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Dr. Brian Day is a doctor in Canada who is leading a legal challenge to permit more privatization of the Canadian health system (specifically, in British Columbia, but that would have repercussions across the country).
It is a controversial case in Canada with proponents on both sides of the debate.
I'm concerned that the current article on this individual is one-sided, sounds like a commercial and not a fact-based article.
I tried to edit this article to present both sides of the debate, and provided citations -- and cleared out all of the propaganda in the article. But someone has gone back and undone all my edits.
I'd like an independent editor(s) to weigh in.
I have no stakes in this game -- other than wanting to see fair, balanced information on the individual, the court case he's bringing forward, and the all the facts so that those reading about it can make their own determination. It should not be a propaganda war.
It doesn't have to be me making the edits nor do my specific edits have to stay, but the article as it stands now is not up to Wikipedia standards and needs some independent intervention.
I spent a lot of time and energy trying to get it balanced, and I see no rationale for having my edits undone.
Thanks for your assistance.
Kathleen5454 14:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)kathleen5454 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kathleen5454 ( talk • contribs)
More eyes are needed on Joshua Duggar. This is oldest son of the Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting who has recently admitted to fondling 5 underage girls, including family members, when he was also a child (at age 14). There have been attempts to add "admitted child molester" as opening sentence of lead. Also, the Category:American sex offender was recently added to this BLP even though Joshua Duggar was not convicted of any sex offense. Can we add this category per BLP if he's not convicted? -- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 23:48, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
More eyes are also seem needed on his father, Jim Bob Duggar's BLP. Just removed that he was "complicit in covering up incestuous molestations" from the lead. This does seem to have some op-ed type sourcing, but the sources also said he went to the police. Stating he was complicit in criminal misconduct seems problematic here. -- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 01:54, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
The headshot featured on this page seems to be a rather odd choice. It has Alexis Arquette in rather severe and unnatural makeup and might be considered both misrepresentative and unflattering in comparison to the vast majority of the other photos available.
Given the extensive agenda-riddled arguing about gender and trans issues in the Talk sections, with repeated edits to make the article conform to one pronoun or another in spite of clear Wikipedia rules, I am going out on a limb here and guessing that the photo was selected specifically by a biased editor to portray Alexis in an unflattering light.
(It's a genuine photo, mind you. No argument there. It's just that it's so atypical of Alexis' appearance that the choice seems suspect.) Felice Landry ( talk) 11:30, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Could anybody verify whether Mr Johnson is dead, as the Wikipedia article states? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.13.143.167 ( talk) 09:53, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Richard La Ruina ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The entry on "Richard La Ruina" appears to be mainly self-promotion and should perhaps, be considered for removal. Although this is not stated in the wikipedia article, and I may be wrong, I suspect it might be linked to a somewhat questionable web operation called "Stealth Attraction" http://getherwetwithwords.com/videobc2 /video-bc2.php. Perhaps my suspicions are subjective because an unasked for advertisement for "Stealth attraction" intruded on work I was doing on the Internet and it annoyed me (but I must admit that curiosity drove me to follow the link to see how much talk would precede the first mention of money -- "special offer for today only for so many dollars instead of the normal price etc etc". There were frequent mentions of "Richard" which I suspect was Richard La Ruina. But this requires a more objective judgment than my own. Perhaps someone could look into it?
Sjjvdberg ( talk) 11:01, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
At the talkpage of Owen Jones an editor has written a couple of comments about Jones which are unflattering and potentially false I am seeking guidance. Are these statements appropriate for a BLP talkpage? AusLondonder ( talk) 19:48, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Someone added something about a "little brother from Kentucky Dakota Wilson" to the article. I doubt that is accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.209.123.192 ( talk) 17:22, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Ronn_Torossian Report has unsourced material which has been added and cannot be removed. Help please. 165.254.85.130 ( talk) 01:38, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
There was extensive discussion about it and 2 editors with political bias went in and disregard discussion. Please help. Ronn Torossian 165.254.85.130 ( talk) 21:18, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Judas Priest's album, Stained Glass was produced by Dennis MacKay. This is a matter of history and record. His name continues to be removed from the article. It's not promotional, it's just fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.168.99.182 ( talk) 22:36, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Please ensure that the correct picture of Justice Khampepe is depicted, especially on the google search page. Please may you urgently assist as the image that comes up is that of South African President Jacob Zuma.
Justice Khampepe is female. Kindly ensure that the picture is correct.
Please see the link below: Sisi Khampepe google search - wikipedia insert — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.78.169.32 ( talk • contribs)
Mark Wright (TV personality) Unsourced assertions of a marriage on two different dates are being inserted. No explanation is being given. SovalValtos ( talk) 11:00, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
There is a Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_May_21#Butcher_of_Gujarat discussion going on here there has been alleged canvassing ,edit warring and claims of WP:BLP violation as it redirects to Narendra Modi which in turn is rebutted by claims of WP:RNEUTRAL. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 15:20, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Per a bit on Last Week Tonight, in the next month we might have vandalism on pages of people listed here that implies they have sex with chickens, to say it nicely. In lieu of that, and the fact that it might occur immediately, does anyone know how this should be disseminated to the community, or does someone want to add all of these pages to a watchlist? Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 03:33, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Here is a link to the video if anyone cares to watch it and understand the context of what exactly was asked of the audience. The vandalism seems to have subsided now, but I suspect it will pick up again later today once people wake up and start watching the videos. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 11:52, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
I'm just gonna give a huge thanks to everyone who've looked up the names and reverted the vandalism, etc. John Oliver is brilliant but it's really disappointing that he'd encourage vandalism here, as if we here have endless time on our hands to clean up after all the vandals. Blegh. — Jeraphine Gryphon ( talk) 16:44, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Here is the other side of it, where there are now news articles reporting on his telling his viewers to vandalize the articles. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 17:37, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
As these protections have been expiring and the problem still exists, I am semi-protecting for one month and adding PC1 indef for articles. Talkpages, I will semi-prot for one week as needed and
revert, block and ignore accounts on sight.
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Berean Hunter
(talk)
01:45, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Christophe Geiger ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
poor influence in IP law and in academia ; only "maître de conférences" (lecturer in law) ; focus on administrative tasks in IP lab (CEIPI) is noticeable and does not pertain to key contribution to IP. no biography required under encyclopedia terms — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.54.145.146 ( talk • contribs)
Self-evidently non-POV edited. Reads like an advertisement. AP reports he may have been behind the attempted assassination of Libya's internationally recognized prime minister: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eacc2d63c66e4b71b75e3726991cb0bc/rights-group-says-libya-civilians-trapped-eastern-city — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rushup edge ( talk • contribs) 04:42, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
See talk:Yūichi Nakamura (actor) -- should an unattested form recommended for translations from non-Latin lettering be used for the article title, where the only attested Latin-lettered form is different, and the attestation is from the form used by the person in question?
This touches on several issues, self-identification, attested usage, whether unattested forms are original research or synthesis where attested forms exist
-- 65.94.43.89 ( talk) 04:51, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
19 Kids and Counting ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The series began on September 29, 2008. Season ten began on February 17, 2015.[1] On May 22, 2015, TLC suspended airing the show after the Duggars' eldest son, Josh, publicly apologized for having "acted inexcusably" following reports that at age 14-15[2], he molested five girls by fondling them without their permission, including some of his sisters.
Some editors have introduced BLP concerns by including what I believe is SYNTH in the sentence "fondling them without their permission", as if there were cases of "fondling with permission". They also have introduced a novel presentation of the controversy, by asserting that TLC pulled the show after Josh Duggar apologized, which is not what sources say (the pulled the show because of the sexual abuse, not because of the apology.)
Additional pair of eyes would be welcome. - Cwobeel (talk) 23:11, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Girlfriends and boyfriends touch each other lovingly and affectionately and tenderly. So yes, there is such a thing as fondling with permission. SilverSurfingSerpent ( talk) 00:47, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
A proposal to address this is active at Talk:19_Kids_and_Counting#Proposed_summary_of_controversy. - Cwobeel (talk) 02:32, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
With the recent tweaks to put the fondling allegation immediately after mention of his sisters, I really think it’s a BLP concern not to add “without their permission”. There’s an incest taboo issue here. I think the article should make clear that only Josh violated that taboo according to the cited sources. There’s further discussion on this issue on talk page: /info/en/?search=Talk:19_Kids_and_Counting#Without_their_permission -- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 19:18, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
19 Kids and Counting ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The series began on September 29, 2008. Season ten began on February 17, 2015.[1] On May 22, 2015, TLC suspended airing the show after the Duggars' eldest son, Josh, publicly apologized for having "acted inexcusably" following reports that at age 14-15[2], he molested five girls by fondling them without their permission, including some of his sisters.
Some editors have introduced BLP concerns by including what I believe is SYNTH in the sentence "fondling them without their permission", as if there were cases of "fondling with permission". They also have introduced a novel presentation of the controversy, by asserting that TLC pulled the show after Josh Duggar apologized, which is not what sources say (the pulled the show because of the sexual abuse, not because of the apology.)
Additional pair of eyes would be welcome. - Cwobeel (talk) 23:11, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Girlfriends and boyfriends touch each other lovingly and affectionately and tenderly. So yes, there is such a thing as fondling with permission. SilverSurfingSerpent ( talk) 00:47, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
A proposal to address this is active at Talk:19_Kids_and_Counting#Proposed_summary_of_controversy. - Cwobeel (talk) 02:32, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
With the recent tweaks to put the fondling allegation immediately after mention of his sisters, I really think it’s a BLP concern not to add “without their permission”. There’s an incest taboo issue here. I think the article should make clear that only Josh violated that taboo according to the cited sources. There’s further discussion on this issue on talk page: /info/en/?search=Talk:19_Kids_and_Counting#Without_their_permission -- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 19:18, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The following is a change of venue for an unsettled discussion that first, errantly, appeared at the general Administrator's noticeboard. It remained unsettled there, see [7], and was moved here at the suggestion of one participant better versed in Wikipedia Noticeboard activities. Please note, the following is a redaction of the earlier posting, and only contains discussion germane to the question:
Examples of the "offending" edits, recently reintroduced, are summarized by five bulleted links that appear at the close of this posting.
Background. The Nassim Nicholas Taleb article historically has included many, many citations to Prof Taleb's personal webpage. I came on to the article recently, doing a bold edit, finding sources for several, removing some as redundant, and when necessary, placing citation needed for other cases, because, based on reading WP:BLPSPS, WP:SELFPUBLISH, WP:VERIFY, and WP:NPOV, I believed it was not copacetic with the aims of wikipedia as an encyclopedic venue to reproduce personal biographical claims from an individual's self-published webpage in an article about themselves.
Consequently, in that edit:
I moved this discussion from the other noticeboard, where it remained unresolved (arguably, because it was not here as it always should have been). Various editors have weighed in, either at the original article Talk page, or at the earlier noticeboard, with opinions divided as to how to interpret the policies.
Because reversions have been done by one editor, Limit-theorem, over the objection of two of us (SPECIFICO and myself), in reintroducing Taleb personal web page citations, I am asking for Administrator guidance here.
I ask administrators to address us, @ SPECIFICO:, @ Limit-theorem:, @ JanSuchy:, @ Bgwhite:, @ YechezkelZilber:, @ Nil Einne: to make clear under what circumstances we should allow the appearance of the title subject's self-published materials.
Note, I have no personal issue with any of these editors.The question at hand, is if Taleb's personal webpage, [8], should be used as a recurring source at his WP article. Thank you for your attention to the matter.
Finally, I note that I encouraged and accepted a two week hiatus from editing the site, at the encouragement of an Admin, after I became heated at the reverting editors (for not discussing their reversions, as I had my original edits). That matter is fully settled, and I will ask contributors to focus on the simple pressing question, of what is, and is not acceptable, in drawing from the personal website information of Taleb, in populating his WP article.
Otherwise, some opinions appearing at the earlier Noticeboard are reproduced below, to facilitate discussion. Cheers, Le Prof Leprof 7272 ( talk) 20:35, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
This article has been claimed to have BLP issues regarding one specific paragraph:
The paragraph above has been removed repeatedly. A claim was made by WordSeventeen that there was a "blatant BLP" violation. It is hard to see how that can be: the sources used in the paragraph above are reliable, there is nothing libelous or contentious. I cannot see how the BLP policy was violated at all. I made a suggestion on the talk page that that person take the issue to the notice board; that person did not, but rather simply continued to "edit war". That person should have followed the BLP policy that says "Editors ... should consider raising the matter at the BLP noticeboard instead of relying on the exemption." There was nothing in the paragraph that was libelous, contentious, or poorly sourced, and thus, the paragraph should not have been repeatedly removed.
