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[edit] Michelle Triola vs. Michelle Triola Marvin

Hello all. I just wanted to get some advice on the Michelle Triola article. She just died a few days ago, so her article had been receiving some attention. She is primarily notable for the court case during which the word "palimony" was coined. Even though she never married Lee Marvin, she legally changed her name to Michelle Marvin. [1] Currently Michelle Triola Marvin redirects to Michelle Triola, but another editor pointed out that this probably ought to be reversed. I agree with this, but I'm hoping for a broader consensus. Any thoughts? Thanks for your time! --GentlemanGhost (talk) 22:34, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

If that is her legal name, and it is the name I know her by, then it should be listed as such. It can be requested at WP:Requested moves. I'm not sure that it would be controversial. Wildhartlivie (talk) 05:57, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Wildhartlivie! --GentlemanGhost (talk) 19:19, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] can some one PLEASE tell me

plzzz tell me HOW erik rotheim died...i cant find it anywhere!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.122.242.80 (talk) 01:17, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

You might try Google. We can't help you with your homework. Wildhartlivie (talk) 05:55, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] medals

have you noticed it is always nearly always officers that win medals my dad was at anexplosion atsavernake forest where he and his men saved the lives and properly and only recieved a letter saying well done and yet officers that were not their at the time recieved medals i look at the list of people that recieved medals more closly because of this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.88.63 (talk) 10:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] One to watch: Phil Judd

Musician Phil Judd's recent conviction for stalking is causing a bit of back-and-forth edits on his article. I don't think that Judd's article will see the same kind of edit warring that has been exhibited at Gary Glitter, but it might be one to add to your watchlist. --GentlemanGhost (talk) 19:27, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Pearl G. Curran -music composer

I have in my possession a piece of sheet music written by Pearl G. Curran, copyright 1918 by G. Scchirmer, Inc. Bearing title "Dawn" and listing about 14 other pieces composed by her. Is the same Pearl G. Curran? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Septicsleuth (talk • contribs) 13:05, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

We do not appear to have an article on a composer called Pearl Curran. Unfortunately I don't understand your question as it appears to be incomplete. "Is the same Pearl G. Curran" what? Road Wizard (talk) 17:56, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Kip Carpenter

This article is absolute rubbish. Carpenter has never won a world championship in speedskating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Single_Distance_Championships_for_Men#1.2C000_m —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.190.52 (talk) 23:22, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Timothy R. McVeigh (no, not THAT Timothy McVeigh)

There's a very odd flaw in this person's biography. The last sentence of the first paragraph says, AOL confirmed that his profile indicated his marital status as homosexual. This is perfect nonsense, and hopefully the reason is clear. This bit, and perhaps the overall article, needs to be looked at. — Athelwulf ^[T]/_[C] 07:37, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, a couple things. According to the only source in the article, the marital status was stated as "gay", not homosexual, so that part is both correct and wrong. The bigger problem is that the article is a BLP with no other references. Wildhartlivie (talk) 09:09, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Continuing dispute at Erin Burnett

There is a long-running issue on Erin Burnett with a succession of editors (often IPs) adding "controveries" sections about various flaps of one sort or another, most recently about Australian feral camels. There are obvious balance and WP:BLP concerns here. Your input at the talk page is invited, especially if you can expand the general biographical information. Mangoe (talk) 02:47, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Dillard

Bill Dillard was a cabinetmaker by trade with enormous and powerful hands.Rosswillisphotog (talk) 17:04, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the inspiring statement. However this page is for discussing issues with Biography articles. Unless there is an issue with the Bill Dillard article there is little to discuss here. Road Wizard (talk) 17:49, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Toma T. Socolescu

Hello, I need help to check the presentation of this article I have entirely written. It has been listed on the Biography project and I am happy about this. But I am not sure it corresponds to Wikipedia English requirements in terms of style, presentation and other parameters I do not really master... I would be very happy to be helped so that the article fits the requirements. I have time to do what is necessary but I do not know what is most important. A mentor would be welcome :)) This article is the translation of the original one I also write in French (my mother tongue). Requirements and policy are very likely different between French and English Wikipedia.

Regards,

--Cbrajon (talk) 19:19, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal for what to do when the final veteran of WW1 dies (revisited)

Five proposals were made for what to do. If you would like to contribute with what you think should be done, the discussion is at Talk:List of surviving veterans of World War I‎#Renewed: Discussion about what to do when the last veteran dies -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 18:41, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Brackman Did Not Study in San Francisco

Wikipedia's biography of artist Robert Brackman contains an error. It says that he studied at the Ferrer School in San Francisco[citation needed].

This is incorrect. He studied at the Ferrer School in New York City. The confusion probably arises because the first name of Ferrer is Francisco.

