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Contents 1 Flanagan 2 Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies 3 Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter 4 The WikiProject Biography Newsletter: Issue II - April 2007 5 Richard Gere 6 Sondra Prill 7 DYK 8 Little-known cultural figures 9 WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive 10 Your opinion would be greatly appreciated 11 New categories for jazz musicians 12 Calvin Coolidge 13 Thomas Holley Chivers 14 WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5 15 Image source problem with Image:JohnCamHobhouse.jpg 16 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:JohnStuartMorayYoung.jpg 17 Fair use rationale for Image:ATimeForSinging.jpg 18 Thomas Holley Chivers 19 Fair use rationale for Image:BerylBooker.jpg

[edit] Flanagan

You're welcome. =) I really liked the image; I found it at Ned Rorem's website using google images, but since Ned Rorem is still alive and we have kind of weird Wikipedia:Fair use restrictions in images of living persons, I figured I really had better crop it. When I cropped him out I had to crop Virgil Thomson too or it would look weird. But I think the result was still quite nice. Glad you liked it! — coelacan talk — 14:35, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of unassessed articles tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 20:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter

The March 2007 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Mocko13 22:39, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The WikiProject Biography Newsletter: Issue II - April 2007

The April 2007 issue of the WikiProject Biography newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you BetacommandBot 18:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Gere

As a person who has been involved in the discussion of various rumors related to Richard Gere, I thought you may be interested to know that due to the unwillingness of FNMF to find consensus on this issue I have taken the discussion of the Gere/Crawford letter to the BLP noticeboard. [1]. Please feel free to comment. Sparkzilla 10:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your comment. I can't believe I have spent most of today dealing with this issue. It's fun to get a grasp on policy though.

BTW, unlike the marriage rumors it is not important that Gere address the gerbil legend for it to be notable. It already has notability in publications about urban legnds. Now it is known that the gerbil urban legend is also not a BLP issue it can be argued for inclusion on the following content grounds: WP:RS - sources are reliable WP:Note - legend is notable and WP:Weight not given undue weight in the article.

In the case of significant public figures, there will be a multitude of reliable, third-party published sources to take information from, and Wikipedia biographies should simply document what these sources say. If an allegation or incident is notable, relevant, and well-documented by reliable published sources, it belongs in the article — even if it's negative and the subject dislikes all mention of it. If it is not documented by reliable third-party sources, leave it out. Sparkzilla 16:30, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sondra Prill

Hi there,

Sorry about the late response. I'll try to email you an MP3 of Sondra Prill's "Nasty Boys", but unfortunately, I'm very busy, so it might be some time before I can send it to you. Thanks for asking nicely though. I appreciate that.  :-) Talk to you later. -- Mr. Sinistar 04:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 27 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lucretia Maria Davidson, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Smee 01:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Little-known cultural figures

If you have an interest in writing articles abt little-known cultural figures, try your hand at Raynor Heppenstall - a most remarkable writer. (Hope I spelled his name right.) PiCo 06:20, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

It appears that he already has one (Rayner Heppenstall), but thank you for the recommendation. He seems quite fascinating. Algabal 07:01, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive

[edit] Your opinion would be greatly appreciated

Hello there, I am a fellow member of Wikiproject jazz. I was wondering, if you had a moment to spare, if you would be willing to give your opinion on a matter at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 June 15 concerning a category I created. The category is [[Category:Jazz musicians of New Orleans]], and it has been proposed that the article be merged with Musicians of New Orleans and American jazz musicians. This is precisely why I created the category, because it seemed to me the birthplace of jazz music and continous modern symbol of jazz certainly deserves a category unto itself. Regardless of your opinion, I would greatly appreciate your input there so as to have a discussion over the matter. Thanks. (Mind meal 03:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC))

[edit] New categories for jazz musicians

Hello fellow member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz! I am delivering this message to all members of the project to inform them of a major addition to the evolution of this project. Please see Category:Jazz musicians by genre to familiarize yourselves with the new categories for jazz musicians. Most of the genre categories contain sub-genres in their drop-down menus, so be sure to open them up! I am sending this to everyone to speed up the population of these categories. The sub-genres have been carefully researched to ensure they belong under their corresponding "mother genre"! And please, when in doubt do not categorize something via an assumption. Well, that about covers it! Any help in this regard will be greatly appreciated.(Mind meal 05:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Calvin Coolidge

I am not sure what is wrong with the picture that you nominated it for deletion. It is not a copyright violation as far as I can tell, and would most likely not offend someone. Is there any other concerns other the picture?--Manforman 13:04, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

