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The Biography WikiProject concerns the creation, development, and organization of Wikipedia's articles about persons (including but not limited to biographies). It includes only articles about individual persons, not about an organization or group or association, unless a substantial section of the article is a biography of a person related to that organization or group. It includes biographies of only real humans; thus, the project does not cover other animals or fictitious persons (such as pseudonyms) or fictional characters. As of 27 December 2024, there are 2,044,708 articles and 8,412 lists within the scope of WikiProject Biography, of which 1,896 are featured and 8,441 are good articles. As of 8 January 2024, according to WHGI and based on wikidata, only 390,582 of Wikipedia's 1,980,258 biographies are about women, amounting to 19.72%.
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- Geneus01 (talk · contribs) - Biographical pen-portraits
- PeterVonBass (talk · contribs) - Musicians, Music and Education
- Kumujacoby (talk · contribs) - Biographies, education, language, Native Hawaiians
- cfaso2000 (talk · contribs) - Biographies, education, business, politics
- Venusdurbino (talk · contribs) - Biographies
- SRAppu (talk · contribs) - Indian artists, including actors, musicians, filmmakers etc.
- An5189 (talk · contribs)- Education,Editing, Technology
- Afik Ahmed (talk · contribs) - Biographies, Technology, Community Developments
- Eric Schonblom (talk · contribs) - Biographies
- Aretemetic (talk · contribs) - Biographies
- WikiStevie23 (talk · contribs) - Biographies of classical musicians with particular focus on Danish, younger and still alive musicians
- JewelSuraa (talk · contribs) - Biographies, Education, Community developments
- SunnyBoi (talk · contribs) - Biographies
- Gayobah13 (talk · contribs) - Biographies, Education, Politics
- glamourpossum (talk · contribs) - 19th-20th century Black Americans
- Pxsheng25 (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Filipino singers and actors, actress and host from Viva Artists Agency
- Accuracy-searcher (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Canadian LGBT individuals and HIV/AIDS activists.
- HotPinkToes (talk · contribs) - Music - Korean Films - Anything needing editing! Corrections - Tennis - Grunge
- ABF992 (talk · contribs) - Historical biographies; creatives, activists, mostly American
- Powerjuxta (talk · contribs) - creatives: dancers/choreographers, designers, journalists
- Staraction (talk · contribs) - American biographies that aren't created yet
- DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk · contribs) - Mostly biographies of soap opera actors and actresses, but I will also do more :)
- IVickyChoudhary (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Politicians, Artists, Musicians, Filmmakers, Politicians, particularly from India
- Ken Aeron (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Politicians, particularly from Japan
- Slacker13 (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Creators (Artists, Musicians, Filmmakers, etc.)
- Nigetastic (talk · contribs) - Biographies of writers and of people from the Midwest and South
- Royalesignature (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Academician, Environmentalist, SDGs Advocacy both living and dead and other African Related Contents
- Zbybasel (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Artists
- JohnLaurensAnthonyRamos333 (talk · contribs) - I'll mostly be de-orphaning lesser-known biographies.
- Johnnie Bob (talk · contribs) - I will be focusing mainly on biographies of scientists and engineers, both living and non-living.
- MVPBanks1207 (talk · contribs) - Business, authors, and policymakers
- ShlomoWeinstein (talk · contribs) - Mathematicians and experimental hematologists
- RegMonkey (talk · contribs) - Economists and social scientists
- Rublamb (talk · contribs) - Architects, geographers, musicians, and people from North Carolina and Virginia
- ThatOneJerseyDude (talk · contribs) - People from Florida, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
- Parth1221 (talk · contribs) - Indian Music, Musicians, Rappers, Singers, Music Artists, Indian Hip-Hop and rap culture.
- Davidindia (talk · contribs) - Indian sportspersons, Indian politicians
- Yapperbot (talk · contribs)
- Alanasings (talk · contribs)
- Pradeepwb (talk · contribs) - India's yogis and gurus, sprituality.
- Wikirapguru (talk · contribs) - American Rap and Hip-Hop Artists, Producers and DJs
- Kannureditor (talk · contribs) - Music, Individuals and organisations
- The person who loves reading (talk · contribs)
- S2Squared (talk · contribs) - Music and entertainment, focus on Michigan and Detroit
- Jack345110 (talk · contribs) - Singers and Youtubers, with experience and special interest in wrestlers.
- Oscohe (talk · contribs) - Academics and scientists, with a special interest in Canadians and people with disabilities.
