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Wangarĩ Maathai was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 3, 2009	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
November 15, 2009	Good article nominee	Not listed

A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on September 27, 2011.

Current status: Former good article nominee

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The AIDS Controversy

This article kind of reminded me of her controversy. [1]

That section includes her followup, but doesn't include her original comments. Did she say that or not? The article says "allegedly" but if this were a press conference, I'm sure there's a transcript. I think her actual words should be quoted and the reader allowed to decide what she said or didn't.---Gloriamarie 01:25, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wish the source would be cited so we can read the actual quote. We have nothing to work with. I still don't see how what she said could be valid regardless of the context she mentions in her semi-apology. I'd like it if others could clarify this point. Gautam ^Discuss 04:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I remember her saying this, and (gasp!) went to google. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1216687.htm http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/10/12/wangari_maathai_nobel_calls_aids_weapon_of_mass_destruction.htm http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/08/1444212 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901041018-713166,00.html Wizzy…☎ 11:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bad translation?

The article includes the sentence:

She knew the word "mottainai" from Japanese, caught impression, and advocated with "make MOTTAINAI the word of world commonness as a keyword of environment preservation exercise" in February, 2005, when Japan had been visited due to Kyoto protocol connection event presence.

I'm totally unable to make sense of this. Anyone want to have a go? Agentsoo 12:38, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I can't make head-nor-tail of it either! I've removed it from the article for now. — Matt Crypto 12:58, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Abortion is wrong."

According to Consistent Life: December 7, 2004 Nobel Prize Winner Wangari Maathai told a Norwegian reporter, "Abortion is wrong," according to LifeSite.net. Dr. Maathai went on to say that pregnant women need more support from society, and that the law in her homeland of Kenya must be changed to make fathers responsible for any children they conceive.

OK, so what's your point? If you have sources, cite them when you add the information into the main article. Gautam ^Discuss 04:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I dont know why you brought this up --76.28.194.221 (talk) 01:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)--[reply]

Recent Article

Forbes has featured a recent article about by Dr. Maathai Al Gore: http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2007/10/19/nobel-prize-gore-oped-cx_hwm_1022maathai.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Artoftransformation (talk • contribs) 21:58, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Wangari Maathai/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jezhotwells (talk) 16:20, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:
The project failed, however, through conversations concerning Envirocare and her work at the Environment Liaison Centre, UNEP made it possible to send Maathai to the first UN conference on human settlements, known as Habitat I, in June 1976. clumsy phrasing.

In the later half of the 1980s, the Kenyan government came down against Maathai and the Green Belt Movement. Could this be better phrased?

Maathai was defeated in the Party of National Unity's primary elections for its parliamentary candidates in November 2007 and chose to instead run as the candidate of a smaller party. What is the name of this smalller party?

B. MoS compliance:
The Lead is rather short and does not adequately summarise the article. Please read WP:LEAD.
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:
The article is well referenced. Ref #67 is a dead link. it would be better if the on-line references were consistently formatted using WP:Citation templates.

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
A large number of references, e.g. those to Unbowed are self published sources. Can any of these be replaced with WP:RS? This would be good especially where the material may be considered contentious.

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
On hold for seven days to allow the above issues to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 17:27, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well no attempt ahs been made to address any of these concerns so I am failing this nomination. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:21, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly Kenyan news is reporting her death

I am very sad to say that Kenyan news has just began to report of Wangari Maathai's death. I only have brief access to the internet, perhaps someone else can seek out reliable sources and update the article. Other than her death in Nairobi hospital last night there is no other information being reported by the local news. Chillum ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 03:46, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai dies in Nairobi

Prof Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate and conservation heroine, has died in Nairobi after a long battle with cancer.

The environmentalist and politician died at the Nairobi Hospital at around 10pm on Sunday, officials at her Greenbelt Movement organisation told Nation.co.ke.

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Nobel+peace+laureate+Wangari+Maathai+dies+in+Nairobi/-/1056/1243080/-/w6xom0/-/index.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mokeni (talk • contribs) 04:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing

Folks, until we have a source, we're not posting a death date. Sorry. - Philippe 04:12, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We have a source... http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Nobel+peace+laureate+Wangari+Maathai+dies+in+Nairobi/-/1056/1243080/-/w6xom0/-/index.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mokeni (talk • contribs) 04:23, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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She has died

66.206.190.235 (talk) 04:42, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Prof. Wangari Maathai was fighting a year long battle with Ovarian Cancer.

Ravikiranma (talk) 05:28, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reliable source for these details? Chillum ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 13:35, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Dynamic|cimanyD contact me ⁞ my edits 16:58, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maathai contribution

BBC's Planet Earth: The Future^[1]^[2]

99.181.150.29 (talk) 02:29, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 02:48, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

References

potential Newsweek resource

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/26/wangari-maathai-remembering-a-trailblazer.html Remembering a Trailblazer; Gordon Brown remembers the boldness, bravery, and optimism of Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai. Sep 26, 2011 10:14 AM EDT 99.190.85.17 (talk) 05:30, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Earth Charter

I have removed the following sentence from Wangari Maathai § Early life and education: "Maathai was a former Earth Charter International Commission Member." I believe this sentence is factually correct, but it is not in the correct chronological place in article; if I'm not mistaken, she was not on the commission in her early life (through 1971). This sentence belongs elsewhere in the article. Also, the sentence needs an inline citation. Biogeographist (talk) 22:26, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

unbowed:a memoir

Maathai discusses her life from childhood until she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She discusses her childhood, education in the United States and her return to Kenya, moving on to her life as an environmentalist and political activist, culminating with the victory of the opposition in the 2002 elections against the ruling KANU party and her election to parliament, followed shortly after by the Nobel Prize. Maathai stresses the connection between environmental conservation and good governance. Pandirisaivihal (talk) 06:46, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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80th birthday

1st April is her birthday and so I'm seeing lots of tweets such as this with links to further detailed coverage such as this. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wangarí Maathai

I want stories and quotes from the late Wangarí Maathai 41.220.235.231 (talk) 04:11, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Click on all the citations on the bottom of her Wikipedia page. Good place to start. Click on any links in those citations that you find interesting. Remember to cite your sources and use your own words. 67.164.18.219 (talk) 03:36, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wangarĩ Muta

After her divorce, she changed her name back to Wangarĩ Muta according to this article. Should the full page should reflect this change? 67.164.18.219 (talk) 03:42, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Name Pronunciation

The pronunciation of her name given in this article seems a bit anglicized. When Kenyans say her first name, the first vowel in Wangari sounds more like ã to me than æ. I couldn't find a video of her saying her own name to get a full transcription, but in the meantime here is someone saying her name on a Kenyan TV broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVz54pwlF4

Should we clarify that the given pronunciation is the common English pronunciation and not how she pronounced her name? MirachBeta (talk) 01:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.bbcearth.com/programmes/planet-earth---the-future/

[2] ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422382/fullcredits#cast

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