Talk:Samuel Kamau Macharia

Education section

It would appear that the entire (unsourced) Education section belongs to someone else (perhaps one of his children), as he was born in 1942, but is cited as entering high school in 1988 and graduating college in 2007. Sam le Castor (talk) 22:16, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Personal life section

In the Personal life section it states that Purity Gathoni Macharia is the sister of former Kenyan Cabinet Minister Njeru Githae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Njeru_Githae) and Syracuse University Professor Micere Githae Mugo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micere_Githae_Mugo).

She is the sister of former Njeru Githae, but she is not the sister of the late Micere Githae Mugo (they may be cousins). Please see Micere Githae Mugo's obituary which lists her siblings (https://citinewsroom.com/2023/07/micere-githae-mugos-obituary-2023/). Purity Gathoni Macharia does not appear on the list.

Gathoni Macharia and her husband Dr. S K Macharia do appear in the obituary for Gathoni's sister Julia Waruguru Gikungi who died in 2007 (https://www.ripkenya.com/jullia-waruguru-gikungi/). It confirms that Amb. Njeru Githae is their sibling. The obituary does not list Micere Githae Mugo at all. Sam le Castor (talk) 22:36, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Grammar and Punctuation Corrections

Requested Edits:

Fix Punctuation in Early Life Section: Current Text: "Macharia was born in 1941 in Ndakaini Village, Murang'a County, Kenya."

Proposed Text: "Macharia was born in 1942 in Ndakaini Village, Murang’a County, Kenya."

Rationale: Correct the birth year to 1942 to match the introduction (per MOS:CONSISTENCY) and replace the straight apostrophe with a curly apostrophe in “Murang’a” for proper typography (per MOS:QUOTE).

Correct Grammar in Business Section:

Current Text: "In 1979, Macharia left public service to run Madhupaper International Kenya Limited, a tissue production company he had founded three years earlier."

Proposed Text: "In 1979, Macharia left public service to run Madhupaper International Kenya Limited, a tissue-production company he had founded three years earlier."

Rationale: Add a hyphen to “tissue production” to form a compound adjective, improving clarity and adhering to standard English grammar (per MOS:HYPHEN). Funtiberry (talk) 11:57, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Partly done. @Funtiberry where in MOS:CURLY does it say curly apostrophes should be used? '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 01:27, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Under the apostrophe section, kindly check the third point; I pasted it below for reference.

Letters resembling apostrophes and curly quotes, such as the ʻokina (ʻ – inserted using {{okina}}), saltillo (ꞌ – {{saltillo}}), Hebrew ayin or Arabic ʿayn (ʽ – {{ayin}}), and Arabic hamza (ʼ – {{hamza}}), should be represented by those templates or by their respective Unicode characters.

In the case of “Murang’a,” the curly apostrophe (’) is standard in formal orthography for Kenyan place names, as it reflects the correct representation of the Gikuyu language’s glottal stop.

Thank you. Funtiberry (talk) 14:00, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

That may be, but a straight apostrophe is used in the Murang'a article, meaning it's the WP:COMMONNAME. '​'​'[​[User:CanonNi]​]'​'​' (💬 • ✍️) 14:04, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Okay, well understood. Funtiberry (talk) 14:06, 16 June 2025 (UTC)