One person said a secondary source was needed; that was added: http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/supreme-court-overturns-ban-on-james-rhodes-autobiography/5048933.fullarticle Indeed, the information above is easily available in many solid news sources. A comment was made eventually (not by WordSeventeen) that court documents are prohibited by Wikipedia and that an independent source was needed. However, even after the independent source was provided, the paragraph continues to be removed. It is clearly not the case that court documents are categorically forbidden. Including the UK Supreme Court's documents as references addressed some people's concerns that there was an existing injunction prohibiting publication of certain information.
There is extensive discussion on this issue in two sections of the talk page for the article; those sections are: Name of ex-wife; her nationality and current country of residence and Blatant BLP issue [1].
At best, the editing done here (apparently by official Wikipedia editors, but that was not at all clear initially) was poor. Had WordSeventeen made the objection about the lack of a secondary source clear, that could have been provided easily (in fact, the Guardian article that was already included was such a secondary source [2]). I will also point out that James Rhodes has written about the court case since the Supreme Court decision was issued; he clearly is fine about the details being made public [3].
The paragraph did not provide any identifying information about Rhodes's ex-wife or son. It included only details that were included as public information by the UK Supreme Court documents, namely her citizenship, country of residence, the fact she started the court proceedings, and the fact that she is a writer (the UK Supreme Court documents said "novelist"). Given that, it is difficult to see any basis for censoring the information in the paragraph, given that it is relevant to James Rhodes's Wikipedia page, his public persona as a writer, and in agreement with what he himself has made public. If we exclude information relevant to his career as a writer (including some kind of summary regarding the topic of his memoir) we then should also exclude equivalent information relevant to his career as a musician. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.191.80.213 ( talk) 03:21, 27 May 2015 ( 131.191.80.213 ( talk) 03:45, 27 May 2015 (UTC)UTC)
References
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Of the 33 sources currently in the article, 22 were written by White himself. 4 are by groups he's involved in (Amos, Kairos, his film). 2 are book reviews (neither loads) And only 5 are from 3rd party reliable sources, used for a "criticism" section. (the articles mainly discuss an Amnesty kerfuffle that doesn't even appear in the article). These kind of articles are not supposed to be a showcase for the subject's opinions which weren't noted by anyone else, per WP:BLPSELFPUB. The whole "Political views and activities" section, which is easily half of the text, is sourced only to the subject of the article. There isn't even a 3rd party source that confirms he's a journalist.
Suggestions? I posted on the talk page but no takers. No More Mr Nice Guy ( talk) 00:36, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
Michael J. LaCour ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) I am not sure if this article is adequately sourced or if the statements made in the article are verified by the cited sources. Attention would be appreciated as the study this guy authored is in the news a lot for having been retracted and we need to be careful about not exaggerating what the sources say about it. (Also, LaCour appears to fail BLP1E). Everymorning talk 20:18, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
The article on this former Manchester United footballer states that he now works as a senior account manager for Motorola. I have no private knowledge but the evidence for this claim is weak. In particular the entry footnotes this statement to a newspaper article which doesn't actually contain any reference to a job at Motorola (it does, however, say that May has been involved in a wine-importing business, which is a rather more plausible activity for a retired professional footballer who has recently come out of a lucrative career). Also, it is suspicious that Linkedin has a different David May who is indeed a senior account manager at Motorola but who describes himself as "an experienced IT account executive" whose recorded career in that industry stretches back to the 1990s when the David May who is the subject of this Wikipedia entry was playing for Manchester United. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.103.138 ( talk) 10:18, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Best wishes to you ! The article called "Li Sheng(professor)" which i am editing is really from reliable source. So i beg your careful consideration and please do not deleted it at will, thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Messiandzcy ( talk • contribs) 07:55, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Sure i will try my best to correct it till the article meets the reading habit of American native people ,just please try not to delete it at will ,thanks a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Messiandzcy ( talk • contribs) 08:43, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
about "Li Sheng (computer scientist)":the tag tells me that my citation style is wrong .But what kind of it is standard? i do not understand at all,cause I edit it for my first time .please tell me about it ,thanks a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Messiandzcy ( talk • contribs) 02:10, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Ghost (Swedish band) is a Swedish band whose members wear masks and do not disclose their identities; so we don't know their names or what they look like. Naturally, rumors about who they are persist. The most well-spread claim is that Swedish musician Tobias Forge is the lead singer, with the justification being that he supposedly has writing credits under the alias "A Nameless Ghoul" (which is credited for all of Ghost's music), that a member of Behemoth posted an Instagram picture with Forge with a caption of Ghost lyrics, and simply that is sounds like him. [22] [23]
My question is just because seemingly reliable metal music websites report on rumors like this, does that give them validity to be added to a BLP article? I have removed such things in the past numerous times, but am now seeking a definitive answer so I can link back to it for when it gets added again in the future (it is currently in the article with this edit [24]). I can't see it being allowed and if that's the case would like to request the article to be protected. Xfansd ( talk) 16:14, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
The first reference misspells his real first name: The reference says "Josep", but his real name is "Joseph". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinhenz ( talk • contribs) 14:01, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
There is an edit war going on regarding Brian Leiter. This entry has been locked for many years, apparently due to past vandalism and retaliatory editing. The subject is a philosopher (my area of interest), but is controversial due to strongly expressed opinions on his blogs. Prior to the edit warring initiated by user Epefleeche, this is what the entry looked like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Brian_Leiter&oldid=662603591
It included a section about controversy, but correctly focused on the subject's career and work and maintained a NPOV. User Epefleeche radically altered the content and tone of the entry on Brian Leiter, making a recent controversy the primary focus, and has been accused by another user of retaliatory editing: /info/en/?search=Talk:Brian_Leiter#Possible_Retaliatory_edits_of_this_Wikipedia_page
If I understand the history, user Epefleeche only started editing the entry after someone invokved the subject's name with regard to the reliability of Law School Transparency, which appears to have enraged Epefleeche (Leiter is a critic of this organization, I do not really understand that debate).
User Epefleeche has repeatedly used blogs (such as "Above the Law") as sources and has disregarded the opinions of other editors on the TALK page (myself and Sneekypat, among others). User Epefleeche also removed relevant external links and positive references to the subject, without explanation. Restoring the version from mid-May may be the only way to salvage this article. Thank you for your attention to this dispute. Philosophy Junkie ( talk) 11:26, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
You made half a dozen deletions of material in the article each of which was over 22,000 bytes in size in your edit war. You were alone in that regard -- no other editor made a deletion of even 4,000. You are trying to make yourself appear to be one of "several". But you not only emailed Leiter criticizing the article. You were tearing it apart, like no other editor. Nobody even came close. -- Epeefleche ( talk) 03:49, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
I started looking into this today following a request by Philosophy Junkie on my talk page yesterday. "What a bloody mess" is my first thought. There seems to be a two-fold question here: (a) is abovethelaw.com a reliable source? (b) is abovethelaw.com a reliable source for the claim that Brian Leiter is an expert on Nietzsche? I reckon the best thing we can do for the former is to probably have a discussion on WP:RSN. As for the latter, I don't think it needs much sourcing at all. It's pretty obvious Leiter is a Nietzsche expert. Professor Leiter wrote the Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Morality, which has been reviewed in the Notre Dame Philosophical Review. Leiter contributed a chapter to Richard Schacht's 1994 book Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality (and Schacht is himself a Nietzsche scholar). Finally, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy invited Leiter to write an entry on Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy. He has also given interviews to Philosophy Talk and Philosophy Bites on Nietzsche. The question of whether Leiter is a Nietzsche expert seems to be one which can be answered without resorting to a law blog like Above the Law. I've thus removed this from the article and replaced it with a sentence that doesn't reference Above the Law. The remaining issues regarding the use of Above the Law for the UCL Nietzsche Club incident probably ought to be dependent on consensus from an RSN discussion. — Tom Morris ( talk) 15:30, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Robert Ira Lewy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could use some help dealing with an apparent COI editor ( Kingseason) here, and some more eyes/perspectives on the article. I stumbled across the article last week and removed a lot of un-sourced or poorly-sourced puffery, while adding some details about Lewy's involvement in breast implant litigation during the 1990s, which seems to me to be the primary and maybe even the only reason why Lewy is notable. (See these sources from the NY times [32], [33])
Kingseason does not seem to have heard/understood me when I've explained WP:COI and WP:RS, and they feel strongly that my edits were unfair. The sourcing and COI problems seem pretty clear-cut, but I'd love for more people to weigh in on how the article should treat the NY times articles and Lewy's involvement in the implant lawsuits. Fyddlestix ( talk) 01:13, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
The name should be Saidi Balogun not Saheed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.196.90 ( talk) 14:42, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
An edit war is currently going on for the page for David O. Russel. The statement (and associated source) are written in the style of tabloid journalism (the source itself references TMZ as a news source) - which violates the BLP policies.
The earlier version is the one I think should stay. Diff Jacquelyntwiki ( talk) 18:44, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Slender Man stabbing ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) An IP has added the names of the alleged perpetrators and the victim to the article. Should this be removed? I strongly suspect it should per WP:BLPCRIME but want to hear what other editors think. Everymorning talk 00:30, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Persondata has been deprecated and the template and input data are subject to removal from all bio articles in the near future. For those BLP editors who took the time to enter accurate data into the persondata templates of biography subjects, you are advised to manually transfer that data to Wikidata before the impending mass deletion occurs in order to preserve such data. Here are two examples of Wikidata for notable notable baseball players: Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. If you have any more questions about the persondata removal, Wikidata, etc., please ping me. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 13:14, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Hastert's legal troubles revealed over the past few days are described in great detail in a section of the article on him, as is appropriate. Some editors have also been placing that in the lead, to an overwhelming degree, violating UNDUE policy on a BLP. Jonathunder ( talk) 21:34, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
I agree that the material about this in the lead is excessive. Since Wikipedia is not a tabloid, and since there has been no conviction, I would put less than half as many words about this in the lead. Here is my suggestion:
“ | In May 2015, Hastert was indicted for allegedly structuring bank withdrawals to evade bank reporting requirements and then misleading investigators; prosecutors suggest the money was for an alleged victim of his misconduct more than three decades earlier. | ” |
Anythingyouwant ( talk) 02:52, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Presently it's just under half the lead, and says this:
“ | In May 2015, Hastert was indicted for allegedly structuring bank withdrawals to evade bank reporting requirements and then making false statements to federal investigators.[2][3] Prosecutors said that the money was to compensate for and conceal misconduct by Hastert against an individual more than three decades earlier.[4][5][6] | ” |
If it needs to be shortened further, I'd simply get rid of the second sentence, because the alleged misconduct, compensation, and concealment are not federal crimes that he's being charged with violating. But since I've already managed to whittle this stuff down somewhat, I don't plan on taking the lead in getting rid of the second sentence. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 02:33, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
I was in Victoria, B.C. Canada last week. There it was reported that William Fraser Tolmie was influential in negotiations between the United States and Russia for the purchase of the Alaska Territory. If this is true, it would be an interesting addition to his bibliography. I have no good reference for this information. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.96.84.219 ( talk) 17:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi. This article Nick Leslau (did I do that right? Nick Leslau) reads like a puff piece: "Thanks to his friend Tom Hunter, Leslau became interested in solving the world's problems" is particularly striking, but there are plenty of others: "the dynamic retail group Richer Sounds", "it could never hope to achieve the dizzy expectations generated by the media" etc.
Sorry, am not an experienced Wikipedia editor (at all) but came across this and it felt notably non-Wikipedia-like and so I wanted to flag it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.81.212.79 ( talk) 21:08, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Done.
Hello,
I'm writing because I am the subject of a recently created biography on Wikipedia. The trouble is that the article conflates two different Catherine Crumps. I am the Catherine Crump on the faculty of Berkeley Law School. There is a different Catherine Crump, a 57 year-old Illinois woman, who sought to register a trademark on Eric Garnder's dying words ("I can't breathe."). I am NOT that Catherine Crump.
Here is my Berkeley Law School bio, Please compare it to this Washington Post article discussing the Garner trademark petition.
The article explains that the woman who filed the trademark application lives in Illinois and was 57. I live in California and am two decades younger.
