Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies

The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:

Talk:Taylor Lorenz

What is the appropriate due coverage of the comments Lorenz made about the murder of Brian Thompson and the controversy surrounding them? See details and sources in the previous discussion here.

1. Whole section (2+ paragraphs)
2. Whole paragraph (3-6 sentences)
3. Short mention (1-2 sentences)
4. No mention

Vegan416 (talk) 19:39, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Thomas Sewell (neo-Nazi)

Should the article include the guard’s actions (grabbing the camera lens and touching Hersant’s shoulder) and the court’s findings regarding Sewell’s claims on racial motivation and self-defence?

Evoren (talk) 15:08, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Donald Trump

The current lead contains a simple mention of Trumpism. Should a brief description be added to this mention? A proposed wording for the added text, which is also up for debate here: characterized by right-wing populism, "America First" nationalism, and economic protectionism. — Goszei (talk) 04:51, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Science of Identity Foundation

Should the article about the Science of Identity Foundation contain a section about the "Association to Tulsi Gabbard and her family"?
Should it say that "Tulsi Gabbard has since distanced herself from SIF"?

• A: Yes to both
• B: Yes to the first question, no to the second one
• C: No to both

~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:18, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Should the article on Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov include the following infobox?

Robert McClenon (talk) 15:41, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini

Should Masha Amini be referred to as Kurdish-Iranian in the first sentence of the lead?

This has previously been discussed at Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#"Kurdish-Iranian" at Mahsa Amini, Talk:Mahsa Amini/Archive 1#Mahsa Amini was a Kurdish-Iranian and Talk:Death of Mahsa Amini#Kurdish-Iranian. TarnishedPath^talk 02:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Matt Gaetz

Should allegations of child sex trafficking and statutory rape be covered in the lead? If yes, to what extent?

Prior discussions have occured at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive364#Matt Gaetz, Talk:Matt Gaetz#Criminal allegations in the lede and Talk:Matt Gaetz#LEAD weight TarnishedPath^talk 04:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons

I propose the following text be added to WP:SUSPECT:

Given the legal presumption of innocence, criminal proceedings including those against prominent public persons, should not be mentioned on the main page of the encyclopdia until the cases are resolved either by conviction or acquittal. Any appellate proceedings shall have no bearing on whether or not to post the initial findings of a duly constituted court of law."

I have decided to post this as an RfC as this would involve a non-trivial amendment to WP:POLICY and the issue has become a contentious point of debate involving several nominations at WP:ITNC. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Chloe Melas

Is the revision supported by WP:Reliable sources and otherwise consistent with WP:BLP?

Difference between revisions

Prior discussions on this topic here and here. Buffalkill (talk) 14:34, 24 November 2024 (UTC)