Talk:Garry Kasparov

Kasparian/Kasparyan/Gasparian/Gasparyan however you want to spell it... it's a common Armenian surname, and was his mother's birth name. I'm not sure if Garry ever used it as his surname, but it's odd that the name is not even mentioned in the article. Even the "Shagenovna" bit is a Russification and not part of her birth name; it would be as if Bridget Fonda adopted the name "Bridget Peterson Fonda" after her father Peter Fonda. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 09:16, 17 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

That picture makes him almost not recognizable. Surely we can find a different, slightly more flattering one.

--84.212.23.40 (talk) 23:13, 3 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

I guess he got old. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 00:57, 4 April 2021 (UTC) Is this one better? https://imgur.com/F1NhUpE MaxBrowne2 (talk) 00:59, 4 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

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  Image A, Kasparov in 2017 (Current image)
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  Image B, Kasparov in 2007 (infobox image used up until 20 March 2021 [1])
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  Image C, Kasparov in 2017 (Slight alternative to A, with different angle)
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  Image D, Kasparov in 2018
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  Image E, Kasparov in 2018
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  Image F, Kasparov in 2018 (Narrow crop of E)
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  Image G, Kasparov in 2015
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  Image H, Kasparov in 2007

In the discussion above talked about if the current infobox image is suitable. In addition, this was something highlighted at the recent GA review by Wasted Time R (The current top image is unfortunate, however, as it's from a bad angle and doesn't look like him. Even though it's not as recent, I think File:Kasparov-34.jpg would be better at the top, as it's easily recognizable as both the chess Kasparov and the political Kasparov.) So above is a number of different images, to possibly replace the current one what are your thoughts? Regards  Spy-cicle💥  ^Talk? 15:04, 13 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Any of the 2015 or 2018 images would be preferable to the cu Bruce leverett (talk) 16:51, 13 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

… to the current one and the 2007 ones. Bruce leverett (talk) 16:54, 13 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

First choice 2007 B, second choice 2015 G. To me the later ones just don't look like him, but given that, any of the 2018's would be better than what's there now. Wasted Time R (talk) 23:55, 13 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Okay given the what you two editors suggested above, both expressed interested in changing and the 2015 one seems to be a middleground option between the two. Feel free to revert if this is too fast of an infobox image change.  Spy-cicle💥  ^Talk? 14:41, 14 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

@PierogiBoy: Please, see Talk:Garry_Kasparov/GA1. The problem is not only about the citations. --Renat 17:14, 25 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

A Short description should be less than 40 words and according to Layout rules it is one of the first things in an article

@PierogiBoy: you are confusing different lead section elements. The short description is recommended to be 40 characters, not words. And now the short description is 48 characters. It is relatively okay. --Renat 00:35, 27 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Short description does not refer to the lead paragraphs or to any part of them. The short description for Garry Kasparov is the first line of the source file, and it looks like this:

{{Short description|Russian chess grandmaster and political activist}}

The section from which you removed three paragraphs is called the "lead section" (see MOS:BIO#Lead section). Bruce leverett (talk) 00:39, 27 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

@RenatUK: thanks for making that clear I'am only trying to make this article better.

please what is it to mean "Starting with an oversight by the Russian Chess Federation"? --142.163.194.130 (talk) 01:05, 24 July 2021 (UTC)Reply