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Thought it was highly relevant (and more than fair to say as well) that several conservative media outlts (and prominent ones at that) such as the now defunct Weekly Standard and Wall Street Journal editorial pages severely criticized Waas' reporting of the Clinton administration as well as the whole impeachment saga. Also thought that commentary by the Washington Post about this was notable as well. There was also praise by other outlets of the same work, which can be added later, to add balance to this addition to the entry, but there already is one such example already in there. quoting a story in the American Journalism Review.
This article appears to be encountering vandalism by anon. IP add. user(s). Please see the editing history for evidence of previous administrative blocking of one of the anon. IP user addresses. The other anon. IP user address seems to be engaging in the same sort of deletions. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia article, not a self-promotional advertisement for the subject masquerading as an encyclopedia article: Wikipedia:Spam. Please see guidelines and policies linked in Wikipedia WP:BLP and particularly WP:BLP#Public figures. Thank you. --NYScholar 18:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
There is no need to list every item already cited as a source in the References list. If the item does not match the subheading, it is not to be listed there. -- NYScholar 00:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I removed Lasica from References list; it is not primarily about Waas. See the subheading "articles about and interviews with Waas". --
NYScholar 00:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC) (I'll work on format and re-add it in a bit.. --
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There are format problems being introduced in this article by recent edits that do not match the prevailing format of the article. -- NYScholar 00:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I worked on trying to correct some of them. It is very time-consuming to do that; please follow the format before adding the items. Thank you. -- NYScholar 00:42, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
[See the editing summary.] -- NYScholar 00:55, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
References are supposed to include sources that have been checked and verified and are capable of being verified by other Wikipedia users and that have been used in the article; or they can be listed as "Further reading" if they have not been. What is that source? Link for it? -- NYScholar 00:57, 20 August 2007 (UTC) Is there a typographical error in the title as given? -- NYScholar 00:57, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
The list of references is getting unwieldy. Please don't just list everything that mentions Waas. If the reference is being used as a source in the article, you need to create a source citation to a statement in the text that refers to it. Please also use proper punctuation (prevailing format: WP:CITE. Thanks. -- NYScholar 06:34, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Guidelines for controversial articles. -- NYScholar 00:59, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Discussion related to this matter and more recent editing history pertaining to it may be found in response to a comment posted by another user, with my replies, now archived in User talk:NYScholar/Archive 20#Re: Murray Waas (scroll down to May 15, 2008 comments posted by Accurateinfo4). -- NYScholar ( talk) 22:26, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
See editing summary and prev. editing summaries and above comments: Please do not insert articles into References that are not used as sources in this article and that do not discuss its subject (Murray Waas). Thank you. The removed entry (with typographical and format errors corrected is), which I have accessed, checked and read, is:
-- NYScholar 17:21, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Re: Items being accrued here: most are not cited in the article as sources; accruing such a long list of references, where, in some cases, only a very brief mention of the subject (Waas) occurs, is not warranted. The subject (Murray Waas) is not notable enough to warrant this long a list of references for what is otherwise a relatively-short biography. [Especially when the list is overpowering the text.] Thank you. -- NYScholar 22:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC) [Added. -- NYScholar 22:42, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:56, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
What is the date of birth of Murray Waas? The format for dates of birth is within parentheses "(born ...) to have [month day, year] with links; if one knows the date of birth, please supply it within the parentheses in the article or in the talk page of the article so that another editor can add it within parentheses according to WP:MOS. Thanks. -- NYScholar ( talk) 07:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Please see espec. Wikipedia:Controversial articles, WP:BLP, and WP:CITE (as per template messages above) and #Please discuss potentially-contentious or controversial changes before making them (section above). Thank you. [Updated.] -- NYScholar ( talk) 22:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Pertinent selected articles about and interviews of Waas
Drmies ( talk) 02:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Did long overdue fact box with a picture in, long overdue for an article of this detail and length. But despite my best attempt, the picture ended up on the far right of the fact box inside of in the middle-- so looks bad. Not sure how to fix--- and place photo in the center. Hope someone here knows how to and does.
Also, in adding picture, accidentally added it to the notes and footnotes section, but unsure how to delete it from there. Was hoping that someone would know how and do it! thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cathradgenations ( talk • contribs)
I was hoping for help from someone to upload a picture to the fact box of the article. I tried successfully once before but it was temporarily taken down because I did not make clear I took the picture and did want to claim copyright for it. I went up on Wikipedia Commons, I believe, attested to the fact that the photo was mine, and then listed it is a universal property. But haven't been able to figure out how to repost it to the box. Was hoping someone could show me or help me do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bromstead ( talk • contribs) 22:35, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
I find the DOB questionable. if it is 1971 as stated he was a Pulizer finalist at 22? That should have generated some coverage. I don't think his personal Facebook page is a sufficient source. -- 66.108.216.153 ( talk) 14:08, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
It's possible that Murray Waas was born in 1971. It's possible that Murray Waas worked on columns that led to Idi Amin's downfall, when Waas was 18 or 19. It's certain that Idi Amin was deposed in 1979.
