Talk:Kapya Kaoma

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Please Go to Proposed Deletion Talk Page to make Comments: Articles_for_deletion/Kapya_John_Kaoma Chip.berlet (talk) 20:16, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Source problems?

OK, I gotta ask: What exactly is the issue, source wise? I gave sources for basic info and every sentence in the main article. The pages (Dr. Kaoma's resumé, the University of Boston, Political Research Associates, Huffington Post) reciprocally confirm the respective facts given, and I cannot see how they might be seen to violate the Reliable Source Guideline. --Kurt von Hammerstein (talk) 17:49, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kapya John Kaoma redirect?

In most other references online, the individual is known as "Kapya John Kaoma." Is a redirect OK with folks? Just a note, I tried doing this and there was a huffle, but not sure if it was procedural, so this request has been updated.Chip.berlet (talk) 16:29, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Title

If the article survives, it should probably be moved to "Kapya Kaoma" per WP:COMMONNAME. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:46, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cullen328, would you consider doing it? It seems I can't because a redirect is in the way.. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:25, 26 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cullen328, thanks. Should this talkpage and Talk:Kapya Kaoma be merged somehow? Or is copying the templates enough? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:54, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Abelmoschus Esculentus has manually merged the talk pages but should have linked to the source Talk:Kapya John Kaoma in the edit summary for attribution per Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. I'm doing it in this edit instead. Chip.berlet made a disallowed cut-and-paste move from Kapya Kaoma to Kapya John Kaoma 25 July 2018‎. The correct procedure would have been a move. Cullen328 moved back over the old name 26 August 2018‎ but deleted the old page history in the process. The correct procedure would have been a history merge to preserve the page history for attribution. I have restored the old page history. No further action is needed now. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks PrimeHunter, I suspected there would be something beyond my personal understanding. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:49, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone care that his name is Kapya John Kaoma? http://www.bu.edu/cgcm/research-associates/visitingresearchers/kapya-john-kaoma/ Chip.berlet (talk) 22:06, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's what the article says. Like Bill Clinton says his name is William Jefferson Clinton, and Nelson Mandela says his name was Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. When enough sources like [1], [2] and [3] use Kapya Kaoma, that can become the WP:COMMONNAME. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:32, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Autobiography?

Way too much self-sourcing in the article, which include claims about the subject, sourced to the subject himself. Goodtablemanners (talk) 03:04, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There do seem to be a lot of that. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:26, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]