The easy solution is to delete the last two lines of the current Wikipedia entry, which pertain to the Illinois Catherine Crump, and to delete the inaccurate reference to my age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccrump ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
This query also concerns the articles on other wikipedias as well. It is about an actress who wants her year of birth and age removed from Wikipedia. She claims that ageism in the industry means that she cannot land jobs because a simple google search produces her age. The problem is similar to one posted here. The wiki article and imdb currently provide data that gets into the Google Knowledge Graph. The actress claims she has already lost a few jobs because of this. She contacted BG-wiki via a really courteous and good-faith mail explaining her (rather unfortunate) situation. In it, she did not contest the information itself (this was her actual birth date).
Up until recently her birth year was widely circulated in Bulgaria, but she seems to have been on a spree to have it removed. It could still be deducted from the years when she started and finished school etc. What is more, now she is publicizing information pushing her year of birth two years forward, claiming she made her cinema debut at the age of 14 (she was, in fact, 16).
I've been going through wiki policies on the matter and namely BLP and I really can't decide what approach would be best. On one hand, BLP explicitly states that if the subject complains about the inclusion of the date of birth, or the person is borderline notable, err on the side of caution and simply list the year. Plus, removing the year would, in fact, borderline on censorship. Not to mention the very real possibility of a fake year of birth appearing, based on her recent activity.
On the other hand, the problems Ms Tenekedjieva raises are very real and do indeed have an impact on her life. She argues that this piece of personal information is harming her interests.
It is a very difficult topic and question and I would really appreciate any input on it. If it was up to me, I would have the year of birth restored, but I do feel I might be missing something here. -- Laveol T 12:17, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
This seems like a self-promotional article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.92.174.154 ( talk) 18:00, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Thoughts on this article? I don't think we would have List of sexual assault victims and this article is approaching that territory. -- NeilN talk to me 00:41, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
It's up at WP:DRV GraniteSand ( talk) 01:52, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
(Restoring from archive because the user keeps restoring the BLP-noncompliant material.) – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 23:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC) At Hamid Dabashi, we've got a user repeatedly restoring a paragraph cited entirely to Front Page Magazine, to an op-ed in a student newspaper from the instigator of a controversy about the subject, and to a small-circulation politically oriented paper (as well as to a primary source by the subject which is being interpreted by this student). I think it's clear that these sources are not BLP-compliant; if the information was verifiable and truly controversial, this user should be able to cite reliable sources in order to add it, not personal rants and conspiracy theorists like Daniel Pipes. I'd like BLPN to help confirm which, if any, sources are available to support the inclusion of this supposed controversy, and - if that answer is nonzero - how it should be included in the article, since the current text appears to be deliberately misrepresenting Dabashi's article for political purposes. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 00:12, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Actually, this article is sourced primarily from the New York Sun and this is the first source cited. Frontpagemag was used only as a peripheral source (and yes, while that article was written by controversial scholar Daniel Pipes, it's citation here does not repeat any of his opinions). As to Roscelese's claim that this text "appears to be deliberately misrepresenting Dabashi's article for political purposes", I challenge her to elaborate as too how it misrepresents Dabashi. True, it doesn't portray Dabashi in a particularly favourable light, but that alone does not mean that it misrepresents him.
The primary source of this article is the New York Sun, which was a fully published newspaper in circulation in New York City from 2002-2008 (although it only exists today as an online publication). Yes, it does have a political slant (i.e. it is conservative) but that doesn't mean it is not RS - Conservative and left-wing sources are cited throughout Wikipedia (also note that the New York Sun is cited as the source in the article, although I will try and make this more obvious). Finally, Victor Luria's piece in the Columbia Spectator is only being cited to reflect the opinions of Victor Luria himself. Dabashi was offered the chance to respond to this by the New York Sun, but he has declined.
If the Frontpagemag citation is what is making Roscelese so uncomfortable, than I suppose it can be removed, but the New York Sun (regardless of Roscelese's personal opinion) is a reliable source by Wikipedia standards, and there is no reason why this section should be removed.( Hyperionsteel ( talk) 23:23, 18 May 2015 (UTC))
I've restored this from the archive because Hyperionsteel persists in restoring the unreliable sources and the misrepresentation of the BLP subject's writings. Hyperionsteel must get other users to agree that this tiny agenda-oriented paper is reliable for controversial claims about living people in order to include it, and, either way, cease to deliberately misrepresent primary sources. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 23:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
OK, since other users find the source acceptable, when the article is unprotected we can just fix the weight and misrepresentation BLP issues. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 13:16, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
He's currently described as a paedophile in the first line. It's debatable whether he is or not. I've put an RFC on the talk page and would welcome some comments either way. Briefly: I don't feel it belongs in any article unless the person is well reported to be a dictionary-definition-paedophile. Powercf ( talk) 19:07, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
There have been two posts today at Talk:Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) providing links to a sex video that is purported to be a rape reenactment created by Emma Sulkowicz, as further performance art. Both were posted by IPs geolocating to Munich. I can't find anything in American mainstream RS about this, so I'm assuming hoax for the time being. Further guidance and/or action requested. ― Mandruss ☎ 21:10, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
I see no harm in waiting to pull the trigger on this until it's picked up by other sources. My guess is the MSM is still trying to digest what is a pretty bizarre story and academic sources don't exactly publish at lightning speed. GraniteSand ( talk) 01:31, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
New York Magazine: Emma Sulkowicz Made a Film Addressing Rape -- 89.204.155.121 ( talk) 13:22, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
Michael Collins Piper ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article itself has no source. There is this revisionist site mentioned on the talk page, and [35] which might be an RS but doesn't name the dead body (although comments do). Doug Weller ( talk) 13:13, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
The article states that Algieri lost to both Pacquiao and Khan by way of KO. This is nonsense - both were Unanimous Decision victories for the respective other guy. I am no expert on Algieri so it is possible that more is wrong. Someone should take a look at this.
What I just said is also reflected in: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Pacquiao_vs._Chris_Algieri - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Khan_%28boxer%29#Khan_vs._Algieri
Whoever wrote those sections on this article was drunk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.55.22.135 ( talk) 11:07, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
רדיומן aka blogger Richard Silverstein aka Richards1052 ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Richards1052) has created a WP:BLP on an Ethiopian named Avera Mengistu. Silverstein is the SOLE source for the information on this page, that Avera Mengistu is being held for ransom and has been left for dead by the Israeli government ( "Israeli Government Abandons Ethiopian-Israeli Reportedly Held Captive In Gaza").
This article has been appropriately tagged for deletion by Kigelim. This entire thing appears to be wholly invented by the editor, who has a large WP:COI considering he is promoting his own political blog in violation of WP:NOTSOAPBOX. I tagged this for speedy deletion as such. MShabazz declined the speedy with the claim that it is "not invented" but did not provide ANY information to support this. Notably, this administrator also defended Silverstein in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Richards1052, even though his second account is used to edit information on articles in which the primary account has declared a COI.
According to Wikipedia's standards, this article cannot exist as WP:BLP until reliable sources report this information. (By the way I am truly a neutral editor; unlike Silverstein and MShabazz, I do not regularly edit anything related to Israel/Palestine/Judaism/Islam. I saw this on AfD and was horrified.) —Мандичка YO 😜 17:00, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
It is highly likely that the article has been written as a means of self-promotion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dyke123 ( talk • contribs) 13:49, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Larry Mendte ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This Philadelphia media person or someone who supports him has scrubbed his entry of any mention of his firing for sexual harassment of Alycia Lane, mentioning only his guilty plea in the case, and that only in the context of proclaiming his innocence. The information is easily found at other web sites.
Al Mascitti Hockessin, Del. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.123.45.206 ( talk) 17:07, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Content was removed by a very experienced editor User:Mrschimpf with the comment (rv (POV removals)) in this edit https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Larry_Mendte&diff=631334243&oldid=631327154 Govindaharihari ( talk) 19:06, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
I wish to report Yul Anderson's wikipedia page, as it violates the biographies of living persons policy in several ways. It states that Anderson has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, however the source do not validate this claim. Secondly, it states that John Malkovich has used Anderson's cover version of Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower in his movie, The Dancer Upstairs. However, the source does not validate this claim once again. There is an overall lack of credible sources. Therefore the page should be reviewed by an administrator — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamann2008 ( talk • contribs) 20:58, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
User:78.52.12.153 reverting the edits about the place of birth of that personality. He has been advised not to revert or getting blocked. Cruks ( talk) 21:52, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Following the publication of a deeply stupid Israeli news article complaining that Wikipedia's article on Reuven Rivlin lists him as being born in Mandatory Palestine rather than Israel - which didn't exist at the time of his birth - the article has unfortunately had a series of IP editors trying repeatedly to "correct" it. It was semi-protected for a while but the problem has resumed. A further period of semi-protection would be appreciated. Prioryman ( talk) 22:03, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello, regulars at this noticeboard may recall that I recently came here to ask for eyes on an attack page aimed at John A. Shaw, about a report on post-invasion Iraq he had written for the U.S. government. I'm now back to ask editors to look at the article focused on Shaw himself, specifically, the Corruption and criminal investigation of Shaw section of the article. This section makes some extremely damaging claims against Shaw but sourcing is extremely narrow. In fact, much of the section relies on the same journalist's reporting that was the basis of the deleted attack article.
In my view, the content of this section violates WP:NPOV, and there are distinct issues of tone and balance. For instance, the insertion of extraordinary claims against Shaw, alleging his corruption and that he was the subject of a criminal investigation, are written in a manner that is neither cautious nor understated. Even the section heading "Corruption and criminal investigation" is itself non-neutral and appears intended to persuade readers immediately that Shaw is guilty of corruption. Additionally, sourcing of this section is limited, mainly drawing from the reporting of one individual. On this basis, I wonder if the information should even be included. I'm thinking about WP:WELLKNOWN here, which states, "If you cannot find multiple reliable third-party sources documenting the allegation or incident, leave it out."
To sum up, from a BLP perspective, my overarching concern is that this section of the article is presenting a non-neutral, damaging account of Shaw's work in Iraq, with a paucity of sources to back it up. I would very much appreciate someone with a strong understanding of BLP guidelines taking a look and deciding what would be best to do here.
As I've mentioned here before, I am working on behalf of Jack Shaw, so I won't be making any edits to the article. I hope editors from this noticeboard will be interested to discuss how best to approach the issues in the Corruption... section. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 18:18, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The Mattress Performance case involves four allegations of criminal conduct by an individual I will refer to as "the accused." None of the allegations are supported by any form of evidence, none have resulted in prosecution, and all are against an individual who is non-notable outside the context of the case. All complainants spoke to each other prior to making the allegations, and the accused asserts they are the result of collusion. The allegation of rape by Emma Sulkowicz is central to the article's topic and probably has to stay, in spite of WP:BLPCRIME. I argue that the others should be omitted from the article. They are as follows.
Troublingly, these have all been described as "sexual assault" allegations in the article. This is highly inappropriate language, for obvious reasons. None of them resulted in criminal prosecution, and it is extremely problematic to talk about the results of college disciplinary hearings, which lack the rigor of courts of law, and require only a "preponderance of the evidence" rather than proof, in relation to such extreme allegations. WP:BLPCRIME tells us to try to exclude information implying that persons who are not independently notable are accused of a crime. Accordingly, the accusations should not be in this article unless they are necessary, like the one by Sulkowicz.
An editor on the talk page made the case that the other allegations are relevant for the following reasons.
On the whole, I do not find a compelling reason to include mention of these other accusations against the recommendation of WP:BLPCRIME. As the accused has been the subject of what may be interpreted as death threats, BLP issues in this article must not be taken lightly. -- Sammy1339 ( talk) 23:51, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Comment- There seem to be some inaccuracies above. According to the sources, the male alleging sexual assault has not talked to the other alleged victims and filed a complaint much later, saying he was motivated by the publicity related to the Mattress Performance art project. Sulkowicz says she decided to file her complaint alleging rape, after talking to a woman who alleged "intimate partner violence" against the accused. A third woman, who alleged groping, said she was told by friends who knew of her alleged groping that the accused "raped someone" and then decided to file a complaint. The sources do not support that all four sat down and together decided to file, but they all reportedly either talked to or heard about each other. They are also all apparently part of a Title IX complaint against Columbia University, alleging the university mishandled their sexual assault complaints.-- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 00:56, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
There is a narrative spreading that pins me as “Friend of Mattress Girl,” filing a sexual assault complaint as part of a weird collusion among girlfriends. This narrative is entirely false. At the time, Emma and I were friendly; however, we were never friends. We had never hung out one-on-one and I’d never had her number in my phone. I also never knew the identity of Paul’s ex-girlfriend, who also filed a complaint against him, until two separate reporters let her name slip while interviewing me—assuming, maybe, that I knew her. But I didn’t. I still don’t even know what she looks like or what her last name is.