- Wittyway (talk · contribs)
- Robertus Pius (talk · contribs)
- MJSC123 (talk · contribs)
- KTnow (talk · contribs) - Academic scholars and political figures of modern history, Europe and Middle East.
- Amuk (talk · contribs)
- The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk · contribs) - Revolutionaries and civil rights activists active in the British Isles
- Countercheck (talk · contribs) - Academics and scientists
- lakshmijourno (talk · contribs) - Politics, organisations & biographys.
- Festucalex (talk · contribs) - Mostly interested in poets, scientists, and explorers.
- Demt1298 (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Footballers (Soccer), Sports Officials, Scouters, Nurses, LGBT persons, Porn Stars, Sex Workers, and Nudists.
- AdiTHnet (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Musicians, Fashion Designers, TV Shows and Movies.
- Yapperbot/Pruner/use (talk · contribs)
- Pnw14 (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Canadian artists, writers.
- Pdebee (talk · contribs) - Biographies of musicians, actors, writers, historians, and historical figures.
- Scriptorscorpionis (talk · contribs) - Biographies of UK actors, designers and writers.
- TooBazzer (talk · contribs) - UK indie music.
- UnidentifiedX (talk · contribs) - Happy to help wherever I can!
- Cornmazes (talk · contribs) - Politicians, olympians, and just general obscure historical figures
- Nikki Wordsmith (talk · contribs) I reckon I’ll end up trying to improve and add more English speaking women biographies on mostly :-)
- Happyab (talk · contribs) - Working on biographies of notable Nutritional Scientists and public health professionals
- Noorullah21 (talk · contribs) - Focused quite a lot on Historical Afghan rulers such as Dost Mohammad Khan, Timur Shah Durrani, etc!
- Cinccino (talk · contribs) – Biographies of notable women in film and music, chiefly South Korean idols and actresses.
- RusArtCult (talk · contribs) - contemporary art, art nouveau, art market, women artists, intellectual history, history of British-Russian diplomatic relations.
- María Sacristán (talk · contribs) - Architecture, arts, law and politics.
- Emaseda (talk · contribs) - Historical figures.
- Wikispendo (talk · contribs) - Music, entertainment related topics.
- Ppt91 (talk · contribs) - specializing in 20th-century Eastern European visual culture; interested in cultural and political figures of Europe and the U.S.
- Scu ba (talk · contribs) - Local political leaders from the United States. Namely Lehigh Valley and Central Jersey.
- ScholarlyScribe (talk · contribs) - currently working on Politics, Politicians, Actors/Actresses, Cities & Villages
- DuncanHart (talk · contribs) - Deceased British scholars and academics
- CobaltSteel (talk · contribs) - American visual artists, chiefly members of the early arts & crafts movement
- Macduff (talk · contribs) - Theater, LORT, Biographies of American theater artists & writers
- Jadedhippo (talk · contribs) - Business
- Canyouhearmenow (talk · contribs) Biographies of musicians and television personalities.
- -A-M-B-1996- (talk · contribs) Biographies of U.S. political figures, particularly in the northeast from around 1850–1950. Particular interest in the Republican Party of that place and era.
- 2x2leax (talk · contribs) I'm translating biographies from other Wikipedia's project and I'm improving the articles, mostly from people of Peru.
- 47thPennVols (talk · contribs) - Creating biographies of notable members of various Pennsylvania regiments which served during the American Civil War as part of documenting the history of those regiments for WikiProject Milhist; also helping to increase the number of bios of notable women as a member of the Women in Red and Women's History WikiProjects
- 97198 (talk · contribs) – mostly film/TV bios. Tamil VIP groups in Tamil nadu.
- AaronY (talk · contribs) I'll specialize in sports figures, and criminals. See my user page for details on my works.
- Abebenjoe (talk · contribs) – Mainly interested creating and adding information to biography articles associated with Canadian politicians or trade unionists in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Politics and government. I fact check dates/historical timelines in these types of biographies.
- Aboudaqn (talk · contribs) – particularly American Communism's history, literature, and arts.
- Aboutmovies (talk · contribs) – Mainly write about judges and Oregon people, but also do a lot of assessing Bios.
- Abraham, B.S. (talk · contribs) – Mainly work on military biographies, particularly Australian and British, some American.
- AbhiSuryawanshi (talk · contribs) Interested in creating articles about Innovators, and biography articles related to Innovation field.
- AdamT777 (talk · contribs) Interested in creating articles about politicians.
