Jump to content

User:Carnildo/The Living 100 Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A random survey of 100 Wikipedia biographies of living people, originally done April 5, 2007 - . I plan to update it once in a blue moon.

  Article Sources Footnotes Other Length Coverage Inlinks Googles Warning tags Comments
1 Balık sisters 0 1 1 6 Med 1 385 None Turkish identical-twin opera singers. Almost all Google hits are non-English pages.
2 Melinda Marx 0 0 0 1* Stub 2 1740 None Actress.
3 Maya Angelou 0 0 16 19 Good 176 1,200,000 Semiprotected, Citations missing American author/poet/actress/activist. Appears to be an edit war over her birthdate.
4 Kalidou Cissokho 0 0 0 3* Stub 25 870 None Senegalese soccer player.
5 Tom Toles 0 0 6 5 Low 11 316,000 None American political cartoonist.
6 David L. Bender 0 0 0 2* Stub 0 853 Orphan American writer.
7 Benjamin Schumacher 0 0 1 4* Low 2 921 none American quantum physicist.
8 Bob Denny 0 0 0 3 Low 4 ??? unreferenced American software engineer. Many unrelated Google hits
9 Wallu 0 0 1 1 Low 5 ??? none Finnish cartoonist.
10 Andy Lee (comedian) 0 0 0 8* Med 8 17,600 none American comedian.
  Article Sources Footnotes Other Length Coverage Inlinks Googles Warning tags Comments
11 Azizi Johari 0 0 2 4* Low 3 12,000 none American model/actor.
12 Marek Kawa 0 0 1 1* Stub 2 938 none Polish politician. Most Google hits not in English.
13 Donald Fraser (Geology) 0 0 0 1 Stub 1 853 Unreferenced British professor.
14 Ronald Gajraj 0 4 0 3 Stub 3 820 none Guyanese politician accused of controlling death squads.
15 Iain Borden 0 0 1 3* Stub 2 26,200 none British professor.
16 Mark Scudder 0 0 1 1* Stub 2 225 none American musician
17 Robert Stewart Sparks 0 0 0 1* Stub 1 0 none American politician. May not be living.
18 Vince Walker 0 0 1 2 Low 13 686 none American musician.
19 Robert W. Edgar 2 0 1 11* Med 23 973 none American politician.
20 Charles Potts 0 0 3 8 Low 4 902 none American poet. Copyvio.
  Article Sources Footnotes Other Length Coverage Inlinks Googles Warning tags Comments
21 Martin Higgins 0 0 4 2* Low 0 ??? none American producer. Many unrelated Google hits.
22 Clem Cattini 0 0 2 3* Low 21 9500 none British musician.
23 Li Li (gymnast) 0 0 1 3 Low 0 736 none Chinese gymnast.
24 Andrzej Pilipiuk 0 0 2 3 Low 8 ??? none Polish author. Many non-English Google hits.
25 Scott Goodman 1 0 1 4* Low 12 812 none Australian athlete.
26 Peter Parnell 0 0 0 2* Stub 13 76,200 none American playwright.
27 Vinny Argiro 0 0 2 1* Stub 5 22,200 none American actor.
28 Mohammad Haque 0 0 2 7* Low 10 593 unverified, notability American webcomic artist.
29 Teodoro Petkoff 1 1 3 7 Med 15 91,900 cite Venezuelan politician.
30 Bob Giraldi 0 0 1 7 Med 6 36,700 none American television director.
  Article Sources Footnotes Other Length Coverage Inlinks Googles Warning tags Comments
