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| There's been a debate about how to describe recent controversial remarks about race from cartoonist Scott Adams. The debate centers around whether his comments should be described as "racist" in a narrative/Wikipedia voice, or whether the adjective should be attributed.
Should the desription in lead read as either; Option A : "...after Adams published a video which included racist comments about Black people." or Option B : "...after Adams published a video which included comments about Black people that were widely characterized as racist."
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Misplaced Pages talk:Manual of Style/Biography
| I propose that the nationality examples recently removed be restored. I ask that we break the discussion into two parts: first support or oppose !votes for whether we should include any examples. Second, discussion to resolve the exact wording and presentation of the examples to be added. Accordingly, I've put the most recent version at the top of the subsection. Skyerise (talk) 12:34, 29 March 2023 (UTC) |
Gene Kelly was a multitalented performer, but there is some dispute as to how he should be referred to in the opening of the article. I believe the choices are these:
The dispute is basically over whether to put "actor" or "dancer" first. I don't believe the order of the other two is at issue. Coretheapple (talk) 14:29, 26 March 2023 (UTC) |
| There were a lot of edit wars. Should it say "Korean-Canadian", "Canadian and South Korean", "Canadian-born South Korean", or some other option? Thedarkknightli (talk) 17:35, 25 March 2023 (UTC) |
Should the sentence below be included in the article (as it is now) under the subsection Lafayette Square protester removal and photo op?
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Should the biography of Rod Steiger include an infobox? Nemov (talk) 04:33, 17 March 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
Anonymous user(s) using Bell Internet accounts are suppressing edits referring to Prof. Bart's 2013 disciplinary decision. In the deletion discussion, the general agreement of other Misplaced Pages editors is that the disciplinary decision should be referenced, and a reliable source has been cited. Rather than provoke an edit war against anonymous sympathisers (or Prof. Bart himself), I'd like direction on:
I do not know whether suppression constitutes WP:Vandalism, and it doesn't fall into the libel category that would qualify for assistance on the WP:BLPN. On the contrary, it's trying to suppress unflattering information about Prof. Bart. |
| There have been a lot of edit warring with the nationality in the lead. Should be listed as just American, Vietnamese-American, Vietnamese-born American, or some other option? The relevant facts are: He was born in (South) Vietnam in 1971, in 1979 he resettled with his family in America as refugees. He has lived in America ever since (though he has worked on several Hong Kong films in production roles). See MOS:ETHNICITY for the relevant policy. I personally have no strong opinion, and just want to end the edit warring with a clear consensus one way or the other. JDDJS (talk to me • see what I've done) 16:33, 13 March 2023 (UTC) |
| Taking into account the recent changes that have been made in this article, and that the awards-related statement has been removed from the end of the first paragraph of this article; I think it is necessary to implement a new statement in the lead section of the article in order to cover the information according to the new situation.
Therefore, I consider that the appropriate location to add such a statement is the middle part of the fourth paragraph of the article, before the sentence "His honors include 15 Grammy Awards...". Keeping in mind some suggestions previously expressed in this Talk page by users such as BD2412 and Apoxyomenus, and aiming for greater neutrality and accuracy for the article, I ask for your opinion: What statement do you consider should be added to cover the awards-related information within the new situation?
The following options are statements that would be placed before the sentence "Jackson's inductions include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame..." in the fourth paragraph of the lead section.
Finally, if anyone wishes to propose a different statement, suggestions are completely welcome. Salvabl (talk) 02:48, 8 March 2023 (UTC) |
| At least as far as I've noticed, when including a place of birth in an article's infobox, it's the general practice on Misplaced Pages to use historical place names. Sometimes the modern-day country is included, as with Mikhail Gorbachev or Mila Kunis. With Kaja Kallas being featured on the main page, it came to my attention that many articles for people born in what's now Estonia (and possibly other states) do not adhere to this practice. It appears that, due to Estonia having been on the receiving end of Russian imperialism for the last few hundred years and the idea of state continuity of the Baltic states, opinions on whether to list Estonia or Estonian SSR as someone's place of birth often reflect the politics of the editors involved.
Personally, I think the de facto recognition of the Soviet administration by most paired with other factors like the monopoly on the legal use of force make linking to the SSR articles the sensible thing to do. Additionally, I believe the articles on the Baltic SSRs do a sufficiently good job of addressing questions about their legitimacy. In any case, I think it would be helpful to solicit comments and see if we can maybe get some kind of consensus here. Rockhead126 (talk) 23:00, 7 March 2023 (UTC) |
| Should the following paragraph be inserted into the biography? Yes or no. The paragraph is about a widely reported development in November 1991, a marketing campaign which backfired somewhat and gave Michael Jackson's reputation a dunking. Binksternet (talk) 03:00, 7 March 2023 (UTC) |
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| Should the following biographical microstubs, which were mass-created by Lugnuts and cover non-medalling Olympians who competed between 1896 and 1912, be moved out of article space? 08:15, 2 March 2023 (UTC) |
- Lamothe, Dan (June 11, 2020). "Pentagon's top general apologizes for appearing alongside Trump in Lafayette Square". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
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