Sammy has twice removed text [38] [39] [40] that has been in the article, in some form, since early in its existence. The article is about a work of performance art created after three women at Columbia filed sexual-assault complaints with the university in 2013 against another student. The university found the accused not responsible in two cases, and responsible in a third that was overturned on appeal. (There was a fourth complaint later from a male student; the accused was found "not responsible" there too.) In protest, one of the women, Emma Sulkowicz, a visual arts major, created Mattress Performance. This is the text that is being removed:
Mattress Performance was inspired by allegations of campus sexual assault at Columbia. [1] ... [The article then discusses Sulkowicz's complaint.]
After hearing about Sulkowicz's allegations, three other students (two women and a man) filed complaints against the same student; in the first, the accused's former girlfriend alleged "intimate partner violence," while the second and third were allegations of unwanted grabbing and touching. The accused said the complaints were the result of collusion. [2] The university found him "not responsible" in relation to the first and third, and in the second a verdict of "responsible" was overturned on appeal. [3]
The case attracted wider interest when the three women gave interviews to the New York Post, which broke the story on 11 December 2013 without naming those involved. [4] [5] ...
The other complaints are a key part of what happened. An early New York Times article said: "Ms. Sulkowicz was one of a group of women, identified then only by pseudonyms — she had not yet decided to go fully public — who became the talk of Columbia this past winter, when an article in a student magazine, The Blue and White, described in detail their accounts of being sexually assaulted, and their frustrated searches for aid and justice from the university."
The other complaints are covered by numerous secondary sources, and were part of what led to a federal Title IX complaint against Columbia, which the Department of Education is investigating. In addition, our article doesn't name the accused. Sarah (SV) (talk) 01:14, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
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Comment- Testimonies are forms of evidence, so one might argue there is/will be evidence. Nowhere do I see on the sexual assault page that it needs to be reported or prosecuted to count as sexual assault, so I think it's fine to call what happened that. In WP:BLPCrime, it is the name of the accused, not the accuser that should not be listed. I think these details are important, insofar it is often speaking to others which encourages victims to come forward, and of course the intent of protecting others from being raped by this person. Meanwhile, I am concerned that this page is listed as a redirect from the accused name. Frederika Eilers ( talk) 02:46, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Sammy, I am going to restore the material about the other allegations. This was never only about Sulkowicz. No one here has agreed that it's a BLP violation, it's an essential part of the story, and has been in the article (in some form) since early in its creation. If you want to remove it, please gain consensus on talk, perhaps via an RfC. (But if you do post an RfC, please make the question short and very neutral, e.g. "should this (quote it) be in the article?") Sarah (SV) (talk) 19:06, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Tommy Coster ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Would someone who has the time please take a look at this article. For some reason that I can't put my finger on (apart from its length), it doesn't look quite right to me. Thanks.-- ukexpat ( talk) 21:15, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
I had posted the following at [ [43]], but I see:
So, I'll try here as suggested, although I'm not sure it really fits, since it was really a general question about what if any elements of court records are RS, but had a specific example to be concrete:
'This is a question about the usability of court records. Wikipedia has pages for me, [ [44]] and Edward Wegman [ [45]]. I have never edited either of these pages and have zero intent to do so, but I am interested in getting clarification, as the generally well-intentioned Wikipedia rules sometimes seem to forbid rock-solid real-world factual evidence.
My blog post Ed Wegman, Yasmin Said, Milt Johns Sue John Mashey For $2 Million is itself obviously not RS, but it attaches copies of online court records of lawsuits related to events described in both Wikipedia pages above.
Those are the files named 1-1.pdf - 20.pdf. pp.15-18 of the detaled PDF (not RS of course) summarize the chronology, but also explain how to find the online records via PACER.
Of course, claims in court files easily may not be correct (and indeed, some of them are not), but [ [46]] is even stronger: "Exercise extreme caution in using primary sources. Do not use trial transcripts and other court records, or other public documents, to support assertions about a living person."
That seems to mandate that even the following sentence would absolutely be disallowed. Is that true?
"Edward Wegman filed a $1M lawsuit against John Mashey 0n 03/10/14 in Fairfax Circuit Court in Virginia and his Wegman Report coauthor Yasmin Said filed another there 06/12/15. Both were removed to Federal Court 04/15/15, and on 04/30/15 they submitted voluntary dismissals of the combined case." JohnMashey ( talk) 20:28, 1 June 2015 (UTC)' JohnMashey ( talk) 07:02, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Chris Crocker ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
At "22:07, 9 June 2015," Gwenhope came in changing Crocker's name to a feminine name, began using feminine pronouns for Crocker, and added File:Christine Crocker.png (an image where Crocker is presenting as a woman), based on Facebook posts that Crocker made. I reverted at "01:45, 10 June 2015," stating, "Revert per WP:BLP; you need better sources for this material. Crocker is always changing between genders. Do not revert. I am taking this matter to the WP:BLP noticeboard." With the Caitlyn Jenner/Bruce Jenner matter going on, and how heated that is, and with the Chelsea Manning/Bradley Manning matter having been very heated, etc., more eyes are needed on this Cris Crocker matter. This is especially complicated because, like I noted, Crocker is always changing gender expression; see what is stated in Crocker's Wikipedia article about that, and the transgender, genderqueer, gender bender articles and MOS:Identity guideline for more on what this topic concerns. Flyer22 ( talk) 02:00, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Also see this 2014 "Being a Non-Transitioned Transgender Person" video and this 2015 "Thank You, Bruce" video from the official Chris Crocker YouTube channel, and this latest video ("The Full Truth") from that channel...where Crocker seems to be finally transitioning to a female identity for good (this is the video that Gwenhope based the article changes on). Flyer22 ( talk) 02:15, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Something else that needs consideration when rewording if we start using female pronouns throughout the article is that the wording needs to be coherent; for example, Crocker identified as a gay male for years. It is therefore challenging to use female pronouns regarding some of the sexual orientation content. Flyer22 ( talk) 02:27, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Page has only one line of content which redirects to a non-existing page. Hence, this page can be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamtadalal ( talk • contribs) 09:27, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Can someone please run their eyes over this section of a BLP. It has been added recently and is well sourced. A change of heading would be A Good Thing but I'm more concerned about how we deal with situations where it is basically one spouse making serious allegations about another. Are we ok to leave this in? - Sitush ( talk) 12:09, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I have just removed the section linked above, partly because of doubts re: balance but mainly because I'm hoping it will stop the ongoing edit war until we arrive at some sort of consensus. - Sitush ( talk) 13:19, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive223#Avera Mengistu. This is still a blatant BLP violation. Now the subject of the article has been expanded to two possible names - either Avera Mengistu or Abraham Mengistu. This new name comes from yet another non-RS that cites "Israeli media reports" as the source - however, these reports do not exist anywhere and editor who supports this info has not supplied them. This is a pseudo biography that is pushing an agenda and needs to be deleted. —Мандичка YO 😜 16:04, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I represent the author. Various people using different names in recent weeks continue to change this entry against his wishes and to include inaccurate information. Using different names, these people make exactly the same changes. I have once again changed it back. Nigel2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigel2014 ( talk • contribs) 20:07, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
@ Paora: et al. I removed his birthdate since its source seemed to be WP:SYNTH. Cryer is a semi-public figure and is deserving of a certain amount of privacy. I noticed that NZ libraries don't use his birth year which gives a strong indication it isn't public knowledge. -- haminoon ( talk) 09:36, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
COI Disclaimer: I am employed as a PR professional in an agency setting. Jefferson National (Caplan's current place of business) is a client (this is also noted on the Talk page).]
I'm seeking an editor to consider the suggested factual revisions to Mitch Caplan's page (position has been updated for number of years, etc.) and waited the requisite amount of time before posting here.
As outlined in the CREWE Engagement Flowchart, I have submitted this request on the Talk Page and on the WikiProject Biographies page. Kristen sald ( talk) 19:35, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi
Someone wrote a biography about me. I don't authorise anyone to write biography about me, the info published is false. I request delete this post about me. That post is inappropriate, Below the link
/info/en/?search=Tatito_Hernández
Please delete the entire information and disable this link.
Thanks, I'll be appreciate your attention to this matter.
Rafael Tatito Hernandez Montanez redacted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatitohernandez ( talk • contribs) 01:54, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
I've started an RfC about List of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom. The article has no sources and includes lots of living people. The RfC hasn't attracted comments from any additional editors, so the input of BLP experts would be welcome. Cordless Larry ( talk) 10:31, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
The last paragraph of the lead about Dennis Hastert says this:
“ | In June 2015, accusations but not legal charges emerged that Hastert had sexually abused three students (including "Individual A") when he was a teacher.[9][10][11][12][13] In 2006 Hastert denied sexually abusing one student, |
” |
I honestly don't know what we should do here. The statute of limitations has apparently expired, so he probably won't get a chance to prove his innocence in court. So do we just leave that paragraph there forever? It's well-sourced. On the other hand, maybe we should keep it out of the lead but put it in the body of the Wikipedia article. Any thoughts? Anythingyouwant ( talk) 00:58, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
All valid points, but the fact remains that this is a very unusual situation where a BLP subject is being publicly accused of sex crimes long after expiration of the statute of limitations. We are supposed to avoid WP:Recentism, presume innocence, and take special care to give sex stuff appropriate weight. Are you folks planning on leaving these unproved accusations of sex crimes at the end of the lead indefinitely? I think it's better to cover it only in the article body. It's very stigmatizing. Of course, if he's guilty, then he deserves stigma, and if guilt is established then we can give it to him. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 04:33, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
There is an RFC at the article talk page. The issue is whether unofficial allegations against Hastert (i.e. no criminal charges) that are described in the lead should say "sexual abuse" or just "abuse". Anythingyouwant ( talk) 01:34, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
I wish to bring to the attention of the Admins the page about Cyrus Pallonji Mistry. Mr Mistry is one of the top industrialists in India. He is currently heading the Tata group of companies in India. There is some dispute on his wiki page about his nationality. There is definitely a reference given in his wiki page to a Times of India article which says he is an Irish national. Never the less, considering that he is living and working in India, i think he should be described as an Indo-Irish businessman or an Irish-Indian businessman, and not as an Irish businessman. Characterizing him as an Irish businessmen would only provoke xenophobia among a section of Indians who read his wikipedia biography. Additionally, consider the fact that his father Pallonji Mistry is characterized as an Irish Indian in his wikipedia page. It is surely strange that the father is being characterized as Irish Indian in his wikipedia page while the son is being characterized as Irish in his wikipedia page. Anyways, i would like some kind of ruling on this issue since this is a matter that can come up again and again in the context of other wikipedia biographies of other immigrants. I would like to add that this is a general dispute concerning all immigrants. It is not specific to one individual. Soham321 ( talk) 10:39, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Rachel Dolezal ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The subject is in the news currently and this article is being edited rapidly. Two potential BLP violations are repeatedly being added:
This article needs to be watched by more people with a good understanding of the BLP policy over the next few days. -- haminoon ( talk) 01:41, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to repeat the plea for people to watch this article. Material is being added as fact when the source is a quote, unreliable source, or an opinion piece. Kendall-K1 ( talk) 21:33, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
The Tim Hunt article has been edited over 100 times in the past 5 or so days since he made some controversial comments. A quick glance at the edit history shows many reversals of vandalism or removal of inflammatory content. In the interest of remaining encyclopedic and not turning into a tabloid, I think there should be a hold on the page until the dust settles a bit and the section of the article regarding the comments can be brought up to the Wikipedia standards of being fair neutral and unbiased, reflecting the whole story. SchighSchagh ( talk) 04:35, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
Please include references and more information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric staffer1984 ( talk • contribs) 21:50, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
Source(s) are incorrectly cited, citations are limited, and information is lacking. Please move this to a draft space before publishing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric staffer1984 ( talk • contribs) 21:53, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
This article has information which is fictitious and many facts are not true regarding the individual. Many parts are inconsistent and not factual. The biography is significantly inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.136.106.233 ( talk) 13:34, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
As just one example... RCDS does not offer a PHD, therefore this individual cannot have earned a PHD from there. Please confirm before publishing. There are many other facts which are inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.136.106.233 ( talk) 13:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
This article, about me, is defamatory. It states that I defended the law school proposal at Trinity Western University "that advoated anti-homosexual admittance policies based on the concept of freedom of religion". In fact, the law school proposal did NOT advocate such policies at all nor did I. The truth is that I defended the right of Trinity Western University to have a law school although, as a religiously-based, private university, they require that all faculty students and staff adhere to a religous definition of marriage (one man and one woman). Hence the issue of freedom of religion. The sentence in the article implies that I and the proposal advocated this policy and I believe this to be defamatory. I supported TWUs legal and constituionally protected right to adhere to their religious beliefs because I believe such freedom is critical in a democratic pluralistic society. In addition, I was not called to the bar in 1969. I am not that old. I believe my call date was 1975. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.104.203.5 ( talk) 16:09, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
New user Rishaudrikants ( talk · contribs) keeps changing Craig Heisinger to claim he has five sons (instead of the four noted by the existing source), without providing a source that would support that claim. I tried to find such a source and failed; all sources only give the four sons previously noted. I don't want to keep reverting him (and would soon run into WP:3RR if I did, since it's not clear to me if the BLP exemption to 3RR applies and the edits aren't obvious vandalism), so I'm reporting the issue here as suggested by WP:NOT3RR. I hope somebody can help. Sideways713 ( talk) 16:28, 15 June 2015 (UTC) He has another son so jerk it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishaudrikants ( talk • contribs) 17:10, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
One or two users at the page of actor Jason Isaacs are repeatedly inserting highly contested material about the actor's personal life accompanied by multiple dubious sources. They refuse to engage in discussion of the material and have repeatedly undone attempts to remove unsourced information. They are becoming more persistent and belligerent with no explanation as to why they are so flagrantly violating rules, regulation and policy on BLPs. Thanks for any assistance provided Basic Bicycle ( talk) 18:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
I thought links within articles were referenced to Wiki links - not outside websites. There are 2 outside links in this bio - 1) fr his daughter Cherish Lee & 2) to his school. If I am in error, nevermind.
