A page that attempts to document which of Wikipedia's featured articles concern living people.
Statistics edit
25-27 May 2009 (numbers vary depending on when queries run):
- Total number of articles: 2,893,595
- Total number of articles on people (biographies): 673,918 (23.29% of all articles)
- Total number of featured articles: 2,523 (0.087% of all articles)
- Total number of featured biographies: 618 (0.092% of biographies; 24.49% of featured articles)
- Total number of BLPs: 375,584 (55.73% of biographies; 12.98% of all articles)
- Total number of featured BLPs: 168 (27.18% of featured biographies; 6.69% of featured articles; 0.045% of BLPs)
- There are also 171 featured articles tagged with the {{blp}} template on their talk page. There is not 100% overlap. Some articles are only on one of the two lists. The combined total is 174. Extra ones listed below.
Articles edit
As of 27 May 2009, the 169 articles marked FA-class and tagged BLP in some way on the talk page, are as follows (classification may be wrong in a few cases, not all articles checked yet to see which type they are). One was wrongly classified and later removed, making the total 168.
Biographies edit
127 standard biography articles on a living person.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Aaron Sorkin
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Adam Gilchrist
- Alain Prost
- Alison Krauss
- Angelina Jolie
- Ann Bannon
- Anthony Michael Hall
- Arthur Morris
- Assata Shakur
- Austin Nichols
- Ayumi Hamasaki
- Ban Ki-moon
- Barack Obama
- Bernard Fanning
- Bert Trautmann
- Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Bill Russell
- Black Francis
- Bob Dylan
- Bob McEwen
- Bob Windle
- Bobby Eaton
- Bobby Robson
- Bradley Joseph
- Bruno Maddox
- Carol Bartz
- Celine Dion
- Chinua Achebe
- Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.
- Cillian Murphy
- CM Punk
- Connie Talbot
- Cynna Kydd
- D. B. Cooper
- Damon Hill
- David Lovering
- Diane Keaton
- Dominik Hašek
- Ed Stelmach
- Elaine Paige
- Ellis Paul
- Emma Watson
- Eric Bana
- Eric Brewer (ice hockey)
- Ernest Emerson
- Faith Leech
- Flea (musician)
- Frank Klepacki
- Fred Moosally
- Gilberto Silva
- Glynn Lunney
- Gwen Stefani
- Harbhajan Singh
- Hilary Putnam
- Ian Chappell
- Ian Craig
- Ian O'Brien
- Ian Thorpe
- Ina Garten
- J. K. Rowling
- J. R. Richard
- Jackie Chan
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Janet Jackson
- Jay Chou
- Jenna Jameson
- Joe Sakic
- Joey Santiago
- John Frusciante
- John Mayer
- John McCain
- Julian Myerscough
- K-os
- KaDee Strickland
- Karen Dotrice
- Karmichael Hunt
- Kate Bush
- Katie Holmes
- Kevin Pietersen
- Kirsten Dunst
- Kylie Minogue
- Lee Smith (baseball)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Magic Johnson
- Mandy Moore
- Marcus Trescothick
- Mariah Carey
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Martin Brodeur
- Maynard James Keenan
- Michael Gomez
- Michael Jackson
- Michael Jordan
- Miranda Otto
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Nancy Cartwright
- Nancy Reagan
- Natalee Holloway
- Nguyen Ngoc Tho
- Norman Borlaug
- Ozzie Smith
- Paul Collingwood
- Paul Stastny
- Phil Collins
- Preity Zinta
- Ray Emery
- Reese Witherspoon
- Richard Cordray
- Sandra Morgan
- Sandy Koufax
- Sasha (DJ)
- Shelton Benjamin
- Steve Bruce
- Susianna Kentikian
- Thierry Henry
- Thomas Pynchon
- Tim Duncan
- Trevor Linden
- Tyrone Wheatley
- Ursula Franklin
- Waisale Serevi
- Wayne Gretzky
- Wesley Clark
- William Gibson
- Yao Ming
Music groups edit
38 featured articles on music groups with living people.
- AC/DC
- Alice in Chains
- Audioslave
- Damageplan
- Genesis (band)
- Godsmack
- Insane Clown Posse
- Joy Division
- Megadeth
- Meshuggah
- Metallica
- Motörhead
- New Radicals
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nirvana (band)
- Opeth
- Pearl Jam
- Pixies
- Powderfinger
- R.E.M.
- Radiohead
- Rush (band)
- S.H.E
- Sex Pistols
- Silverchair
- Slayer
- Sly & the Family Stone
- Stereolab
- Strapping Young Lad
- The Greencards
- The KLF
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- The Supremes
- The Waterboys
- The Wiggles
- Tool (band)
- U2
- Wilco
Other edit
3 articles classified as "other" and to do with living people.
- Early life and military career of John McCain
- LaRouche criminal trials
- List of surviving veterans of World War I
Incorrectly tagged edit
1 article was incorrectly tagged.
Extras edit
Six articles that were not found in the previous queries. Not sure why they came up in this query.
- 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)
- All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song)
- Fuck the Millennium
- Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident
- The Bus Uncle
- The Quatermass Experiment
Three articles that were found in the previous query but not this one.
- Carol Bartz (not FA)
- Julian Myerscough (not FA)
- List of surviving veterans of World War I (a featured list)
Sources edit
- Special:Statistics
- Version of Wikipedia:Featured articles (should have used Category:Wikipedia featured articles instead)
- Category:Biography articles by quality
- Category:Living people
- Category:FA-Class biography articles
- Combination of two CatScan queries: [1] and [2]
- Another CatScan query intersected FA and blp: [3]