31 Bonnie Mitchelson 0 3 0 8* Med 19 10,800 none Canadian politician.
32 José Ignacio Zahinos 0 0 0 1 Stub 3 621 none Spanish soccer player.
33 Ron Smith (defensive back) 0 0 2 1* Stub 0 42,100 none American football player.
34 Thatcher Orbitashi 0 0 0 1* Stub 1 104 none American musician. Presumed living.
35 Travis Ford 0 0 2 8 Low 13 32,100 none American basketball coach.
36 Svetlana Masterkova 0 0 2 5 Med 37 9490 none Russian athlete.
37 Jennifer Hopkins 0 0 0 1 Low 6 22,100 none American tennis player.
38 Seymour Nurse 0 0 0 3* Low 6 3120 none West Indian cricketer. Feels like a copyvio.
39 Bill Mack 0 0 3 8* Low 16 28,900 none American radio personality. Several of the incoming links may be incorrect.
40 Hugh Fletcher 0 0 0 5* Low 5 14,500 none New Zealand businessman.
  Article Sources Footnotes Other Length Coverage Inlinks Googles Warning tags Comments
41 Chas Lee 5 0 0 11 Low 2 0 cite American embezzler. Article focuses exclusively on the crime in question. Cited online sources say nothing about the crime, and all Google hits are Wikipedia mirrors or Everything2.
42 Lawrence Gwozdz 0 0 3 9 Low 12 509 none American musician
43 Brent Wright 0 0 0 1* Stub 1 573 sources American basketball player. Copyvio.
44 Rene Flores 0 0 0 1 Stub 0 ??? none Mexican journalist. Many irrelevant Google hits.
45 James Robinson (footballer) 0 6 1 6 Low 2 47,400 none British soccer player.
46 Rupert Hill 0 0 2 5* Low 12 32,200 none British actor.
47 Michael Roe (historian) 0 0 1 3* Low 2 ??? none Australian professor. Many unrelated Google hits.
48 Monty Oxy Moron 0 0 2 2* Stub 36 817 none British musician.
49 Mario Marois 0 0 1 2* Stub 10 562 none Canadian hockey player.
50 Venero Mangano 0 0 10 6 Med 6 434 none American mobster. BLP concerns.
  Article Sources Footnotes Other Length Coverage Inlinks Googles Warning tags Comments
51 Doug Gillard 0 0 3 1 Stub 53 22,300 none American musician.
52 Jordan Hasay 0 0 5 ? Low 1 10,300 none American high-school athlete.
53 Pierre Mertens 0 0 0 6* Low 10 40,700 none Belgian writer.
54 Joe Baca 0 4 14 11 Med 95 940,000 current American politician. Devotes two paragraphs to allegations that he called another politician a "whore".
55 Simon Drake 0 12 17 5 Low 5 1,330 none British magician.
56 Jacques Teyssier 0 0 0 4* Low 2 ??? none German gay-rights activist. Many unrelated Google hits. BLP concerns.
57 Jan Pieterse 1 0 0 1 Stub 8 ??? none Dutch athlete. Many irrelevant Google hits.
58 J. B. Rainsberger 0 0 2 1 Stub 2 ??? primarysources, advert Writer. Reads like an advertisement. Without a full name, Google doesn't give good results.
59 Stephen Maynard 0 0 1 7 Med 5 ??? none Unelected Canadian politician. Many unrelated Google hits.
60 Ricardo Arona 0 0 2 8 Low 33 102,000 none Brazilian mixed-martial-arts fighter. Has blow-by-blow coverage of several fights.
  Article Sources Footnotes Other Length Coverage Inlinks Googles Warning tags Comments
61 Erik Rug 0 0 0 1* Stub 2 30,800 sect-stub French DJ
62 Mike Jameson 0 5 3 4 Low 1 853 none American politician.
63 Hampton Dellinger 0 0 2 2* Stub 2 937 none Unelected American politician.
64 Ayn Robbins 0 0 0 1 Stub 5 3490 none Lyricist.
65 Al Del Greco 0 3 2 4 Low 23 23,400 none American athlete.
Coverage qualtiy
High 0
Good 1
Med 10
Low 28
Stub 21
sourcing
Articles with sources or footnotes 11
Sources per article 3.7
Articles with sources, footnotes, or external links 43
profession
Politicians and leaders 8
Writers, poets 6
Cartoonists 3
Creative arts 3
Athletes 14
Actors 4
Musicians 8
Other performing arts 3
Software engineers 1
Scholars, scientists, inventors 4
Military figures
Other 6 coach businessman criminal journalist criminal activist
Location
United States 29
Other N. America 4
Central America and Caribbean 1
South America 3
United Kingdom 7
Other Western Europe 5
Eastern Europe and Russia 3
Middle East 1
Africa 1
Asia 1
Australia 2
Oceana 1
Unknown 2