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 |