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If an article subject who goes by a changed name supposedly does not wish his birth name to be included in the article, are we bound to remove it even when it has been published in a good number of reliable sources? The (cited) birth name was removed by an editor who mentioned private correspondence from the subject and cited WP:BLPPRIVACY and WP:BLPNAME, but I don't see that either of those policies apply here - BLPNAME because the person in question is the article subject, not (to use an example from another article) the victim of a recent high-coverage sex crime by the article subject, BLPPRIVACY because the policy does not suggest that names should be expunged and because the name has been published in reliable sources. Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 05:10, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
The article on Donald Segretti states that he forged the so-called "Canuck Letter". I believe this to be incorrect and possibly libellous. I posted a query about it on the discussion page, but there hasn't been a lot of activity on that article for couple of years, so I thought maybe a post here would prompt a response. 121.214.47.47 ( talk) 05:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest and the information. I've also thanked you on the article's discussion page. Great getting such a quick response. Cheers. 121.214.47.47 ( talk) 09:09, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat_Karay%C4%B1lan
A pro-Republic of Turkey "Activist Account" named "Randam" keeps trying to label the PKK rebel Murat Karayilan as a "narcotics trafficker". A longstanding accusation, (and probably true, the PKK definitely shakes down Kurdish drug dealers in Europe), but nevertheless a gross violation of WP:BLP. 69.167.171.39 ( talk) 07:20, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
There is a very out of context quote in the "Post-2007 World Cup" section from Coach Greg Ryan that has been added after I have removed it multiple times. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.174.44.184 ( talk) 07:49, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Someone keeps removing the information relating to the investigation into Lady Meyer's charity being investigated in relation to its finances. This information has been reported in the "Daily Telegraph" and "Independent on Sunday". It is public information and relevant to the pieces on Catherine Meyer (Lady Meyer) and her charity Parents & Abducted Children Together. Wikipedia should not be abused by Lady Meyer to publicize herself in only a positive light. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.158.186 ( talk) 12:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
The discussion page for Rience Priebus reads like a blog with little factual information.
"Some Democrats have noted that, if you remove all the vowels, his name is "RNC PR BS". Thus, one theory is that his parents, foreseeing his election, selected those consonants and then just filled in vowels around them. In the unlikely event that we find a reliable source for this theory, we can add it. JamesMLane t c 15:57, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
His name is a homophone for Rinse Prepuce. It is clearly a description of him being a stinky dick and needing a good rinse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.131.47.85 (talk) 17:30, 8 June 2011 (UTC"
It is offensive to someone who is trying to gather information on the man, and, it is certainly defamatory and an unwarranted and vulgar attack. The children are not playing nice in the sandbox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.39.203.221 ( talk) 14:54, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
Under James Suckling's biography, there is the blatantly incorrect line that "In 1992 Suckling suggested to Wine Spectator publisher Marvin R. Shanken to create Cigar Aficionado,[3] a magazine dedicated to Cuban culture, specifically Cuban cigars." This statement is patently false. Mr. Suckling never suggested to Shanken that the latter create the magazine. Rather, Mr. Suckling himself has personally admitted that the idea of the magazine was entirely that of Mr. Shanken's.
During the past couple of months, I've routinely taken this passage down, but it is always continually reasserted. I've tried to find the original source material that is footnoted but it is nowhere to be found. Thus, I strongly request that the above deceptive lie be taken down to maintain the entire biography's credibility.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agnagara ( talk • contribs) 19:08, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
(just an addition needed)
The Discography of Steve Mann CDs reissued in the early 21st century by Bella Roma Music should read as follows, (in order of reissue:)
BRM-110 Steve Mann;Alive and Pickin'
BRM-111 Steve Mann Live at the Ash Grove
BRM-112 Steve Mann Straight Life — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.254.5.46 ( talk) 21:19, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Patricia Casey ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
A "letter to the editor" [1] is being used to support derogatory content. I removed it. Another editor restored it. Need another pair of eyes to check this out. Lionel ( talk) 02:19, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Peter Smedley ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could someone please check this article.
A person called Peter Smedley died, via "assisted suicide", at Dignitas (euthanasia group). [2]
His story has been recently covered on BBC television in a documentary entitled Choosing to Die, featuring Terry Pratchett. [3] -Thus a great many people are likely to look at the article for background. (The documentary is being broadcast now, as I type this message).
The only indication he has died, in the article mentioned above, is this edit. But is the article even about the same individual?
I'm sorry I am unable to fix this issue myself at this time, and so post here in the hope others will sort it out. Chzz ► 20:26, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Walt Winston ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Living person approached me with a vague complaint involving his public image. Requesting an editor to review the content and relevance of the page to Wikipedia and delete any non-factual and non-relevant claims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daninater ( talk • contribs) 06:56, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm looking for input to settle a disagreement on Talk:Chris Kelly (British politician). Kelly is a British Conservative MP, and Private Eye is a left-leaning satirical magazine with a penchant for anti-establishment exposes. (It repeatedly gets sued for libel).
This is the edit in question. My problem with it is a) the source isn't neutral - it is a source that looks for information and uses it to make people look bad. b) the phrase "in addition to his salary as a member of parliament" while factual, is loaded. It invites the reader to conclude (with Private Eye) that there's something wrong with this.-- Scott Mac 12:52, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Alledged murder of a BLP that was recently found without any sources. Some sources have recently been added but seem low quality, include pictures without info and a blog. Article may require gutting,removing or sourcing. Regards, SunCreator ( talk) 13:07, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Looks like a machine translation and thus probably copyvio of a web page. I see that WP:Translation says "Wikipedia consensus is that an unedited machine translation, left as a Wikipedia article, is worse than nothing. " The username of its creator, Scheherazade magic ( talk · contribs) may not meet our username policy, but that's not really for here. This person may well be notable but the article as it stands needs fixing if it is to remain. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 15:43, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Recent article states that he has signed a two year deal with Dundee Football Club, Scotland. This is totally incorrect and potentially damaging. Please remove. Confirmation can be received from Dundee Football Club.
Gilber123 ( talk) 16:26, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Julian Gough ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There are two Julian Gough's of roughly equal importance (with respect to Wikipedia): Julian Gough a UK scientist and the Julian Gough the Irish novelist currently described in the article. In all likelihood neither are of significant enough repute to warrant a page. Approximately a year ago this page was a disambiguation between the two, linking to Julian Gough (novelist) and Julian Gough (scientist). At some point the Julian Gough (novelist) page was removed due to lack of sources. Now the disambiguation has been removed and the Julian Gough (novelist) article was moved to the Julian Gough page. The current page was most likely written by Julian Gough the novelist (or his agent), under the pseudonym of Selby de Brien ... De Selby is a fictitious character by the Irish author O'Brien, who Julian Gough the novelist mentions in his blog. My objection to the article is that it is self-promoting and that the disambiguation has been deliberately removed stealthily and by degrees; for some reason the history says the page was created on the 10th of April 2011, but it has been around much longer. The author must have first deleted the page, then re-created it without the disambiguation to deliberately hide the fact. If anything, Julian Gough the scientist is more widely published and read than the (part time) novelist, but neither are yet well-known outside their specific domain.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.174.57.4 ( talk) 19:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
An editor is insisting that this category include not only actual residents of Israeli settlements, but also "those closely affiliated" with them. This appears to be a WP:BLP minefield; "closely affiliated" is incredibly subjective, and, even if it could be clearly defined, it would still leave a label on a living person's article that wasn't accurate. Jayjg (talk) 03:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Bob Snyder no longer lives in Marco Island, FL, nor does he perform at the Deck Restaurant. He currently resides in Graceville, FL and has since 2005. I have no proof of Bob Snyder no longer working with Holmes County band, but I know it because I am friends with Bob myself. He does indeed perform with the Baptist College of Florida (BCF) Jazz Band, as well as the Orchestra there.
This BCF article has proof of him being a local resident of Graceville (BCF is located in Graceville, FL) as of November 2010. http://www.baptistcollege.edu/news_events/press/2010/donate_instrument.asp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.130.174.76 ( talk) 04:50, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Our client WV Grant Ministries has contacted us to clarify and submit a updated revision of his biography do to the fact as there is only negativity and does not contain facts, but a lot of allegations and that do not Pertain to his biography We would like this matter to be addressed as a earliest convenience to resolve this issue. Thank You Edward Avendano AE Media Group — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aemedia ( talk • contribs) 06:19, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Wells Tower ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The criticism section is strongly biased, and in need of substantial revision. The article cited is not, in fact, serious literary criticism. The article contains malicious ad hominem attacks against the author, and has not been subject to adequate fact checking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foolzgold ( talk • contribs) 21:37, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
I don't know if it means anything, but why are there so many newly registered editors whose only interest appears to be in the Tower article?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 02:01, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I object to Jezebel'sPonyo's erasure of the disputed material. It is inconsistent with other BLP articles. For instance, look at Malcolm Gladwell's page. It has a long section about the critical reception of his work, which includes many direct quotes from many individual critics with divergent opinions. This paragraph stood out, which I will quote here:
"Maureen Tkacik and Steven Pinker < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pinker> [21] < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell#cite_note-nyblog-20> [35] < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell#cite_note-34> have challenged the integrity of Gladwell's approach. Even while praising Gladwell's attractive writing style and content, Pinker sums up his take on Gladwell as, "a minor genius who unwittingly demonstrates the hazards of statistical reasoning", while accusing Gladwell of "cherry-picked < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking> anecdotes < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence> , post-hoc sophistry < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-hoc_analysis> and false dichotomies < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dichotomy> " in his book Outliers. Referencing a Gladwell reporting mistake, Pinker criticizes his lack of expertise:[21] < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell#cite_note-nyblog-20> "I will call this the Igon Value Problem: when a writer’s education on a topic consists in interviewing an expert, he is apt to offer generalizations that are banal, obtuse or flat wrong."
Malcom Gladwell is a popular, best-selling writer with a broad following among critics and readers. There can be no doubt that those critical of his work represent the viewpoint of "a tiny minority." Would his Wikipedia page then be improved by removing the above paragraph, according to the "undue weight" rule Jezebel'sPonyo cites? No. Removing it would in fact diminish the relevance of Gladwell's Wiki page by turning it into a promotional vehicle for Gladwell's work. And this is precisely where the Tower article is heading.-- Rockfeather ( talk) 15:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I disclosed my conflict of interest and proposed revisions to the discussion page for response. When I received no response and an editor suggested that I directly edit the page, I did. A few weeks later, LongLiveReagan reverted each of my edits indicating that they were "yet another attempt at blanking/whitewashing from the usual suspect(s)." [4]
I believe that all of my edits were factual and well-sourced, but I would like feedback. Thanks. 180north ( talk) 16:16, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
This article is almost entirely about a controversy the person was involved in. It gives a misleading picture of the, seemingly otherwise not very notable, person. In my opinion we should not have an article on the person at all. The controversy itself maybe could have one, although "not news" could come into play. Steve Dufour ( talk) 17:51, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
The article does not cite sources for its departure from an expected neutral dispassionate tone. It reads more like an introductory speech where she would be guest of honour. A few instances:
"..Indu has since infused new energy into the growth of India's largest media house"
"The Times Foundation, which she founded and carefully guides.."
"A humanist to the core, under her direction.." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonardozhi ( talk • contribs) 07:32, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
This person is a single academic is a small community university in Canada. He needs, at most a two sentence bio and leave it at that. This bio is obviously self-produced. It should also be noted that this person is now know for being a leading 9/11 conspiracist, rather than his previous contributions... Can we either remove him or shorten the entry and clean it up a little? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadaman1 ( talk • contribs) 08:34, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Subrata Roy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This person seems easily notable in their own right, however there has been a challenge (and some blanking by IPs) over the section Subrata Roy#2G Spectrum Scam and Contempt of Court. I have already removed about a third of it because the source cited for that part doesn't mention Roy at all. However the other section is cited to sources that seem reliable, and sounds as if it is a widely covered controversy. The argument is that the section is WP:UNDUE, perhaps recentism, perhaps news content rather than encyclopedic content, and anyway only covers allegations and legal sabre-rattling rather than anything even coming close to a conviction. Should it be in this BLP in this form? Comments requested. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 08:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I've removed the following (twice now) from the article: "British author Peter Evans has stated in his book Nemesis that he also had a long affair with New York photo journalist Helene Gaillet which later ended but left her emotionally drained." with the following indirect reference.
The book only mentions Rohatyn once in passing and is a bit of a gossip-scandal mongering tract. Mostly however, I think it's basically irrelevant, a rich powerful man has a mistress - so what. It doesn't seem to have affected anything that he is known for.
Smallbones ( talk) 12:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I think this article about Pipim needs some help from veteran wikipedians:
Samuel Koranteng-Pipim has recently had to resign from his church leadership because of a "moral failure". This is a sensitive matter. Some of the material added to the Resignation section is poorly sourced and has been reverted several times, back and forth. Perhaps the beginning of an edit war. I am asking that the section be looked over by a few veteran editors. My concerns:
The section under dispute:
also:
There has been so much activity on Pipim's site, it is hard to find who has reverted what. I suggest that the section Resignation be reverted back to the basic information and then the section should be put on hold, or whatever the wikipedia term is, for a month or two until this things settle down. DonaldRichardSands ( talk) 20:32, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Martin Hosking is an Australian businessman who is the CEO of a website (RedBubble) that sells user-created tshirts, analogous to how CafePress runs. There has been some recent brouhaha because the web comic Hipster Hitler had a store on RB, that sold tshirts that could be interpreted as supporting hitler. The article has previously been the target of a bunch of SPA's who were adding stuff about the controversy that was not reliably sourced. Previous additions of material about it to Hosking's page were pretty much personal attacks, calling him personally an antisemite etc without any proper sourcing. The issue has now made it in to the media, so there are now reliable sources talking about it, and info about it was added by a new editor again earlier today. I have the feeling that the article is about to attract a bunch of BLP violations again, and also will possibly present WP:UNDUE issues (but I'm not too familiar with that policy. I'd appreciate it if some other people could take a look at the article with an eye towards WP:UNDUE and also watchlist it to keep an eye out for general BLP problems with future edits to it. Kevin ( talk) 00:50, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
I've just noticed that the article on Aja includes an interwiki link to a non-English WP, where the link itself includes a "real name" that isn't even referenced (no less be reliably sourced) in the non-English article. I've therefore changed the interwiki link to point to the subject's stage name (which then redirects to the "real name" article); still, I'm still a bit uncomfortable with justifying the interwiki link as acceptable under BLP -- but even more uncomfortable about removing it completely. Thoughts? Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 22:46, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Lay Phyu has two children with ex-wife Khin Nwe Nwe Than; Sound Lay Phyu and Tain Lay Phyu. He married Nwe Kyaw Soe in 2004 and has one daughter named Let Ya Lay Phyu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nkyawsoe ( talk • contribs) 08:54, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Currently working on some BLP articles which contain phrases along the lines of "X supported the invasion of Iraq". I view this as unnecessarily pejorative, but I'm not sure that the alternative that's been suggested to me, of using the official US government description ( Operation Iraqi Freedom) is any better. Has anyone got any thoughts or examples of how cases like this have been handled previously? Lankiveil ( speak to me) 10:35, 16 June 2011 (UTC).