- Adh30 (talk · contribs) – Mainly interested in medical or bioengineering biographies, particularly related to the circulation.
- AlanM1 (talk · contribs)
- Allreet (talk · contribs) Cultural and historical figures
- Amccann421 (talk · contribs) Mostly athletes and people in the media, but I'm willing to help wherever I can.
- AMM Pittsburgh (talk · contribs) Women who deserve a Wikipedia page
- Ampimd (talk · contribs) - usually working on biographies of Ghanaians.
- Andrevan (talk · contribs)
- Andrew Dalby (talk · contribs) – interested in ancient and medieval people, and especially medieval women; also historians and translators
- Andrew Hendo (talk · contribs) – Mainly interested in creating new biographies about Scottish or British people, especially footballers. Although I do create biographies to do with actors, journalists etc.
- AndreyKva (talk · contribs) - Russian musicians and actors.
- Arbitrarily0 (talk · contribs) – just here to help out!
- Ashvin29 (talk · contribs) – Bollywood people related biography.
- Atlantic306 (talk · contribs) interested in biographies regarding the creative arts
- Atsme (talk · contribs) - content creator, copyeditor, GA/FA reviewer/promoter interested in improving and expanding BLPs and biographies.
- AuthorAuthor (talk · contribs) – Interested in improving existing biographies, particularly literature and the arts (authors, writers, artists, musicians and actors).
- Avraham (talk · contribs) – Assesment, template updating, and some BLP patrol.
- Bearian (talk · contribs) – mostly Upstate New Yorkers and musicians, but others as well
- Bender235 (talk · contribs) — Some ancient Greeks and Romans.
- Bgrus22 (talk · contribs) Hoping to add some people and remove some others in my spare time.
- Breamk (talk · contribs) Focus on Medical missionaries
- Btphelps (talk · contribs) – Interest in Bela H. Banathy, Mary Phelps Jacob (who patented the brassiere), Noah Phelps, Anson Phelps Stokes, Oliver Phelps, W.W. Phelps.
- West Virginian (talk · contribs) (authoring and expanding articles on the Founding Fathers of the United States and their families)
- Carlofantom (talk) 11:25, 2 July 2013 (UTC) Canadian and American singers and musicians.
- Carlstak (talk · contribs) Amateur historian interested in general bios, but especially Spanish artists and historical figures, as well as persons important to Florida history, also translating Spanish articles into English.
- CaroleHenson (talk · contribs) Visual artists, Colorado, history, women, native peoples.
- Caseymarte (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Locations and prominent local professionals and Politicians.
- Caterinejabour (talk) 04:42, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
- Cavarrone (talk · contribs) – Entertainment.
- Cbrown1023 (talk · contribs) I have been assessing some bio articles and have created a couple also.
- Ceoil (talk · contribs) Interested mainly in musicians and composers, but also art history.
- Ceranthor (talk · contribs) Extraneously engaged by American figures, authors, and playwrights
- Charles01 (talk · contribs) These days translations, mostly.
- Chewings72 (talk · contribs) – Interested in improving the quality biographies of lesser known people from the ancient and classical periods through to the late 19th century in European, North African and Asian history.
- Chongkian (talk · contribs) Interested in creating articles about politicians from Taiwan.
- Chunkylefunga (talk · contribs) Biographies about the little guys.
- Cloptonson (talk · contribs) Contributions focussed mainly on people with Shropshire associations, including military, sporting, political figures (especially British Peers and MPs). Regarding latter I have been flagging up potential records for Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom as well as potential entries to the List of footballers killed during World War II.
- CNMall41 (talk · contribs) I look for new articles to add assessment templates, categories, and references if needed. Also look for existing articles that contain BLP violations such as NPOV, promotional tone, and attack pages.
- Cocoaguy (talk · contribs)
- Coemgenus (talk · contribs)
- CookieMonster755 (talk · contribs) Interested in people from New York and Oregon
- CWH (talk · contribs) Especially figures in Chinese history; study of Chinese history; fiction East and West.
- DBD (talk · contribs)
- Dan Koehl (talk · contribs) mostly persons from European medieval history
- Darwin Naz (talk · contribs)
- Deb (talk · contribs) – I've contributed to zillions of these over a period, it's probably my main interest.
- Deiz (talk · contribs) Like to see articles up with WP:BIO and WP:BLP
- DENAMAX (talk · contribs)
- dgorsline (talk · contribs) Interested in ornithologists, botanists, other scientists.
- DiverDave (talk · contribs) writing new articles, etc.
