User talk:Mippypie

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I was reviewing Wikipedia:Articles for Creation and found this one. It's very close, but the last reviewer said "Thanks for creating this draft. All statements must be referenced to a reliable source - there are several parts of the "career" section which have no references." You seem to have missed or ignored that comment and resubmitted it without changes. Please don't do that, please do what User:MurielMary said, reference every statement as described in Wikipedia:Citing sources. Thanks. --GRuban (talk) 14:59, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at T. R. Knight, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources to see how to add references to an article. Thank you. BlueboyLINY (talk) 04:28, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced or poorly sourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Rebecca Gayheart. Stop adding unsourced heights to BPLs. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:51, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

@Magnolia677 Understood. That was not my intention. I assure you all the heights I entered were correct. Mippypie (talk) 13:42, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

It looks like you are adding a lot of people's heights to articles. But why? Even assuming that their heights matter, how come you are not citing the sources where you got that information? Those edits are probably going to be reverted, and then you're going to see a lot of new talk page messages along the same lines as this one. Please take a moment to explain your intentions and thought process now, rather than when someone comes and accuses you of vandalizing articles. TheFeds 05:16, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the message. I'm contributing to a more complete info box for public figures which would make for a pleasurable reading experience for those referencing their pages. I noticed for many of these celebrities, their heights were missing. I thought the work i was doing was a gap that was being filled. All of my info is initially pulled from their IMDb pages, and I am cross checking with other news articles on the web to be sure. There is absolutely no intention to vandalize at all. I hold up every page I work on with the utmost respect. I have been a longtime member of Wikipedia and contribute when I am able. Mippypie (talk) 05:46, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining. I'd first suggest that the user-generated content guideline is relevant to IMDB, so checking other reliable sources is valuable. Would you be able to cite those sources, such as with Wikipedia:Inline_citation and {{Citation}}?

And secondly, templates like {{infobox person}} include this suggestion for the height parameter: "If person was notable for their height, or if height is relevant." Do you feel that this is applicable to the people whose heights you're adding, or would you be open to the possibility that for most people, their height is one of many things that could be measured and stated, but which has little practical importance? TheFeds 06:01, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes of course! Thank you for bringing all of this to my attention. I completely understand the importance of cross-referencing the information with reliable citations and I can do so. Every person's page who's height I added is a public figure and are a part of or have been a part of notable works in the film and television industry. So you know where I am coming from, I have a background in the entertainment industry and I know for a fact that current producers, casting directors, directors, etc use Wikipedia as a resource for casting their projects and knowledge of height for actors they are considering is standard. That information is asked of for every audition "slate." - name, height, location. So I'm just trying to make it easier for everyone! :) Mippypie (talk) 06:46, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

You still aren't adding sources for heights. We don't need an essay on why that is, just expect your edits to be undone if you continue. Seasider53 (talk) 09:50, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

And I'm still not quite understanding why this is useful for film industry people to read on Wikipedia. I do understand that height may be applicable to some technical and creative decisions on a given project. But if it is relevant to every applicant, why don't they or their agents put it on IMDB, or on that person's professional website/social media where it can be found? If Wikipedia is specifically desirable, is that because it has editorial processes and the possibility of fact checking? One of those processes is WP:BLP, which essentially insists that there be a good source. And another process is WP:NOT, which tries to delineate the scope and goals of articles.

In light of numerous discussions about people's personal characteristics (example), I don't think height is important enough to include in an infobox for an average actor. And while the casting process probably causes tall people to be overrepresented as a whole in the industry (relative to the population), that's a topic for the casting (performing arts) article, not an opening to include it for everyone absent specific coverage of the issue in relation to that person. TheFeds 19:40, 8 April 2026 (UTC)