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Mr. Tapscott is a well known commentator and media theorist and has written ten books, several of which have been best sellers.
Not sure what else to add here, but would be curious to hear suggestions of others.
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Tapscott certainly qualifies here..."don tapscott" has more than 50,000 google entries
There's a lot of questionable statements in this article. In particular, this one stands out as both verifiable and highly unlikely:
I'd love to see a citation for this. I find it incredibly unlikely this guy was the first to use the term "paradigm shift" (which was coined by Thomas Kuhn in the 1960s) to apply to business. Would love to see a citation supporting both this and the idea that he was the one who came up with the idea of the "digital divide". -- Fastfission 21:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted this article to the version of May 7th, It would seem that someone from 24.235.107.194 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) has made some questionable edits to this article. I think this version is much more unbiased. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 01:37, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I had previously uploaded the BW promo shot of Mr. Tapscott but recently found it deleted with a note on my talk page, the image was later deleted. I've since re-uploaded the image with a comment as to how I had e-mailed Mr. Tapscott's company asking whether or not they had promotional shots for wikipedia, they replied with the one I have since uploaded (and reuploaded). I'm not sure how to go about validating this claim, though. Please let me know what I can do to make sure that I'm properly respecting Wikipedia policy in this instance. Thanks for your time - Jdechambeau 07:46, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 11:17, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
This is something that he did that generated significant press coverage (not in and of itself significant enough to justify the existence of the article, but still very significant). If somebody removes this material again, please justify the removal here. Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 20:16, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
No more relevant than any of the other mayoral candidates. Tapscott did not continue with a career as a politician. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.242.112 ( talk) 03:18, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
I have no objection to that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.242.112 ( talk) 04:30, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Documenting a 7th place finish, although it seems to have been done in good faith, could be read as trying to embarrass Don, which is counter to the principles of biographies of living people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.157 ( talk) 19:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
It is irrelevant when compared to the rest of his career. Tapscott is not a politician; a 30 year old municipal election result doesn't warrant space in such a short bio of a multiple bestselling author. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.157 ( talk) 21:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Both examples that you state refer to people that ran as a representative of a major political party in a federal election, not a municipal election campaign of a full-time student. It's not really the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.157 ( talk) 22:17, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Breslin and Mailer were already well-known authors (and used their fame to make themselves serious candidates). Tapscott was an anonymous student when he ran for Mayor.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.157 ( talk • contribs)
First, without better sources, I don't think the topic is of much importance, and deserves little mention per WP:WEIGHT. Second, WP:BLPN might be a good place to bring this up, since there is the concern that this information might be viewed as embarrassing. -- Ronz 23:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
User:206.248.191.99 reverted User:Mangostar's placement of a new photo with the rationale "see talk page for past discussion"; however, I don't see any relevant discussion on the subject of which photo to use here. Unless somebody can clarify, I'm reverting to Mangostar's picture, which I agree is better. Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 18:24, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
This article is largely sourced with the author's own materials (generally staff pages are largely sourced from said staff) and local publications. A large amount of google hits unless to notable publications isn't indicative of notability. I personally have more google hits than Mr. Tapscott due to work for my job, trade associations and coincident but am hardly a notable public person. Reboot ( talk) 18:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Tapscott qualifies as author of award winning books such as Wikinomics
Creative professionals Shortcut: WP:CREATIVE Scientists, academics, economists, professors, authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers, and other creative professionals:
The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors. The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique. The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, which has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums, or had works in many significant libraries. See Wikipedia:Notability (academics) for guidelines on academics —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.89.49.18 ( talk) 17:30, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
1947 - per Wikinomics -- Ronz ( talk) 21:28, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
http://moxieinsight.com/about/ "Don is Chairman of Moxie Insight and directs several of Insight’s research and education programs, was the founder and chairman of the international think tank New Paradigm before its 2007 acquisition by Moxie Software." -- Ronz ( talk) 16:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
In case they can help with content verification, expansion, or finding other references: -- Ronz ( talk) 16:37, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
I don't think it is any stretch to assume that most of the recent, major changes to this article are being done as part of Tapscott's own marketing. Please review WP:COI and WP:PAID.
A general rule of thumb to avoid WP:NOT and WP:NPOV problems is to work from independent, reliable sources.
Anything unsourced or poorly sourced should be considered for removal per the restrictions on biographical information. -- Ronz ( talk) 17:05, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
Please note that unlike public relations pieces, a biographical article should emphasize historical context and all noteworthy aspects of a person's life. Highlighting recent activities or echoing recent publicity is inappropriate per NOT and POV. -- Ronz ( talk) 17:14, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
The insertion of material about Alex Tapscott's legal difficulties in business ( example) has no place in an article about Don Tapscott. I have raised this subjection at the BLP Noticeboard, here. Steve Smith ( talk) 19:57, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
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Mr. Tapscott is a well known commentator and media theorist and has written ten books, several of which have been best sellers.
Not sure what else to add here, but would be curious to hear suggestions of others.
According to Wikipedia guidelines...