- Dorkinglad (talk · contribs) Artists, Equine artists, art teachers, French politicians of the 19th century, minor but influential afro american singers.
- DPdH (talk · contribs) Mainly work on military biographies, and minor edits when required.
- Dsp13 (talk · contribs) Added categories (esp. birth & death year) to biographies, esp. female
- DutchTreat (talk · contribs) Mainly working on categories of living people, but would like to do more editing.
- Dwaipayanc (talk · contribs) Have edited some biography articles, would like to be involved more.
- Eagledj (talk · contribs) Bios of musicians, songwriters, record producers, with GA and DYK noms
- Eagleye1001 (talk · contribs) Bios of military figures and occasionally miscellaneous figures throughout history.
- Eewilson (talk · contribs) Women scientists, botanists
- Egeymi (talk · contribs) Saudi royal family members, Arab politicians and additions to the existing articles about them.
- EileenSanda (talk · contribs) I have started and edited some articles mainly about people from the Faroe Islands or related to the Faroe Islands, sportspeople, artists, musicians etc.
- Emoritz2017 (talk · contribs) - Mostly artists, scientists and philosophers, but some random stuff too.
- EmphasisMine (talk · contribs) Mainly interested in Roman imperial biography
- EmSim15 (talk · contribs) - Russian Revolutionaries, historical figures, musicians
- Eruditescholar (talk · contribs)
- Esowteric (talk · contribs) Sufis, social scientists, writers
- Ewingdo (talk · contribs) - interested in medicine and science related biographies
- Extraordinary Writ (talk · contribs)
- Farang Rak Tham (talk · contribs)- Religious figures.
- FeanorStar7 (talk · contribs) – currently working on living people articles; adding birth and death categories; also working on Ancient Egyptian biographies (update 11.30.2008); other bio cleanup as I find it.
- FeralOink (talk · contribs) Improving stub-class Science and academia articles and BLPs of women.
- Fitindia (talk · contribs)
- Fourthords (talk · contribs)
- FrostFairBlade (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Asians
- Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk · contribs) – Most military biographies, but i add infoboxes to any biography i can.
- General George Marshall (talk · contribs) - Interested in 20th century military figures. Currently improving and expanding George C. Marshall's page.
- Geertivp (talk · contribs) - Wellknown Women
- GimliDotNet (talk · contribs) - general edits, including keeping tack of BLP violations on BB articles.
- Globg (talk · contribs) Articles about Mississippi politicians; Also adding birth and death dates and places.
- Gobonobo (talk · contribs) – US political biographies, women's history
- Gothicfilm (talk · contribs)
- Graham11 (talk · contribs)
- Grand'mere Eugene (talk · contribs) – Women artist, Women in Red/Physicists, and Oregon bios
- greghenderson2006 (talk · contribs) - I am very interested in American biographies and genealogy.
- Halvorsen brian (talk · contribs) – I mainly work on sports (baseball) related bios.
- Ham II (talk · contribs) Contributions on what you might loosely group as 'art world figures' – artists and architects but also academics, museum directors etc.
- Hekerui (talk · contribs) Working mostly on U.S. politicians and musicians.
- HitroMilanese (talk · contribs) Biography of sportster is my major:)
- Hoppyh (talk · contribs) I am reading a biography of each U.S. President and making concurrent contributions to WP articles; 19 done and 25 to go.
- Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk · contribs)- Interested in local governments and local politicians. I am also interested in state legislators.
- Icem4k (talk · contribs) - Intrested in people of public interest.
- Indefensible (talk · contribs) - Mainly working on improving articles for Recent Deaths to post on Wikipedia's frontpage. - Indefensible (talk) 04:48, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
- Indylover2010 (talk · contribs) - I mostly make biographies of politicians of all nationalities.
- Isinbill (talk · contribs) – Most of the articles I have published are about people in the colonial Southwest and colonial Florida.
- Jack1956 (talk · contribs) – biographies of people I have known or who just interest me
- Jamesmcardle (talk · contribs) adding and elaborating photographer bios especially mid C20th and contemporary.
- Jane023 (talk · contribs)
- Javert2113 (talk · contribs) Politicians, mostly, but interesting folks from all areas may pique my interest.
- Jburke2005 (talk · contribs) I'm here to work on expanding the information available on my notable ancestors
- Jeanne boleyn (talk · contribs) – I have created many biographical articles on historical personages (in particular, noble medieval heiresses); but have also created a few biographies on contemporary Italian celebrities and Troubles-related people.
