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Requested moves

• 14 May 2022 – Óscar Ortiz Antelo (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Óscar Ortiz by Mcmatter (t · c); see discussion
• 14 May 2022 – Imperial Majesty (style) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Imperial Majesty by Charlie Awesome (t · c); see discussion
• 14 May 2022 – His Eminence (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Eminence (style) by Charlie Awesome (t · c); see discussion
• 14 May 2022 – Mohammad Omar (footballer) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Mohammad Omar (Emirati footballer) by RedPatch (t · c); see discussion
• 14 May 2022 – Muhammad Omar (footballer) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Muhammad Omar (Pakistani footballer) by RedPatch (t · c); see discussion
• 14 May 2022 – Mohamed Omar (footballer) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Mohammed Omar (Qatari footballer) by RedPatch (t · c); see discussion
• 14 May 2022 – Habib Rizieq (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Rizieq Shihab by Angga (t · c); see discussion
• 14 May 2022 – Kim Chae-won (singer, born 2000) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Kim Chae-won by Btspurplegalaxy (t · c); see discussion
• 13 May 2022 – Constantine III, King of Armenia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Constantine III of Armenia by Векочел (t · c); see discussion
• 13 May 2022 – Hethum II, King of Armenia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Hethum II of Armenia by Векочел (t · c); see discussion

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FAR for Oengus I

I have nominated Óengus I 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _Talk 04:43, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for Óengus I

There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Óengus I/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped assure this article would retain its featured status. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:56, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Ed O.G.#Requested move 25 March 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Ed O.G.#Requested move 25 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 02:07, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:James A. Robinson (economist)#Requested move 25 March 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:James A. Robinson (economist)#Requested move 25 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 20:28, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Natalie Clifford Barney Featured article review

I have nominated Natalie Clifford Barney 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:32, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

"Transgender and transsexual" renaming discussion

There is an ongoing discussion concerning renaming "Transgender and transsexual" categories to just "Transgender". The discussion can be found here. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 04:51, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Steve New#Requested move 30 March 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Steve New#Requested move 30 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 20:41, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth#Requested move 30 March 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth#Requested move 30 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 21:22, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Manohar Lal Panth#Requested move 31 March 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Manohar Lal Panth#Requested move 31 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 18:25, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

John W. Johnston Featured article review

I have nominated John W. Johnston 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:27, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Stephen Hahn (oncologist)#Requested move 16 March 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Stephen Hahn (oncologist)#Requested move 16 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 07:02, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Kiko Ellsworth#Requested move 18 March 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kiko Ellsworth#Requested move 18 March 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 07:14, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested correction at Talk:Moniz_Bandeira#Name

I request the completion of the article name who contains only the last names of the person. --Fah (talk) 10:25, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

@Fah technically, there's nothing stopping you from moving the article to his full name. – robertsky (talk) 12:14, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Not technically - but my limited know how ;) so i would appreciate someone else doing it :) --Fah (talk) 20:44, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

@Fah and the full name of the subject is? – robertsky (talk) 09:33, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Kōichi Yamadera#Requested move 3 April 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kōichi Yamadera#Requested move 3 April 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 21:52, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Help with David H. Rosmarin

Hello, my name is Moshe. I'm here on behalf of David H. Rosmarin, looking for help with his bio. I've suggested a much shorter version of the article on the Talk page. Mr. Rosmarin is also fine with the article being removed, if editors think that is the best course of action. Because of my conflict of interest, I will not make any direct changes to the article and thought I'd post here in case anyone would like to take a look. Thank you in advance for the assistance. Cheers! MA of CFA (talk) 17:14, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Looking for help with request for Stewart Bainum Jr. article

Hi all, I am hoping an editor watching this page might have a few minutes to review a short proposed addition to the article for Maryland businessman, Stewart W. Bainum Jr. In the last year, Mr. Bainum has received a lot of media coverage for attempted purchase of The Baltimore Sun and its parent company, and then his work to establish the news site The Baltimore Banner. The article is basically missing this information, so my suggestion is a couple of short paragraphs to add the key details, if editors think it's ok. My full request and draft is here on the Talk page.

I originally posted my request two months ago, and while one editor has reviewed and given positive feedback, I've not found anyone else to review and/or add the draft. In full transparency, I have a financial conflict of interest, as Mr. Bainum is my client and I am here on his behalf. Thanks in advance for any help! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 21:00, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello, Please note that Astrid Lindgren, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 April 2022 (UTC) on behalf of the AFI team

Obituaries

Is an obituary in The Times (or any other major national newspaper) sufficient to establish notability? See the discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hugh Archer ("Sagette"). -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:17, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Edits by "new user"

