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The following article Professor Khalid Mahmood has been tagged as belongling to this WikiProject. it has also been tagged for deletion. Thought that some mention of that should be made here:

Upside-down lists of works

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Flags

I've noticed that many band pages don't include flags like other pages do. Do we have a preference on that because I for one think they enhance the Wiki experience. Leodmacleod 3:11 3 October 2007 (UTC)

discrepancy between dates

on the philipo taglioni bio: i noticed the dates of the original production of "la sylphide" conflict. the intro states that "it is he who was the original choreographer of La Sylphide, in 1836," while the "background" section goes on to say, "the triumphant première of La Sylphide on March 12, 1832..." i think 1832 is the correct date of the premier. someone should fix this.

Casanova needs your help

Giacomo Casanova ("the" Casanova) is currently tagged "written like a personal reflection or essay and may require cleanup", as well as "needs additional citations for verification". (I myself have no competence in this subject.) -- 201.37.229.117 20:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

=Use of Appleton's and its derivative sites

I am listing a discussion begun at User_talk:Damslerset and at Wikipedia_talk:Copyright_problems#Virtualology

According to the Virtualology site, which is a copy & attempted revision of the notoriously unreliable Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, its revised biographies are arranged separately, as explained there "If you would like to edit this biography please submit a rewritten biography in text form . If acceptable, the new biography will be published above the 19th Century Appleton's Cyclopedia Biography citing the volunteer editor." from, e.g. However, I see no firm indication that this is in fact the case, and would like to see some examples of this. Ones directly from Appletons are not copyvios. Ones modified from Appleton's are copyvios, because the Virtualology site is copyrighted. Unfortunately, the original ones are also known not to be reliable or accurate.( It is additionally plagiarism to use them with just the tag at the bottom, without indicating that the entire article was copied and what the exact source is.) I therefore doubt that any material from this site can ever be incorporated in Misplaced Pages. If unmodified, they are not reliable. If modified, they are not public domain. DGG (talk) 01:19, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I furthermore do not think the material is always being added carefully. there was already a good article on Benjamin Alvord (mathematician) (1813-1884), using Appleton as well as other more authoritative sources. You added an article for his son, Benjamin Alford Jr., unfortunately called Benjamin Alvord (general) --unfortunately because the father was also a general--and copied the information from the bio of his parent as a direct cut and paste from the Appleton web site. (I deleted it as a duplicate, but I can make a copy available--actually I hardly need to, because it is an exact literal character-by-character copy of the one on your own web site without any attempt whatsoever to modify it into the appropriate style for wikipedia--not even inverting the name from its "ALVORD, Benjamin," to what we would call "Benjamin Alvord." Not writing appropriately with respect to style, is a minor matter and easily fixable--though a nuisance if you intend to do many contributions. But you did not check to see that you were copy-pasting about the right person!

I think this casts doubt on all contributions derived from this source, , and I urge you not to add further material until this has been worked out according to consensus. I apologize if this has sounded a little sharp, but I want to make certain that this gets clarified before things get more complicated. DGG (talk) 01:20, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Virtualology and Stanley L. Klos discussion on WP:AN

There have already been a variety of related discussions about spam, coi, copyright, and link quality in different places, so I started a more centralized discussion of all aspects at:

• Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard#Virtualology and Stanley L. Klos -- boon to our historical articles or just a bain of spam? (permanent link)

--A. B. 21:03, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Any actions needed for new biography articles?

I'm doing new-page patrol and I'd like to know if there's anything special I should do when I happen to run across a biography among the new pages. Am I supposed to insert {{DEFAULTSORT:Lastname, Firstname}}? Am I supposed to put {{BIO}} on the talk page? Would it be helpful to fill out a persondata template? Anything else? Are these instructions summarized anywhere? Thanks. --Coppertwig 20:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Adding the {{WP Biography}}, and maybe indicating "living=yes/no", whichever is appropriate, would certainly be appreciated. If you wanted to go further and add anything further, like you mentioned above, I very seriously doubt anyone would have any objections. John Carter 14:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Raoul Wallenberg

Hi, this article was a wreck. I didn't have much time, but I tried to make some fairly radical changes to bring it back to a decent state, after a series of edits by Attila Lajos (who wrote his PhD thesis on Wallenberg ) that gave the article a rather non-neutral point of view. I hope that by posting here I can draw some attention to it so that someone might be able to give it the time it deserves. –Joke 21:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Henry Shultz vs. Henry Schultz

Currently the page on Henry Schultz, economist, is at Henry Schultz (economist), although there is no page on another person with the same name on WP. Henry Schultz redirects to Henry Shultz, a page on someone else (not clear who from the article?). I think that the page on the economist should be moved to Henry Schultz with notices at the top of both articles to disambig. I would move it myself but I think I need the help of an admin to first erase the existing redirect article. BTW, if you check "what links here" on the Henry Shultz page, most links are for the economist through the redirect, so people have a hard time finding the correct page with the current setup AdamSmithee 09:52, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Long story short, I need a little help from an admin and I'll take care of the rest AdamSmithee 15:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

nesting project templates

Hallo, when I nested the templates at Talk:Tempest Anderson, the info about automatic stub designation in the Biography Project template didn't shrink. Should it? PamD 13:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

The Corrs

I just found out that this article's GA nominator is on vacation. Could someone else take a look at the GA review, and make necessary changes? If you have queries, leave a note on my talk page. Cheers, Dihydrogen Monoxide 06:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Ilya Prigogine needs expansion

Ilya Prigogine is still basically a stub. Can anyone add to this? -- Writtenonsand (talk) 11:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

• You're welcome to expand any article as long as the additions are sourced, preferably with complete inline citations (so a future editor doesn't need to re-retrieve everything). Are you familiar with WP:CITET? -Susanlesch (talk) 14:14, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Infobox for general athlete?

Hi.

As I am very novice at making infoboxes, can someone in this WikiProject Make a infobox for a general athlete or a table tennis player (as I am doing a article on one)? Thanks and also please reply me on my talk page. --Jackl 08:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)