George Demos ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Ongoing edit war initiated by two accounts and an IP or two, who believe a controversy section is potentially libellous, based on poor sources etc. An SPI into the two accounts has been opened, and there is also a lengthy discussion on the talk page. More eyes and insightful comments needed. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 21:20, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Niki Yang ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Just created a stub article about her. Please join at Talk:Niki Yang. JSH-alive talk • cont • mail 03:36, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
NEUTRAILITY ISSUE (as posted on Moonriddengirl's page)
Each time I address the neutrality of this article, it gets deleted by the person controlling that page... and I mean controlling and that person is CanadianLinuxUser.
The article on "Jesper Olsen (runner)" is bias and the person who edits this article the most (and aggressively monitors it) appears to control it, believe they own it and clearly has a vested interest in promoting it.
Wikipedia is not about owning a page and promoting your friends or creating a page about unknowns like Jesper Olsen, who has not achieved anything. (No world records ratified and using only his own web site or friend's blogs as references).
This article is far too promotional and needs *complete neutrality*, something it sorely lacks. (someone other than CanadianLinuxUser).
I believe it should get deleted, but at present its promo fluff. At very best it needs a thorough "cleanup" as well as "npov"
Many thanks. (Unsigned edit from 135.196.122.103 )
2003 Abbeville, South Carolina right-of-way standoff ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Stumbled across this article. Would appreciate someone giving it a BLP-related clean-up. Thanks. :) - Atmoz ( talk) 21:12, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Tim Chapman ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Unsourced but detailed information about other living persons including relatives whose only seeming claim to notability is being related to article's subject. Also large sections of this BLP are virtually unreferenced. Shearonink ( talk) 14:43, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Rick Ross (consultant) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
IP claiming to be the subject raising complaints at WP:Help desk#Rick Ross consultant entry (I note that there is a SPA editing his article now). Dougweller ( talk) 15:17, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Deirdre Breakenridge ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This is self-promotion at best, totally lacking in references, and lives on an island (only 2 wikilinks). I'm not exactly sure where to start rewriting this one. I only came across it because it was linked to Rowan University. Any input would be hugely appreciated. RasputinAXP 15:43, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
I am Robert L. Nadeau, the historian of science whose work is the subject of this article. The comment made in the first sentence about my article in Scientific American and about the magazine itself is libelous. The article published by Scientific American was thoroughly vetted by scholars, including those with backgrounds in the discipline of economics, and was derived from two books published by very reputable academic presses--Columbia University Press and Rutgers University Press.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Nadeau, PhD Professor George Mason University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.214.170 ( talk • contribs)
I feel the following quote is in error 2 ways, First because the source (15) is not peer reviewed. It is a city wide magazine owned by a single person. Secondly because of the following which I and others contest. “Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.”
Quote: "many Usenet posts authored by Betty Martini was possibly slightly altered (but still largely identical with originals) and then widely circulated under the pen name "Nancy Markle", creating the basis for a misleading and unverifiable hoax chain letter that was spread through the Internet.[9] "Ultimately the e-mail was traced back to Betty Martini."[15] Martini claims that an unknown person stood behind the "Markle" email.[16]"
Am I wrong? I understand if you can only rule on the second charge. Arydberg ( talk) 18:04, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
The article on the LP Wayne Schoenfeld has a rather curious editing history and makes some claims that seem extraordinary. (I say "seem" because they are not entirely clear.) No, there's nothing potentially libelous or remotely similar; but a few additional, disinterested eyeballs would be welcome. -- Hoary ( talk) 02:31, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
On second thoughts, this looks like a straightforward COI matter. (Yes, it's a BLP, but this is by the way.) So I've brought it up here on the COI noticeboard. It's better discussed there than here. -- Hoary ( talk) 07:01, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
The photo in this person's biography is incorrect. It is a picture of Lucas Glover, not Chris DiMarco. I don't know the process of correcting this, could someone help out? Aviator569 ( talk) 14:25, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Mitch Bainwol ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Obvious puff piece, needs to be tagged for neutrality.
Alexander Ghindin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Very subjective, using wikipedia as an advertisment. Two of many quotes: "is one of the most inspiring pianists of this generation" "Ghindin is a tremendous talent whose honors at major competitions span"
I would like my biography to revert to 14 March 2011 version. Someone has made changes that are incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patrick Cassidy ( talk • contribs)
FYI - Born under The Act of Congress dated February 10, 1855, "persons heretofore born, or hereafter to be born, out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or shall be at the time of their birth citizens of the United States, shall be deemed and considered and are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, however, that the rights of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers never resided in the United States." "That any woman who might lawfully be naturalized under the existing laws, married, or who shall be married to a citizen of the United States shall be deemed and taken to be a citizen"
Also may have affected
Sen. Barry Goldwater was born on January 2, 1909, in US Territory (Arizona) that was won in the war with Mexico, as defined by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed February 2, 1848. He was born under the Act of Congress of February 10, 1855 (Repealed in 1922).
See video: Act of Congress 1855 Derivative Naturalization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdF_O_R17kY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.95.233 ( talk) 13:20, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
This new article contains a lot of information about a pair of alleged spies - apparently one is still living. Only one reference is cited, and it certainly doesn't look independent or reliable. As a new article this one was not patrolled. I have just reviewed it and removed the "New unreviewed article" banner. Dolphin ( t) 13:11, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Do we really need this redirect to Niger Innis? Previous RfD discussion here. -- J N 466 03:51, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Ina Garten ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Javaweb refusal to include factual information, i.e. Garten's refusal to meet with Make A Wish child is based solely on personal opinion and not on the regulations of wikipedia (see discussion page); therefore, the page should be edited to include the stories widely reported re: Make A Wish. This is NOT a fan page and should not be regulated by someone who clearly has a personal interest in presenting only flattering or what they perceive as "neutral facts" about this person — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.205.78.155 ( talk) 04:38, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
You can see their edits/discussions on the article page or talk page. I am not a fan of Ina Garten. I am a fan of reliable sources that do not manipulate their reporting to make a mundane incident into a story. You can see the discussion
here and
here.
Anonymous IP 76.205.78.155, I do not see even
one word from you on the discussion page. The discussion page is the first place to discuss, not here. If you have answers to our concerns, please provide them there.
She is a 63 year-old lady with a show and books to produce and, according to your reference, gets about 100 requests/month. She helped out Make-a-wish before. It is physically impossible for anyone on a TV network available to tens of millions on basic cable to fulfill every request made of them. To berate them for, in the words of Make-a-Wish, not doing the impossible and not fulfilling all worthwhile charities's every request, is an unrealistic expectation. It is not notable because that is true of practically everyone in Wikipedia whose name does not begin with "Saint".
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Javaweb (
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09:25, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Javaweb
Anna Nalick ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Reference photograph was removed by a user, Californiagrl, who claims to be an official representative of the subject (I cannot verify this). She states that the subject did not like the photo. She offered to provide an official photo but has yet to do so. Californiagrl appears to be a new user at Wikipedia. user:Uncle Milty has done great work keeping this in check, but for now the photograph remains removed without replacement.
For reference, the photo that was removed was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AnnaWiki23Feb11.jpg, which was my work, and to the best of my knowledge, does not meet criteria for removal (not of the subject, compromising/embarrassing, defamatory, etc.). If the reason is that the subject merely did not like the photo, it is not grounds for removal, though it is something I can work with if requested in the Discussions section. RachGreen ( talk) 08:15, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Marina Tsvigun ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Read the first sentence of said article. It's an obvious WP:COI. Please refer to this case -- important!! It turns out that after this person's user page got deleted, they transferred the information to the Marina Tsvigun article, which also seems to have her allegedly new and shiny name.
If you want more info read this short-lived sockpuppet case. This chick is clever. -- Motherfrakker ( talk) 15:49, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Bristol palin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I'd like some help sorting out Palin's page. There needs to be some consensus or clean up and neutral POV. I feel some backstory from her own memoir to her sexual encounter is worth noting because she knowN for being a compensated spokesperson for the subject. Her surgery completely altered her appearance as now she no longer looks the photo in the bio, I feel it is worth at least a small notation. Other info like her house purchase and the price she paid may not be worth noting; other notations may not be worthwhile. I'll walk away from edits until things get sorted out. Thanks all. -- Cohen2011 ( talk) 21:00, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Carolyn Martin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The controversy section regarding her role in the creation of a UW Health Clinic that performs late term abortions keeps getting removed despite the fact that this was front page news (February 2009) in the student newspapers, The Badger Herald ( http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/12/13/uw_to_stop_efforts_o.php), for weeks as well as Wisconsin's leading newspapers, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal. ( http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/39245702.html) It was also reported in the national news. ( http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/secret_university_of_wisconsin_plans_for_midterm_abortion_clinic_revealed/) Also, her departure as chancellor was also related to a controversial decision she made to attempt to make the UW-Madison campus autonomous from the UW System. This is documented also in all of the major newspapers including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/19/11.) A few people keep deleting the controversial sections from her biography by calling them "trivial."— Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.180.25.71 ( talk • contribs)
Regarding the abortion clinic - The three citations you provided - in two of them Martin is not mentioned at all and in the third, the badger one she is mentioned only once and to say that she was one of eleven people that voted in support of this situation, so looking at that it doesn't assert she played a major part in the issue. The addition you have added seems undue to me, mentions baby killing and the comments are not even in the citation you have provided here. IMO you are soapboxing pro life POV. I trimmed the soapboxing and added the online support as well - this is the quote that I have removed as unduly attacking - the board and Martin’s vote put UW’s “good name on murder.” “Biddy Martin … will be forever remembered as the woman who caused the university to do something that no other clinic in central Wisconsin would do … and that is kill a baby five months [after] conception,” - I also removed the journalistic speculation from the lede. If it is to be returned then it should be added to the body of the article and cited to one of those major newspapers and attributed as whoever opinion it is, although I doubt if I would support its inclusion. Here is the uncited comment I removed from the lede - According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, " When Carolyn "Biddy" Martin abruptly announced last week that she was leaving the top post to become president of Amherst College, it was clear her relationship with the Board of Regents and UW System President Kevin Reilly had soured over a battle for campus autonomy, hatched behind her bosses' backs." Off2riorob ( talk) 01:00, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Why this BLP is not neutral or fair to Palazzolo.
5 examples of the present author's mistakes or one-sided view.
From the BLP: :Italian and US intelligence officers estimate that Palazzolo helped to launder more than US$1.5 billion in drug money through Switzerland. Actuality:
From the BLP:
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These are a few of the many errors and allusions that DonCalo makes about a man convicted of nothing except negligence. I propose a BLP, therefore, centred round his actual court convictions and acquittals, all of which were considered and judged by qualified magistrates using all the facts. This will give an equal hearing to the defence as well as the prosecution. So as not to impugn a man who has not, after 29 years, been irrevocably sentenced for the crimes of which he is continuously accused.
Before reading my proposed BLP, from wiki guidelines please consider three things:
Harmful and sensationalist: From Wikipedia on Primary Sources, etc
"Biographies of living persons (BLPs) must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives, and the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered when exercising editorial judgment. This policy applies to BLPs, including any living person mentioned in a BLP even if not the subject of the article, and to material about living persons on other pages.[3] The burden of evidence for any edit on Wikipedia rests with the person who adds or restores material."
The present BLP flies in the face of everything written above. -- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Exceptional Claims: From Wikipedia Verifiability
When proponents say there is a conspiracy to silence them (as Palazzolo has claimed for many years) they are exceptional claims that require exceptional, high-quality sources. In other words his case contradicts the prevailing, mainstream view, which has been created by a conspiracy against him. "... claims that are contradicted by the prevailing view within the relevant community, or that would significantly alter mainstream assumptions, especially in science, medicine, history, politics, and biographies of living persons. This is especially true when proponents say there is a conspiracy to silence them. (This comes under "Exceptional claims" that require exceptional, high-quality sources. They need Red flags)"
Palazzolo's case is Exceptional and requires better, more even handed judgement than we witness in the present BLP, which relies for it's sources on newspapers.-- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Specialised Claims: From Wikipedia Reliability
Palazzolo, after 29 years and 5 countries courts with an equal number of allegations, sentences and acquittals, is a very specialized subject. "Where wikipedia breaks down is in very specialised subjects, where you have only a handful of experts and much of the common wisdom on the subject is wrong."
Palazzolo's case is highly specialized. Banks of lawyers have been poring over the minutiae of it for 29 years. The present author is not an expert, evidently. -- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Vito Roberto Palazzolo (born July 31, 1947) is an Italian businessman living in South Africa and Namibia. Born in Terrasini, Sicily, he moved to South Africa in the mid 1980s. He also goes by the name Robert von Palace Kolbatschenko. Caught up in a drug money-laundering scam for the Mafia in Switzerland and the USA in the early 1980’s, which became famous as the "Pizza Connection", he was tried in Lugano in 1985 and sentenced for having acted in “dolus eventualis”. [7] Which means, loosely, for being negligent. But since then, emanating from Palermo in Sicily, a storm of allegations have been levelled against him. Mostly for money-laundering and Mafia association. All of which he denies, claiming to be the victim of a conspiracy.