- JMSwtlk (talk · contribs) For now, interested in New England colonials.
- Joeyvandernaald (talk · contribs) I specialize in academic biographies. Check out my user profile to see which articles I've created and which I've contributed to.
- John_Foxe (talk · contribs) I have contributed to a number of biographies about British and American evangelicals and fundamentalists, and I have also drifted over into Mormonism and general American biography as well.
- Jokestress (talk · contribs) I have created hundreds of biographies, primarily from red links.
- JPRiley (talk · contribs) American architects, engineers and landscape architects of the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Julius177 (talk · contribs) – Targeting well-researched figures with inexplicably poor coverage on Wikipedia, especially foreign military and political figures
- Jusdafax (talk · contribs) As of 2022 I've been likely to work on a wide range from music figures to historical bios.
- Justus Nussbaum (talk · contribs) – All sorts of culture people: writers, musicians, artists, researchers, journalists. Mostly contemporaries, I'm not a historian!
- K.e.coffman (talk · contribs) Working to improve biographies of World War II personalities, with a special interest in the impact of historical revisionism (negationism) and reflections in contemporary historiagraphy. Also interested in biographies of historians and WWII authors.
- Kekki1978 (talk · contribs) Most interested in Twentieth Century musicians
- KenBailey (talk · contribs) Some WWII PoWs, Trade Unionists, Scientists and others
- Kerry Raymond (talk · contribs) Mostly Queensland pioneers and politicians, but easily get sucked into contributing to any bio page if I know something of the subject
- Kierzek (talk · contribs) Biographies WWII figures and US History.
- Kirbanzo (talk · contribs) - I often combat vandalism on biographies, and I'm interested in biographical articles.
- Kimon (talk · contribs)
- Kj cheetham (talk · contribs) Mostly scientists
- KrakatoaKatie (talk · contribs) I've created several biographies and I stand over all biographies with a ready sword to stave off the vandals that would do them harm... (*slaps herself back into sanity*)
- LadyofShalott (talk · contribs) assorted people who interest me or whose bios catch my eye
- Leszek Jańczuk (talk · contribs) I have written 8 articles and I intend create them more
- Lightbluerain (talk · contribs) I like writing and reading biographical articles.
- Lklundin (talk · contribs) Written a few bios, mostly in English, often related to WW2. Digs up original, Scandinavian sources that are often not cited before.
- Lquilter (talk · contribs) Working to add biographies of notable female scientists.
- L235 (talk · contribs)
- Libertybison (talk · contribs)
- Hekerui (talk · contribs) Working mostly on U.S. politicians and musicians.
- Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk · contribs) working to edit and create biographies of politicians
- Macdonald-ross (talk · contribs) biogs of natural historians and biological scientists.
- Magnoliasouth (talk · contribs) Able to help with general formatting, grammar and overall improvement of articles. I prefer historical biographies.
- Maias (talk · contribs) – mainly biologists, naturalists, explorers and wildlife artists, especially those with Asian or Australasian significance
- DENAMAX (talk · contribs) Maxim Stoyalov
Maneesh2312 (talk · contribs) interested in Indian boigraphiesUser permanently blockedMantanmoreland (talk · contribs) I done a few, so join I doUser permanently blocked- Mar4d (talk · contribs) – Mostly interested in creating and improving biographies of notable Pakistani personalities
- Mark Miller (talk · contribs)
- Markworthen (talk · contribs)
- Martin Phil S - using TV web / pc without curly brackets so had to leave them out - got involved as keen to improve Sunscreem (musicians - band) biography
Masterpiece2000 (talk · contribs) I have created biographies of economists, politicians, psychologists, and other notable people.User permanently blocked- MaynardClark (talk · contribs) – I have worked on hundreds of biography articles, many of them Harvard Faculty and journalists.
- MChew (talk · contribs) Japanese military & literary figures, Russo-Japanese War military
- Mesmeilleurs (talk · contribs)
- Michael Goodyear (talk · contribs)
- Michaelh2001 (talk · contribs) My main focus, as my recent edits show, will be the proper categorization of recent deaths. When someone with a Wikipedia page dies, often the early edits are sloppy or incomplete. I aim to fix that! :-) AlaskaMike (talk) 22:27, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Micov (talk · contribs) – Photographer, and writer for newspaper, fact-checker of Bios, also writes about New England country music.User permanently blocked- MiddleAgedBanana (talk · contribs) Pro athletes, musicians, and actors.
