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Can someone help me get Masi Asare into the mainspace?

Hello, I hope I'm writing in the correct place. I really got into it with another wikipedia editor who won't let me add Tony-nominated writer Masi Asare to the list of notable alums from the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, because she doesn't already have a Wikipedia page.

To my knowledge, she's the only Black person on that list, and so for her not to get to be on it, I think is a travesty. So, I wrote this Draft:Masi Asare. And I'm wondering if either

a) anyone on here has the authority to move her to the mainspace, so she can finally officially have her page or

b) if no one does, if anyone is interested in looking the draft over and seeing ways they may be able to make it even better, so hopefully it has a better chance of not being denied?

[Lastly, I suppose as a stop gap, if we can't get her page up, if anyone cares about her being listed as an alum of the workshop BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, wikipedia works by consensus. So, if someone brought it to the talk page and there were multiple of us who were in favor, then we could do it without the permission of that guy. (I'm not encouraging like ganging up on someone or anything, but just trying to bring awareness to this issue so that if anyone cares about the issue enough, then we could open up a discussion there to try to get her added to the list as a red link, since IMO, people should at least see her on the list. But best case scenario is that she just gets a page.]

So, anyway, if anyone can help me make this page a reality, or if anyone can tell me if there's somewhere else I should be posting for help, if not here, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks a million! Wikipedian339 (talk) 14:02, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 04:17, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Enslaved v. slave in article naming

Hello project members, recently an article I started under the title Angela (enslaved woman) was moved to Angela (slave) - my understanding is that enslaved is the better terminology to use as it describes the act that was forced on people, and does not suggest it was their identity. However the mover, said they were following a convention for XXX (slave). I wondered if there had already been a discussion about this or an RfC more widely? Lajmmoore (talk) 13:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Lajmmoore, That is my undersanding as well. I think that someone may have sought to make a shorter article title without realizing that it is inappropriate to name someone a "slave". I came here looking for a WP reference for the use of "enslaved person" over "slave", for now I have been using external sources. It would be better to have a Wikipedia link.–CaroleHenson (talk) 22:42, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

See Slavery#Terminology.–CaroleHenson (talk) 23:43, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Also, there's no need to force uniformity between article titles, so the change wasn't necessary. Lewisguile (talk)

A move discussion ended in favour of slave for certain article titles, Talk:List_of_slaves#Requested_move_16_November_2021. Rsk6400 (talk) 06:58, 12 July 2024 (UTC)