to Steve Bartman incident. In some cases, however, a person famous for only one event may be more widely known than the event itself, for example, the Tank Man. In such
cases, the article about the event may be most appropriately named for the person involved. Editors are advised to be cognizant of issues of weight and to avoid the
creation of unnecessary pseudo-biographies, especially of living people. It is important to remember that notable is not a synonym for famous. Someone
may have become famous due to one event, but may nevertheless be notable for more than one event. Similarly, a person may be generally famous, but notable for only a
single event.
2.4.14 Good Example of a Wikipedia Biographical Writing
An example of a good biographical writing posted in the Wikipedia.com. is the biographical writing is that of Iwan Fals.
see Appendix for a table showing Iwan Fals’ biography with Good Level of Compliance to Biographical Regulations. The
researcher considers the writing a good example because it follows the regulation set by Wikipedia.com on biographical writing with minimum errors.
2.5 Macmillan Publisherss’ Biographical Guideline on Writing Organization
Macmillan Publisherss is a global trade book Publishers company with prominent imprints around the world. It is mentioned in Biography Working Sheet
http:macmillan.com, accessed on December 2, 2015 that Macmillan has published a PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
It is mentioned in the genre and register theory that a certain text is accepted socially under a certain rule, such as making a good biographical text should be based
on a trusted source. The following is to be added in biographical writings based on a guide on how
to make a good biography published by Macmillan Publisherss:
2.5.1 Early life
1 .Who is the famous person? 2 .Where were they born?
3 .When were they born? 4 .What did their parents do?
5 .What else do you know about their parents?
2.5.2 Childhood
1. What kind of childhood did they have?
2. Where did they live as a child?
3.
Where did they go to school?
2.5.3 Adulthood 1. Did they have any further education?
2. What was their first job? 3. What other jobs did they do?
4. Did they marry? If so, who did they marry? 5. Did they have any children? How many?
6.
Where did they live?
2.5.4 HometownCountry 1 .What was life in their hometown or country like at this time?
2. How did they feel about life in their hometown or country?
2.5.5 Becoming Famous 1 .What area of life is the person famous for? E.g. politics, music, film etc.
2 .How did they first become interested involved in this area? 3 .When did they first become well known?
4 .What were the most important events during the time they were famous? 5 .What were the most difficult times?
6 .What were the most exciting times? 7 .Did they travel to other countries?
8 .Did they meet any very interesting people? 9. Did they receive any awards for their workachievements?
2.5.6 Life at the moment if the person is still alive
1 .Where is the person living now? 2 .How old are they now?
3 .What is their life like now? 4 .Have they had any important events in their life recently?
5. Have they got any important events coming up in the near future?
2.5.7 Later life if the person is no longer living
1 .Where was the person living at the end of their life? 2 .What was their life like at this time?
3 .What other things did they do in their life? 4 .When did they die?
5 .Where did they die? 6 .Where are they buried?
7. How are they remembered today?
2.6 Related Studies