The narrative of which can be viewed in court documents in 5 different countries, starting in 1984.
His first trials took place in Switzerland, on 3 different judicial levels, over 10 years. During that time, there were multiple charges and appeals, including the following:
In March 1985 he was given a “Nulle Prosequi” (no prosecution), but in September of that year he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for having acted in “dolus eventualis”, which is a legal interpretation “pitched somewhere between intent and negligence”. In April 1986 his sentence was increased to 5 years and 6 months for additional transfers of US$ 1,5 million and US$ 28 million respectively. In August 1989 when he was acquitted in respect of the $1.5m and his sentence was reduced to 5 years. Likewise, in January 1992, he was acquitted on the charge of having transferred the US$ 28 million. In November 1993 the 1992 acquittal was upheld by the Court of Cassation and Criminal Review, and his penalty was reduced to 3 years and 9 months imprisonment. This last sentence was declared to be final in the Federal Court (the highest court) in May 1994.
The Italian judicial saga began on the 16th April 1984 with a warrant of arrest from Rome. The narrative in Sicily began when, also in 1984, the most prolific Mafia informant in history, Tommaso Buscetta, gave the legendary prosecuting magistrate, Dr Giovanni Falcone, enough evidence to prosecute 350 Mafiosi in the Maxi Trial (which resumed in 1986). Palazzolo was never mentioned by Buscetta but 11 months later, on the 11th June 1985, Falcone issued a warrant for his arrest too. This was based on the testmony given by Paul Waridel to the Attorney General of Lugano in Switzerland (where Palazzolo was being tried). It was for the same evidence under consideration in Switzerland, therefore, that Falcone motivated his warrant of arrest. Since then there have been multiple Italian warrants and court cases concerning Palazzolo, generated in Palermo in Sicily, including 6 warrants issued to South Africa, where he lives.-- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Of note, however: On 26th March 1992 the High Court in Rome convicted Palazzolo for the crime of “association with the purpose of financing for narcotics trafficking” and sentenced to 2 years prison. But he was acquitted on the charge of Mafia association because the facts to prove such association, the judge said, “do not exist”. [8] This conviction was suspended, however, on the 31st January 1993, because Palazzolo had already served 3 years in prison in Switzerland, for the same facts. -- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC) In December 1994, the Court in Palermo (under Judge Scaduti) reopened their account by issuing precautionary measures against Palazzolo, stating that, “Palazzolo had been involved in the trafficking of narcotics…” and, “…actually belonged to the structure of the Mafia organisation”. In February 1997 they upped the ante with another warrant of arrest, the motivation for which was generated by a report written by South African Police officers (Smith & Lincoln), identifying Palazzolo as a well-known criminal affiliated to the Mafia, and a dangerous fugitive from justice.
On 12th October 2000 Palazzolo was convicted by the Court in Palermo, in absentia, to 12 years in prison, again, for narcotics trading and Mafia membership. In March 2002 Palazzolo received more precautionary custody measures from Palermo, this time (using intelligence gleaned from the South African police) for aiding and abetting Giovanni Bonomi and Giuseppe Gelardi (who had visited Palazzolo's farm), as fugitives, in South Africa.
In July of 2003 the Court of Appeal in Palermo annulled Palazzolo’s October 2000 conviction. And a month later they set aside Falcone’s warrant of arrest, (issued June 1985).
Back to Rome: On 9th January 2004 Supreme Court of Appeal in Rome revoked the February 1997 Review Court Palermo judgement with the words: “…the judgement being contested is annulled, since it is flawed and it contravenes the law, and is lacking in motivation.” As a result the Review Court in Palermo, on the 6th April 2004, were forced to revoke their warrant of arrest of February 1997 and the precautionary custody measures of March of 2002. [10]
On the 5th June 2006 the court in Palermo, changing tactics, handed down a sentence of 9 years for "external complicity" (to committing a crime in a Mafia type association). "Mafia association" therefore had been changed to "external complicity". This was confirmed on the 5th July 2006 by Judge Puleo in Palermo [11] and on 11th July 2007 Judge Salvatore Scaduti of the Court of Appeal in Palermo, overuling the acquittal judgement in Rome (1992), confirmed the sentence but reformulated it in peius (made it worse) so that his crime was now for “full association”. [12] The motivation for this new charge was based apparently on the evidence of Antonino Giuffre, a Mafia informant, who stated that, “Palazzolo belonged to the Mafia association called the Cosa Nostra round about the eighties, and remained therein permanently after this date.”
In Rome on 13th March 2009 the Italian Supreme Court confirmed the sentences given against Palazzolo, in Palermo, sentencing him to nine years imprisonment for full blown Mafia association. [14]
Which is where his case hangs, at present, except for an outstanding application by Palazzolo to the European Court of Human Rights (submitted on 18th November 2009) to hear his case and consider the fact that, subsequent to his trials and sentences both in Switzerland and Italy, no new substantiated evidence has yet emerged to reconvict him. [15] and in October 2011, in an effort to overturn the above judgement, Palazzolo’s case will be heard by the Appeal Court in Caltanissetta in Italy. [16]
-- Fircks ( talk) 16:15, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
From an outside viewpoint, the above proposal (or some synthesis of it) doesn't seem unreasonable. I became aware of the disagreements when I stepped in as a reviewer, but could not get a couple of the parties to agree to a compromise.
Regarding the allegations that Fircks ( talk) outlines above, they seem (to me) most vulnerable in reverse order. For example, the hiring of a public relations director should be public record, and if it isn't, it shouldn't be included. A missing passport application could but both ways and is probably little more than a curious footnote in Zuma's corruption-prone administration.
If the parties can be brought together regarding this, I support the effort.
-- UnicornTapestry ( talk) 19:24, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I certainly wish to deal with this matter in a civilized fashion which, as Unicorn Tapestry suggests, means "coming together". I hope we can do this.
I don't know for certain if it's true that Palazzolo is the victim of a conspiracy, but I do know for certain that what you write about him is unsubstantated and probably untrue.
I hope we can resolve this.
-- Fircks ( talk) 13:04, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Jonathan Wright (physician) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
A series of IPs and SPAs have edited this article recently, some claiming an association with the subject. Their edits have been somewhat problematic as they've replaced some sourced text with something of an unsourced whitewash. While I think some of the content added may be properly source-able, I don't have much time at present to devote to sifting through everything. Any help in improving this BLP is welcome... — Scien tizzle 10:15, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
More eyes at Chuckle Brothers ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) would be appreciated, especially when the semi expires in a month. The issues are relatively infrequent, but when they do pop up, some of them are quite nasty libel. Thanks. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:11, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Abdel Latif El Menawy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This biography was created a few days ago, probably by a conflict of interest account, and continues to be a site of edit warring. I'm attempting to retain sourced content regarding the gentleman's amply-covered dismissal from Egypt News, while other parties continuously remove it. I'd prefer to have other objective parties look at this--if it's deemed that he doesn't satisfy notability guidelines then perhaps a deletion proposal is in order, which would make this academic. If the article stays, I'd appreciate a hand in overseeing this, with page protection if necessary. Thanks, 76.248.147.81 ( talk) 23:36, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
What's the policy on putting in sourced information about the victim's (just assume it's alleged every time I say it) name? I reverted an editor who added the victim's name and other identifying information to the article based on a French source. I didn't check the source, but assuming it's reliable, was I right to revert? I also posted something on the editor's Talk page. I don't believe that American media are publishing the victim's name based on the rape shield law, but we live in a world where countries, uh, disagree, and I don't feel very sure of my ground here as to Wikipedia's policy, if there is one, on this issue.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 17:11, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
clearly doesn't violate anything Wran ( talk) 14:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
If it is reported in the French media, then it should be reported. Wikipedia coverage of the event and accusations are incompletely because they do not reflect the information available. There is no legal reason not to mention her name and bibliographic details and it is noteworthy and therefore is clearly an "enclopedic interest" to include this information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.169.229.2 ( talk) 14:21, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
To say that more weight should be given to one type of source is not say that weight is not given to others, nor does it address the issue of how widespread the info is; also only certain types of material are likely to interest academics, and the time lag for academic publication is considerable. Her background is clearly relevant as it may well become the leading issue in the trial, as may her appearance to some degree; also her name is very widely available in the european press, and by the time the trial starts , if not much sooner, it will be in the USA too: so there's really no issue of protection Wran ( talk) 13:07, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Eamon Zayed ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Hi some vandalism occurred on the page of Éamon Zayed/Eamon Zayed, Derry City FC footballer in the wake of a racism allegation row in the irish media. I undid the vandalism to revert to the previous edit(i wasnt logged in for those corrections) however it seems that my corrections only applied to the page found under the search term >Éamon Zayed< (with the accent on the E), upon accessing his page by searching for his name without the accent >Eamon Zayed< ie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamon_Zayed, I found that the vandalism is still evident on that page. I am not as savvy with the wikipedia system as others may be and am unable to fix this page, could someone please correct this?
Repeat: Vandalism removed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Éamon_Zayed but still evident on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamon_Zayed— Preceding unsigned comment added by Craft24 ( talk • contribs)
Rob Todd ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This article contains false and libelous information about an alleged extra-marital affair by Todd. The sources which Macwhiz has used as authority are not credible for the following reasons: (1) both articles which he is using as authority are columns....not actual news stories. Those columns do come out of publications which have hard news stories which can be credible, but which also have columns which may not be credible. The columns which Macwhiz uses contain no supporting facts of any sourt. They simply repeat a libelous rumor. The use of a unsubstantiated column as a fact source violates your editorial standards if that opinion contains no witnesses or other supporting facts (2) Neither source contains an interview with Todd, his ex-wife, Keller or his ex-wife, or any other witness. There are no emails, or other documents cited as authority. There are no photographs or any other documents provided. A thorough web search will show that neither Todd or Keller or their ex-wives were ever interviewed about the rumors. Furthermore, a thorough web search will reveal that there are no interviews with any third party witness to any events that would tend to support the allegations (3) The particular articles were written by colummists for the publications, not reporters. A column is only credible if it contains supporting facts. There are none here. These articles were prompted by rumor and gossip only. Furthermore, If you do a thorough web search, you will find that about the time that the articles Macwhiz is relying on were published, the Houston Chroncile accidentally released an internal memo in which it detailed a plan to discredit Todd and other opponents of Rail by attacking their personal lives(summary of this athttp://www.bloghouston.net/item/7). The articles which Macwhiz is using as authority were published as part of that plan (4) A thorough web search will reveal that the particular columist who wrote the Houston Press article Macwhiz has cited was subsequently terminated from the Houston Press for violating their editorial standards and for repeatedly representing facts to be true without any supporting facts of any sort. His article is generally thought to have what started the gossip chain. (5) The writer of the Chronicle column was not working for the Chronicle or living in Houston at the time of the alleged affair. His column also contains no supporting facts and he was likely relying on the veracity of the Houston Press column. As with the other source Macwhiz has cited, that column contains no supporting facts, interviews, etc.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinkgurugal ( talk • contribs)
Sooooo anyway, the question of Rob's edit and my objection now being resolved at least so far as I'm concerned... this article has seen rather a spate of SPAs coming in lately to "sanitize" the article, often blanking sections or calling for its outright deletion. Would an admin consider making the article semiprotected, to discourage the creation of new SPA accounts to continue the campaign? // ⌘macwhiz ( talk) 16:40, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
I've just hacked personal life on this back 90% - nearly all sourced to Daily Mail and The London Paper. I've already had to revert a blind re-addition once and no-one is posting on talk apart from me. More eyes needed. Exxolon ( talk) 14:09, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Catherine Meyer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This article is continually edited by individuals who wish to hide the controversy, exposed in the Daily Telegraph and Independent on Sunday, surrounding Catherine Meyer and her assistant being paid some 50% of the income of charity in pay and considerably more in expenses. Whether Lady Meyer likes this or not, this is information that has been covered by newspapers for a long period and is relevant to any biography of her. The expose of this information is not, as those around her suggest, a vendetta. It is purely information that journalists have found via Lady Meyer's charity's accounts being published by the Charity Commission.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.158.186 ( talk • contribs)
To give this a tail: This little controversy is still mentioned in Parents and Abducted Children Together and as only the organization is referred to and no individual persons the BLP policy is not a valid excuse to remove it there. wp:UNDUE might, but that is a separate discussion. Does anybody disagree with that? Yoenit ( talk) 09:55, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Michael Lombardi (businessman) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Saw some discussion about edit warring on this article at a help desk and am bringing it here - I've removed quite a bit of extraneous information about the company and the ranking of the university he attended, but I'm not sure about some of the material about the company that I've left in the article. Dougweller ( talk) 13:08, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Now at...
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Lombardi (businessman) ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
the article talk about the leader of an islamic party an I found the following expression mispalced : << Nadia does not represent Muslim women nor Islam, see how much make up she is wearing which contradicts with the modeste image of a muslim woman >>. the comment on her father are defamatory.
Maajid Nawaz has been fully protected for a week due to an edit war primarily between User:Ksmith009 and User:K8_fan. I would suggest that the page be returned to the 12:19, 7 June 2011 version before recent edits by either party. Could third parties look at this and evaluate the various edits for bias? Thank you. K8 fan ( talk) 18:13, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Rupert Jeffcoat ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Unproven hearsay and potentially defamatory/libelous material added [12] — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Yesberg ( talk • contribs) 09:37, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Daniel Cohn-Bendit ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The English version of this article in Wikipedia is completely libelous, accussing Daniel Cohn-Bendit of being a pedophile without proving it. I can't even understand how such an important website like is Wikipedia can allow an article which doesn't give any actual information and which is defamatory and partial. Please, erase this article as soon as possible. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.216.93.89 ( talk) 10:52, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Rich Hill (baseball) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There is a mistake in Rich Hill's biography. My name is Larry Hill, Rich's older brother. I played baseball at Boston College and graduated in 1985. I did not play for the Pirates. Please correct this error. Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.70.22.220 ( talk) 11:54, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
David Hahn ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article David Hahn needs attention from an expert, at the moment it appears that someone attempted to add some sort of clarification to the article and I have no idea what to do about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.9.141.11 ( talk) 12:01, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
James Arthur Ray ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This guy accidentally killed three people and sickened dozens after a botched sweat lodge ceremony. Half his BLP is spent discussing the incident itself and what everybody and their brother thought of it. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•( contribs) 22:46, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Carma Rose De Jong Anderson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
title is a WP:Redirect - http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Carma_Rose_De_Jong_Anderson&redirect=no - to ...
