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First and foremost, Wikipedia is not a PR tool, around just to make someone look awesome. It is an encyclopedia aimed at presenting accurate information. Michael Weiss is a prolific writer and regular commentator on CNN. It is hardly uncommon for those who have such prolific opinions to have criticism's of said opinions. It took 2 seconds of googling for me to find such criticisms. I did not delete any positive pieces of information and adding criticism does not automatically turn an article into a WP:Coatrack. If you want to see an coatrack see Frank Gaffney's page.
Blanket deletions of material is not acceptable. It does appear that the blanket deletions were done by Weiss himself, or friends of his. That being said, there is a distinct possibility that User: Plot Spoiler has a pre-existing relationship with Weiss, because some of his blanket deletions have little foundation. WP:Sockpuppet's will be reported. Also, if true, as an experienced editor you should know better.
I am happy to work with people to make this an accurate article. Some of Plot Spoiler's deletions have some validity and I will revise the article accordingly. However, blanket deletions and sockpuppetry are not ok and will not be tolerated. The Armchair General ( talk) 21:59, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
The sourcing of this article is inadequate. We have his alleged high school and graduating class referenced to a high school newspaper, for instance. Not sure, but apparently his place of birth is based on that as well, and if so it is not acceptable. Also his age appears to have been surmised. We need sourcing for biographical details. A personal web page or Who's Who entry would do. Coretheapple ( talk) 14:19, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
I have removed a rather silly and obviously POV pushing coatracking reference. The link to this article about Pamela Geller does not mention Michael Weiss at all, it has nothing to do with him. I have replaced it with a neutral reference which explains that the rally he organized, which was clearly not "anti-Muslim".-- Jimbo Wales ( talk) 09:16, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
I’ve added a bit of info about the book Weiss is known for, and expanded some of his known career roles. Renamed the Life and career section just Career, since there was already a Personal life section and the distinction wasn't clear. The Career section is becoming a bit unruly and hard to follow, I feel there is still a bit to do. More broadly, I think this article would benefit from a bit of a facelift – e.g. breaking the Career section down into various sub-sections, giving a better sense of the different publications he’s been involved with, tightening some of the referencing (which is a bit piece-meal right now). I note this page was debated a little while back though, any objections to me taking these edits forward? Happy to discuss. KTnow ( talk) 10:40, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
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First and foremost, Wikipedia is not a PR tool, around just to make someone look awesome. It is an encyclopedia aimed at presenting accurate information. Michael Weiss is a prolific writer and regular commentator on CNN. It is hardly uncommon for those who have such prolific opinions to have criticism's of said opinions. It took 2 seconds of googling for me to find such criticisms. I did not delete any positive pieces of information and adding criticism does not automatically turn an article into a WP:Coatrack. If you want to see an coatrack see Frank Gaffney's page.
Blanket deletions of material is not acceptable. It does appear that the blanket deletions were done by Weiss himself, or friends of his. That being said, there is a distinct possibility that User: Plot Spoiler has a pre-existing relationship with Weiss, because some of his blanket deletions have little foundation. WP:Sockpuppet's will be reported. Also, if true, as an experienced editor you should know better.
I am happy to work with people to make this an accurate article. Some of Plot Spoiler's deletions have some validity and I will revise the article accordingly. However, blanket deletions and sockpuppetry are not ok and will not be tolerated. The Armchair General ( talk) 21:59, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
The sourcing of this article is inadequate. We have his alleged high school and graduating class referenced to a high school newspaper, for instance. Not sure, but apparently his place of birth is based on that as well, and if so it is not acceptable. Also his age appears to have been surmised. We need sourcing for biographical details. A personal web page or Who's Who entry would do. Coretheapple ( talk) 14:19, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
I have removed a rather silly and obviously POV pushing coatracking reference. The link to this article about Pamela Geller does not mention Michael Weiss at all, it has nothing to do with him. I have replaced it with a neutral reference which explains that the rally he organized, which was clearly not "anti-Muslim".-- Jimbo Wales ( talk) 09:16, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
I’ve added a bit of info about the book Weiss is known for, and expanded some of his known career roles. Renamed the Life and career section just Career, since there was already a Personal life section and the distinction wasn't clear. The Career section is becoming a bit unruly and hard to follow, I feel there is still a bit to do. More broadly, I think this article would benefit from a bit of a facelift – e.g. breaking the Career section down into various sub-sections, giving a better sense of the different publications he’s been involved with, tightening some of the referencing (which is a bit piece-meal right now). I note this page was debated a little while back though, any objections to me taking these edits forward? Happy to discuss. KTnow ( talk) 10:40, 27 May 2024 (UTC)