- Mill 1 (talk · contribs) – Improving the deaths lists; working my way back from 2005. Incidently creating bio's based on WP:MWA
- Mlajum (talk · contribs) Working on biographies of Africans
- MrLinkinPark333 (talk · contribs) Primarily sportspeople, musicians, and award winners/hall of famers
- MrMeAndMrMe (talk · contribs) Trying to improve biography stubs, I particularially do ones that are close to home
- MRRaja001 (talk · contribs)
- Mtjannetta (talk · contribs) Working on bios of lesser-known silent film stars, directors, writers
- MurielMary (talk · contribs) Women, especially historical figures from New Zealand
- Muhammad Shafayet Hossain (talk · contribs) - Working on bios of architects and artists.
- Musdan77 (talk · contribs) I've been working on biographies almost from the beginning (8 years now), mostly musicians, then actors, and others.
- AlaskaGal (talk · contribs) Alaska fan
- Nannochloropsis (talk · contribs) New England biographies
- Nataev (talk · contribs) Working on biographies of Uzbeks
- Natsubee (talk · contribs) – usually working on biographies of Ghanaians.
- Neuralia (talk · contribs) Interested in science biographies
- Nerguy (talk · contribs) Improving Jewish biographies
- Netoholic (talk · contribs) – working on the infobox and standardization of article layout
- NightWolf1223 (talk · contribs)
- Noswall59 (talk · contribs) - I am interested in biographies of British politicians, businessmen and noblemen from the 18th-20th centuries. Joined on 28 April 2014.
- Nzd (talk · contribs) Most of my content creation relates to association football bios.
- OCNative (talk · contribs) My main focuses are United States (with an emphasis on California) politicians, judges, and other government figures.
Olibroman (talk · contribs) My main focus is on academics.User permanently blocked- Osioni (talk · contribs) – created, expanded many articles/biographies on Irish history, turn of 19th/20th century.
- otr500 (talk · contribs) Varied interest in Wikipedia which includes history and biographies. Intend to rate articles that are lagging.
- Paleorthid (talk · contribs) Interested in natural scientists.
- Parkwells (talk · contribs) 19th-century women and minorities, people on the frontier; have also worked on many other articles
- Penale52 (talk · contribs)
- Peter G Werner (talk · contribs) Science and academia and Arts and entertainment workgroups, mainly; specifically, mycologists, photographers, and notable San Francisco Bay Area people, especially artists.
- Peterkingiron (talk · contribs) My interest is mainly industrial and transport history. In that context, I have contributed or edited a few articles.
Phase4 (talk · contribs) I've inaugurated quite a few articles and biographies, and have edited many that others have started. Not sure about the concept of assessment according to subjective criteria, but let's see how it shapes up.User permanently blocked- Pinkville (talk · contribs) – I've worked on quite a few biographies and was the principal contributor to the Featured Articles on Felice Beato, Pierre Rossier, and Adolfo Farsari. I'm interested in photographers, particularly those who have worked outside of Europe and North America, and also interested in working on a variety of biographies of people who have previously been marginalised for whatever reason.
- Piotrus (talk · contribs) I write a lot of bio articles, and I'll try to help with the B-class reviews.
- Pokerplayer513 (talk · contribs)
- Demagoras (talk · contribs) – It's fun and helpful for others, that's all
- Presidentman (talk · contribs)
- ProfessorKaiFlai (talk · contribs) - Adding pages for people from South Carolina and the South in general
- Proscribe (talk · contribs)
- Purplebackpack89 (talk · contribs) – Improving American Bios
- QuintusPetillius (talk · contribs) I have written a few biographies on ancient Scots from the Clan Munro.
- GreenOrca (talk) 21:10, 13 November 2013 (UTC) Interested in writing quality biographies
- Ramonthomas (talk) 11:13, 2 April 2019 (UTC) Writing biographies of mostly South African people
- Refsworldlee (talk · contribs) – I clean up biographies as and when necessary, but mainly write my own, which I don't Class-rate myself of course. Ref (chew)(do) 15:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
- Rickyurs (talk · contribs) Biographies of personalities connected with films and television.
- RLamb (talk · contribs) – Minor persons and topics, usually 19th c., I come across while browsing.
- Rupert1904 (talk · contribs) – Any people that are not already on wiki or have poor, unreferenced pages. Especially footballers, or any atheltes, musicians, actors and local/national people from South Carolina and the Untied States.