Jami DeBaca — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjdebaca ( talk • contribs) 19:13, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Mgr. Igor Slobodník (*23.10.1962, Bratislava) je slovenský diplomat, od 1. mája 2015 štátny tajomník Ministerstva zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí, od augusta 2010 do apríla 2015 pôsobil ako mimoriadny a splnomocnený veľvyslanec Slovenskej republiky v Nemecku. Narodil sa v rodine Dušana Slobodníka ( Dušan Slobodník - Wikipédia ) a Viktórie Slobodníkovej (Vytvára sa Viktória Slobodníková - Wikipédia ). Kariérnu dráhu začal ako redaktor a novinár v bratislavskej redakcii ČSTK a týždenníku Výber. V období rokov 1991-1992 bol šéfredaktorom časopisu Výber. Vyštudoval rusistiku a anglistiku na Filozofickej fakulte Univerzity Komenského. V diplomatických službách pôsobí od roku 1992, keď nastúpil na rezort diplomacie ako osobný tajomník ministra zahraničných vecí vtedajšej ČSFR. V rokoch 1992 až 1996 bol zástupcom vedúceho zastupiteľského úradu SR v Kodani. Vo funkcii vedúceho zastupiteľského úradu SR v Dánsku následne pôsobil do roku 1997, keď bol vymenovaný do pozície veľvyslanca SR vo Veľkej Británii (1997-2000). V období rokov 2000-2001 bol členom tímu hlavného vyjednávača Slovenskej republiky pre vstup do EÚ, v rokoch 2001-2003 politickým riaditeľom Ministerstva obrany Slovenskej republiky, a vtedy začalo jeho pôsobenie ako stáleho predstaviteľa Slovenskej republiky pri NATO v Bruseli. V rokoch 2008-2010 zastával funkciu politického riaditeľa Ministerstva zahraničných vecí Slovenskej republiky. Igor Slobodník je autorom viacerých prekladov najmä významných historiografických diel, ktoré súvisia s jeho študijným zameraním, najbližšie mu vychádza preklad štandardného diela popredného britského historika Orlanda Figesa pod názvom: Ruská revolúcia : 1891 – 1991 (2015), spolu s bratom Martinom Slobodníkom (sinológom a tibetológom Martin Slobodník - Wikipédia ) preložil bestseller Krvavé územie: Európa medzi Hitlerom a Stalinom (2013) od amerického historika Timothyho D. Snydera. Podieľal sa na preklade diela Alexandra Solženicyna Súostrovie Gulag: 1918 – 1956 (1991) a na jeho reedícii v modernej jazykovej úprave (2012). Je ženatý, má dvoch synov. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8109:A63F:E77C:35D3:E154:79AC:1549 ( talk) 21:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Not sure what the message is here, but following is a translation from Google Translate, that you can use to start a Wikipedia article if you would like.
“ | Mgr. Igor Slobodník (* 23.10.1962, Bratislava) is a Slovak diplomat, from 1 May 2015 the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, from August 2010 to April 2015 he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic in Germany. Born in a family of Dušan Slobodník (Dušan Slobodník - Wikipedia) and Viktor Slobodníková (Fine Viktor Slobodníková - Wikipedia). Career career began as an editor and journalist in Bratislava newsroom ČSTK a weekly choice. In the period 1991-1992 he was editor in chief of choice. He studied Russian Studies and English at Comenius University. In the diplomatic service he has been operating since 1992 when he joined the Foreign Ministry as personal Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the then Czechoslovakia. From 1992 to 1996 he was deputy head of the representative office of the Slovak Republic in Copenhagen. As head of the representative office of the Slovak Republic in Denmark, then he worked until 1997, when he was appointed to the position of Ambassador of Slovakia in the UK (1997-2000). In the period 2000-2001 he was a member of the team of the Slovak Republic's chief negotiator for EU accession, in 2001-2003 the political director of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, and then began to act as Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to NATO in Brussels. In the years 2008-2010 he served as Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Igor Slobodník is the author of several translations of particularly important historiographical works related to the study focus, the closest he comes standard translation of the prominent British historian Orlando Figes under the title: The Russian Revolution: 1891 - 1991 (2015), along with Brother Martin Slobodník (sinologist and Tibetology Martin Slobodník - Wikipedia) translated bestseller Bloody territory: Europe between Hitler and Stalin (2013) by American historian Timothy D. Snyder. He participated in the translation of the work Alexander Solzhenitsyn Gulag Archipelago: 1918 - 1956 (1991) and its re-editions in modern language adaptation (2012). He is married with two sons. | ” |
71.248.169.100 ( talk) 22:52, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Jeff Vinik is a supporter of the new Jewish community center in Tampa, but not to the tune of $4 million. Tampa Bay Bucs co-chairman Bryan Glazer donated $4 million to that and the future center now is called the Bryan Glazer Family JCC. Vinik and his wife pledged $1.5 million to the new center. This is documented in the May 22, 2015 issue to The Jewish Press of Tampa. The website for the Jewish Press is www.jewishpresstampa.com. You can also verify this by calling the Tampa JCC and Federation at (813) 264-9000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.144.143.188 ( talk) 22:22, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
108.222.190.105 ( talk · contribs) is claiming to be Misty Edwards and is wanting her personal information removed from her article. I reverted her once citing ownership of articles and referred her to WP:BIOSELF, but I don't really know what to do from here. She has since removed this information again. Relevant diffs: 1 2 3 4 5 Ben Yes? 01:03, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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Dr. Brian Day is a doctor in Canada who is leading a legal challenge to permit more privatization of the Canadian health system (specifically, in British Columbia, but that would have repercussions across the country).
It is a controversial case in Canada with proponents on both sides of the debate.
I'm concerned that the current article on this individual is one-sided, sounds like a commercial and not a fact-based article.
I tried to edit this article to present both sides of the debate, and provided citations -- and cleared out all of the propaganda in the article. But someone has gone back and undone all my edits.
I'd like an independent editor(s) to weigh in.
I have no stakes in this game -- other than wanting to see fair, balanced information on the individual, the court case he's bringing forward, and the all the facts so that those reading about it can make their own determination. It should not be a propaganda war.
It doesn't have to be me making the edits nor do my specific edits have to stay, but the article as it stands now is not up to Wikipedia standards and needs some independent intervention.
I spent a lot of time and energy trying to get it balanced, and I see no rationale for having my edits undone.
Thanks for your assistance.
Kathleen5454 14:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)kathleen5454 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kathleen5454 ( talk • contribs)
More eyes are needed on Joshua Duggar. This is oldest son of the Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting who has recently admitted to fondling 5 underage girls, including family members, when he was also a child (at age 14). There have been attempts to add "admitted child molester" as opening sentence of lead. Also, the Category:American sex offender was recently added to this BLP even though Joshua Duggar was not convicted of any sex offense. Can we add this category per BLP if he's not convicted? -- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 23:48, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
More eyes are also seem needed on his father, Jim Bob Duggar's BLP. Just removed that he was "complicit in covering up incestuous molestations" from the lead. This does seem to have some op-ed type sourcing, but the sources also said he went to the police. Stating he was complicit in criminal misconduct seems problematic here. -- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 01:54, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
The headshot featured on this page seems to be a rather odd choice. It has Alexis Arquette in rather severe and unnatural makeup and might be considered both misrepresentative and unflattering in comparison to the vast majority of the other photos available.
Given the extensive agenda-riddled arguing about gender and trans issues in the Talk sections, with repeated edits to make the article conform to one pronoun or another in spite of clear Wikipedia rules, I am going out on a limb here and guessing that the photo was selected specifically by a biased editor to portray Alexis in an unflattering light.
(It's a genuine photo, mind you. No argument there. It's just that it's so atypical of Alexis' appearance that the choice seems suspect.) Felice Landry ( talk) 11:30, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Could anybody verify whether Mr Johnson is dead, as the Wikipedia article states? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.13.143.167 ( talk) 09:53, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Richard La Ruina ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The entry on "Richard La Ruina" appears to be mainly self-promotion and should perhaps, be considered for removal. Although this is not stated in the wikipedia article, and I may be wrong, I suspect it might be linked to a somewhat questionable web operation called "Stealth Attraction" http://getherwetwithwords.com/videobc2 /video-bc2.php. Perhaps my suspicions are subjective because an unasked for advertisement for "Stealth attraction" intruded on work I was doing on the Internet and it annoyed me (but I must admit that curiosity drove me to follow the link to see how much talk would precede the first mention of money -- "special offer for today only for so many dollars instead of the normal price etc etc". There were frequent mentions of "Richard" which I suspect was Richard La Ruina. But this requires a more objective judgment than my own. Perhaps someone could look into it?
Sjjvdberg ( talk) 11:01, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
At the talkpage of Owen Jones an editor has written a couple of comments about Jones which are unflattering and potentially false I am seeking guidance. Are these statements appropriate for a BLP talkpage? AusLondonder ( talk) 19:48, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Someone added something about a "little brother from Kentucky Dakota Wilson" to the article. I doubt that is accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.209.123.192 ( talk) 17:22, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Ronn_Torossian Report has unsourced material which has been added and cannot be removed. Help please. 165.254.85.130 ( talk) 01:38, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
There was extensive discussion about it and 2 editors with political bias went in and disregard discussion. Please help. Ronn Torossian 165.254.85.130 ( talk) 21:18, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Judas Priest's album, Stained Glass was produced by Dennis MacKay. This is a matter of history and record. His name continues to be removed from the article. It's not promotional, it's just fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.168.99.182 ( talk) 22:36, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
Please ensure that the correct picture of Justice Khampepe is depicted, especially on the google search page. Please may you urgently assist as the image that comes up is that of South African President Jacob Zuma.
Justice Khampepe is female. Kindly ensure that the picture is correct.
