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Not to be confused with Robbie Williams. For other people named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation).
This looks like someone a far less famous person would have put on in order to get more attention. As in "if Robbie Williams is famous enough to even be marginally confused with Robin Williams, he must be famous".
My intention is to remove this, unless there is some sort of compelling reason not to. There is not a person on the planet who would confuse Robin Williams with anyone, or anyone with him. Where there is no ambiguity a disambiguity statement is itself factually incorrect in its premise.
Kurt (talk) 02:05, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry but I disagree. Not everyone who comes to the English Wikipedia knows everything about whatever celebrity or knows how to exactly spell whichever celebrity's name. In my opinion Rob/Robbie/Robin/Robert coupled with a last name spelled exactly the same is enough to necessitate a "not to be confused with" along with disambiguation page or pages. - Shearonink (talk) 03:13, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So, I've been thinking about bringing this article up to FA status for quite a while, using other FAs on actors such as Elvis Presley, Amy Adams, Phil Hartman, Angela Lansbury and Katharine Hepburn as models. One of my goals of this project is to put this article on the main page as a WP:TFA on either July 21 (the anniversary of his birth) or August 11 (the anniversary of his death).
I'm too involved with past editing to formally review the page at any FAC, but here's some things I found from a glance:
The lead should focus more on wins than mere nominations, and feels oddly Oscar-centric for somebody who only won once while receiving other accolades multiple times (perpetuating a systemic bias Wikipedia has of many articles focusing more on Oscars than other acting awards), also wins are more lead-worthy than mere nomations
A two-sentence paragraph within "Early life and education" involving Williams, Christopher Reeve, and Edith Skinner is unsourced
Under "Marriages and children", the divorce finalization time from Marsha Garces needs a citation
Not sure the "Interests" subsection of "Personal life" is worth including as they seem like minor details, at least compared to his career and family
Having one-sentence paragraphs is frowned upon as it's incomplete at best and makes the flow of text feel choppy. When mentioning things St. Jude Children's Research Hospital under "Philanthropy" or Hazelden Foundation from "Substance abuse issues", it's better to either expand into a paragraph or merge into a larger one.
Don't use italics for "goldenglobes.com" (which should be Golden Globe Awards), Reddit.com (also change that to just Reddit), CBS Chicago (the actual name for this is WBBM-TV), "The Robin Williams Fansite", News.com.au, ABC News, BCC News, Engadget, or "Television Academy"
Avoid IMDb, and I'm not sure "Showbiz411.com" is appropriate but either way "Showbiz411" shouldn't be italicized
In general, ALWAYS use authors, publication dates, and names of works when known.
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