new stub types first at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals! This message is boilerplate, left here as a courtesy, and should not be considered personal in nature.

Nominating {{SouthAm-politician-stub}} and {{CentralAm-politician-stub}} for deletion. Associated national level categories already exist. Dawynn (talk) 19:54, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Benjamin Harrison dispute

There is a discussion going on at Talk:Benjamin Harrison that might benefit from the opinions of members of this project. --Coemgenus 12:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Photographs of Canadian politicians

I am looking for data regarding how many articles about Canadian politicians are missing profile photos. It is my understanding that profile photos are not available because the Queen's Printer in Canada and the respective provincial jurisdictions holds copyright on these photographs that are taken after an election. As a project of Wiki Canada we are hoping to persuade the Canadian government to change this policy. Any help in quantifying the need or assisting with this effort would be appreciated. Alan.ca (talk) 06:35, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

BLP noticeboard discussion

I have started a discussion at the BLP noticeboard about Rick Santorum, santorum, and santorum (sexual neologism) that editors here may wish to join. Mike Christie (talklibrary) 10:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Tony Blair

Editors here may be interested in assisting with the Good Article nomination of Tony Blair. The review can be found at Talk:Tony Blair/GA1. GA is reachable, but it will require hard work. Any assistance would be appreciated. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:01, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Daniel Coughlin

I just did some work on the page for Daniel Coughlin, which is listed as a stub in this project area. Could someone please reassess the stub category? Thanks! NearTheZoo (talk) 19:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

List it at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Biography/Assessment#Requesting an assessment. Hekerui (talk) 07:56, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Appropriateness of "Political Positions"

Perhaps someone here can help me. Not surprisingly, some work is being done on Gary E. Johnson. In the opinion of some, the article has NPOV problems. There seems to be an on-going good-faith effort to correct these. My question relates to the appropriateness of the "political positions" section in the article Gary E. Johnson#Political positions. It seems to me inappropriate to list a few positions of a presidential candidate, and that trying to list them all is impossible, and that the section shouldn't be here. Is there some guidance on this somewhere? TheNgeveld 20:55, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Notice

The Starhawk article was moved/renamed today to Starhawk (author) without discussion by a proponent of the new video game of the same name. Now Starhawk (and all 100 Wikilinks to her name) redirects to a disambiguation page. Please note my Requested Move discussion about moving it back to the original article title. If inspired to vote, please note Wiki policies that support this, such as WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, etc. Softlavender (talk) 12:17, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Request for NPOV review

  • Recently an editor has raised concerns regarding NPOV with some articles I had worked on prior to an extended wikibreak.
  • I have committed to no longer edit or watch these pages.
  • However, I would appreciate it if others could look them over with NPOV in mind, and discuss on their talk pages and make appropriate changes if need be.

Here are the articles:

  1. Joel Anderson
  2. Jose Peralta
  3. Hiram Monserrate

I will not object to any changes proposed, discussed, or implemented.

Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 20:53, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Help needed at Talk:Prescott Bush

There's currently a lengthy discussion at Talk:Prescott Bush regarding our coverage of Bush's involvement with UBC, a bank that was seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act. The dispute is mainly about whether secondary sources or primary sources should be emphasized, and whether some of the sources are tainted by the involvement of a conspiracy theorist who may have had ulterior motives. Input would be greatly appreciated. Huon (talk) 18:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Help requested by inexperienced biographer

I'm looking for some help from an expert WP:BIO member (or multiple). I've made some great strides on Kirsten Gillibrand, but need some help finishing it up. For one, there doesn't seem to be a set format for how US Senator articles should look (and those that are at FA level now are not helpful since they are Senate leaders, former presidential candidates, and so on, therefore exceptions to the way the articles should be written for the rest of the group). Also, finding sources that sum up a senator's and representative's service during each term would be helpful (i.e. the milestones). Writing about the campaigns is easy; covering the terms isn't so much. Lastly, covering 'political views' sections can be cumbersome because the list could become endless. An outside viewpoint on what could be added or trimmed would be great. Your help would be much appreciated. upstateNYer 01:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs - the final surge

Since early in 2010, many editors have assisted in the referencing or removal of over 90% of the Unreferenced Biographies of Living People, bringing the total down from over 50,000 to the current 4,862 (as of 16:28, 1 June 2011 (UTC)). Thank you for all of the work you've done to date, but we are now asking for your help in finishing this task. There are two main projects which are devoted to removing UBLPs from en.Misplaced Pages:

All you have to do is pick your articles and then add suitable references from reliable sources and remove the {{BLP unsourced}} template. There is no need to log your changes, register or remove the articles from the list. If you need any help, or have any comments, please ask at WP:URBLPR or WT:URBLP.