Richard Lloyd Anderson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Carma Rose de Jong Anderson was born in Provo, Utah Mar.6, 1930 [therefore today is age 81}. I am that person. The report on me says I was born in 1932--that date is a fiction. I lived in Provo all my growing up years,and attended the BYU K-6, then Jr and Senior High Schooland then had three years of college classes before marriage. I lost my mother to a car accident when I was in the middleof fourth grade.I was born to sweet Rosabelle Winegar de Jong who was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerrit de Jong, Jr. by Pres. Joseph F. Smith.Gerrit had come from Amsterdam, Holland with his parents and younger sister, Katherine. Rosabelle was born in Salt Lake City to Rosa Eliza Shaw who was married to William Winegar. Rosa had brown eyes and dark brown-red hair. The Shaws came from Stafforshire, England, and the Winegars were Germanic who arrived in America in 1710, slowly colonizing westward. They were converted ny early missionaries in 1833.Carma de Jong Anderson loves her ancestors very much for they worked very hardto build up the Church they dearly believed in. Carma's English grandmother,Rosa,was born in Salt Lake City in 1855, just a few years after the Shaws had arrived in America.Carma's Dutch grandmother was Lida Mariana Kuiper from near Apeldoorn, Holland. She met her husband Gerrit [III] in Amsterdam where both were working. They have a very interesting story of how thay came to America and why they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after they had arrived in Salt Lake City! The Shaws have a dramatic story of tremendous sacrifice for the same Church and did not reach Salt Lake Valley until 1852. Eliza Wilding and Osmond Broad Shaw joined the Church sparately and did not dare tell each other that they were "Mormons" until just a week before they were to marry in an ancestral cathedral. Osmond's father, Simeon Shaw, a linguist and great historian of the English Potteries and was educated in the cenistry of glazing the houshold potteries, and Spode and Wedgewood gorgeous dishes. He was a aschoolmaster so his son Osmond was very well taught and Simeon saw his philosophical bent, and wanted him to be a minister of the Anglican faith. The early Mormon Apostles came to England in 1837 and two different groups of themconverted Osmond and Elizaa Wilding,who was a corset-maker with her expert hand sewing.Carma deJong was the only daughter in the family to have red dhair, but her Great Grandfather Osmond Shaw had red hair, and his son, Lewis C. Shaw had bright red hair. He was a fine carpenter who had worked on the Mac Cune Mansion in Salt Lake City. Carma demanded to be taught to sew when four years old,and learnedmuch by hand sewing. The last half of her life she has researched and designed and cut all the historic clothing and household textiles for the LDS historic sites, with the knowledge she continued to gain, until she finished a PhD in 1992. After marriage she continued to attend formal credit classes everywhere Richard Lloyd Anderson and she lived afrer their marriage on May 22, 1951. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.169.143.159 ( talk) 01:46, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Karl Denninger ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
"Trades4beer" is continually adding edits to the above page that are false, slanted and defamatory. I removed them and added requested cites yesterday and they were added back this morning once again. I am the person referenced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tickerguy ( talk • contribs) 14:41, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Loredana Brigandì ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article was edited today to include, "(redacted)" The addition isn't linked to any supporting information. I found the edit and the entry on Wikipedia because of a weird posting to Yahoo. I comments on Yahoo have gotten very contentious/weird in the last several years, but this was kinda especially wacky. On an article on how to calm a colicky baby someone under the name Loredana Brigandì posted this today: (redacted)Her username was Loredana Brigandì so I looked up the user and the account was created today. I don't know the person but this seems hinky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SuziGenerous ( talk • contribs) 15:12, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loredana Brigandì ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
A major American modern artist/choreographer/dancer. A San Francisco native, performed with the Ann Halprin-Welland Lathrop Dance Company and presented her first dances in the Bay Area. In New York, she studied with Martha Graham, Andre Bernard and Erick Hawkins and joined the Hawkins Company, performing as a leading dancer through 1969. In 1970, she established her school & company. The company has performed in New York since 1971, as well as appearances at the New York Festival at the Delacorte Theater, the American Dance Festival where she also taught for six summers, and performances and workshops in the United States & Canada. In 1988, she presented a solo concert at the International Spirit of Design Forum in Asahikawa, Japan. Since the inception of the company, Ms. Meehan has collaborated extensively with Anthony Candido, and from 1973 with Eleanor Hovda. She has also worked with many other contemporary composers, always using live music. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship for choreography, a CAPS fellowship, NEA Fellowships, grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. She resides in Manhattan. The company's 40th season took place in New York May 20th & 21st. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craig zarah ( talk • contribs) 01:38, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
bg.wikipedia.org is being blatantly politicized and used to tag people via their biography pages, based on lists published by the country's political apparatus. Furthermore this tagging is being performed by Wikipedia Administrator(s) and Editor(s), which aggravates the situation further by tarnishing and discrediting Wikipedia's image.
The Bulgarian government recently published a list of prominent academics who were both members of the national committee that awards doctoral and other advanced academic degrees and also had files with the Bulgarian department of homeland security dating back to the Cold War period. The implication of this list is that these committee members were collaborating with the communist establishment to steer the decisions of the committee along political instead of or in addition to strictly academic lines. As you can imagine, this comes as no surprise. During that period Bulgaria was a totalitarian state and the political apparatus controlled every aspect of public life. I don't necessarily object to the publication of this list, but I do object to the fact that no details were published as to what these people actually did that comprises collaboration with the apparatus violating academic principles. As it stands, it is a list of "the accused" of having files with the apparatus but no substantiation of what exactly each of them did that was in violation of academic or moral principles. As such, the list is mere propaganda on part of the current political apparatus with the most likely purpose of discrediting prominent folks who probably disagree with the apparatus' politics.
The same day that this list was published (June 16) the Wikipedia biography pages of the folks on the list (who had such pages) were edited most inappropriately to reflect their membership in this list. In most cases the sentence/paragraph indicating the membership on the list was placed at the very top of the biography page immediately following their date of birth, as if this was by far the most important aspect of these folk's lives and careers. Even more disturbingly, it turns out that all these edits were in fact performed by a Wikipedia Administrator.
Yet more disturbingly a Wikipedia category "homeland security agents" was created on May 23 (note 3 weeks before the official publication of the list) and the people form the yet unpublished list were added to the category by a Wikipedia Editor who clearly advertises his political opinions and affiliation on his Wikipedia page.
These Wikipedia publications are extremely disturbing to the targeted people and damaging to the image of Wikipedia by turning it into an instrument for retribution and political propaganda. I really don't know what the best way to handle this situation would be, but I would recommend disallowing BLP pages, as well as categories and lists consisting of living people, in highly politicized locales such as Bulgaria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atswim ( talk • contribs) 20:55, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Kathleen Cody (actor) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) My name is Kathleen Cody and I am an American actress. I have numerous professional credits in film, broadway, and Television, the most notable at this time being an original cast member of the 1960's cult classic soap opera "Dark Shadows". Wikipedia has a page for the show "Dark Shadows" and you will see that as a cast member I played the roles of "Hallie Stokes" and "Carrie Stokes". My problem is twofold.
First, I can not create a separate wikipedia page for myself (as many of my other cast members), because there is already a "Kathleen Cody" page on Wikipedia belonging to an Irish athlete. An attempt was made to create a Wikipedia page using a slightly different name entry of "Kathleen Cody (Actor)" depicting my biography but was "promptly removed" for the cited reason of "copyright infringement". The biography of my acting career was written by me and only states the facts of my career. Therefore, I would like to know how I can have a Wikipedia page created depicting the facts of my career and linked to the "Dark Shadows" Wikipedia page, since I am already there listed in the original cast?
Second, since Wikipedia does already have a page created for the irish athlete "Kathleen Cody", it is her page that is not only linked to the Wikipedia "Dark Shadows" page, but it her Wikipedia page is now also link through the "Dark Shadows" Facebook page which lists the cast members and links their Wikipedia pages to Facebook. I have many fans from "Dark Shadows" that I am in contact with on Facebook. I am one of the cast members that will be attending the "Dark Shadows 45th Anniversary Festival" inb New York, Brooklyn Marriott this coming August. The confusion Wikipedia is causing my Fans by not differentiating between me, Kathleen Cody the American actor, and Kathleen Cody the irish athlete, and linking the Irish athlete to the "Dark Shadows" pages on Wikipedia and Facebook is considerable.
Please advise me as to what action can be taken as soon as possible to correct this error. Kathleen Cody (Actor) details removed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmcody001 ( talk • contribs) 21:17, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Levi Bellfield ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Content and exlink alleging subject (a convicted serial killer) may also be guilty of two other murders. Only source is exlink to self-published website; no RS. I've removed once citing BLP, but exlink restored without explanation. Ordinarily I'd revert, but I've made other (mostly non-editorial) edits to article, so am somewhat involved. Strictly exlink implies and suggests subject guilty of these crimes, but to my mind content and particularly source flatly fail strict standard of WP:BLP#EL. I'm disengaging, would welcome uninvolved actions as appropriate. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 21:26, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Shaarei Tefillah is an article about a synagogue, but it consists mostly of a massive unsourced list of living people based on the claim that these people are members of the congregation. Over half the list are people who don't even have entries on Wikipedia. Only two of the 30+ names on the list have sources. Is this a BLP problem? Thanks. Griswaldo ( talk) 12:42, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Silver RavenWolf ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
She was not born Jenine E. Trayer. Trayer is her surname from her second marriage to Earvin McCormick Trayer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dizzyg1970 ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Marsha M. Linehan ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article in question states that Marsha Linehan was "diagnostized" with Borderline Personality Disorder in 1961. In fact, she was hospitalized for, in her own words, "extreme social withdrawal" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?pagewanted=1 (This citation is in the article)
Also, BPD was not even a term in 1961, and was only considered in 1968. http://www.bpddemystified.com/index.asp?id=16
Thank you
Sue Newman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jazalama ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
now he is worm food has been inserted into the summary, in bad taste i think — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.4.167.151 ( talk) 18:36, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Oleg Seriy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Amazon source added http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Oleg%20Seriy
Hope it would be enough -- Natuzzi mandus ( talk) 08:29, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Steven Rattner ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
It appears that the edits of Alexfro are intended to remove references to the Attorney General investigation of Steven Rattner. The neutrality of Alexfro is in question due to the use of phrases from http://stevenrattner.com/bio/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.200.18.45 ( talk) 01:59, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
I sent some messages, and will await a response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.200.18.45 ( talk) 14:14, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Daisaku Ikeda ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Ikeda heads Sōka Gakkai, a Buddhist sect. He is a man of many and remarkable accomplishments, or anyway he is according to sources close to Ikeda, Sōka Gakkai, and its organization SGI. Many of the claims for these accomplishments have had "citation needed" for some time, until they very recently got citations aplenty -- citations to Ikeda's own website or to this or that website of SGI. Please see the article's recent history, and this thread at the foot of the talk page. -- Hoary ( talk) 00:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Update: The IP has just reintroduced all this sourcing of Ikeda's accomplishments to Ikeda's own site and (to a lesser extent) the sites of organizations he heads. I thereupon removed it (and more). Oops -- perhaps this makes me an edit warrior and I should have waited for somebody else to remove it. However, I did explain (citing explicit Wikipedia policy) here on its talk page. I'd be grateful if some level-headed people reading this would go there and comment on it, whether (A) to say I'm right or (B) to say that no, I'm wrong, Wikipedia can indeed source great claims to the websites of those living people about whom the claims are made. -- Hoary ( talk) 03:12, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Ben Sherwood ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
We received an OTRS ticket in relation to BLP issues on Ben Sherwood. The article has been plagued by edit warring by SPAs and sockpuppets. I semi'd the article and blocked the recent set of sockpuppets. Could somebody have a look though the article and clean up any BLP issues? Brandon ( talk) 01:56, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
There is an ongoing discussion at Talk:Billy Bob Thornton about the inclusion or removal of certain information. The disagreement seems to involve conflicting interpretations of whether inclusion or removal of the information would comply with or violate the policies on BLPs and undue weight. Additional comments and perspectives from uninvolved editors would be welcome. BashBrannigan ( talk) 06:39, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Under what circumstances can we strongly implicate someone as guilty of a murder when they were were never questioned, arrested, charged, or convicted?
This concerns accusations made in articles about the two recently deceased ( 1997 and 1998 ) men named in this currently-proposed DYK hook:
I'm not familiar with this topic area, but editor Jeanne Boleyn who wrote the two biographical articles about Kerr and Jackson that are wikilinked from the hook appears to be. The two articles seem well written overall; these two men do appear therein as pretty awful human beings.
But unless I missed something, the murder accusation is based only on an affidavit ( not even court testimony, note ) by one of the two other men who were actually convicted of the murder, viz. police officer John Weir. Jeanne points out that his affidavit was apparently viewed as credible by one prosecutor and one (or perhaps two) very prominent Irish judicial authorities, however.