All three of these things can't be true at the same time. Either Murray wrote the columns when he was 8 or 9 or he was not born in 1971, or there is an even deeper problem with the veracity of this item, and perhaps others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.118.83.250 ( talk) 00:32, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
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Thought it was highly relevant (and more than fair to say as well) that several conservative media outlts (and prominent ones at that) such as the now defunct Weekly Standard and Wall Street Journal editorial pages severely criticized Waas' reporting of the Clinton administration as well as the whole impeachment saga. Also thought that commentary by the Washington Post about this was notable as well. There was also praise by other outlets of the same work, which can be added later, to add balance to this addition to the entry, but there already is one such example already in there. quoting a story in the American Journalism Review.
This article appears to be encountering vandalism by anon. IP add. user(s). Please see the editing history for evidence of previous administrative blocking of one of the anon. IP user addresses. The other anon. IP user address seems to be engaging in the same sort of deletions. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia article, not a self-promotional advertisement for the subject masquerading as an encyclopedia article: Wikipedia:Spam. Please see guidelines and policies linked in Wikipedia WP:BLP and particularly WP:BLP#Public figures. Thank you. --NYScholar 18:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
There is no need to list every item already cited as a source in the References list. If the item does not match the subheading, it is not to be listed there. -- NYScholar 00:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I removed Lasica from References list; it is not primarily about Waas. See the subheading "articles about and interviews with Waas". --
NYScholar 00:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC) (I'll work on format and re-add it in a bit.. --
NYScholar
00:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC))
There are format problems being introduced in this article by recent edits that do not match the prevailing format of the article. -- NYScholar 00:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I worked on trying to correct some of them. It is very time-consuming to do that; please follow the format before adding the items. Thank you. -- NYScholar 00:42, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
[See the editing summary.] -- NYScholar 00:55, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
References are supposed to include sources that have been checked and verified and are capable of being verified by other Wikipedia users and that have been used in the article; or they can be listed as "Further reading" if they have not been. What is that source? Link for it? -- NYScholar 00:57, 20 August 2007 (UTC) Is there a typographical error in the title as given? -- NYScholar 00:57, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
The list of references is getting unwieldy. Please don't just list everything that mentions Waas. If the reference is being used as a source in the article, you need to create a source citation to a statement in the text that refers to it. Please also use proper punctuation (prevailing format: WP:CITE. Thanks. -- NYScholar 06:34, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Guidelines for controversial articles. -- NYScholar 00:59, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Discussion related to this matter and more recent editing history pertaining to it may be found in response to a comment posted by another user, with my replies, now archived in User talk:NYScholar/Archive 20#Re: Murray Waas (scroll down to May 15, 2008 comments posted by Accurateinfo4). -- NYScholar ( talk) 22:26, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
See editing summary and prev. editing summaries and above comments: Please do not insert articles into References that are not used as sources in this article and that do not discuss its subject (Murray Waas). Thank you. The removed entry (with typographical and format errors corrected is), which I have accessed, checked and read, is:
-- NYScholar 17:21, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Re: Items being accrued here: most are not cited in the article as sources; accruing such a long list of references, where, in some cases, only a very brief mention of the subject (Waas) occurs, is not warranted. The subject (Murray Waas) is not notable enough to warrant this long a list of references for what is otherwise a relatively-short biography. [Especially when the list is overpowering the text.] Thank you. -- NYScholar 22:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC) [Added. -- NYScholar 22:42, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:56, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
What is the date of birth of Murray Waas? The format for dates of birth is within parentheses "(born ...) to have [month day, year] with links; if one knows the date of birth, please supply it within the parentheses in the article or in the talk page of the article so that another editor can add it within parentheses according to WP:MOS. Thanks. -- NYScholar ( talk) 07:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Please see espec. Wikipedia:Controversial articles, WP:BLP, and WP:CITE (as per template messages above) and #Please discuss potentially-contentious or controversial changes before making them (section above). Thank you. [Updated.] -- NYScholar ( talk) 22:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Pertinent selected articles about and interviews of Waas
Drmies ( talk) 02:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Did long overdue fact box with a picture in, long overdue for an article of this detail and length. But despite my best attempt, the picture ended up on the far right of the fact box inside of in the middle-- so looks bad. Not sure how to fix--- and place photo in the center. Hope someone here knows how to and does.
Also, in adding picture, accidentally added it to the notes and footnotes section, but unsure how to delete it from there. Was hoping that someone would know how and do it! thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cathradgenations ( talk • contribs)
I was hoping for help from someone to upload a picture to the fact box of the article. I tried successfully once before but it was temporarily taken down because I did not make clear I took the picture and did want to claim copyright for it. I went up on Wikipedia Commons, I believe, attested to the fact that the photo was mine, and then listed it is a universal property. But haven't been able to figure out how to repost it to the box. Was hoping someone could show me or help me do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bromstead ( talk • contribs) 22:35, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
I find the DOB questionable. if it is 1971 as stated he was a Pulizer finalist at 22? That should have generated some coverage. I don't think his personal Facebook page is a sufficient source. -- 66.108.216.153 ( talk) 14:08, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
It's possible that Murray Waas was born in 1971. It's possible that Murray Waas worked on columns that led to Idi Amin's downfall, when Waas was 18 or 19. It's certain that Idi Amin was deposed in 1979.
All three of these things can't be true at the same time. Either Murray wrote the columns when he was 8 or 9 or he was not born in 1971, or there is an even deeper problem with the veracity of this item, and perhaps others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.118.83.250 ( talk) 00:32, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
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