It serves no purpose on Wikipedia, as it is a Photoshop used as part of a stupid, unfunny hoax (inserting hoaxes into otherwise normal articles is unacceptable on Wikipedia). It is also not being used as any part of any other article. Algabal 21:55, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Yah, I'll just admit it was a hoax.--Manforman 22:38, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Holley Chivers

Thanks for getting the article for Thomas Holley Chivers started. I'll be adding to it in the next week or two, if you'd like to keep an eye on what I'm doing. What a great focus you have, working on obscure cultural figures! If you get any others started that related to Edgar Allan Poe, feel free to give me a heads-up! I'm thinking Elizabeth Ellett might be a good one. --Midnightdreary 00:21, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm looking forward to seeing what you do. Chivers was a fascinating character. Who could forget lines like: "Many mellow Cydonian suckets / Sweet apples, / anthosmial, divine, / From the ruby-rimmed beryline buckets / Star-gemmed, lily-shaped, hyaline"? Algabal 01:07, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5

The Biography WikiProject Newsletter Volume IV, no. 4 - September 2007
Project News The three-month long Summer Assessment Drive, organized by Psychless, was a huge success! It ran from June 1 – September 1, and reduced the backlog of unassessed articles from 113,385 to 56,237. In all, over 100,000 articles were assessed. Over 60 people contributed in some way. A barnstar has been created for exceptional work on Wikipedia biographies and for assisting the project. The Biography Barnstar is listed with the other WikiProject awards and can be awarded easily with a template. See the template page for more details. Member News Congratulations to the editors who worked on the newest featured biographies: Augustus; William Shakespeare; Adriaen van der Donck; Alfred Russel Wallace; Alison Krauss; Anne Frank; Anne of Denmark; Asser; Bart King; Bill O'Reilly; Bobby Robson; Bradley Joseph; CM Punk; Ceawlin of Wessex; Colley Cibber; Cædwalla of Wessex; Dominik Hašek; Elizabeth Needham; Frank Macfarlane Burnet; Georg Cantor; Gregory of Nazianzus; Gunnhild Mother of Kings; Gwen Stefani; Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery; Harriet Arbuthnot; Harry S. Truman; Henry, Bishop of Uppsala; Héctor Lavoe; Ine of Wessex; Ion Heliade Rădulescu; Jack Sheppard; Jackie Chan; Jay Chou; John Martin Scripps; John Mayer; Joseph Francis Shea; Joshua A. Norton; Kate Bush; Kazi Nazrul Islam; Kevin Pietersen; Martin Brodeur; Mary Martha Sherwood; Mary of Teck; Maximus the Confessor; Miranda Otto; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; P. K. van der Byl; Penda of Mercia; Pham Ngoc Thao; Rabindranath Tagore; Ramón Emeterio Betances; Red Barn Murder; Richard Hakluyt; Richard Hawes; Robert Garran; Roman Vishniac; Ronald Niel Stuart; Ronald Reagan; Roy Welensky; Rudolph Cartier; Samuel Adams; Samuel Beckett; Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; Sarah Trimmer; Sargon of Akkad; Shen Kuo; Sophie Blanchard; Stereolab; Sydney Newman; Sylvanus Morley; Tim Duncan; Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft; Uncle Tupelo; Waisale Serevi; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Walter Model; William Bruce; William Goebel; Yagan; Zhou Tong; Æthelbald of Mercia; Æthelbald of Mercia New Members Congratulations to our 225 new members	From the Editors The newsletter is back! Many things have gone on during the past few months, but many things have not. While the assessment drive helped revitalize the assessment department of the project, many other departments have received no attention. Most notably: peer review and our "workgroups". A day long IRC meeting has been planned for October 13th, with the major focus being which areas of the project are "dead", what should our goals be as a project, and how to "revive" the dead areas of our project. Contribute to the discussion on the the new channel (see below) We decided to deliver this newsletter to all project members this month but only those with their names down here will get it delivered in the future. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned or post news on the next issue's talk page New irc channel Lastly, a new WikiProject Biography channel has been set up on the freenode network: #wikipedia-en-bio Our thanks to Phoenix 15 for setting it up. Contributors to this Issue Psychless (talk · contribs) Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)
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[edit] Image source problem with Image:JohnCamHobhouse.jpg

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:JohnStuartMorayYoung.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ATimeForSinging.jpg

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[edit] Thomas Holley Chivers

Hello! As the original creator of the Thomas Holley Chivers article, I wanted you to take a look. I think I'm going to end up nominating it for good article in the next day or two but I thought another set of eyes would be helpful first. Would you mind giving it a quick once-over and see if you catch anything? Thanks! --Midnightdreary (talk) 18:53, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:BerylBooker.jpg

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Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 02:54, 22 May 2008 (UTC)