Still, Kerr and Jackson were never questioned, arrested, charged, or convicted; two other men were in fact convicted of the crime. Jeanne's articles about Kerr and Jackson present the police and the British security forces of the time as having protected them from any official action. That may very well have been why no action was taken against them; I haven't been able to come to a conclusion about that myself. I notice, though, that at least one possible contrary opinion is included in The Barron Report, on pages 257 and 258:
This issue may be a bit difficult to review for editors who, like myself, are not already very familiar with the multiplicity of groups that were involved in The Troubles. But because I think opinions from people who don't contribute to a controversial topic area can be especially valuable, I'm working on a concise summary as I learn more about this myself. If I end up feeling satisfied with what I'm able to put together that way I'll post that here subsequently. Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 10:30, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
The charge is found in a reliable source (Notre Dame Law School). And properly identified as to source and person making the claim, can be used in a BLP, although exceedingly carefully. Collect ( talk) 12:36, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
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If an article subject who goes by a changed name supposedly does not wish his birth name to be included in the article, are we bound to remove it even when it has been published in a good number of reliable sources? The (cited) birth name was removed by an editor who mentioned private correspondence from the subject and cited WP:BLPPRIVACY and WP:BLPNAME, but I don't see that either of those policies apply here - BLPNAME because the person in question is the article subject, not (to use an example from another article) the victim of a recent high-coverage sex crime by the article subject, BLPPRIVACY because the policy does not suggest that names should be expunged and because the name has been published in reliable sources. Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 05:10, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
The article on Donald Segretti states that he forged the so-called "Canuck Letter". I believe this to be incorrect and possibly libellous. I posted a query about it on the discussion page, but there hasn't been a lot of activity on that article for couple of years, so I thought maybe a post here would prompt a response. 121.214.47.47 ( talk) 05:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest and the information. I've also thanked you on the article's discussion page. Great getting such a quick response. Cheers. 121.214.47.47 ( talk) 09:09, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat_Karay%C4%B1lan
A pro-Republic of Turkey "Activist Account" named "Randam" keeps trying to label the PKK rebel Murat Karayilan as a "narcotics trafficker". A longstanding accusation, (and probably true, the PKK definitely shakes down Kurdish drug dealers in Europe), but nevertheless a gross violation of WP:BLP. 69.167.171.39 ( talk) 07:20, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
There is a very out of context quote in the "Post-2007 World Cup" section from Coach Greg Ryan that has been added after I have removed it multiple times. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.174.44.184 ( talk) 07:49, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Someone keeps removing the information relating to the investigation into Lady Meyer's charity being investigated in relation to its finances. This information has been reported in the "Daily Telegraph" and "Independent on Sunday". It is public information and relevant to the pieces on Catherine Meyer (Lady Meyer) and her charity Parents & Abducted Children Together. Wikipedia should not be abused by Lady Meyer to publicize herself in only a positive light. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.158.186 ( talk) 12:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
The discussion page for Rience Priebus reads like a blog with little factual information.
"Some Democrats have noted that, if you remove all the vowels, his name is "RNC PR BS". Thus, one theory is that his parents, foreseeing his election, selected those consonants and then just filled in vowels around them. In the unlikely event that we find a reliable source for this theory, we can add it. JamesMLane t c 15:57, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
His name is a homophone for Rinse Prepuce. It is clearly a description of him being a stinky dick and needing a good rinse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.131.47.85 (talk) 17:30, 8 June 2011 (UTC"
It is offensive to someone who is trying to gather information on the man, and, it is certainly defamatory and an unwarranted and vulgar attack. The children are not playing nice in the sandbox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.39.203.221 ( talk) 14:54, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
Under James Suckling's biography, there is the blatantly incorrect line that "In 1992 Suckling suggested to Wine Spectator publisher Marvin R. Shanken to create Cigar Aficionado,[3] a magazine dedicated to Cuban culture, specifically Cuban cigars." This statement is patently false. Mr. Suckling never suggested to Shanken that the latter create the magazine. Rather, Mr. Suckling himself has personally admitted that the idea of the magazine was entirely that of Mr. Shanken's.
During the past couple of months, I've routinely taken this passage down, but it is always continually reasserted. I've tried to find the original source material that is footnoted but it is nowhere to be found. Thus, I strongly request that the above deceptive lie be taken down to maintain the entire biography's credibility.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agnagara ( talk • contribs) 19:08, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
(just an addition needed)
The Discography of Steve Mann CDs reissued in the early 21st century by Bella Roma Music should read as follows, (in order of reissue:)
BRM-110 Steve Mann;Alive and Pickin'
BRM-111 Steve Mann Live at the Ash Grove
BRM-112 Steve Mann Straight Life — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.254.5.46 ( talk) 21:19, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Patricia Casey ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
A "letter to the editor" [1] is being used to support derogatory content. I removed it. Another editor restored it. Need another pair of eyes to check this out. Lionel ( talk) 02:19, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
Peter Smedley ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could someone please check this article.
A person called Peter Smedley died, via "assisted suicide", at Dignitas (euthanasia group). [2]
His story has been recently covered on BBC television in a documentary entitled Choosing to Die, featuring Terry Pratchett. [3] -Thus a great many people are likely to look at the article for background. (The documentary is being broadcast now, as I type this message).
The only indication he has died, in the article mentioned above, is this edit. But is the article even about the same individual?
I'm sorry I am unable to fix this issue myself at this time, and so post here in the hope others will sort it out. Chzz ► 20:26, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Walt Winston ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Living person approached me with a vague complaint involving his public image. Requesting an editor to review the content and relevance of the page to Wikipedia and delete any non-factual and non-relevant claims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daninater ( talk • contribs) 06:56, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
I'm looking for input to settle a disagreement on Talk:Chris Kelly (British politician). Kelly is a British Conservative MP, and Private Eye is a left-leaning satirical magazine with a penchant for anti-establishment exposes. (It repeatedly gets sued for libel).
This is the edit in question. My problem with it is a) the source isn't neutral - it is a source that looks for information and uses it to make people look bad. b) the phrase "in addition to his salary as a member of parliament" while factual, is loaded. It invites the reader to conclude (with Private Eye) that there's something wrong with this.-- Scott Mac 12:52, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Alledged murder of a BLP that was recently found without any sources. Some sources have recently been added but seem low quality, include pictures without info and a blog. Article may require gutting,removing or sourcing. Regards, SunCreator ( talk) 13:07, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Looks like a machine translation and thus probably copyvio of a web page. I see that WP:Translation says "Wikipedia consensus is that an unedited machine translation, left as a Wikipedia article, is worse than nothing. " The username of its creator, Scheherazade magic ( talk · contribs) may not meet our username policy, but that's not really for here. This person may well be notable but the article as it stands needs fixing if it is to remain. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 15:43, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Recent article states that he has signed a two year deal with Dundee Football Club, Scotland. This is totally incorrect and potentially damaging. Please remove. Confirmation can be received from Dundee Football Club.
Gilber123 ( talk) 16:26, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Julian Gough ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There are two Julian Gough's of roughly equal importance (with respect to Wikipedia): Julian Gough a UK scientist and the Julian Gough the Irish novelist currently described in the article. In all likelihood neither are of significant enough repute to warrant a page. Approximately a year ago this page was a disambiguation between the two, linking to Julian Gough (novelist) and Julian Gough (scientist). At some point the Julian Gough (novelist) page was removed due to lack of sources. Now the disambiguation has been removed and the Julian Gough (novelist) article was moved to the Julian Gough page. The current page was most likely written by Julian Gough the novelist (or his agent), under the pseudonym of Selby de Brien ... De Selby is a fictitious character by the Irish author O'Brien, who Julian Gough the novelist mentions in his blog. My objection to the article is that it is self-promoting and that the disambiguation has been deliberately removed stealthily and by degrees; for some reason the history says the page was created on the 10th of April 2011, but it has been around much longer. The author must have first deleted the page, then re-created it without the disambiguation to deliberately hide the fact. If anything, Julian Gough the scientist is more widely published and read than the (part time) novelist, but neither are yet well-known outside their specific domain.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.174.57.4 ( talk) 19:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
An editor is insisting that this category include not only actual residents of Israeli settlements, but also "those closely affiliated" with them. This appears to be a WP:BLP minefield; "closely affiliated" is incredibly subjective, and, even if it could be clearly defined, it would still leave a label on a living person's article that wasn't accurate. Jayjg (talk) 03:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Bob Snyder no longer lives in Marco Island, FL, nor does he perform at the Deck Restaurant. He currently resides in Graceville, FL and has since 2005. I have no proof of Bob Snyder no longer working with Holmes County band, but I know it because I am friends with Bob myself. He does indeed perform with the Baptist College of Florida (BCF) Jazz Band, as well as the Orchestra there.
This BCF article has proof of him being a local resident of Graceville (BCF is located in Graceville, FL) as of November 2010. http://www.baptistcollege.edu/news_events/press/2010/donate_instrument.asp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.130.174.76 ( talk) 04:50, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Our client WV Grant Ministries has contacted us to clarify and submit a updated revision of his biography do to the fact as there is only negativity and does not contain facts, but a lot of allegations and that do not Pertain to his biography We would like this matter to be addressed as a earliest convenience to resolve this issue. Thank You Edward Avendano AE Media Group — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aemedia ( talk • contribs) 06:19, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Wells Tower ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The criticism section is strongly biased, and in need of substantial revision. The article cited is not, in fact, serious literary criticism. The article contains malicious ad hominem attacks against the author, and has not been subject to adequate fact checking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foolzgold ( talk • contribs) 21:37, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
I don't know if it means anything, but why are there so many newly registered editors whose only interest appears to be in the Tower article?-- Bbb23 ( talk) 02:01, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I object to Jezebel'sPonyo's erasure of the disputed material. It is inconsistent with other BLP articles. For instance, look at Malcolm Gladwell's page. It has a long section about the critical reception of his work, which includes many direct quotes from many individual critics with divergent opinions. This paragraph stood out, which I will quote here:
"Maureen Tkacik and Steven Pinker < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pinker> [21] < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell#cite_note-nyblog-20> [35] < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell#cite_note-34> have challenged the integrity of Gladwell's approach. Even while praising Gladwell's attractive writing style and content, Pinker sums up his take on Gladwell as, "a minor genius who unwittingly demonstrates the hazards of statistical reasoning", while accusing Gladwell of "cherry-picked < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking> anecdotes < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence> , post-hoc sophistry < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-hoc_analysis> and false dichotomies < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dichotomy> " in his book Outliers. Referencing a Gladwell reporting mistake, Pinker criticizes his lack of expertise:[21] < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell#cite_note-nyblog-20> "I will call this the Igon Value Problem: when a writer’s education on a topic consists in interviewing an expert, he is apt to offer generalizations that are banal, obtuse or flat wrong."
Malcom Gladwell is a popular, best-selling writer with a broad following among critics and readers. There can be no doubt that those critical of his work represent the viewpoint of "a tiny minority." Would his Wikipedia page then be improved by removing the above paragraph, according to the "undue weight" rule Jezebel'sPonyo cites? No. Removing it would in fact diminish the relevance of Gladwell's Wiki page by turning it into a promotional vehicle for Gladwell's work. And this is precisely where the Tower article is heading.-- Rockfeather ( talk) 15:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I disclosed my conflict of interest and proposed revisions to the discussion page for response. When I received no response and an editor suggested that I directly edit the page, I did. A few weeks later, LongLiveReagan reverted each of my edits indicating that they were "yet another attempt at blanking/whitewashing from the usual suspect(s)." [4]
I believe that all of my edits were factual and well-sourced, but I would like feedback. Thanks. 180north ( talk) 16:16, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
This article is almost entirely about a controversy the person was involved in. It gives a misleading picture of the, seemingly otherwise not very notable, person. In my opinion we should not have an article on the person at all. The controversy itself maybe could have one, although "not news" could come into play. Steve Dufour ( talk) 17:51, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
The article does not cite sources for its departure from an expected neutral dispassionate tone. It reads more like an introductory speech where she would be guest of honour. A few instances:
"..Indu has since infused new energy into the growth of India's largest media house"
"The Times Foundation, which she founded and carefully guides.."
"A humanist to the core, under her direction.." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonardozhi ( talk • contribs) 07:32, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
This person is a single academic is a small community university in Canada. He needs, at most a two sentence bio and leave it at that. This bio is obviously self-produced. It should also be noted that this person is now know for being a leading 9/11 conspiracist, rather than his previous contributions... Can we either remove him or shorten the entry and clean it up a little? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadaman1 ( talk • contribs) 08:34, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Subrata Roy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This person seems easily notable in their own right, however there has been a challenge (and some blanking by IPs) over the section Subrata Roy#2G Spectrum Scam and Contempt of Court. I have already removed about a third of it because the source cited for that part doesn't mention Roy at all. However the other section is cited to sources that seem reliable, and sounds as if it is a widely covered controversy. The argument is that the section is WP:UNDUE, perhaps recentism, perhaps news content rather than encyclopedic content, and anyway only covers allegations and legal sabre-rattling rather than anything even coming close to a conviction. Should it be in this BLP in this form? Comments requested. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 08:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I've removed the following (twice now) from the article: "British author Peter Evans has stated in his book Nemesis that he also had a long affair with New York photo journalist Helene Gaillet which later ended but left her emotionally drained." with the following indirect reference.
The book only mentions Rohatyn once in passing and is a bit of a gossip-scandal mongering tract. Mostly however, I think it's basically irrelevant, a rich powerful man has a mistress - so what. It doesn't seem to have affected anything that he is known for.
Smallbones ( talk) 12:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I think this article about Pipim needs some help from veteran wikipedians:
Samuel Koranteng-Pipim has recently had to resign from his church leadership because of a "moral failure". This is a sensitive matter. Some of the material added to the Resignation section is poorly sourced and has been reverted several times, back and forth. Perhaps the beginning of an edit war. I am asking that the section be looked over by a few veteran editors. My concerns:
The section under dispute:
also:
There has been so much activity on Pipim's site, it is hard to find who has reverted what. I suggest that the section Resignation be reverted back to the basic information and then the section should be put on hold, or whatever the wikipedia term is, for a month or two until this things settle down. DonaldRichardSands ( talk) 20:32, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Martin Hosking is an Australian businessman who is the CEO of a website (RedBubble) that sells user-created tshirts, analogous to how CafePress runs. There has been some recent brouhaha because the web comic Hipster Hitler had a store on RB, that sold tshirts that could be interpreted as supporting hitler. The article has previously been the target of a bunch of SPA's who were adding stuff about the controversy that was not reliably sourced. Previous additions of material about it to Hosking's page were pretty much personal attacks, calling him personally an antisemite etc without any proper sourcing. The issue has now made it in to the media, so there are now reliable sources talking about it, and info about it was added by a new editor again earlier today. I have the feeling that the article is about to attract a bunch of BLP violations again, and also will possibly present WP:UNDUE issues (but I'm not too familiar with that policy. I'd appreciate it if some other people could take a look at the article with an eye towards WP:UNDUE and also watchlist it to keep an eye out for general BLP problems with future edits to it. Kevin ( talk) 00:50, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
I've just noticed that the article on Aja includes an interwiki link to a non-English WP, where the link itself includes a "real name" that isn't even referenced (no less be reliably sourced) in the non-English article. I've therefore changed the interwiki link to point to the subject's stage name (which then redirects to the "real name" article); still, I'm still a bit uncomfortable with justifying the interwiki link as acceptable under BLP -- but even more uncomfortable about removing it completely. Thoughts? Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 22:46, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Lay Phyu has two children with ex-wife Khin Nwe Nwe Than; Sound Lay Phyu and Tain Lay Phyu. He married Nwe Kyaw Soe in 2004 and has one daughter named Let Ya Lay Phyu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nkyawsoe ( talk • contribs) 08:54, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Currently working on some BLP articles which contain phrases along the lines of "X supported the invasion of Iraq". I view this as unnecessarily pejorative, but I'm not sure that the alternative that's been suggested to me, of using the official US government description ( Operation Iraqi Freedom) is any better. Has anyone got any thoughts or examples of how cases like this have been handled previously? Lankiveil ( speak to me) 10:35, 16 June 2011 (UTC).
