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== "White" of "white" ==

Why does the article use uppercase white?  [[User:Graham Beards|Graham Beards]] ([[User talk:Graham Beards|talk]]) 12:22, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
: {{ping|Graham Beards}}, I see you have now fixed this. You are correct, of course. [[User:Mike Marchmont|Mike Marchmont]] ([[User talk:Mike Marchmont|talk]]) 12:37, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
::That would have been because of [[MOS:RACECAPS]]. [[User:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#066293;">'''Schazjmd'''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#738276;">''(talk)''</span>]] 14:53, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
::whats this [[Special:Contributions/50.171.194.194|50.171.194.194]] ([[User talk:50.171.194.194|talk]]) 18:58, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
:I agree with lowercase white. It now needs Blacks to be in lowercase also to be consistent. {{tq|Parks recalled going to elementary school in Pine Level, where school buses took ''white'' students to their new school and ''Black'' students had to walk to theirs:}} must be wrong.
:Is {{tq|I'd see the bus pass every day ... But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a Black world and a White world.}} an exception as the 'worlds' counter each other. Is it {{tq|a Black World and a White World}}, I am unsure. [[User:BlueWren0123|BlueWren0123]] ([[User talk:BlueWren0123|talk]]) 20:10, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:BlueWren0123|BlueWren0123]] @[[User:Graham Beards|Graham Beards]] @[[User:Mike Marchmont|Mike Marchmont]] I agree. It needs to be equal. If Black is capitalized, then White should be capitalized. If not, then both should be uncapitalized. [[User:AppGoo0011|AppGoo0011]] ([[User talk:AppGoo0011|talk]]) 14:30, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
:I’m black [[Special:Contributions/62.30.197.81|62.30.197.81]] ([[User talk:62.30.197.81|talk]]) 13:16, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 23 November 2024 ==

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Little studied is the impact of Rosa Parks' robust yoga practice in her activism. In 1973, she started demonstrating her yoga at activist gatherings. Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela writes in her book ''Fit Nation'' (2022) that it "was important to her life but long unacknowledged as part of her civil-rights activism". A photograph available in the Library of Congress shows her in 1973 in leotards on her knees on a yoga mat. [[User:Queen Peen|Queen Peen]] ([[User talk:Queen Peen|talk]]) 16:58, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
:{{Not Done}}. It's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please specify the requested changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] if appropriate. [[User:A. Randomdude0000|A. Randomdude0000]] ([[User talk:A. Randomdude0000|talk]]) 19:36, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

== SFN Conversion ==

Hello! I am about to convert a number of the citations to SFN style in anticipation of a major overhaul as part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Green|WikiProject Women in Green]] (see [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Green#Hot 100 project|Talk]]). If there are any issues with the new citations, please feel free to correct them or point them out on this talk page. Thank you for your patience. [[User:Spookyaki|Spookyaki]] ([[User talk:Spookyaki|talk]]) 18:02, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 20 February 2025 ==

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- Add line break between the education/schools listed in the infobox.

{{Infobox person
| name               = Rosa Parks
| image              = Rosaparks.jpg
| caption            = Parks in 1955, with  [[Martin Luther King&nbsp;Jr.]] in the background
| birth_name         = Rosa Louise McCauley
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1913|2|4}}
| birth_place        = [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2005|10|24|1913|2|4}}
| death_place        = [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit)|Woodlawn Cemetery]], Detroit
| education          = Montgomery Industrial School for Girls<br>Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes (now Alabama State University
| occupation         = [[Civil rights activist]]
| known_for          = [[Montgomery bus boycott]]
| movement           = [[Civil Rights Movement]]
| spouse             = [[Raymond Parks (activist)|Raymond Parks]]<br>(m. 1932; died 1977)
| signature          = Rosa Parks Signature.svg
}} [[User:Ww55d|Ww55d]] ([[User talk:Ww55d|talk]]) 05:06, 20 February 2025 (UTC)
{{done}}, Thank you for both a good find and suggestion and for bringing it to the attention of the talk page. [[User:Randy Kryn|Randy Kryn]] ([[User talk:Randy Kryn|talk]]) 05:22, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on March  ==

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Please change "The crowd The crowd overwhelmingly supported continuing the boycott" to "The crowd overwhelmingly supported continuing the boycott" [[Special:Contributions/59.182.201.3|59.182.201.3]] ([[User talk:59.182.201.3|talk]]) 17:49, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

:{{done}} Thanks for pointing this out! [[User:Spookyaki|Spookyaki]] ([[User talk:Spookyaki|talk]]) 18:45, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
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== References to Rosa Parks: A Life in American History, by Darryl Mace (2021) seem to be wrong ==

"She was initially "[not] very interested in him" because of "some unhappy romantic experiences"[a]" - references page 27, wrong page, the right page would be 36.

