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Here: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/world-affairs/2012/10/meet-leonid-fainberg-ultimate-ukrainian-mobster -- Tiresais ( talk) 21:20, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
I remember reading an article about Fainberg in The New Yorker magazine years ago. If I can find the article, I'll see what can be added here. Famspear ( talk) 02:07, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons—whether the material is negative, positive, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.[2]
Biographies of living persons must be written conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid paper; it is not our job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives. The possibility of harm to living subjects is one of the important factors to be considered when exercising editorial judgment.
This policy applies equally to biographies of living persons and to biographical material about living persons on other pages. The burden of evidence for any edit on Wikipedia rests with the person who adds or restores material, and this is especially true for material regarding living persons. Therefore, an editor should be able to demonstrate that such material complies with all Wikipedia content policies and guidelines.
Evenmoremotor ( talk) 02:25, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Evenmoremotor
The burden of evidence for any edit on Wikipedia rests with the person who adds or restores material, and this is especially true for material regarding living persons. Therefore, an editor should be able to demonstrate that such material complies with all Wikipedia content policies and guidelines.
Evenmoremotor ( talk) 03:47, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Evenmoremotor
I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all information, but it is particularly true of negative information about living persons.
–Jimmy Wales [3]
Evenmoremotor (
talk) 03:48, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Evenmoremotor
This page could certainly use some cleanup and has WP:NPOV issues, but I don't see it as an outright attack page. People can and should go through this page and aggressively remove unsourced claims. If sources aren't added, the page should be taken to WP:AfD. But just because a page gives information on an alleged criminal that does not make it an attack page by itself. Oren0 ( talk) 05:28, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
~~I can't remember the source, but I recall reading that Fainberg was expelled from Canada for running a human trafficking ring centred in the Ukraine.~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opusv5 ( talk • contribs) 13:37, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Is he still in Panama? TiberiasTiberias ( talk) 13:51, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page. |
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Here: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/world-affairs/2012/10/meet-leonid-fainberg-ultimate-ukrainian-mobster -- Tiresais ( talk) 21:20, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
I remember reading an article about Fainberg in The New Yorker magazine years ago. If I can find the article, I'll see what can be added here. Famspear ( talk) 02:07, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons—whether the material is negative, positive, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.[2]
Biographies of living persons must be written conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid paper; it is not our job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives. The possibility of harm to living subjects is one of the important factors to be considered when exercising editorial judgment.
This policy applies equally to biographies of living persons and to biographical material about living persons on other pages. The burden of evidence for any edit on Wikipedia rests with the person who adds or restores material, and this is especially true for material regarding living persons. Therefore, an editor should be able to demonstrate that such material complies with all Wikipedia content policies and guidelines.
Evenmoremotor ( talk) 02:25, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Evenmoremotor
The burden of evidence for any edit on Wikipedia rests with the person who adds or restores material, and this is especially true for material regarding living persons. Therefore, an editor should be able to demonstrate that such material complies with all Wikipedia content policies and guidelines.
Evenmoremotor ( talk) 03:47, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Evenmoremotor
I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all information, but it is particularly true of negative information about living persons.
–Jimmy Wales [3]
Evenmoremotor (
talk) 03:48, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Evenmoremotor
This page could certainly use some cleanup and has WP:NPOV issues, but I don't see it as an outright attack page. People can and should go through this page and aggressively remove unsourced claims. If sources aren't added, the page should be taken to WP:AfD. But just because a page gives information on an alleged criminal that does not make it an attack page by itself. Oren0 ( talk) 05:28, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
~~I can't remember the source, but I recall reading that Fainberg was expelled from Canada for running a human trafficking ring centred in the Ukraine.~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opusv5 ( talk • contribs) 13:37, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Is he still in Panama? TiberiasTiberias ( talk) 13:51, 30 November 2015 (UTC)