Please see the link below: Sisi Khampepe google search - wikipedia insert — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.78.169.32 ( talk • contribs)
Mark Wright (TV personality) Unsourced assertions of a marriage on two different dates are being inserted. No explanation is being given. SovalValtos ( talk) 11:00, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
There is a Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_May_21#Butcher_of_Gujarat discussion going on here there has been alleged canvassing ,edit warring and claims of WP:BLP violation as it redirects to Narendra Modi which in turn is rebutted by claims of WP:RNEUTRAL. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 15:20, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Per a bit on Last Week Tonight, in the next month we might have vandalism on pages of people listed here that implies they have sex with chickens, to say it nicely. In lieu of that, and the fact that it might occur immediately, does anyone know how this should be disseminated to the community, or does someone want to add all of these pages to a watchlist? Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 03:33, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Here is a link to the video if anyone cares to watch it and understand the context of what exactly was asked of the audience. The vandalism seems to have subsided now, but I suspect it will pick up again later today once people wake up and start watching the videos. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 11:52, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
I'm just gonna give a huge thanks to everyone who've looked up the names and reverted the vandalism, etc. John Oliver is brilliant but it's really disappointing that he'd encourage vandalism here, as if we here have endless time on our hands to clean up after all the vandals. Blegh. — Jeraphine Gryphon ( talk) 16:44, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Here is the other side of it, where there are now news articles reporting on his telling his viewers to vandalize the articles. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 17:37, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
As these protections have been expiring and the problem still exists, I am semi-protecting for one month and adding PC1 indef for articles. Talkpages, I will semi-prot for one week as needed and
revert, block and ignore accounts on sight.
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Berean Hunter
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01:45, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Christophe Geiger ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
poor influence in IP law and in academia ; only "maître de conférences" (lecturer in law) ; focus on administrative tasks in IP lab (CEIPI) is noticeable and does not pertain to key contribution to IP. no biography required under encyclopedia terms — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.54.145.146 ( talk • contribs)
Self-evidently non-POV edited. Reads like an advertisement. AP reports he may have been behind the attempted assassination of Libya's internationally recognized prime minister: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eacc2d63c66e4b71b75e3726991cb0bc/rights-group-says-libya-civilians-trapped-eastern-city — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rushup edge ( talk • contribs) 04:42, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
See talk:Yūichi Nakamura (actor) -- should an unattested form recommended for translations from non-Latin lettering be used for the article title, where the only attested Latin-lettered form is different, and the attestation is from the form used by the person in question?
This touches on several issues, self-identification, attested usage, whether unattested forms are original research or synthesis where attested forms exist
-- 65.94.43.89 ( talk) 04:51, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
19 Kids and Counting ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The series began on September 29, 2008. Season ten began on February 17, 2015.[1] On May 22, 2015, TLC suspended airing the show after the Duggars' eldest son, Josh, publicly apologized for having "acted inexcusably" following reports that at age 14-15[2], he molested five girls by fondling them without their permission, including some of his sisters.
Some editors have introduced BLP concerns by including what I believe is SYNTH in the sentence "fondling them without their permission", as if there were cases of "fondling with permission". They also have introduced a novel presentation of the controversy, by asserting that TLC pulled the show after Josh Duggar apologized, which is not what sources say (the pulled the show because of the sexual abuse, not because of the apology.)
Additional pair of eyes would be welcome. - Cwobeel (talk) 23:11, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Girlfriends and boyfriends touch each other lovingly and affectionately and tenderly. So yes, there is such a thing as fondling with permission. SilverSurfingSerpent ( talk) 00:47, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
A proposal to address this is active at Talk:19_Kids_and_Counting#Proposed_summary_of_controversy. - Cwobeel (talk) 02:32, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
With the recent tweaks to put the fondling allegation immediately after mention of his sisters, I really think it’s a BLP concern not to add “without their permission”. There’s an incest taboo issue here. I think the article should make clear that only Josh violated that taboo according to the cited sources. There’s further discussion on this issue on talk page: /info/en/?search=Talk:19_Kids_and_Counting#Without_their_permission -- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 19:18, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
19 Kids and Counting ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The series began on September 29, 2008. Season ten began on February 17, 2015.[1] On May 22, 2015, TLC suspended airing the show after the Duggars' eldest son, Josh, publicly apologized for having "acted inexcusably" following reports that at age 14-15[2], he molested five girls by fondling them without their permission, including some of his sisters.
Some editors have introduced BLP concerns by including what I believe is SYNTH in the sentence "fondling them without their permission", as if there were cases of "fondling with permission". They also have introduced a novel presentation of the controversy, by asserting that TLC pulled the show after Josh Duggar apologized, which is not what sources say (the pulled the show because of the sexual abuse, not because of the apology.)
Additional pair of eyes would be welcome. - Cwobeel (talk) 23:11, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Girlfriends and boyfriends touch each other lovingly and affectionately and tenderly. So yes, there is such a thing as fondling with permission. SilverSurfingSerpent ( talk) 00:47, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
A proposal to address this is active at Talk:19_Kids_and_Counting#Proposed_summary_of_controversy. - Cwobeel (talk) 02:32, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
With the recent tweaks to put the fondling allegation immediately after mention of his sisters, I really think it’s a BLP concern not to add “without their permission”. There’s an incest taboo issue here. I think the article should make clear that only Josh violated that taboo according to the cited sources. There’s further discussion on this issue on talk page: /info/en/?search=Talk:19_Kids_and_Counting#Without_their_permission -- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 19:18, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The following is a change of venue for an unsettled discussion that first, errantly, appeared at the general Administrator's noticeboard. It remained unsettled there, see [7], and was moved here at the suggestion of one participant better versed in Wikipedia Noticeboard activities. Please note, the following is a redaction of the earlier posting, and only contains discussion germane to the question:
Examples of the "offending" edits, recently reintroduced, are summarized by five bulleted links that appear at the close of this posting.
Background. The Nassim Nicholas Taleb article historically has included many, many citations to Prof Taleb's personal webpage. I came on to the article recently, doing a bold edit, finding sources for several, removing some as redundant, and when necessary, placing citation needed for other cases, because, based on reading WP:BLPSPS, WP:SELFPUBLISH, WP:VERIFY, and WP:NPOV, I believed it was not copacetic with the aims of wikipedia as an encyclopedic venue to reproduce personal biographical claims from an individual's self-published webpage in an article about themselves.
Consequently, in that edit:
I moved this discussion from the other noticeboard, where it remained unresolved (arguably, because it was not here as it always should have been). Various editors have weighed in, either at the original article Talk page, or at the earlier noticeboard, with opinions divided as to how to interpret the policies.
Because reversions have been done by one editor, Limit-theorem, over the objection of two of us (SPECIFICO and myself), in reintroducing Taleb personal web page citations, I am asking for Administrator guidance here.
I ask administrators to address us, @ SPECIFICO:, @ Limit-theorem:, @ JanSuchy:, @ Bgwhite:, @ YechezkelZilber:, @ Nil Einne: to make clear under what circumstances we should allow the appearance of the title subject's self-published materials.
Note, I have no personal issue with any of these editors.The question at hand, is if Taleb's personal webpage, [8], should be used as a recurring source at his WP article. Thank you for your attention to the matter.
Finally, I note that I encouraged and accepted a two week hiatus from editing the site, at the encouragement of an Admin, after I became heated at the reverting editors (for not discussing their reversions, as I had my original edits). That matter is fully settled, and I will ask contributors to focus on the simple pressing question, of what is, and is not acceptable, in drawing from the personal website information of Taleb, in populating his WP article.
Otherwise, some opinions appearing at the earlier Noticeboard are reproduced below, to facilitate discussion. Cheers, Le Prof Leprof 7272 ( talk) 20:35, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
This article has been claimed to have BLP issues regarding one specific paragraph:
The paragraph above has been removed repeatedly. A claim was made by WordSeventeen that there was a "blatant BLP" violation. It is hard to see how that can be: the sources used in the paragraph above are reliable, there is nothing libelous or contentious. I cannot see how the BLP policy was violated at all. I made a suggestion on the talk page that that person take the issue to the notice board; that person did not, but rather simply continued to "edit war". That person should have followed the BLP policy that says "Editors ... should consider raising the matter at the BLP noticeboard instead of relying on the exemption." There was nothing in the paragraph that was libelous, contentious, or poorly sourced, and thus, the paragraph should not have been repeatedly removed.
One person said a secondary source was needed; that was added: http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/supreme-court-overturns-ban-on-james-rhodes-autobiography/5048933.fullarticle Indeed, the information above is easily available in many solid news sources. A comment was made eventually (not by WordSeventeen) that court documents are prohibited by Wikipedia and that an independent source was needed. However, even after the independent source was provided, the paragraph continues to be removed. It is clearly not the case that court documents are categorically forbidden. Including the UK Supreme Court's documents as references addressed some people's concerns that there was an existing injunction prohibiting publication of certain information.
There is extensive discussion on this issue in two sections of the talk page for the article; those sections are: Name of ex-wife; her nationality and current country of residence and Blatant BLP issue [1].
At best, the editing done here (apparently by official Wikipedia editors, but that was not at all clear initially) was poor. Had WordSeventeen made the objection about the lack of a secondary source clear, that could have been provided easily (in fact, the Guardian article that was already included was such a secondary source [2]). I will also point out that James Rhodes has written about the court case since the Supreme Court decision was issued; he clearly is fine about the details being made public [3].
The paragraph did not provide any identifying information about Rhodes's ex-wife or son. It included only details that were included as public information by the UK Supreme Court documents, namely her citizenship, country of residence, the fact she started the court proceedings, and the fact that she is a writer (the UK Supreme Court documents said "novelist"). Given that, it is difficult to see any basis for censoring the information in the paragraph, given that it is relevant to James Rhodes's Wikipedia page, his public persona as a writer, and in agreement with what he himself has made public. If we exclude information relevant to his career as a writer (including some kind of summary regarding the topic of his memoir) we then should also exclude equivalent information relevant to his career as a musician. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.191.80.213 ( talk) 03:21, 27 May 2015 ( 131.191.80.213 ( talk) 03:45, 27 May 2015 (UTC)UTC)
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Of the 33 sources currently in the article, 22 were written by White himself. 4 are by groups he's involved in (Amos, Kairos, his film). 2 are book reviews (neither loads) And only 5 are from 3rd party reliable sources, used for a "criticism" section. (the articles mainly discuss an Amnesty kerfuffle that doesn't even appear in the article). These kind of articles are not supposed to be a showcase for the subject's opinions which weren't noted by anyone else, per WP:BLPSELFPUB. The whole "Political views and activities" section, which is easily half of the text, is sourced only to the subject of the article. There isn't even a 3rd party source that confirms he's a journalist.
Suggestions? I posted on the talk page but no takers. No More Mr Nice Guy ( talk) 00:36, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
Michael J. LaCour ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) I am not sure if this article is adequately sourced or if the statements made in the article are verified by the cited sources. Attention would be appreciated as the study this guy authored is in the news a lot for having been retracted and we need to be careful about not exaggerating what the sources say about it. (Also, LaCour appears to fail BLP1E). Everymorning talk 20:18, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
The article on this former Manchester United footballer states that he now works as a senior account manager for Motorola. I have no private knowledge but the evidence for this claim is weak. In particular the entry footnotes this statement to a newspaper article which doesn't actually contain any reference to a job at Motorola (it does, however, say that May has been involved in a wine-importing business, which is a rather more plausible activity for a retired professional footballer who has recently come out of a lucrative career). Also, it is suspicious that Linkedin has a different David May who is indeed a senior account manager at Motorola but who describes himself as "an experienced IT account executive" whose recorded career in that industry stretches back to the 1990s when the David May who is the subject of this Wikipedia entry was playing for Manchester United. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.103.138 ( talk) 10:18, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Best wishes to you ! The article called "Li Sheng(professor)" which i am editing is really from reliable source. So i beg your careful consideration and please do not deleted it at will, thank you very much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Messiandzcy ( talk • contribs) 07:55, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Sure i will try my best to correct it till the article meets the reading habit of American native people ,just please try not to delete it at will ,thanks a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Messiandzcy ( talk • contribs) 08:43, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
about "Li Sheng (computer scientist)":the tag tells me that my citation style is wrong .But what kind of it is standard? i do not understand at all,cause I edit it for my first time .please tell me about it ,thanks a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Messiandzcy ( talk • contribs) 02:10, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Ghost (Swedish band) is a Swedish band whose members wear masks and do not disclose their identities; so we don't know their names or what they look like. Naturally, rumors about who they are persist. The most well-spread claim is that Swedish musician Tobias Forge is the lead singer, with the justification being that he supposedly has writing credits under the alias "A Nameless Ghoul" (which is credited for all of Ghost's music), that a member of Behemoth posted an Instagram picture with Forge with a caption of Ghost lyrics, and simply that is sounds like him. [22] [23]
My question is just because seemingly reliable metal music websites report on rumors like this, does that give them validity to be added to a BLP article? I have removed such things in the past numerous times, but am now seeking a definitive answer so I can link back to it for when it gets added again in the future (it is currently in the article with this edit [24]). I can't see it being allowed and if that's the case would like to request the article to be protected. Xfansd ( talk) 16:14, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
The first reference misspells his real first name: The reference says "Josep", but his real name is "Joseph". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinhenz ( talk • contribs) 14:01, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
There is an edit war going on regarding Brian Leiter. This entry has been locked for many years, apparently due to past vandalism and retaliatory editing. The subject is a philosopher (my area of interest), but is controversial due to strongly expressed opinions on his blogs. Prior to the edit warring initiated by user Epefleeche, this is what the entry looked like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Brian_Leiter&oldid=662603591
It included a section about controversy, but correctly focused on the subject's career and work and maintained a NPOV. User Epefleeche radically altered the content and tone of the entry on Brian Leiter, making a recent controversy the primary focus, and has been accused by another user of retaliatory editing: /info/en/?search=Talk:Brian_Leiter#Possible_Retaliatory_edits_of_this_Wikipedia_page
If I understand the history, user Epefleeche only started editing the entry after someone invokved the subject's name with regard to the reliability of Law School Transparency, which appears to have enraged Epefleeche (Leiter is a critic of this organization, I do not really understand that debate).