- Rusted AutoParts (talk · contribs) – Actively beginning to contribute
- Navenp (talk) 16:15, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
- Samir (talk · contribs) – physicians and Canadians
- Samee (talk · contribs)
- SamWilson989 (talk · contribs) - attempting to empty this category: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Biography_articles_without_living_parameter - and keep it empty.
- Sandhuman66 (talk · contribs) - focused on historical British educationists and educational theorists
- Sangdeboeuf (talk · contribs)
- Scribblingwoman (talk · contribs) – Women writers (18thc UK) are my main interest.
- Seacactus 13 (talk · contribs)
- Shari Garland (talk · contribs) - translation from Russian, articles and biographies in the Russian Nuclear R & D category.
- TrulyShruti (talk · contribs) am interested in several fields
- Shtove (talk · contribs) – wrote most of the articles in the category.
- Silver seren (talk · contribs) I am and will contribute to paleontologists.
- Sjones23 (talk · contribs) – I will help anywhere I can, especially those of musicians, composers, voice actors and actors.
- Skyerise (talk · contribs) - musicians
- SMcCandlish (talk · contribs) – main organizer of WikiProject Cue sports and do a lot of work on the bio articles in that field.
- Smuckola (talk · contribs) I started in Wikipedia by immediately writing a B class biography and have done several more, including artists and high profile celebrities. I'm working on a howto essay and would love to help people.
- Spicemix (talk · contribs) Enjoy making articles more readable and more scholarly.
- Spinster300 (talk · contribs) I work on biographies on the requested articles WikiProject.
- Squatch347 (talk · contribs) Military biographies and academic finance.
- SuperSwift (talk · contribs) Nigerian women, politicians, academics, artists and making women red in general.
- Synthfiend (talk · contribs) Working on addition and improvement of notable designers, inventors, and artists related to synthesizers and electronic music.
- Tachs (talk · contribs) Likes to work on biographies and India related articles
- TartarTorte (talk · contribs) Interest in BLPs and ensuring they have reliable sourcing.
- Tenpop421 (talk · contribs) – Mostly interested in British biography, adapting articles from the Dictionary of National Biography.
- The Gnome (talk · contribs): Anything! Bring it on.
- The man from Gianyar (talk · contribs): Mainly Indonesians
- TheMightyGeneral (talk · contribs) mainly military personnel bios, but not exclusively. Focused on Georgian, Imperial Russian-and Soviet Georgian bios primarily.
- TheTechnician27 (talk · contribs) – 1800s US political history
- TiMike (talk · contribs) Primarily concentrating on golf, Philadelphia, and colleges.
- Toddst1 (talk · contribs) Many colonial american biographies, american politicians and modern journalists
- TomCat4680 (talk · contribs) U.S. Presidents and politicians, historical figures, current members of the media.
- TommyBoy (talk · contribs), I have created multiple biography articles, mostly related to politics and government.
- TonyBallioni (talk · contribs), I am willing to help in anyway possible
- TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs), I have created numerous business, and business history bio articles. I have also dabbed numerous names after bio research clarified identities. I have overhauled the Category:Families section with 3 major Families by subcategories.
- Toodles The Grey (talk · contribs), Biographies of academics, journalists, and anyone else I feel like.
- Vicedomino (talk · contribs) have worked on several Roman Catholic cardinals and Popes. Interested in history (ancient and medieval).
- vonfraginoff (talk · contribs) Editing and tagging.
- Wei4Earth (talk · contribs) Politicians.
- Wikidemon (talk · contribs) – enjoy writing biographies and connecting current and historical figures to important cultural, social, scientific, and business developments, showing how everything and everyone are so interlinked. Also like to improve and add links and further backrground to existing articles. Generally like to work on people who are notable but not famous, e.g. the founder of an important company or inventor of a ubiquitous technology.
- Willthacheerleader18 (talk · contribs) focusing mostly on creating articles for wives and daughters of peers
- Xenxax (talk · contribs) – areas of interest: art, film, literature, history, culture ...
- SNUGGUMS (talk · contribs)
- Yinglong999 (talk · contribs) Wushu taolu and sanda athletes.
- Yrarendar (talk) 05:48, 5 April 2018 (UTC) I have an interest in NZ and French biographies, particularly with a connection to the arts, especially cinema and literature
- Zppix (talk · contribs) -Interested in biographies in general
- SusanLesch (talk · contribs) mostly inactive
- Keystone18 (talk · contribs) - Biographies of individuals in the Mid Atlantic U.S. regions of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
- hardyisback11188 (talk · contribs) - Entertainment.
- Bujsaran (talk · contribs) - Biography of Politician and Thai important person.