George Demos ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Ongoing edit war initiated by two accounts and an IP or two, who believe a controversy section is potentially libellous, based on poor sources etc. An SPI into the two accounts has been opened, and there is also a lengthy discussion on the talk page. More eyes and insightful comments needed. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 21:20, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Niki Yang ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Just created a stub article about her. Please join at Talk:Niki Yang. JSH-alive talk • cont • mail 03:36, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
NEUTRAILITY ISSUE (as posted on Moonriddengirl's page)
Each time I address the neutrality of this article, it gets deleted by the person controlling that page... and I mean controlling and that person is CanadianLinuxUser.
The article on "Jesper Olsen (runner)" is bias and the person who edits this article the most (and aggressively monitors it) appears to control it, believe they own it and clearly has a vested interest in promoting it.
Wikipedia is not about owning a page and promoting your friends or creating a page about unknowns like Jesper Olsen, who has not achieved anything. (No world records ratified and using only his own web site or friend's blogs as references).
This article is far too promotional and needs *complete neutrality*, something it sorely lacks. (someone other than CanadianLinuxUser).
I believe it should get deleted, but at present its promo fluff. At very best it needs a thorough "cleanup" as well as "npov"
Many thanks. (Unsigned edit from 135.196.122.103 )
2003 Abbeville, South Carolina right-of-way standoff ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Stumbled across this article. Would appreciate someone giving it a BLP-related clean-up. Thanks. :) - Atmoz ( talk) 21:12, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Tim Chapman ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Unsourced but detailed information about other living persons including relatives whose only seeming claim to notability is being related to article's subject. Also large sections of this BLP are virtually unreferenced. Shearonink ( talk) 14:43, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Rick Ross (consultant) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
IP claiming to be the subject raising complaints at WP:Help desk#Rick Ross consultant entry (I note that there is a SPA editing his article now). Dougweller ( talk) 15:17, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
Deirdre Breakenridge ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This is self-promotion at best, totally lacking in references, and lives on an island (only 2 wikilinks). I'm not exactly sure where to start rewriting this one. I only came across it because it was linked to Rowan University. Any input would be hugely appreciated. RasputinAXP 15:43, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
I am Robert L. Nadeau, the historian of science whose work is the subject of this article. The comment made in the first sentence about my article in Scientific American and about the magazine itself is libelous. The article published by Scientific American was thoroughly vetted by scholars, including those with backgrounds in the discipline of economics, and was derived from two books published by very reputable academic presses--Columbia University Press and Rutgers University Press.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Nadeau, PhD Professor George Mason University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.214.170 ( talk • contribs)
I feel the following quote is in error 2 ways, First because the source (15) is not peer reviewed. It is a city wide magazine owned by a single person. Secondly because of the following which I and others contest. “Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.”
Quote: "many Usenet posts authored by Betty Martini was possibly slightly altered (but still largely identical with originals) and then widely circulated under the pen name "Nancy Markle", creating the basis for a misleading and unverifiable hoax chain letter that was spread through the Internet.[9] "Ultimately the e-mail was traced back to Betty Martini."[15] Martini claims that an unknown person stood behind the "Markle" email.[16]"
Am I wrong? I understand if you can only rule on the second charge. Arydberg ( talk) 18:04, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
The article on the LP Wayne Schoenfeld has a rather curious editing history and makes some claims that seem extraordinary. (I say "seem" because they are not entirely clear.) No, there's nothing potentially libelous or remotely similar; but a few additional, disinterested eyeballs would be welcome. -- Hoary ( talk) 02:31, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
On second thoughts, this looks like a straightforward COI matter. (Yes, it's a BLP, but this is by the way.) So I've brought it up here on the COI noticeboard. It's better discussed there than here. -- Hoary ( talk) 07:01, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
The photo in this person's biography is incorrect. It is a picture of Lucas Glover, not Chris DiMarco. I don't know the process of correcting this, could someone help out? Aviator569 ( talk) 14:25, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Mitch Bainwol ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Obvious puff piece, needs to be tagged for neutrality.
Alexander Ghindin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Very subjective, using wikipedia as an advertisment. Two of many quotes: "is one of the most inspiring pianists of this generation" "Ghindin is a tremendous talent whose honors at major competitions span"
I would like my biography to revert to 14 March 2011 version. Someone has made changes that are incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patrick Cassidy ( talk • contribs)
FYI - Born under The Act of Congress dated February 10, 1855, "persons heretofore born, or hereafter to be born, out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or shall be at the time of their birth citizens of the United States, shall be deemed and considered and are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, however, that the rights of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers never resided in the United States." "That any woman who might lawfully be naturalized under the existing laws, married, or who shall be married to a citizen of the United States shall be deemed and taken to be a citizen"
Also may have affected
Sen. Barry Goldwater was born on January 2, 1909, in US Territory (Arizona) that was won in the war with Mexico, as defined by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed February 2, 1848. He was born under the Act of Congress of February 10, 1855 (Repealed in 1922).
See video: Act of Congress 1855 Derivative Naturalization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdF_O_R17kY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.95.233 ( talk) 13:20, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
This new article contains a lot of information about a pair of alleged spies - apparently one is still living. Only one reference is cited, and it certainly doesn't look independent or reliable. As a new article this one was not patrolled. I have just reviewed it and removed the "New unreviewed article" banner. Dolphin ( t) 13:11, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Do we really need this redirect to Niger Innis? Previous RfD discussion here. -- J N 466 03:51, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Ina Garten ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Javaweb refusal to include factual information, i.e. Garten's refusal to meet with Make A Wish child is based solely on personal opinion and not on the regulations of wikipedia (see discussion page); therefore, the page should be edited to include the stories widely reported re: Make A Wish. This is NOT a fan page and should not be regulated by someone who clearly has a personal interest in presenting only flattering or what they perceive as "neutral facts" about this person — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.205.78.155 ( talk) 04:38, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
You can see their edits/discussions on the article page or talk page. I am not a fan of Ina Garten. I am a fan of reliable sources that do not manipulate their reporting to make a mundane incident into a story. You can see the discussion
here and
here.
Anonymous IP 76.205.78.155, I do not see even
one word from you on the discussion page. The discussion page is the first place to discuss, not here. If you have answers to our concerns, please provide them there.
She is a 63 year-old lady with a show and books to produce and, according to your reference, gets about 100 requests/month. She helped out Make-a-wish before. It is physically impossible for anyone on a TV network available to tens of millions on basic cable to fulfill every request made of them. To berate them for, in the words of Make-a-Wish, not doing the impossible and not fulfilling all worthwhile charities's every request, is an unrealistic expectation. It is not notable because that is true of practically everyone in Wikipedia whose name does not begin with "Saint".
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Anna Nalick ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Reference photograph was removed by a user, Californiagrl, who claims to be an official representative of the subject (I cannot verify this). She states that the subject did not like the photo. She offered to provide an official photo but has yet to do so. Californiagrl appears to be a new user at Wikipedia. user:Uncle Milty has done great work keeping this in check, but for now the photograph remains removed without replacement.
For reference, the photo that was removed was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AnnaWiki23Feb11.jpg, which was my work, and to the best of my knowledge, does not meet criteria for removal (not of the subject, compromising/embarrassing, defamatory, etc.). If the reason is that the subject merely did not like the photo, it is not grounds for removal, though it is something I can work with if requested in the Discussions section. RachGreen ( talk) 08:15, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Marina Tsvigun ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Read the first sentence of said article. It's an obvious WP:COI. Please refer to this case -- important!! It turns out that after this person's user page got deleted, they transferred the information to the Marina Tsvigun article, which also seems to have her allegedly new and shiny name.
If you want more info read this short-lived sockpuppet case. This chick is clever. -- Motherfrakker ( talk) 15:49, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Bristol palin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I'd like some help sorting out Palin's page. There needs to be some consensus or clean up and neutral POV. I feel some backstory from her own memoir to her sexual encounter is worth noting because she knowN for being a compensated spokesperson for the subject. Her surgery completely altered her appearance as now she no longer looks the photo in the bio, I feel it is worth at least a small notation. Other info like her house purchase and the price she paid may not be worth noting; other notations may not be worthwhile. I'll walk away from edits until things get sorted out. Thanks all. -- Cohen2011 ( talk) 21:00, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Carolyn Martin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The controversy section regarding her role in the creation of a UW Health Clinic that performs late term abortions keeps getting removed despite the fact that this was front page news (February 2009) in the student newspapers, The Badger Herald ( http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/12/13/uw_to_stop_efforts_o.php), for weeks as well as Wisconsin's leading newspapers, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal. ( http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/39245702.html) It was also reported in the national news. ( http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/secret_university_of_wisconsin_plans_for_midterm_abortion_clinic_revealed/) Also, her departure as chancellor was also related to a controversial decision she made to attempt to make the UW-Madison campus autonomous from the UW System. This is documented also in all of the major newspapers including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/19/11.) A few people keep deleting the controversial sections from her biography by calling them "trivial."— Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.180.25.71 ( talk • contribs)
Regarding the abortion clinic - The three citations you provided - in two of them Martin is not mentioned at all and in the third, the badger one she is mentioned only once and to say that she was one of eleven people that voted in support of this situation, so looking at that it doesn't assert she played a major part in the issue. The addition you have added seems undue to me, mentions baby killing and the comments are not even in the citation you have provided here. IMO you are soapboxing pro life POV. I trimmed the soapboxing and added the online support as well - this is the quote that I have removed as unduly attacking - the board and Martin’s vote put UW’s “good name on murder.” “Biddy Martin … will be forever remembered as the woman who caused the university to do something that no other clinic in central Wisconsin would do … and that is kill a baby five months [after] conception,” - I also removed the journalistic speculation from the lede. If it is to be returned then it should be added to the body of the article and cited to one of those major newspapers and attributed as whoever opinion it is, although I doubt if I would support its inclusion. Here is the uncited comment I removed from the lede - According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, " When Carolyn "Biddy" Martin abruptly announced last week that she was leaving the top post to become president of Amherst College, it was clear her relationship with the Board of Regents and UW System President Kevin Reilly had soured over a battle for campus autonomy, hatched behind her bosses' backs." Off2riorob ( talk) 01:00, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Why this BLP is not neutral or fair to Palazzolo.
5 examples of the present author's mistakes or one-sided view.
From the BLP: :Italian and US intelligence officers estimate that Palazzolo helped to launder more than US$1.5 billion in drug money through Switzerland. Actuality:
From the BLP:
Actuality:
From the BLP:
Actuality:
From the BLP:
Actuality:
From the BLP:
Actuality:
These are a few of the many errors and allusions that DonCalo makes about a man convicted of nothing except negligence. I propose a BLP, therefore, centred round his actual court convictions and acquittals, all of which were considered and judged by qualified magistrates using all the facts. This will give an equal hearing to the defence as well as the prosecution. So as not to impugn a man who has not, after 29 years, been irrevocably sentenced for the crimes of which he is continuously accused.
Before reading my proposed BLP, from wiki guidelines please consider three things:
Harmful and sensationalist: From Wikipedia on Primary Sources, etc
"Biographies of living persons (BLPs) must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives, and the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered when exercising editorial judgment. This policy applies to BLPs, including any living person mentioned in a BLP even if not the subject of the article, and to material about living persons on other pages.[3] The burden of evidence for any edit on Wikipedia rests with the person who adds or restores material."
The present BLP flies in the face of everything written above. -- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Exceptional Claims: From Wikipedia Verifiability
When proponents say there is a conspiracy to silence them (as Palazzolo has claimed for many years) they are exceptional claims that require exceptional, high-quality sources. In other words his case contradicts the prevailing, mainstream view, which has been created by a conspiracy against him. "... claims that are contradicted by the prevailing view within the relevant community, or that would significantly alter mainstream assumptions, especially in science, medicine, history, politics, and biographies of living persons. This is especially true when proponents say there is a conspiracy to silence them. (This comes under "Exceptional claims" that require exceptional, high-quality sources. They need Red flags)"
Palazzolo's case is Exceptional and requires better, more even handed judgement than we witness in the present BLP, which relies for it's sources on newspapers.-- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Specialised Claims: From Wikipedia Reliability
Palazzolo, after 29 years and 5 countries courts with an equal number of allegations, sentences and acquittals, is a very specialized subject. "Where wikipedia breaks down is in very specialised subjects, where you have only a handful of experts and much of the common wisdom on the subject is wrong."
Palazzolo's case is highly specialized. Banks of lawyers have been poring over the minutiae of it for 29 years. The present author is not an expert, evidently. -- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Vito Roberto Palazzolo (born July 31, 1947) is an Italian businessman living in South Africa and Namibia. Born in Terrasini, Sicily, he moved to South Africa in the mid 1980s. He also goes by the name Robert von Palace Kolbatschenko. Caught up in a drug money-laundering scam for the Mafia in Switzerland and the USA in the early 1980’s, which became famous as the "Pizza Connection", he was tried in Lugano in 1985 and sentenced for having acted in “dolus eventualis”. [7] Which means, loosely, for being negligent. But since then, emanating from Palermo in Sicily, a storm of allegations have been levelled against him. Mostly for money-laundering and Mafia association. All of which he denies, claiming to be the victim of a conspiracy.