User Epefleeche has repeatedly used blogs (such as "Above the Law") as sources and has disregarded the opinions of other editors on the TALK page (myself and Sneekypat, among others). User Epefleeche also removed relevant external links and positive references to the subject, without explanation. Restoring the version from mid-May may be the only way to salvage this article. Thank you for your attention to this dispute. Philosophy Junkie ( talk) 11:26, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
You made half a dozen deletions of material in the article each of which was over 22,000 bytes in size in your edit war. You were alone in that regard -- no other editor made a deletion of even 4,000. You are trying to make yourself appear to be one of "several". But you not only emailed Leiter criticizing the article. You were tearing it apart, like no other editor. Nobody even came close. -- Epeefleche ( talk) 03:49, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
I started looking into this today following a request by Philosophy Junkie on my talk page yesterday. "What a bloody mess" is my first thought. There seems to be a two-fold question here: (a) is abovethelaw.com a reliable source? (b) is abovethelaw.com a reliable source for the claim that Brian Leiter is an expert on Nietzsche? I reckon the best thing we can do for the former is to probably have a discussion on WP:RSN. As for the latter, I don't think it needs much sourcing at all. It's pretty obvious Leiter is a Nietzsche expert. Professor Leiter wrote the Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Morality, which has been reviewed in the Notre Dame Philosophical Review. Leiter contributed a chapter to Richard Schacht's 1994 book Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality (and Schacht is himself a Nietzsche scholar). Finally, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy invited Leiter to write an entry on Nietzsche's Moral and Political Philosophy. He has also given interviews to Philosophy Talk and Philosophy Bites on Nietzsche. The question of whether Leiter is a Nietzsche expert seems to be one which can be answered without resorting to a law blog like Above the Law. I've thus removed this from the article and replaced it with a sentence that doesn't reference Above the Law. The remaining issues regarding the use of Above the Law for the UCL Nietzsche Club incident probably ought to be dependent on consensus from an RSN discussion. — Tom Morris ( talk) 15:30, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Robert Ira Lewy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could use some help dealing with an apparent COI editor ( Kingseason) here, and some more eyes/perspectives on the article. I stumbled across the article last week and removed a lot of un-sourced or poorly-sourced puffery, while adding some details about Lewy's involvement in breast implant litigation during the 1990s, which seems to me to be the primary and maybe even the only reason why Lewy is notable. (See these sources from the NY times [32], [33])
Kingseason does not seem to have heard/understood me when I've explained WP:COI and WP:RS, and they feel strongly that my edits were unfair. The sourcing and COI problems seem pretty clear-cut, but I'd love for more people to weigh in on how the article should treat the NY times articles and Lewy's involvement in the implant lawsuits. Fyddlestix ( talk) 01:13, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
The name should be Saidi Balogun not Saheed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.196.90 ( talk) 14:42, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
An edit war is currently going on for the page for David O. Russel. The statement (and associated source) are written in the style of tabloid journalism (the source itself references TMZ as a news source) - which violates the BLP policies.
The earlier version is the one I think should stay. Diff Jacquelyntwiki ( talk) 18:44, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Slender Man stabbing ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) An IP has added the names of the alleged perpetrators and the victim to the article. Should this be removed? I strongly suspect it should per WP:BLPCRIME but want to hear what other editors think. Everymorning talk 00:30, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Persondata has been deprecated and the template and input data are subject to removal from all bio articles in the near future. For those BLP editors who took the time to enter accurate data into the persondata templates of biography subjects, you are advised to manually transfer that data to Wikidata before the impending mass deletion occurs in order to preserve such data. Here are two examples of Wikidata for notable notable baseball players: Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. If you have any more questions about the persondata removal, Wikidata, etc., please ping me. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 13:14, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Hastert's legal troubles revealed over the past few days are described in great detail in a section of the article on him, as is appropriate. Some editors have also been placing that in the lead, to an overwhelming degree, violating UNDUE policy on a BLP. Jonathunder ( talk) 21:34, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
I agree that the material about this in the lead is excessive. Since Wikipedia is not a tabloid, and since there has been no conviction, I would put less than half as many words about this in the lead. Here is my suggestion:
“ | In May 2015, Hastert was indicted for allegedly structuring bank withdrawals to evade bank reporting requirements and then misleading investigators; prosecutors suggest the money was for an alleged victim of his misconduct more than three decades earlier. | ” |
Anythingyouwant ( talk) 02:52, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Presently it's just under half the lead, and says this:
“ | In May 2015, Hastert was indicted for allegedly structuring bank withdrawals to evade bank reporting requirements and then making false statements to federal investigators.[2][3] Prosecutors said that the money was to compensate for and conceal misconduct by Hastert against an individual more than three decades earlier.[4][5][6] | ” |
If it needs to be shortened further, I'd simply get rid of the second sentence, because the alleged misconduct, compensation, and concealment are not federal crimes that he's being charged with violating. But since I've already managed to whittle this stuff down somewhat, I don't plan on taking the lead in getting rid of the second sentence. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 02:33, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
I was in Victoria, B.C. Canada last week. There it was reported that William Fraser Tolmie was influential in negotiations between the United States and Russia for the purchase of the Alaska Territory. If this is true, it would be an interesting addition to his bibliography. I have no good reference for this information. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.96.84.219 ( talk) 17:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi. This article Nick Leslau (did I do that right? Nick Leslau) reads like a puff piece: "Thanks to his friend Tom Hunter, Leslau became interested in solving the world's problems" is particularly striking, but there are plenty of others: "the dynamic retail group Richer Sounds", "it could never hope to achieve the dizzy expectations generated by the media" etc.
Sorry, am not an experienced Wikipedia editor (at all) but came across this and it felt notably non-Wikipedia-like and so I wanted to flag it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.81.212.79 ( talk) 21:08, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Done.
Hello,
I'm writing because I am the subject of a recently created biography on Wikipedia. The trouble is that the article conflates two different Catherine Crumps. I am the Catherine Crump on the faculty of Berkeley Law School. There is a different Catherine Crump, a 57 year-old Illinois woman, who sought to register a trademark on Eric Garnder's dying words ("I can't breathe."). I am NOT that Catherine Crump.
Here is my Berkeley Law School bio, Please compare it to this Washington Post article discussing the Garner trademark petition.
The article explains that the woman who filed the trademark application lives in Illinois and was 57. I live in California and am two decades younger.
The easy solution is to delete the last two lines of the current Wikipedia entry, which pertain to the Illinois Catherine Crump, and to delete the inaccurate reference to my age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccrump ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
This query also concerns the articles on other wikipedias as well. It is about an actress who wants her year of birth and age removed from Wikipedia. She claims that ageism in the industry means that she cannot land jobs because a simple google search produces her age. The problem is similar to one posted here. The wiki article and imdb currently provide data that gets into the Google Knowledge Graph. The actress claims she has already lost a few jobs because of this. She contacted BG-wiki via a really courteous and good-faith mail explaining her (rather unfortunate) situation. In it, she did not contest the information itself (this was her actual birth date).
Up until recently her birth year was widely circulated in Bulgaria, but she seems to have been on a spree to have it removed. It could still be deducted from the years when she started and finished school etc. What is more, now she is publicizing information pushing her year of birth two years forward, claiming she made her cinema debut at the age of 14 (she was, in fact, 16).
I've been going through wiki policies on the matter and namely BLP and I really can't decide what approach would be best. On one hand, BLP explicitly states that if the subject complains about the inclusion of the date of birth, or the person is borderline notable, err on the side of caution and simply list the year. Plus, removing the year would, in fact, borderline on censorship. Not to mention the very real possibility of a fake year of birth appearing, based on her recent activity.
On the other hand, the problems Ms Tenekedjieva raises are very real and do indeed have an impact on her life. She argues that this piece of personal information is harming her interests.
It is a very difficult topic and question and I would really appreciate any input on it. If it was up to me, I would have the year of birth restored, but I do feel I might be missing something here. -- Laveol T 12:17, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
This seems like a self-promotional article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.92.174.154 ( talk) 18:00, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Thoughts on this article? I don't think we would have List of sexual assault victims and this article is approaching that territory. -- NeilN talk to me 00:41, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
It's up at WP:DRV GraniteSand ( talk) 01:52, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
(Restoring from archive because the user keeps restoring the BLP-noncompliant material.) – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 23:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC) At Hamid Dabashi, we've got a user repeatedly restoring a paragraph cited entirely to Front Page Magazine, to an op-ed in a student newspaper from the instigator of a controversy about the subject, and to a small-circulation politically oriented paper (as well as to a primary source by the subject which is being interpreted by this student). I think it's clear that these sources are not BLP-compliant; if the information was verifiable and truly controversial, this user should be able to cite reliable sources in order to add it, not personal rants and conspiracy theorists like Daniel Pipes. I'd like BLPN to help confirm which, if any, sources are available to support the inclusion of this supposed controversy, and - if that answer is nonzero - how it should be included in the article, since the current text appears to be deliberately misrepresenting Dabashi's article for political purposes. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 00:12, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Actually, this article is sourced primarily from the New York Sun and this is the first source cited. Frontpagemag was used only as a peripheral source (and yes, while that article was written by controversial scholar Daniel Pipes, it's citation here does not repeat any of his opinions). As to Roscelese's claim that this text "appears to be deliberately misrepresenting Dabashi's article for political purposes", I challenge her to elaborate as too how it misrepresents Dabashi. True, it doesn't portray Dabashi in a particularly favourable light, but that alone does not mean that it misrepresents him.
The primary source of this article is the New York Sun, which was a fully published newspaper in circulation in New York City from 2002-2008 (although it only exists today as an online publication). Yes, it does have a political slant (i.e. it is conservative) but that doesn't mean it is not RS - Conservative and left-wing sources are cited throughout Wikipedia (also note that the New York Sun is cited as the source in the article, although I will try and make this more obvious). Finally, Victor Luria's piece in the Columbia Spectator is only being cited to reflect the opinions of Victor Luria himself. Dabashi was offered the chance to respond to this by the New York Sun, but he has declined.