Sources: Emma Goldman, Living My Life chp. 40 She states that Robert Henri began teaching at her "modern" school, the Ferrer school in NYC.

Bennard Perlman, Robert Henri: His Life and Art; Brackman studies with Henri.

Jerry Fresia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.60.49.147 (talk) 08:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

If you spot incorrect information in our articles you are quite welcome to change it. If you are able to provide a citation to the source along with your text then that is even better. Road Wizard (talk) 17:46, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Black Swan idea versus Black Swan Theory

This text

Living in a world we do not understand Recently, Taleb sees his main challenge in mapping how to live and act in a world we do not understand, and how to come to grips with randomness and the unknown—which includes his black swan theory of unexpected rare events

conflicts with this earlier text in the same article:

The phrase "Black Swan theory" is, to him, a contradiction in terms, and he urges his readers not to "Platonify" the Black Swan. Rather, Taleb in his 2007 book The Black Swan calls this an "anti-theory" or the "Black Swan idea". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pandion (talk • contribs) 16:36, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

It would be useful if you could post a link to the article you are talking about. Editors are more likely to investigate an issue you raise if they don't have to trawl through 3 million articles to find it. Road Wizard (talk) 17:43, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Minors detained in the War on Terror

Are articles listed at Minors detained in the War on Terror notable for something other than that they were held at Gitmo? Is deletion appropriate for many of these? Grsz¹¹ 05:03, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Not that I can see for some of the ones I checked. One I looked at has been tagged for notability since December 2007 and still doesn't really cover the criteria. Wildhartlivie (talk) 05:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Billy Taylor

The article mentions his B.A. degree from Virginia State College, and his dozens of honorary doctoral degress, but not his earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Massachuesett at Amherst in 1975. If there's no mention of that, the impression that the title of "Doctor" is merely honorific may be created. It is an unnecessary omission, since the article cites this http://www.visionaryproject.com/taylorbilly/ which provides the missing information. A visitor shouldn't have to "dig" for such important information.Anarchristian (talk) 14:10, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I would suggest you post this to the article talk page, where it is better addressed, and not here where general questions or issues might be addressed. Wildhartlivie (talk) 14:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright concerns related to your project

This notice is to advise interested editors that a Contributor copyright investigation has been opened which may impact this project. Such investigations are launched when contributors have been found to have placed copyrighted content on Wikipedia on multiple occasions. It may result in the deletion of images or text and possibly articles in accordance with Wikipedia:Copyright violations. The specific investigation which may impact this project is located here.

All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to CCI clean up. There are instructions for participating on that page. Additional information may be requested from the user who placed this notice, at the process board talkpage, or from an active CCI clerk. Thank you. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:25, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Colley Cibber FAR

I have nominated Colley Cibber for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Mm40 (talk) 03:02, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Dagmar Grossmann

Resolved. article deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement. Road Wizard (talk) 12:20, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Just come across this article Dagmar Grossmann after a tidy of a related article Grossmann Jet Service and it appears to be a self-promotional CV like page. Not sure where to start with it, can somebody with business biog experience have a look please. The same user has also created CEPA (Central Europe Private Aviation) which looks like another promotional article but outside of this project. Any advice on the biog would be appreciated, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 23:49, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry just a bit more research - it looks like most of it is a direct copy of her website http://www.dagmargrossmann.com/biography.html so most can be removed as a copyright violation. MilborneOne (talk) 00:05, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Tim Kaine

Resolved.

I am currently involved in a dispute at Tim Kaine, wherein the other editor continuously removes Kaine's signature from the infobox without providing any reason aside from vague assertions that Kaine's office requested it be removed (even if that was true, so what?) and that images of politician's signatures are somehow illegal (that would be news to be me - we'd better get to removing the hundreds (thousands?) of similar images of signatures found on Wikipedia). This has been going on for far too long. It would be great to get some outside input in order to end this. Thanks, faithless (^speak) 00:51, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Acknowledged. Seems like a very stubborn person, will definitely try to help you. warrior 4321 02:56, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Dimitri Bertsekas and Paul Tseng

Just to note that Dimitri Bertsekas appears to have been written by the subject he has also created Paul Tseng (as declared at [2]).The professor is probably notable but self-created articles may not be robust in secondary references. Paul Tseng is a collegaue who has gone missing and is full of unreferenced statements like Paul is widely recognized by his peers as one of the foremost researchers of his generation, at a time of great progress in his field. Can somebody please have a look and advise if we need to do anything with this two, thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 20:13, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Picture of James Atkinson - british inventor

Hello, I tried to search a picture of the british inventor James Atkinson 1846-1914, but it seems that I can't find anywhere. I searched thorough many articles and pictures but I can't find one. Any help would be apreciated. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nimik (talk • contribs) 13:14, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

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