Thank you for any assistance you can provide. The-Pope (talk) 16:28, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Jim DeMint

For a U.S. Senator, Jim DeMint has a very poor article. It reqires a lot of expansion, and the section about his career as a U.S. Rep, for which he served for SIX years prior to becoming Senotr (1999-2005) is empty. For a potential Presidential candidate in 2012, this is very bad. SOXROX (talk) 22:47, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Request for comment - Santorum (neologism)

Request for Comment discussion started, please see Talk:Santorum_(neologism)#Proposal_to_rename.2C_redirect.2C_and_merge_content.

Thank you for your time, --JN466 16:25, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Good article review of Tim Pawlenty

I have done a good article review of Governor Tim Pawlenty and am informing wikiprojects associated with the article so that improvements can be made to the article. Ryan Vesey Review me! 23:30, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Ferdinand Marcos and TfD:Template:The Marcoses

Is there anyone here with an interest in the Philippines? If so, please come and have a look at TfD:Template:The Marcoses. There is a discussion there which is relevant to this project. In the course of considering a proposal to delete Template:The Marcoses I discovered that links to articles about many opponents of - and some collaborators with - Ferdinand Marcos are not linked to the text in his article, merely to this badly named and concealed navbox, which is now proposed for deletion. These include Insurgency in the Philippines, New People's Army, Moro National Liberation Front, Assassination of Ninoy Aquino, NAMFREL and People Power Revolution. Also, Constitution of the Philippines is a link hidden underneath alternative text, and Rolex 12 only appears without elaboration under "See also". Some of these are in danger of being orphaned. I sincerely hope that someone here will take an interest in rectifying the situation. Thanks. Rubywine . talk 22:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Template:The Marcoses

I have opened a discussion topic Template name and contents at Template_talk:The_Marcoses. Rubywine . talk 10:23, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

WP:COI issues with Scott Smith (mayor)

I would like a third party to take a look at. I have tried to edit it, but I am getting reverted by a possible WP:SPA named Mayor Smith (talk · contribs) that I feel is having some WP:COI issues.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:46, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Tom Kahn good article nominee

Tom Kahn was a democracy activist, first with the Socialist Party of America, then in the civil rights movement (with Bayard Rustin and Rachelle Horowitz), and the AFL–CIO International Affairs Department (where he worked to support Solidarity (Polish trade union).

The article Tom Kahn has been nominated as a WP:Good article. Writing a review is a chance to earn good karma!

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 Kiefer.Wolfowitz 19:31, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Berezovsky article

Editors are removing reliably sourced information from the Boris Berezovsky article, and on the talk page seem to indicate that it is a WP:BLP violation. Can uninvolved editors take a look at Talk:Boris_Berezovsky_(businessman)#Use_of_libel_tourism.2Fterrorism and opine over there. There appears to be gaming going on to keep relevant information out of an article. Appreciate any input on the talk page. Thanks, Russavia 20:21, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Portal:History

Is up for FPOC. This is one of the highest (if not the highest) visibility portal on Misplaced Pages, I recommend commenting on it! Cheers, ResMar 23:28, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

AfD

Please see: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Pratt–Romney family. BigJim707 (talk) 18:31, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Leon Panetta as a United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month candidate

Greetings, as a WikiProject that relates to this article, this notice was sent to let you know that the article, Leon Panetta, has been nominated to be a future Collaboration of the Month article. All editors interested in voting for or improving these article are encouraged to participate. You can cast your vote here. --Kumioko (talk) 16:40, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Luke Ravenstahl/GA2