The narrative of which can be viewed in court documents in 5 different countries, starting in 1984.
His first trials took place in Switzerland, on 3 different judicial levels, over 10 years. During that time, there were multiple charges and appeals, including the following:
In March 1985 he was given a “Nulle Prosequi” (no prosecution), but in September of that year he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for having acted in “dolus eventualis”, which is a legal interpretation “pitched somewhere between intent and negligence”. In April 1986 his sentence was increased to 5 years and 6 months for additional transfers of US$ 1,5 million and US$ 28 million respectively. In August 1989 when he was acquitted in respect of the $1.5m and his sentence was reduced to 5 years. Likewise, in January 1992, he was acquitted on the charge of having transferred the US$ 28 million. In November 1993 the 1992 acquittal was upheld by the Court of Cassation and Criminal Review, and his penalty was reduced to 3 years and 9 months imprisonment. This last sentence was declared to be final in the Federal Court (the highest court) in May 1994.
The Italian judicial saga began on the 16th April 1984 with a warrant of arrest from Rome. The narrative in Sicily began when, also in 1984, the most prolific Mafia informant in history, Tommaso Buscetta, gave the legendary prosecuting magistrate, Dr Giovanni Falcone, enough evidence to prosecute 350 Mafiosi in the Maxi Trial (which resumed in 1986). Palazzolo was never mentioned by Buscetta but 11 months later, on the 11th June 1985, Falcone issued a warrant for his arrest too. This was based on the testmony given by Paul Waridel to the Attorney General of Lugano in Switzerland (where Palazzolo was being tried). It was for the same evidence under consideration in Switzerland, therefore, that Falcone motivated his warrant of arrest. Since then there have been multiple Italian warrants and court cases concerning Palazzolo, generated in Palermo in Sicily, including 6 warrants issued to South Africa, where he lives.-- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Of note, however: On 26th March 1992 the High Court in Rome convicted Palazzolo for the crime of “association with the purpose of financing for narcotics trafficking” and sentenced to 2 years prison. But he was acquitted on the charge of Mafia association because the facts to prove such association, the judge said, “do not exist”. [8] This conviction was suspended, however, on the 31st January 1993, because Palazzolo had already served 3 years in prison in Switzerland, for the same facts. -- Fircks ( talk) 13:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC) In December 1994, the Court in Palermo (under Judge Scaduti) reopened their account by issuing precautionary measures against Palazzolo, stating that, “Palazzolo had been involved in the trafficking of narcotics…” and, “…actually belonged to the structure of the Mafia organisation”. In February 1997 they upped the ante with another warrant of arrest, the motivation for which was generated by a report written by South African Police officers (Smith & Lincoln), identifying Palazzolo as a well-known criminal affiliated to the Mafia, and a dangerous fugitive from justice.
On 12th October 2000 Palazzolo was convicted by the Court in Palermo, in absentia, to 12 years in prison, again, for narcotics trading and Mafia membership. In March 2002 Palazzolo received more precautionary custody measures from Palermo, this time (using intelligence gleaned from the South African police) for aiding and abetting Giovanni Bonomi and Giuseppe Gelardi (who had visited Palazzolo's farm), as fugitives, in South Africa.
In July of 2003 the Court of Appeal in Palermo annulled Palazzolo’s October 2000 conviction. And a month later they set aside Falcone’s warrant of arrest, (issued June 1985).
Back to Rome: On 9th January 2004 Supreme Court of Appeal in Rome revoked the February 1997 Review Court Palermo judgement with the words: “…the judgement being contested is annulled, since it is flawed and it contravenes the law, and is lacking in motivation.” As a result the Review Court in Palermo, on the 6th April 2004, were forced to revoke their warrant of arrest of February 1997 and the precautionary custody measures of March of 2002. [10]
On the 5th June 2006 the court in Palermo, changing tactics, handed down a sentence of 9 years for "external complicity" (to committing a crime in a Mafia type association). "Mafia association" therefore had been changed to "external complicity". This was confirmed on the 5th July 2006 by Judge Puleo in Palermo [11] and on 11th July 2007 Judge Salvatore Scaduti of the Court of Appeal in Palermo, overuling the acquittal judgement in Rome (1992), confirmed the sentence but reformulated it in peius (made it worse) so that his crime was now for “full association”. [12] The motivation for this new charge was based apparently on the evidence of Antonino Giuffre, a Mafia informant, who stated that, “Palazzolo belonged to the Mafia association called the Cosa Nostra round about the eighties, and remained therein permanently after this date.”
In Rome on 13th March 2009 the Italian Supreme Court confirmed the sentences given against Palazzolo, in Palermo, sentencing him to nine years imprisonment for full blown Mafia association. [14]
Which is where his case hangs, at present, except for an outstanding application by Palazzolo to the European Court of Human Rights (submitted on 18th November 2009) to hear his case and consider the fact that, subsequent to his trials and sentences both in Switzerland and Italy, no new substantiated evidence has yet emerged to reconvict him. [15] and in October 2011, in an effort to overturn the above judgement, Palazzolo’s case will be heard by the Appeal Court in Caltanissetta in Italy. [16]
-- Fircks ( talk) 16:15, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
From an outside viewpoint, the above proposal (or some synthesis of it) doesn't seem unreasonable. I became aware of the disagreements when I stepped in as a reviewer, but could not get a couple of the parties to agree to a compromise.
Regarding the allegations that Fircks ( talk) outlines above, they seem (to me) most vulnerable in reverse order. For example, the hiring of a public relations director should be public record, and if it isn't, it shouldn't be included. A missing passport application could but both ways and is probably little more than a curious footnote in Zuma's corruption-prone administration.
If the parties can be brought together regarding this, I support the effort.
-- UnicornTapestry ( talk) 19:24, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I certainly wish to deal with this matter in a civilized fashion which, as Unicorn Tapestry suggests, means "coming together". I hope we can do this.
I don't know for certain if it's true that Palazzolo is the victim of a conspiracy, but I do know for certain that what you write about him is unsubstantated and probably untrue.
I hope we can resolve this.
-- Fircks ( talk) 13:04, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Jonathan Wright (physician) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
A series of IPs and SPAs have edited this article recently, some claiming an association with the subject. Their edits have been somewhat problematic as they've replaced some sourced text with something of an unsourced whitewash. While I think some of the content added may be properly source-able, I don't have much time at present to devote to sifting through everything. Any help in improving this BLP is welcome... — Scien tizzle 10:15, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
More eyes at Chuckle Brothers ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) would be appreciated, especially when the semi expires in a month. The issues are relatively infrequent, but when they do pop up, some of them are quite nasty libel. Thanks. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:11, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Abdel Latif El Menawy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This biography was created a few days ago, probably by a conflict of interest account, and continues to be a site of edit warring. I'm attempting to retain sourced content regarding the gentleman's amply-covered dismissal from Egypt News, while other parties continuously remove it. I'd prefer to have other objective parties look at this--if it's deemed that he doesn't satisfy notability guidelines then perhaps a deletion proposal is in order, which would make this academic. If the article stays, I'd appreciate a hand in overseeing this, with page protection if necessary. Thanks, 76.248.147.81 ( talk) 23:36, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
What's the policy on putting in sourced information about the victim's (just assume it's alleged every time I say it) name? I reverted an editor who added the victim's name and other identifying information to the article based on a French source. I didn't check the source, but assuming it's reliable, was I right to revert? I also posted something on the editor's Talk page. I don't believe that American media are publishing the victim's name based on the rape shield law, but we live in a world where countries, uh, disagree, and I don't feel very sure of my ground here as to Wikipedia's policy, if there is one, on this issue.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 17:11, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
clearly doesn't violate anything Wran ( talk) 14:10, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
If it is reported in the French media, then it should be reported. Wikipedia coverage of the event and accusations are incompletely because they do not reflect the information available. There is no legal reason not to mention her name and bibliographic details and it is noteworthy and therefore is clearly an "enclopedic interest" to include this information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.169.229.2 ( talk) 14:21, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
To say that more weight should be given to one type of source is not say that weight is not given to others, nor does it address the issue of how widespread the info is; also only certain types of material are likely to interest academics, and the time lag for academic publication is considerable. Her background is clearly relevant as it may well become the leading issue in the trial, as may her appearance to some degree; also her name is very widely available in the european press, and by the time the trial starts , if not much sooner, it will be in the USA too: so there's really no issue of protection Wran ( talk) 13:07, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Eamon Zayed ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Hi some vandalism occurred on the page of Éamon Zayed/Eamon Zayed, Derry City FC footballer in the wake of a racism allegation row in the irish media. I undid the vandalism to revert to the previous edit(i wasnt logged in for those corrections) however it seems that my corrections only applied to the page found under the search term >Éamon Zayed< (with the accent on the E), upon accessing his page by searching for his name without the accent >Eamon Zayed< ie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamon_Zayed, I found that the vandalism is still evident on that page. I am not as savvy with the wikipedia system as others may be and am unable to fix this page, could someone please correct this?
Repeat: Vandalism removed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Éamon_Zayed but still evident on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamon_Zayed— Preceding unsigned comment added by Craft24 ( talk • contribs)
Rob Todd ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This article contains false and libelous information about an alleged extra-marital affair by Todd. The sources which Macwhiz has used as authority are not credible for the following reasons: (1) both articles which he is using as authority are columns....not actual news stories. Those columns do come out of publications which have hard news stories which can be credible, but which also have columns which may not be credible. The columns which Macwhiz uses contain no supporting facts of any sourt. They simply repeat a libelous rumor. The use of a unsubstantiated column as a fact source violates your editorial standards if that opinion contains no witnesses or other supporting facts (2) Neither source contains an interview with Todd, his ex-wife, Keller or his ex-wife, or any other witness. There are no emails, or other documents cited as authority. There are no photographs or any other documents provided. A thorough web search will show that neither Todd or Keller or their ex-wives were ever interviewed about the rumors. Furthermore, a thorough web search will reveal that there are no interviews with any third party witness to any events that would tend to support the allegations (3) The particular articles were written by colummists for the publications, not reporters. A column is only credible if it contains supporting facts. There are none here. These articles were prompted by rumor and gossip only. Furthermore, If you do a thorough web search, you will find that about the time that the articles Macwhiz is relying on were published, the Houston Chroncile accidentally released an internal memo in which it detailed a plan to discredit Todd and other opponents of Rail by attacking their personal lives(summary of this athttp://www.bloghouston.net/item/7). The articles which Macwhiz is using as authority were published as part of that plan (4) A thorough web search will reveal that the particular columist who wrote the Houston Press article Macwhiz has cited was subsequently terminated from the Houston Press for violating their editorial standards and for repeatedly representing facts to be true without any supporting facts of any sort. His article is generally thought to have what started the gossip chain. (5) The writer of the Chronicle column was not working for the Chronicle or living in Houston at the time of the alleged affair. His column also contains no supporting facts and he was likely relying on the veracity of the Houston Press column. As with the other source Macwhiz has cited, that column contains no supporting facts, interviews, etc.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinkgurugal ( talk • contribs)
Sooooo anyway, the question of Rob's edit and my objection now being resolved at least so far as I'm concerned... this article has seen rather a spate of SPAs coming in lately to "sanitize" the article, often blanking sections or calling for its outright deletion. Would an admin consider making the article semiprotected, to discourage the creation of new SPA accounts to continue the campaign? // ⌘macwhiz ( talk) 16:40, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
I've just hacked personal life on this back 90% - nearly all sourced to Daily Mail and The London Paper. I've already had to revert a blind re-addition once and no-one is posting on talk apart from me. More eyes needed. Exxolon ( talk) 14:09, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Catherine Meyer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This article is continually edited by individuals who wish to hide the controversy, exposed in the Daily Telegraph and Independent on Sunday, surrounding Catherine Meyer and her assistant being paid some 50% of the income of charity in pay and considerably more in expenses. Whether Lady Meyer likes this or not, this is information that has been covered by newspapers for a long period and is relevant to any biography of her. The expose of this information is not, as those around her suggest, a vendetta. It is purely information that journalists have found via Lady Meyer's charity's accounts being published by the Charity Commission.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.158.186 ( talk • contribs)
To give this a tail: This little controversy is still mentioned in Parents and Abducted Children Together and as only the organization is referred to and no individual persons the BLP policy is not a valid excuse to remove it there. wp:UNDUE might, but that is a separate discussion. Does anybody disagree with that? Yoenit ( talk) 09:55, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Michael Lombardi (businessman) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Saw some discussion about edit warring on this article at a help desk and am bringing it here - I've removed quite a bit of extraneous information about the company and the ranking of the university he attended, but I'm not sure about some of the material about the company that I've left in the article. Dougweller ( talk) 13:08, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Now at...
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Lombardi (businessman) ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
the article talk about the leader of an islamic party an I found the following expression mispalced : << Nadia does not represent Muslim women nor Islam, see how much make up she is wearing which contradicts with the modeste image of a muslim woman >>. the comment on her father are defamatory.
Maajid Nawaz has been fully protected for a week due to an edit war primarily between User:Ksmith009 and User:K8_fan. I would suggest that the page be returned to the 12:19, 7 June 2011 version before recent edits by either party. Could third parties look at this and evaluate the various edits for bias? Thank you. K8 fan ( talk) 18:13, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Rupert Jeffcoat ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Unproven hearsay and potentially defamatory/libelous material added [12] — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Yesberg ( talk • contribs) 09:37, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Daniel Cohn-Bendit ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The English version of this article in Wikipedia is completely libelous, accussing Daniel Cohn-Bendit of being a pedophile without proving it. I can't even understand how such an important website like is Wikipedia can allow an article which doesn't give any actual information and which is defamatory and partial. Please, erase this article as soon as possible. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.216.93.89 ( talk) 10:52, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Rich Hill (baseball) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There is a mistake in Rich Hill's biography. My name is Larry Hill, Rich's older brother. I played baseball at Boston College and graduated in 1985. I did not play for the Pirates. Please correct this error. Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.70.22.220 ( talk) 11:54, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
David Hahn ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article David Hahn needs attention from an expert, at the moment it appears that someone attempted to add some sort of clarification to the article and I have no idea what to do about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.9.141.11 ( talk) 12:01, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
James Arthur Ray ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This guy accidentally killed three people and sickened dozens after a botched sweat lodge ceremony. Half his BLP is spent discussing the incident itself and what everybody and their brother thought of it. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•( contribs) 22:46, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Carma Rose De Jong Anderson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
title is a WP:Redirect - http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Carma_Rose_De_Jong_Anderson&redirect=no - to ...
