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List of the wax figures

The section says (emphasis added): "The following is a list of the wax figures ... which are displayed at the Madame Tussaud museum whether in London museum or other major cities museums." Not "which have been displayed" or "which may be displayed" but "which are displayed". There are sources for each of the Madame Tussauds sites and I was guessing that before any name could be added, maybe an editor should check all of the links to check the person was indeed currently on display somewhere. But looking at the sport section on London website, for example, I see that it says "Here's just a few of the famous faces you'll meet in our Sport area..." So how can most names be added on anything other than the basis of personal knowledge, which would be WP:OR? How recent do other supporting sources e.g. newspaper reports, have to be, to be considered valid? Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:24, 5 July 2017 (UTC) reply

I still don't see how this can be resolved. Any suggestion would be welcome. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:54, 1 December 2017 (UTC) reply
And so it continues.... What's to stop any editor, anonymously or otherwise, adding as many people who have Wikipedia articles as they please? Unless this content can be sourced, to me it looks not just useless but also potentially misleading. Martinevans123 ( talk) 17:30, 3 April 2018 (UTC) reply
Four years on.... and it's just the same. Perhaps worse. Without any sources, no-one can ever know. Perhaps a request to delete might provoke some discussion? Martinevans123 ( talk) 14:11, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Cluttered citations

The citations for the list of wax figures goes off the edge of my phone screen. Could it be resolved like this?

[1] Alduin2000 ( talk) 21:57, 8 April 2018 (UTC) </ref> reply

Maybe, yes. But had you considered that these so-called citations don't really support much, or in some cases any, article content? See my thread "List of the wax figures" above. Sorry to drone on about this, but nobody seems to care very much. Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:01, 8 April 2018 (UTC) reply

I see what you mean, perhaps the list as is could be moved to it's own list page and a smaller list of notable figures that are more easily kept control of and verified left here. What do you think? Alduin2000 ( talk) 16:06, 9 April 2018 (UTC) reply

I think that's a perfectly reasonable proposal. Many thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 16:08, 9 April 2018 (UTC) reply
I've gone ahead and done it. I've transferred tables from other pages for now but obviously there is no separate London page and other notable figures may be missing as of now. Alduin2000 ( talk) 17:06, 9 April 2018 (UTC) reply
Many thanks, Alduin2000, I think that's a vast improvement. The sourcing for that main list can now be considered separately. Martinevans123 ( talk) 22:26, 14 April 2018 (UTC) reply

References

Singapore Branch

Why Catriona Gray is not included on the list of wax figure in Singapore column? Rogeliomnl24 ( talk) 01:30, 29 December 2023 (UTC) reply

What's your source? Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 15:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Hong Kong Branch column

Please remove Catriona Gray there, instead put in Singapore Branch column, thanks! Rogeliomnl24 ( talk) 01:38, 29 December 2023 (UTC) reply

What's your source? Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 14:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, any watchers around?

I suggest we delete this part of the article. As the article states, there's no reasonable criteria. Odds are that anyone who has a waxfigure also has a WP-article. This is just WP:FANCRUFT, and can be handled with one or more categories instead. This info belongs on org websites.

Also... A separate column for Marvel? Please no. Not that I don't like Marvel. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 18:34, 12 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Added some Tussauds at Marvel: [1] Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 10:38, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Or just replace it with "Main article: List of wax figures displayed at Madame Tussauds museums" Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 18:39, 12 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Agree 100%. I've been suggesting this for the past six years. Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 18:57, 12 March 2024 (UTC) reply
If there's no opposition in the next 15 minutes we'll do it. ;-) Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 19:33, 12 March 2024 (UTC) reply
What about 30 mins? Ha. Martinevans123 ( talk) 20:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC) reply
The link to the Main makes sense to me. Thanks for flagging this @ Gråbergs Gråa Sång Star Mississippi 00:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply

It's been 24h and participants are unanimous. I'm doing it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 21:10, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I just realized that Madame Tussauds and Donald Trump probably meets WP:GNG, [2]. Oy... Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 10:50, 14 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Your view is welcome. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 09:46, 18 March 2024 (UTC) reply