This is part of WikiProject Missing articles, an effort to use outside sources to determine what articles are missing from Wikipedia.
This list includes famous people from Find A Grave. Although each name was separately approved by the staff of Find-A-Grave, putting this list into a form that Wikipedia can use has broken some of the names. Please use the Find-A-Grave link next to each name to help fix corrupted names.
[edit] "Famous" and "Non-Notable"
As for how Find-A-Grave defines "famous":
- Q. How does Find A Grave define 'famous'?
- A. Please don't confuse importance with fame. Every one of your ancestors is important, and every veteran deserves to be remembered and honoured—but that does not mean that they are 'famous'. An individual is more likely to be designated as 'famous' on the Find A Grave site if he or she is well known outside of his or her local community.
When considering whether an article should be created on Wikipedia, anyone who would not qualify for an article under Wikipedia guidelines (principally WP:N) should be considered "non-notable".
If you believe a person on this list may be non-notable, please place them in a separate section at the bottom of that list's page under the heading "Possibly non-notable", and with a short explanation of why you believe the person to not be notable. As usual, only delete a blue link from this list when you have verified that the person linked is the same person on Find-A-Grave's site. Some of the items on this list are not people, but memorials, etc. Please follow the same process mentioned above for determining notability.
When calculating how close we are to being finished, we count both verified and non-notable as "done"; we don't expect anything further to happen to these names.
[edit] Suggestions
- Do not copy and paste text from Find-A-Grave.
- For help on how to write biographies, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography.
- The Find-A-Grave dates may be wrong by a year or two.
- Check to make sure the topic does not already have an article in Wikipedia, if so make a redirect
- Fix spelling or other errors in the list
- Suggested edit summary:
Created as part of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles|WikiProject Missing articles]] - For any articles you create, add the entry's Find-A-Grave link to the External links sections of the article. This helps others verify the information and find out more. Copy the format below, and insert the URL after the left bracket. Replace "NAME_OF_PERSON" with the name of the person.
==External links== * [ Find-A-Grave profile for NAME_OF_PERSON]
You can also use the template {{findagrave|<F-A-G id>}}, if you like templates. Copy the ID from the Find-A-Grave URL.
[edit] The List
This list started with 46,698 entries, before pruning.
| Letter | Init | Now | Complete | Last status | State |
| A | 1668 | 0234 | 86.0% | 02009-06-24 June 24, 2009 | Separated |
| B | 4669 | 0764 | 83.6% | 02009-09-30 September 30, 2009 | Searched |
| C | 3760 | 0854 | 77.3% | 02009-08-31 August 31, 2009 | Searched |
| D | 2516 | 0411 | 83.8% | 02009-05-04 May 4, 2009 | Separated |
| E | 0923 | 0170 | 81.6% | 02009-11-27 November 27, 2009 | Separated |
| F | 1742 | 0317 | 81.8% | 02009-10-03 October 3, 2009 | Separated |
| G | 2249 | 0430 | 80.9% | 02009-07-19 July 19, 2009 | Separated |
| H | 3369 | 0765 | 77.3% | 02009-09-21 September 21, 2009 | Searched |
| I | 0272 | 0067 | 75.3% | 02009-06-10 June 10, 2009 | Separated |
| J | 1023 | 0208 | 79.6% | 02009-08-31 August 31, 2009 | Searched |
| K | 1642 | 0362 | 77.9% | 02009-09-08 September 8, 2009 | Searched |
| L | 2202 | 0375 | 83.0% | 02009-06-10 June 10, 2009 | Separated |
| M | 4359 | 0942 | 78.4% | 02009-07-07 July 7, 2009 | Separated |
| N | 0819 | 0161 | 80.3% | 02009-06-11 June 11, 2009 | Separated |
| O | 0851 | 0181 | 78.6% | 02009-06-10 June 10, 2009 | Separated |
| P | 2309 | 0400 | 82.7% | 02009-09-21 September 21, 2009 | Separated |
| Q | 0111 | 0004 | 96.4% | 02009-06-24 June 24, 2009 | Separated |
| R | 2311 | 0427 | 81.5% | 02009-11-27 November 27, 2009 | Separated |
| S | 4226 | 0844 | 80.0% | 02009-09-27 September 27, 2009 | Separated |
| T | 1705 | 0301 | 82.3% | 02009-06-01 June 1, 2009 | Separated |
| U | 0183 | 0040 | 78.1% | 02009-06-09 June 9, 2009 | Separated |
| V | 0770 | 0139 | 82.0% | 02009-10-08 October 8, 2009 | Separated |
| W | 2585 | 0543 | 79.0% | 02009-06-19 June 19, 2009 | Separated |
| X | 0008 | 0000 | 100.0% | | Finished! |
| Y | 0257 | 0049 | 80.9% | 02009-06-08 June 8, 2009 | Separated |
| Z | 0156 | 0022 | 85.9% | 02009-06-24 June 24, 2009 | Separated |
[edit] Progress
Of the initial 46698 entries, there are 9010 remaining (as of 27 November 2009).
80.7% completed (estimate)