"Rosa was introduced to her future husband, Raymond Parks, by a mutual friend.[20]" - references page 52, wrong page, the right page would be 37.

"However, Raymond eventually persuaded Rosa to ride with him in his car. At the time, automobile ownership was rare among Black men in Alabama.[23]" - references pages 22-23, again, wrong page, the right page would be 37.

The mentioned pages are all over the place. AFAIK, it is not that the information is wrong, just the pages being swapped. I suggest a revision of the references here... [[User:Manoliu1001|Manoliu1001]] ([[User talk:Manoliu1001|talk]]) 03:37, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for catching this. Some of these issues might come from the fact that I was working with a PDF copy where the page numbers are offset somewhat by the front matter/introductory material (though that doesn't account for all of it; maybe I missed some stuff copy-pasting the sfn templates). I'll do a review of the page numbers tomorrow. [[User:Spookyaki|Spookyaki]] ([[User talk:Spookyaki|talk]]) 04:35, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
::Actually just went ahead and did it tonight. I think they all should be fixed. Let me know if you spot any more errors. [[User:Spookyaki|Spookyaki]] ([[User talk:Spookyaki|talk]]) 05:27, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

== Article history? ==

I was a little surprised to see this article as the lede in today's DYK, even given the clear connection to the [[Juneteenth]] theme connected to the other articles on the Main Page, since [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 1, 2005|it ran as the Main Page FA back on December 1, 2005]], the 50th anniversary of her arrest, as part of a wide commemoration of that event online and off. I remember that date very well.

Yet the current article history gives no mention of this, just its recent promotion to GA. So I'm curious: When was it defeatured? Why? And why is there no record of this in the article history? It isn't hard to find [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rosa Parks|the article's FAC]]? Or its [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Rosa Parks/archive1|FARC]], which indicates that it was defeatured in 2012.

Certainly it would be nice if it were restored to featured status, and I think whoever would be working on that might like to see those past discussions. [[User:Daniel Case|Daniel Case]] ([[User talk:Daniel Case|talk]]) 01:47, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for pointing this out! Am hoping to (re-)nominate the article for FA, but was not aware of its history. I think I've added the FAC and FARC to the article history, though this is not a template I've ever touched before, so it's possible I might have made some mistakes. Let me know if you spot any issues. [[User:Spookyaki|Spookyaki]] ([[User talk:Spookyaki|talk]]) 02:49, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

== What to do about the picture? ==

I see there's a lot of activity going on concerning the picture on this article. I need to go to bed because I have to catch an early flight tomorrow, and will be out of town for the next week, but I think interested parties should probably discuss what our best options are here. For context, see deletion discussions [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Rosa_Parks_in_1955#Files_in_Category:Rosa_Parks_in_1955 here] and [[Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2025_June_19#File:Rosa_Parks_Portrait,_1955.jpg|here]]. Pinging {{ping|JayCubby|p=}}, {{ping|Randy Kryn|p=}}, {{ping|RoySmith|p=}}, and {{ping|Yagiv|p=}}. Some questions I have:
# Is there a way to make the image more fair use compliant, as Yagiv attempted to do?
# In the event that the image does need to be deleted, what are some alternatives for the article portrait? Would we prefer the [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1956_face_detail,_Rosa_Parks_being_fingerprinted_by_Deputy_Sheriff_D.H._Lackey_after_being_arrested_on_February_22,_1956,_during_the_Montgomery_bus_boycott_(cropped).jpg fingerprinting image] (potentially confusing context, unclear image of Parks's face) or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_Parks_1997.jpg this image] (clearer view of the face, but potentially misleading concerning Parks's age at the time of her refusal to move) or some other image?
Unfortunately, I cannot participate in this discussion. [[User:Spookyaki|Spookyaki]] ([[User talk:Spookyaki|talk]]) 03:21, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

:I usually rely on @Nikkimaria when it comes to questions of image licensing. [[User:RoySmith|RoySmith]] [[User Talk:RoySmith|(talk)]] 12:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
*Keep the present image in the infobox (per discussion at the deletion nomination). [[User:Randy Kryn|Randy Kryn]] ([[User talk:Randy Kryn|talk]]) 14:40, 19 June 2025 (UTC)