How many Numismatists have a Wikipedia page?
MWallace
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I just happened upon this one. It's for Ken Bressett. Does any one else know of a Numismatist that has their own Wikipedia page?
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Not a full-page, but Wikipedia references (references my numismatic book) and images of my POTUS numismatic artifacts (PNAs) in my collection.
I am pondering the idea of creating a Wikipedia page of my discovery, organization, and cataloging of an unknown US Mint medal series. The issue is that any registered Wikipedia user can add/delete, along with the Wikipedia "police". This is my current PNA webpage: https://potus-sgm.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
See Reference 320 and image with the following text:
Frank Gasparro's obverse design (left) and reverse design (right) of the Presidential Medal of Appreciation award during Eisenhower's official visit to the State of Hawaii from June 20 to 25, 1960
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_half_dollar
See Reference 6 and image with the following text:
Frank Gasparro's obverse (top) and reverse (bottom) of the 1962 President John F. Kennedy appreciation medal
New question: "How many Numismatists have a published book residing in multiple Presidential Libraries?"
There’s at least this many Numismatics that have their own Wikipedia page
Mr_Spud
Anyone can create one as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Breen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert_Sheldon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q._David_Bowers
I'm sure there are others of note.
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
I'm sorry but if I had a Wiki page I would check it closely for accuracy.
I tried once because PC gaming and Art contacts and Wiki page got deleted on same day.
If you are not some celebrity or old school athlete it will be deleted on same day.
Wikipedia strongly discourages writing your own Wikipedia page. I know several people who have tried this route only to see their draft rejected or it gets taken down later once it's up. And once that happens, it's hard to get a new page up because Wiki will have flagged your name. Better to hire a service and pay a fee or find a friend who has experience writing Wiki pages. From what I have heard, they are not that easy to write in a manner acceptable to Wiki's rules and standards.
Interesting list.
Here are some more that aren't on that page yet, some of which are a bit surprising in their absence:
I do not, nor will I.... No need for something like that. Cheers, RickO
It might be worth getting listed