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Probably shameless self-promotion, and worth deletion, but may have some sort of cultural significance. I strongly doubt there will be any way to verify its notability, veracity or context, though.
All written by one user, who clearly has an invested interest and edits in an unencyclopedic tone. And what is with all the names in bold?
"Dave Wilmshurst, now academic editor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a man who rarely misses the opportunity to air his opinions on the Sino-French War, also a"
Qué?! - Kez ( talk) 02:14, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
I disagree. The article reads exactly like an encyclopedia, and I can find little evidence in this version of "shameless self-promotion". As you suggest it seems to have quite notable cultural significance. I have, therefore, removed the story flag and the COI flag.
As for the question of original research, whilst I have to agree with you on that it reads as if there is, I do not believe that it is necessary to flag the article as such: if there is no COI (established above), I do not see that there is a problem (established). Articles of this sort are bound to contain original research.
- Tomopope ( talk) 23:50, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
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Probably shameless self-promotion, and worth deletion, but may have some sort of cultural significance. I strongly doubt there will be any way to verify its notability, veracity or context, though.
All written by one user, who clearly has an invested interest and edits in an unencyclopedic tone. And what is with all the names in bold?
"Dave Wilmshurst, now academic editor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a man who rarely misses the opportunity to air his opinions on the Sino-French War, also a"
Qué?! - Kez ( talk) 02:14, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
I disagree. The article reads exactly like an encyclopedia, and I can find little evidence in this version of "shameless self-promotion". As you suggest it seems to have quite notable cultural significance. I have, therefore, removed the story flag and the COI flag.
As for the question of original research, whilst I have to agree with you on that it reads as if there is, I do not believe that it is necessary to flag the article as such: if there is no COI (established above), I do not see that there is a problem (established). Articles of this sort are bound to contain original research.
- Tomopope ( talk) 23:50, 3 January 2009 (UTC)