GA article up for review at Talk:Luke Ravenstahl/GA2.--GrapedApe (talk) 04:04, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Barack Obama FAR

There is a discussion ongoing at Misplaced Pages:Featured article review/Barack Obama/archive9Lihaas (talk) 16:26, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Project scope

Is this project just intended for politician and government officials or does it also include political atavists (NGOs etc.) and social workers and community leaders who do not hold government office positions?--Traveler100 (talk) 07:17, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Nabeel Rajab GAN

The article Nabeel Rajab has been nominated for Good article status. Interested editor can start review process by clicking here. Mohamed CJ (talk) 00:44, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Kerry Bentivolio NPOV review request

Can someone please look over the Kerry Bentivolio article? I tried to make it a little better, but I don't want to go too far in the opposite direction, probably be better to have someone who doesn't care about US politics at all do the final review/edit. Chadnibal (talk) 15:15, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Help with a Featured Article candidacy

I'd like to ask anyone who has any interest in military history to review Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre. So far Malleus Fatuorum and Dank have reviewed (and given their support) it. However, an extra pair of eyes would be really, really welcomed. The candidacy page is here. Thank you very much, --Lecen (talk) 16:00, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Alben W. Barkley

An RFC on whether this article is too long and contains too many references has been opened. You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Alben W. Barkley#RFC. Acdixon 13:36, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

U.S. Election editnotice

I've created {{U.S. Election notice}} as an editnotice template for use on articles affected by the U.S. general election. Since the election is in early November and many of those elected don't take office until mid-to-late January, we tend to have a lot of jump-the-gun updating. This editnotice is intended to prevent some of that editing by reminding editors that there is a difference between editing and inauguration. I'm not mass-implementing it generally, but if you see that an article is drawing a lot of good faith errors, this is available. --Philosopher  20:56, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Patrick Murphy RfC

Input is encouraged at Talk:Patrick Murphy (Florida politician)#Request for comment. Instaurare (talk) 19:15, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Arthur Schultz

I've requested a good article reassessment of Arthur Schultz. See: -- Mesconsing (talk) 18:53, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Stephen Breyer

Stephen Breyer, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. AIRcorn (talk) 12:56, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

GA review

http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Elizabeth_Warren/GA2#GA_Reassessment - Youreallycan 21:39, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

TAFI

Hello,
Please note that George M. Dallas, which is within this project's scope, has been selected to become a Today's Article for Improvement. The article is currently in the TAFI Holding Area, where comments are welcome about ideas to improve it. After the article is moved from the holding area to the TAFI schedule, it will appear on Misplaced Pages's Main Page in the "Today's Article for Improvement" section for one week. Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion and encouraged to collaborate to improve the article.
Thank you,
TheOriginalSoni (talk) 11:27, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
(From the TAFI team)

RfC for Juan Manuel de Rosas: please help!

A Request for Comment has been made regarding Juan Manuel de Rosas, who governed the Argentine Confederation from 1829 until 1852. The discussion is on this link. Please take your time to comment. --Lecen (talk) 00:57, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

I need help to avoid an edit war at Bill Clinton

Please comment at Talk:Bill_Clinton#WP:OVERLINK_.3F or just step in and edit as you see fit.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case#Blanking of content verified by multiple reliable sources. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Template:Z48

COI at Govind Singh?

It might be worth keeping some eyeballs on Indian politician Govind Singh, I suspect User:GOVIND SINGH MEHRAT has something to tell us...Le Deluge (talk) 01:31, 9 March 2013 (UTC)


RFC on Nautrality at Narendra Modi

Asking about whether the article on the prominent and controversial Indian Hindu nationalist politican Narendra is currently neutral.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 21:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

RfC: Should the section title for Academic freedom controversy be changed?

There is an RfC here Talk:Hans-Hermann_Hoppe#RfC:_Should_the_section_title_for_Academic_freedom_controversy_be_changed.3F concerning the article on Hans-Hermann Hoppe. There is extensive background discussion elsewhere on the talk page there. SPECIFICO talk 02:21, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Note: I have revised the section heading here to reflect what the RfC title is and modified the link to create a Wikilink. – S. Rich (talk) 14:26, 25 May 2013 (UTC)