What Wikipedia is not
Genealogical entries, or phonebook entries. Biography articles should only be for people with some sort of fame, achievement, or perhaps notoriety. One measure of achievement is whether someone has been featured in several external sources (on or off-line). Minor characters may be mentioned within other articles (e.g. Ronald Gay in Persecution of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered). See m:Wikipeople for a proposed genealogical/biographical dictionary project
Tapscott certainly qualifies here..."don tapscott" has more than 50,000 google entries
There's a lot of questionable statements in this article. In particular, this one stands out as both verifiable and highly unlikely:
I'd love to see a citation for this. I find it incredibly unlikely this guy was the first to use the term "paradigm shift" (which was coined by Thomas Kuhn in the 1960s) to apply to business. Would love to see a citation supporting both this and the idea that he was the one who came up with the idea of the "digital divide". -- Fastfission 21:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted this article to the version of May 7th, It would seem that someone from 24.235.107.194 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) has made some questionable edits to this article. I think this version is much more unbiased. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 01:37, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I had previously uploaded the BW promo shot of Mr. Tapscott but recently found it deleted with a note on my talk page, the image was later deleted. I've since re-uploaded the image with a comment as to how I had e-mailed Mr. Tapscott's company asking whether or not they had promotional shots for wikipedia, they replied with the one I have since uploaded (and reuploaded). I'm not sure how to go about validating this claim, though. Please let me know what I can do to make sure that I'm properly respecting Wikipedia policy in this instance. Thanks for your time - Jdechambeau 07:46, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 11:17, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
This is something that he did that generated significant press coverage (not in and of itself significant enough to justify the existence of the article, but still very significant). If somebody removes this material again, please justify the removal here. Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 20:16, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
No more relevant than any of the other mayoral candidates. Tapscott did not continue with a career as a politician. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.242.112 ( talk) 03:18, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
I have no objection to that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.242.112 ( talk) 04:30, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Documenting a 7th place finish, although it seems to have been done in good faith, could be read as trying to embarrass Don, which is counter to the principles of biographies of living people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.157 ( talk) 19:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
It is irrelevant when compared to the rest of his career. Tapscott is not a politician; a 30 year old municipal election result doesn't warrant space in such a short bio of a multiple bestselling author. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.157 ( talk) 21:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Both examples that you state refer to people that ran as a representative of a major political party in a federal election, not a municipal election campaign of a full-time student. It's not really the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.157 ( talk) 22:17, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Breslin and Mailer were already well-known authors (and used their fame to make themselves serious candidates). Tapscott was an anonymous student when he ran for Mayor.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.157 ( talk • contribs)
First, without better sources, I don't think the topic is of much importance, and deserves little mention per WP:WEIGHT. Second, WP:BLPN might be a good place to bring this up, since there is the concern that this information might be viewed as embarrassing. -- Ronz 23:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
User:206.248.191.99 reverted User:Mangostar's placement of a new photo with the rationale "see talk page for past discussion"; however, I don't see any relevant discussion on the subject of which photo to use here. Unless somebody can clarify, I'm reverting to Mangostar's picture, which I agree is better. Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 18:24, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
This article is largely sourced with the author's own materials (generally staff pages are largely sourced from said staff) and local publications. A large amount of google hits unless to notable publications isn't indicative of notability. I personally have more google hits than Mr. Tapscott due to work for my job, trade associations and coincident but am hardly a notable public person. Reboot ( talk) 18:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Tapscott qualifies as author of award winning books such as Wikinomics
Creative professionals Shortcut: WP:CREATIVE Scientists, academics, economists, professors, authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers, and other creative professionals:
The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors. The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique. The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, which has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums, or had works in many significant libraries. See Wikipedia:Notability (academics) for guidelines on academics —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.89.49.18 ( talk) 17:30, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
1947 - per Wikinomics -- Ronz ( talk) 21:28, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
http://moxieinsight.com/about/ "Don is Chairman of Moxie Insight and directs several of Insight’s research and education programs, was the founder and chairman of the international think tank New Paradigm before its 2007 acquisition by Moxie Software." -- Ronz ( talk) 16:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
In case they can help with content verification, expansion, or finding other references: -- Ronz ( talk) 16:37, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
I don't think it is any stretch to assume that most of the recent, major changes to this article are being done as part of Tapscott's own marketing. Please review WP:COI and WP:PAID.
A general rule of thumb to avoid WP:NOT and WP:NPOV problems is to work from independent, reliable sources.
Anything unsourced or poorly sourced should be considered for removal per the restrictions on biographical information. -- Ronz ( talk) 17:05, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
Please note that unlike public relations pieces, a biographical article should emphasize historical context and all noteworthy aspects of a person's life. Highlighting recent activities or echoing recent publicity is inappropriate per NOT and POV. -- Ronz ( talk) 17:14, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
The insertion of material about Alex Tapscott's legal difficulties in business ( example) has no place in an article about Don Tapscott. I have raised this subjection at the BLP Noticeboard, here. Steve Smith ( talk) 19:57, 21 July 2020 (UTC)