Richard Lloyd Anderson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Carma Rose de Jong Anderson was born in Provo, Utah Mar.6, 1930 [therefore today is age 81}. I am that person. The report on me says I was born in 1932--that date is a fiction. I lived in Provo all my growing up years,and attended the BYU K-6, then Jr and Senior High Schooland then had three years of college classes before marriage. I lost my mother to a car accident when I was in the middleof fourth grade.I was born to sweet Rosabelle Winegar de Jong who was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerrit de Jong, Jr. by Pres. Joseph F. Smith.Gerrit had come from Amsterdam, Holland with his parents and younger sister, Katherine. Rosabelle was born in Salt Lake City to Rosa Eliza Shaw who was married to William Winegar. Rosa had brown eyes and dark brown-red hair. The Shaws came from Stafforshire, England, and the Winegars were Germanic who arrived in America in 1710, slowly colonizing westward. They were converted ny early missionaries in 1833.Carma de Jong Anderson loves her ancestors very much for they worked very hardto build up the Church they dearly believed in. Carma's English grandmother,Rosa,was born in Salt Lake City in 1855, just a few years after the Shaws had arrived in America.Carma's Dutch grandmother was Lida Mariana Kuiper from near Apeldoorn, Holland. She met her husband Gerrit [III] in Amsterdam where both were working. They have a very interesting story of how thay came to America and why they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after they had arrived in Salt Lake City! The Shaws have a dramatic story of tremendous sacrifice for the same Church and did not reach Salt Lake Valley until 1852. Eliza Wilding and Osmond Broad Shaw joined the Church sparately and did not dare tell each other that they were "Mormons" until just a week before they were to marry in an ancestral cathedral. Osmond's father, Simeon Shaw, a linguist and great historian of the English Potteries and was educated in the cenistry of glazing the houshold potteries, and Spode and Wedgewood gorgeous dishes. He was a aschoolmaster so his son Osmond was very well taught and Simeon saw his philosophical bent, and wanted him to be a minister of the Anglican faith. The early Mormon Apostles came to England in 1837 and two different groups of themconverted Osmond and Elizaa Wilding,who was a corset-maker with her expert hand sewing.Carma deJong was the only daughter in the family to have red dhair, but her Great Grandfather Osmond Shaw had red hair, and his son, Lewis C. Shaw had bright red hair. He was a fine carpenter who had worked on the Mac Cune Mansion in Salt Lake City. Carma demanded to be taught to sew when four years old,and learnedmuch by hand sewing. The last half of her life she has researched and designed and cut all the historic clothing and household textiles for the LDS historic sites, with the knowledge she continued to gain, until she finished a PhD in 1992. After marriage she continued to attend formal credit classes everywhere Richard Lloyd Anderson and she lived afrer their marriage on May 22, 1951. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.169.143.159 ( talk) 01:46, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Karl Denninger ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
"Trades4beer" is continually adding edits to the above page that are false, slanted and defamatory. I removed them and added requested cites yesterday and they were added back this morning once again. I am the person referenced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tickerguy ( talk • contribs) 14:41, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Loredana Brigandì ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article was edited today to include, "(redacted)" The addition isn't linked to any supporting information. I found the edit and the entry on Wikipedia because of a weird posting to Yahoo. I comments on Yahoo have gotten very contentious/weird in the last several years, but this was kinda especially wacky. On an article on how to calm a colicky baby someone under the name Loredana Brigandì posted this today: (redacted)Her username was Loredana Brigandì so I looked up the user and the account was created today. I don't know the person but this seems hinky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SuziGenerous ( talk • contribs) 15:12, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loredana Brigandì ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
A major American modern artist/choreographer/dancer. A San Francisco native, performed with the Ann Halprin-Welland Lathrop Dance Company and presented her first dances in the Bay Area. In New York, she studied with Martha Graham, Andre Bernard and Erick Hawkins and joined the Hawkins Company, performing as a leading dancer through 1969. In 1970, she established her school & company. The company has performed in New York since 1971, as well as appearances at the New York Festival at the Delacorte Theater, the American Dance Festival where she also taught for six summers, and performances and workshops in the United States & Canada. In 1988, she presented a solo concert at the International Spirit of Design Forum in Asahikawa, Japan. Since the inception of the company, Ms. Meehan has collaborated extensively with Anthony Candido, and from 1973 with Eleanor Hovda. She has also worked with many other contemporary composers, always using live music. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship for choreography, a CAPS fellowship, NEA Fellowships, grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. She resides in Manhattan. The company's 40th season took place in New York May 20th & 21st. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craig zarah ( talk • contribs) 01:38, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
bg.wikipedia.org is being blatantly politicized and used to tag people via their biography pages, based on lists published by the country's political apparatus. Furthermore this tagging is being performed by Wikipedia Administrator(s) and Editor(s), which aggravates the situation further by tarnishing and discrediting Wikipedia's image.
The Bulgarian government recently published a list of prominent academics who were both members of the national committee that awards doctoral and other advanced academic degrees and also had files with the Bulgarian department of homeland security dating back to the Cold War period. The implication of this list is that these committee members were collaborating with the communist establishment to steer the decisions of the committee along political instead of or in addition to strictly academic lines. As you can imagine, this comes as no surprise. During that period Bulgaria was a totalitarian state and the political apparatus controlled every aspect of public life. I don't necessarily object to the publication of this list, but I do object to the fact that no details were published as to what these people actually did that comprises collaboration with the apparatus violating academic principles. As it stands, it is a list of "the accused" of having files with the apparatus but no substantiation of what exactly each of them did that was in violation of academic or moral principles. As such, the list is mere propaganda on part of the current political apparatus with the most likely purpose of discrediting prominent folks who probably disagree with the apparatus' politics.
The same day that this list was published (June 16) the Wikipedia biography pages of the folks on the list (who had such pages) were edited most inappropriately to reflect their membership in this list. In most cases the sentence/paragraph indicating the membership on the list was placed at the very top of the biography page immediately following their date of birth, as if this was by far the most important aspect of these folk's lives and careers. Even more disturbingly, it turns out that all these edits were in fact performed by a Wikipedia Administrator.
Yet more disturbingly a Wikipedia category "homeland security agents" was created on May 23 (note 3 weeks before the official publication of the list) and the people form the yet unpublished list were added to the category by a Wikipedia Editor who clearly advertises his political opinions and affiliation on his Wikipedia page.
These Wikipedia publications are extremely disturbing to the targeted people and damaging to the image of Wikipedia by turning it into an instrument for retribution and political propaganda. I really don't know what the best way to handle this situation would be, but I would recommend disallowing BLP pages, as well as categories and lists consisting of living people, in highly politicized locales such as Bulgaria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atswim ( talk • contribs) 20:55, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Kathleen Cody (actor) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) My name is Kathleen Cody and I am an American actress. I have numerous professional credits in film, broadway, and Television, the most notable at this time being an original cast member of the 1960's cult classic soap opera "Dark Shadows". Wikipedia has a page for the show "Dark Shadows" and you will see that as a cast member I played the roles of "Hallie Stokes" and "Carrie Stokes". My problem is twofold.
First, I can not create a separate wikipedia page for myself (as many of my other cast members), because there is already a "Kathleen Cody" page on Wikipedia belonging to an Irish athlete. An attempt was made to create a Wikipedia page using a slightly different name entry of "Kathleen Cody (Actor)" depicting my biography but was "promptly removed" for the cited reason of "copyright infringement". The biography of my acting career was written by me and only states the facts of my career. Therefore, I would like to know how I can have a Wikipedia page created depicting the facts of my career and linked to the "Dark Shadows" Wikipedia page, since I am already there listed in the original cast?
Second, since Wikipedia does already have a page created for the irish athlete "Kathleen Cody", it is her page that is not only linked to the Wikipedia "Dark Shadows" page, but it her Wikipedia page is now also link through the "Dark Shadows" Facebook page which lists the cast members and links their Wikipedia pages to Facebook. I have many fans from "Dark Shadows" that I am in contact with on Facebook. I am one of the cast members that will be attending the "Dark Shadows 45th Anniversary Festival" inb New York, Brooklyn Marriott this coming August. The confusion Wikipedia is causing my Fans by not differentiating between me, Kathleen Cody the American actor, and Kathleen Cody the irish athlete, and linking the Irish athlete to the "Dark Shadows" pages on Wikipedia and Facebook is considerable.
Please advise me as to what action can be taken as soon as possible to correct this error. Kathleen Cody (Actor) details removed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmcody001 ( talk • contribs) 21:17, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Levi Bellfield ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Content and exlink alleging subject (a convicted serial killer) may also be guilty of two other murders. Only source is exlink to self-published website; no RS. I've removed once citing BLP, but exlink restored without explanation. Ordinarily I'd revert, but I've made other (mostly non-editorial) edits to article, so am somewhat involved. Strictly exlink implies and suggests subject guilty of these crimes, but to my mind content and particularly source flatly fail strict standard of WP:BLP#EL. I'm disengaging, would welcome uninvolved actions as appropriate. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 21:26, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Shaarei Tefillah is an article about a synagogue, but it consists mostly of a massive unsourced list of living people based on the claim that these people are members of the congregation. Over half the list are people who don't even have entries on Wikipedia. Only two of the 30+ names on the list have sources. Is this a BLP problem? Thanks. Griswaldo ( talk) 12:42, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Silver RavenWolf ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
She was not born Jenine E. Trayer. Trayer is her surname from her second marriage to Earvin McCormick Trayer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dizzyg1970 ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Marsha M. Linehan ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article in question states that Marsha Linehan was "diagnostized" with Borderline Personality Disorder in 1961. In fact, she was hospitalized for, in her own words, "extreme social withdrawal" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/health/23lives.html?pagewanted=1 (This citation is in the article)
Also, BPD was not even a term in 1961, and was only considered in 1968. http://www.bpddemystified.com/index.asp?id=16
Thank you
Sue Newman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jazalama ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
now he is worm food has been inserted into the summary, in bad taste i think — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.4.167.151 ( talk) 18:36, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Oleg Seriy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Amazon source added http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Oleg%20Seriy
Hope it would be enough -- Natuzzi mandus ( talk) 08:29, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
Steven Rattner ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
It appears that the edits of Alexfro are intended to remove references to the Attorney General investigation of Steven Rattner. The neutrality of Alexfro is in question due to the use of phrases from http://stevenrattner.com/bio/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.200.18.45 ( talk) 01:59, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
I sent some messages, and will await a response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.200.18.45 ( talk) 14:14, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Daisaku Ikeda ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Ikeda heads Sōka Gakkai, a Buddhist sect. He is a man of many and remarkable accomplishments, or anyway he is according to sources close to Ikeda, Sōka Gakkai, and its organization SGI. Many of the claims for these accomplishments have had "citation needed" for some time, until they very recently got citations aplenty -- citations to Ikeda's own website or to this or that website of SGI. Please see the article's recent history, and this thread at the foot of the talk page. -- Hoary ( talk) 00:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Update: The IP has just reintroduced all this sourcing of Ikeda's accomplishments to Ikeda's own site and (to a lesser extent) the sites of organizations he heads. I thereupon removed it (and more). Oops -- perhaps this makes me an edit warrior and I should have waited for somebody else to remove it. However, I did explain (citing explicit Wikipedia policy) here on its talk page. I'd be grateful if some level-headed people reading this would go there and comment on it, whether (A) to say I'm right or (B) to say that no, I'm wrong, Wikipedia can indeed source great claims to the websites of those living people about whom the claims are made. -- Hoary ( talk) 03:12, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Ben Sherwood ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
We received an OTRS ticket in relation to BLP issues on Ben Sherwood. The article has been plagued by edit warring by SPAs and sockpuppets. I semi'd the article and blocked the recent set of sockpuppets. Could somebody have a look though the article and clean up any BLP issues? Brandon ( talk) 01:56, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
There is an ongoing discussion at Talk:Billy Bob Thornton about the inclusion or removal of certain information. The disagreement seems to involve conflicting interpretations of whether inclusion or removal of the information would comply with or violate the policies on BLPs and undue weight. Additional comments and perspectives from uninvolved editors would be welcome. BashBrannigan ( talk) 06:39, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Under what circumstances can we strongly implicate someone as guilty of a murder when they were were never questioned, arrested, charged, or convicted?
This concerns accusations made in articles about the two recently deceased ( 1997 and 1998 ) men named in this currently-proposed DYK hook:
I'm not familiar with this topic area, but editor Jeanne Boleyn who wrote the two biographical articles about Kerr and Jackson that are wikilinked from the hook appears to be. The two articles seem well written overall; these two men do appear therein as pretty awful human beings.
But unless I missed something, the murder accusation is based only on an affidavit ( not even court testimony, note ) by one of the two other men who were actually convicted of the murder, viz. police officer John Weir. Jeanne points out that his affidavit was apparently viewed as credible by one prosecutor and one (or perhaps two) very prominent Irish judicial authorities, however.
Still, Kerr and Jackson were never questioned, arrested, charged, or convicted; two other men were in fact convicted of the crime. Jeanne's articles about Kerr and Jackson present the police and the British security forces of the time as having protected them from any official action. That may very well have been why no action was taken against them; I haven't been able to come to a conclusion about that myself. I notice, though, that at least one possible contrary opinion is included in The Barron Report, on pages 257 and 258:
This issue may be a bit difficult to review for editors who, like myself, are not already very familiar with the multiplicity of groups that were involved in The Troubles. But because I think opinions from people who don't contribute to a controversial topic area can be especially valuable, I'm working on a concise summary as I learn more about this myself. If I end up feeling satisfied with what I'm able to put together that way I'll post that here subsequently. Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 10:30, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
The charge is found in a reliable source (Notre Dame Law School). And properly identified as to source and person making the claim, can be used in a BLP, although exceedingly carefully. Collect ( talk) 12:36, 25 June 2011 (UTC)