Antimod made an account a few days ago. They started with just adding unnecessary wikilinks, which is kind of disruptive, but as soon as the autoconfirmation kicked in, they have been adding random citation needed tags to perfectly sourced information. Exclusively editing on biography and food science articles. Most concerning is this behavior at the David Beckham article, because of the amount and the article's prominence. Also of concern is the pattern of editing multiple articles, mostly through visual editor, within a few minutes. It looks strangely automated. But this isn't the editing behavior of a new editor, and it's just disruptive-without-being-vandalism enough to fly under radars while still being a massive detriment to the encyclopaedia. In a similar fashion to some other disruptive BLP editors I have noticed in recent times, they have a fascination with Judaism. Because of the line they walk, 1. it suggests they have enough knowledge of Wikipedia to know the line, and 2. there isn't enough concrete disruption to report. The username, anti-mod, is also concerning to me. For now, I think all we can do is be vigilant of their editing. Kingsif (talk) 13:58, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Amanda Seales

Did a bunch of expanding of the article Amanda Seales

• "adding bit about her being a guest host before becoming permanent co-host for The Real"
• "+new show"
• "+exchange with Caitlyn Jenner"
• "+Everything's Gonna Be All White"
• "+more on the AKA stuff"
• "+Black Lives Matter University segment"
• "+Smart Black and Funny segment on The Real"
• "→‎Film and television"
• 15 intermediate revisions, between before and after I expanded the article

My additions could probably do with a copyedit, if anyone wants to take a look :). —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 05:19, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Adrian Di Marco COI edit requests

Hi! I've posted some COI edit requests at Talk:Adrian Di Marco. Sharing in case anyone here is interested in taking a look. Thank you for any help or feedback! Mary Gaulke (talk) 20:20, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Retrial of Joan of Arc#Requested move 18 April 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Retrial of Joan of Arc#Requested move 18 April 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 08:50, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Help with Robert Rubin biography?

Greetings, I am working on behalf of the former Treasury secretary Robert Rubin to update to the article about him. (Because of my COI, I will not directly edit the article.) I am hoping someone here would be willing to take a look at my latest request. I'd appreciate anyone who would be willing to offer feedback or even consider making the proposed change. Happy to answer any questions about the request, as well. Thanks, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:13, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Aleksey Aygi#Requested move 20 April 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Aleksey Aygi#Requested move 20 April 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 16:46, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:David Einhorn (hedge fund manager)#Requested move 21 April 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:David Einhorn (hedge fund manager)#Requested move 21 April 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 04:47, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

May Women in Red events

Women in Red May 2022, Vol 8, Issue 5, Nos 214, 217, 227, 229, 230 Online events: New: Women in the Ancient World | British Overseas Territories Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Translation contest (second month) Continuing: Climate (year-long initiative) | #1day1woman See also: Wikimedia District of Columbia: 100 DC Women contest The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Peabody Awards question

(copied from discussion I opened at BLP)

This may be more appropriate for Wikipedia:WikiProject Awards, but I have noticed inconsistency in how BLPs, specifically, handle Peabody Awards wins. Peabody Awards can be given to a variety of media, and broadly fall into two categories: personal and production. E.g. Martin Agronsky won a personal award, it was given to him, and Hailee Steinfeld was among the cast and crew cited when Dickinson received a production award. In both these cases, the Peabody is mentioned on the BLPs as their win, in the lead and awards.
The inconsistency doesn't really concern the personal awards, as I think it's clear those are for the person named, but when it comes to production awards there doesn't seem to be a standard for inclusion on BLPs of everyone mentioned in the citations across Wikipedia. The producers, typically, yes, but then in the case of Steinfeld, she gave the acceptance speech despite being part of the cast.
So, my question is whether we should include production Peabody Awards among the awards/honours on BLPs for everyone named in the citation, or if we should otherwise decide which categories of people should be mentioned, or if there should be no BLP mention of production Peabody Awards (leave it at the media, e.g. TV show, article)? Kingsif (talk) 19:58, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Yes

Need photo Prolinkodigital (talk) 21:47, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

@Prolinkodigital: What needs a photo? Peaceray (talk) 21:56, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Presumably the article at the one other edit they've made, Vidyabhushana, which needs deleting instead. Kingsif (talk) 22:38, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Sonny Leon

I recently created an article for Sonny Leon, the jockey of Rich Strike, the winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby. His notability has been questioned. Any help would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 18:48, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Pierre Poilievre voted repeatedly against equal rights marriage.

[of the 38th Canadian Parliament and same-sex marriage]April 9: Was one of the public speakers at the "March 4 Marriage" protest by the DefendMarriage.ca group in Ottawa. Counter protests followed by equal-marriage groups such as The Stephen Harper Coalition — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheAbsoluteTruthForTheWorld (talk • contribs) 18:57, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Panos Mourdoukoutas

The article Panos Mourdoukoutas has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence of meeting any notability requirements

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 22:47, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

GAR

Eddie Bayers has been nominated for a community 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 may be removed from the article. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 05:10, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

FAR notice

I have nominated Maximus the Confessor 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 "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Draft:SJ (rapper)

Hello, it’s been like 50 days since the article Draft:SJ (rapper) has been submitted and it still hasn’t been reviewed yet could someone please at least check it out, Thank You. UK Rap and Drill Editor (talk) 22:29, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Greg Hsu#Requested move 8 May 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Greg Hsu#Requested move 8 May 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 09:48, 16 May 2022 (UTC)