- Wil540 art (talk) 18:27, 23 January 2023 (UTC) interested in American history from people to infrastructure
- eh.ebrahimi (talk · contribs) - Local and national politicians in Germany and Iran
- Fancy Refrigerator (talk · contribs) - biographies of Spaniards.
- Hattan-59 (talk · contribs) - biographies of individuals and Companies.
- HP1250 (talk · contribs) - biographies of individuals and politicians.
- Ftrbnd (talk · contribs) - biographies of individuals and musicians.
- jamespatrickdevera (talk · contribs) - biographies of volleyball players and coaches.
- IceBergYYC (talk · contribs) - Biographies of hockey players
- QalasQalas (talk · contribs) - Puntland Politicians, Public figures, Organizations, Biographies.
- W9793 (talk · contribs) - Mainly American political scientists, foreign policy analysts
- Wikinaija (talk · contribs) - Biography of public figures/notable people, articles about human rights and ICT, articles about incidences.
- Didyara (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Malaysian politicians, diplomats, and Islamic bankers.
- Jmr012 (talk · contribs) - Biographies of varied and general natures.
- Vaughan J. (talk · contribs) – Biographies of bands, musicians, singers, etc.
- helloitsking (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Notable people, public figures and popular media personalities from Nigeria.
- InsaniteeCrisis (talk · contribs) - Biographies of scientists, historians, archaeologists, and notable figures emerging
- DebbyOr (talk · contribs) - Biographies of people across the board
- Rise after falling (talk · contribs) - Biographies of artists in the Middle East
- Roastedbeanz1 (talk · contribs) - Any biography, but mainly American biographies. Currently focused on late 1800s Denver.
- Cindyfox058 (talk · contribs) - Academics and scientists
- Meyboad (talk · contribs) - Biography of Iranian artists, politicians and prominent people.
- Usimite (talk) - Biographies of Nigerian authors and entrepreneurs
- Claggy (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Iranian peoples
- Hounaam (talk · contribs) - People of art and culture from the Persianate world.
- Oluwakayodelucas (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Corporate Executives, Artists, Musicians, Filmmakers, Politicians, particularly from Nigeria
- FawZone (talk · contribs) - Biographies of game designers, industry professionals, and key figures in the gaming sector, particularly those from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
- Omnis Scientia (talk · contribs) - Biographies of women, particularly in politics and sports
- Mouriaghlii (talk · contribs)-biographies, people, artists from North Africa
- Feralpearl (talk · contribs) - Mostly dancers and artists, especially Texans
- Nonameprivate (talk · contribs) - Biographys of business owners and Corporate Executives.
- bpuddin (talk · contribs) - Mainly WA State and Seattle politicians
- TyphoonAmpil (talk · contribs) - Biographies form died people
- VeilVanguard (talk · contribs) - Biographies
- Anas Riaz (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Religious figures
- NormadicEditor (talk · contribs) - Biographies of Politicians
Departments
[edit]The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's biography articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WPBiography}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.
The peer review department conducts peer reviews of articles on request; this helps to obtain ideas for further improvement by having contributors who may not have previously worked on particular articles examine them. Project members are invited to submit articles to the department in lieu of using the generic peer review process.
Unreferenced BLPs
[edit]5 random unreferenced BLPs, updated daily: John Stewart (ice hockey, born 1950) | John Stewart (ice hockey, born 1950) | John Stewart (ice hockey, born 1950) | John Stewart (ice hockey, born 1950) | Aaron Coundley
Inactive departments
[edit]A-class review: A-class review examined articles to ensure they met the A-class standards. Currently, there is a freeze on promotions to A-class.
Collaboration: The collaboration department sought to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort. A single article was selected as the focus, and the project attempted to improve it, potentially to featured article standard.
Outreach: The outreach department acted as the project's central point of coordination for the recruitment of new members and the production of newsletters.
Work groups
[edit]- Please discuss any proposals for new work groups with the project as a whole before creating them.
Workgroups are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the field of biography; all project members are encouraged to participate in any that interest them. Also included below are other WikiProjects that fall within our scope.
- Work groups
Comprehensive lists of Women who require Wikipedia biographies are available from the Women in Red WikiProject.
Related WikiProjects
[edit]- Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy – about human names and naming conventions in various cultures
- WikiProject Succession Boxes
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red – concerned with identifying women for whom biographies are required
- Wikipedia:Women's Classical Committee – concerned with improving and creating biographies for notable classicists who are women
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