If the Frontpagemag citation is what is making Roscelese so uncomfortable, than I suppose it can be removed, but the New York Sun (regardless of Roscelese's personal opinion) is a reliable source by Wikipedia standards, and there is no reason why this section should be removed.( Hyperionsteel ( talk) 23:23, 18 May 2015 (UTC))
I've restored this from the archive because Hyperionsteel persists in restoring the unreliable sources and the misrepresentation of the BLP subject's writings. Hyperionsteel must get other users to agree that this tiny agenda-oriented paper is reliable for controversial claims about living people in order to include it, and, either way, cease to deliberately misrepresent primary sources. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 23:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
OK, since other users find the source acceptable, when the article is unprotected we can just fix the weight and misrepresentation BLP issues. – Roscelese ( talk ⋅ contribs) 13:16, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
He's currently described as a paedophile in the first line. It's debatable whether he is or not. I've put an RFC on the talk page and would welcome some comments either way. Briefly: I don't feel it belongs in any article unless the person is well reported to be a dictionary-definition-paedophile. Powercf ( talk) 19:07, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
There have been two posts today at Talk:Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) providing links to a sex video that is purported to be a rape reenactment created by Emma Sulkowicz, as further performance art. Both were posted by IPs geolocating to Munich. I can't find anything in American mainstream RS about this, so I'm assuming hoax for the time being. Further guidance and/or action requested. ― Mandruss ☎ 21:10, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
I see no harm in waiting to pull the trigger on this until it's picked up by other sources. My guess is the MSM is still trying to digest what is a pretty bizarre story and academic sources don't exactly publish at lightning speed. GraniteSand ( talk) 01:31, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
New York Magazine: Emma Sulkowicz Made a Film Addressing Rape -- 89.204.155.121 ( talk) 13:22, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
Michael Collins Piper ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article itself has no source. There is this revisionist site mentioned on the talk page, and [35] which might be an RS but doesn't name the dead body (although comments do). Doug Weller ( talk) 13:13, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
The article states that Algieri lost to both Pacquiao and Khan by way of KO. This is nonsense - both were Unanimous Decision victories for the respective other guy. I am no expert on Algieri so it is possible that more is wrong. Someone should take a look at this.
What I just said is also reflected in: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Pacquiao_vs._Chris_Algieri - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Khan_%28boxer%29#Khan_vs._Algieri
Whoever wrote those sections on this article was drunk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.55.22.135 ( talk) 11:07, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
רדיומן aka blogger Richard Silverstein aka Richards1052 ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Richards1052) has created a WP:BLP on an Ethiopian named Avera Mengistu. Silverstein is the SOLE source for the information on this page, that Avera Mengistu is being held for ransom and has been left for dead by the Israeli government ( "Israeli Government Abandons Ethiopian-Israeli Reportedly Held Captive In Gaza").
This article has been appropriately tagged for deletion by Kigelim. This entire thing appears to be wholly invented by the editor, who has a large WP:COI considering he is promoting his own political blog in violation of WP:NOTSOAPBOX. I tagged this for speedy deletion as such. MShabazz declined the speedy with the claim that it is "not invented" but did not provide ANY information to support this. Notably, this administrator also defended Silverstein in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Richards1052, even though his second account is used to edit information on articles in which the primary account has declared a COI.
According to Wikipedia's standards, this article cannot exist as WP:BLP until reliable sources report this information. (By the way I am truly a neutral editor; unlike Silverstein and MShabazz, I do not regularly edit anything related to Israel/Palestine/Judaism/Islam. I saw this on AfD and was horrified.) —Мандичка YO 😜 17:00, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
It is highly likely that the article has been written as a means of self-promotion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dyke123 ( talk • contribs) 13:49, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Larry Mendte ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This Philadelphia media person or someone who supports him has scrubbed his entry of any mention of his firing for sexual harassment of Alycia Lane, mentioning only his guilty plea in the case, and that only in the context of proclaiming his innocence. The information is easily found at other web sites.
Al Mascitti Hockessin, Del. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.123.45.206 ( talk) 17:07, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Content was removed by a very experienced editor User:Mrschimpf with the comment (rv (POV removals)) in this edit https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Larry_Mendte&diff=631334243&oldid=631327154 Govindaharihari ( talk) 19:06, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
I wish to report Yul Anderson's wikipedia page, as it violates the biographies of living persons policy in several ways. It states that Anderson has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, however the source do not validate this claim. Secondly, it states that John Malkovich has used Anderson's cover version of Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower in his movie, The Dancer Upstairs. However, the source does not validate this claim once again. There is an overall lack of credible sources. Therefore the page should be reviewed by an administrator — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamann2008 ( talk • contribs) 20:58, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
User:78.52.12.153 reverting the edits about the place of birth of that personality. He has been advised not to revert or getting blocked. Cruks ( talk) 21:52, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Following the publication of a deeply stupid Israeli news article complaining that Wikipedia's article on Reuven Rivlin lists him as being born in Mandatory Palestine rather than Israel - which didn't exist at the time of his birth - the article has unfortunately had a series of IP editors trying repeatedly to "correct" it. It was semi-protected for a while but the problem has resumed. A further period of semi-protection would be appreciated. Prioryman ( talk) 22:03, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello, regulars at this noticeboard may recall that I recently came here to ask for eyes on an attack page aimed at John A. Shaw, about a report on post-invasion Iraq he had written for the U.S. government. I'm now back to ask editors to look at the article focused on Shaw himself, specifically, the Corruption and criminal investigation of Shaw section of the article. This section makes some extremely damaging claims against Shaw but sourcing is extremely narrow. In fact, much of the section relies on the same journalist's reporting that was the basis of the deleted attack article.
In my view, the content of this section violates WP:NPOV, and there are distinct issues of tone and balance. For instance, the insertion of extraordinary claims against Shaw, alleging his corruption and that he was the subject of a criminal investigation, are written in a manner that is neither cautious nor understated. Even the section heading "Corruption and criminal investigation" is itself non-neutral and appears intended to persuade readers immediately that Shaw is guilty of corruption. Additionally, sourcing of this section is limited, mainly drawing from the reporting of one individual. On this basis, I wonder if the information should even be included. I'm thinking about WP:WELLKNOWN here, which states, "If you cannot find multiple reliable third-party sources documenting the allegation or incident, leave it out."
To sum up, from a BLP perspective, my overarching concern is that this section of the article is presenting a non-neutral, damaging account of Shaw's work in Iraq, with a paucity of sources to back it up. I would very much appreciate someone with a strong understanding of BLP guidelines taking a look and deciding what would be best to do here.
As I've mentioned here before, I am working on behalf of Jack Shaw, so I won't be making any edits to the article. I hope editors from this noticeboard will be interested to discuss how best to approach the issues in the Corruption... section. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 18:18, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The Mattress Performance case involves four allegations of criminal conduct by an individual I will refer to as "the accused." None of the allegations are supported by any form of evidence, none have resulted in prosecution, and all are against an individual who is non-notable outside the context of the case. All complainants spoke to each other prior to making the allegations, and the accused asserts they are the result of collusion. The allegation of rape by Emma Sulkowicz is central to the article's topic and probably has to stay, in spite of WP:BLPCRIME. I argue that the others should be omitted from the article. They are as follows.
Troublingly, these have all been described as "sexual assault" allegations in the article. This is highly inappropriate language, for obvious reasons. None of them resulted in criminal prosecution, and it is extremely problematic to talk about the results of college disciplinary hearings, which lack the rigor of courts of law, and require only a "preponderance of the evidence" rather than proof, in relation to such extreme allegations. WP:BLPCRIME tells us to try to exclude information implying that persons who are not independently notable are accused of a crime. Accordingly, the accusations should not be in this article unless they are necessary, like the one by Sulkowicz.
An editor on the talk page made the case that the other allegations are relevant for the following reasons.
On the whole, I do not find a compelling reason to include mention of these other accusations against the recommendation of WP:BLPCRIME. As the accused has been the subject of what may be interpreted as death threats, BLP issues in this article must not be taken lightly. -- Sammy1339 ( talk) 23:51, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
Comment- There seem to be some inaccuracies above. According to the sources, the male alleging sexual assault has not talked to the other alleged victims and filed a complaint much later, saying he was motivated by the publicity related to the Mattress Performance art project. Sulkowicz says she decided to file her complaint alleging rape, after talking to a woman who alleged "intimate partner violence" against the accused. A third woman, who alleged groping, said she was told by friends who knew of her alleged groping that the accused "raped someone" and then decided to file a complaint. The sources do not support that all four sat down and together decided to file, but they all reportedly either talked to or heard about each other. They are also all apparently part of a Title IX complaint against Columbia University, alleging the university mishandled their sexual assault complaints.-- BoboMeowCat ( talk) 00:56, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
There is a narrative spreading that pins me as “Friend of Mattress Girl,” filing a sexual assault complaint as part of a weird collusion among girlfriends. This narrative is entirely false. At the time, Emma and I were friendly; however, we were never friends. We had never hung out one-on-one and I’d never had her number in my phone. I also never knew the identity of Paul’s ex-girlfriend, who also filed a complaint against him, until two separate reporters let her name slip while interviewing me—assuming, maybe, that I knew her. But I didn’t. I still don’t even know what she looks like or what her last name is.
Sammy has twice removed text [38] [39] [40] that has been in the article, in some form, since early in its existence. The article is about a work of performance art created after three women at Columbia filed sexual-assault complaints with the university in 2013 against another student. The university found the accused not responsible in two cases, and responsible in a third that was overturned on appeal. (There was a fourth complaint later from a male student; the accused was found "not responsible" there too.) In protest, one of the women, Emma Sulkowicz, a visual arts major, created Mattress Performance. This is the text that is being removed:
Mattress Performance was inspired by allegations of campus sexual assault at Columbia. [1] ... [The article then discusses Sulkowicz's complaint.]
After hearing about Sulkowicz's allegations, three other students (two women and a man) filed complaints against the same student; in the first, the accused's former girlfriend alleged "intimate partner violence," while the second and third were allegations of unwanted grabbing and touching. The accused said the complaints were the result of collusion. [2] The university found him "not responsible" in relation to the first and third, and in the second a verdict of "responsible" was overturned on appeal. [3]
The case attracted wider interest when the three women gave interviews to the New York Post, which broke the story on 11 December 2013 without naming those involved. [4] [5] ...
The other complaints are a key part of what happened. An early New York Times article said: "Ms. Sulkowicz was one of a group of women, identified then only by pseudonyms — she had not yet decided to go fully public — who became the talk of Columbia this past winter, when an article in a student magazine, The Blue and White, described in detail their accounts of being sexually assaulted, and their frustrated searches for aid and justice from the university."
The other complaints are covered by numerous secondary sources, and were part of what led to a federal Title IX complaint against Columbia, which the Department of Education is investigating. In addition, our article doesn't name the accused. Sarah (SV) (talk) 01:14, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
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Comment- Testimonies are forms of evidence, so one might argue there is/will be evidence. Nowhere do I see on the sexual assault page that it needs to be reported or prosecuted to count as sexual assault, so I think it's fine to call what happened that. In WP:BLPCrime, it is the name of the accused, not the accuser that should not be listed. I think these details are important, insofar it is often speaking to others which encourages victims to come forward, and of course the intent of protecting others from being raped by this person. Meanwhile, I am concerned that this page is listed as a redirect from the accused name. Frederika Eilers ( talk) 02:46, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Sammy, I am going to restore the material about the other allegations. This was never only about Sulkowicz. No one here has agreed that it's a BLP violation, it's an essential part of the story, and has been in the article (in some form) since early in its creation. If you want to remove it, please gain consensus on talk, perhaps via an RfC. (But if you do post an RfC, please make the question short and very neutral, e.g. "should this (quote it) be in the article?") Sarah (SV) (talk) 19:06, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Tommy Coster ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Would someone who has the time please take a look at this article. For some reason that I can't put my finger on (apart from its length), it doesn't look quite right to me. Thanks.-- ukexpat ( talk) 21:15, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
I had posted the following at [ [43]], but I see:
So, I'll try here as suggested, although I'm not sure it really fits, since it was really a general question about what if any elements of court records are RS, but had a specific example to be concrete:
'This is a question about the usability of court records. Wikipedia has pages for me, [ [44]] and Edward Wegman [ [45]]. I have never edited either of these pages and have zero intent to do so, but I am interested in getting clarification, as the generally well-intentioned Wikipedia rules sometimes seem to forbid rock-solid real-world factual evidence.
My blog post Ed Wegman, Yasmin Said, Milt Johns Sue John Mashey For $2 Million is itself obviously not RS, but it attaches copies of online court records of lawsuits related to events described in both Wikipedia pages above.
Those are the files named 1-1.pdf - 20.pdf. pp.15-18 of the detaled PDF (not RS of course) summarize the chronology, but also explain how to find the online records via PACER.
Of course, claims in court files easily may not be correct (and indeed, some of them are not), but [ [46]] is even stronger: "Exercise extreme caution in using primary sources. Do not use trial transcripts and other court records, or other public documents, to support assertions about a living person."
That seems to mandate that even the following sentence would absolutely be disallowed. Is that true?
"Edward Wegman filed a $1M lawsuit against John Mashey 0n 03/10/14 in Fairfax Circuit Court in Virginia and his Wegman Report coauthor Yasmin Said filed another there 06/12/15. Both were removed to Federal Court 04/15/15, and on 04/30/15 they submitted voluntary dismissals of the combined case." JohnMashey ( talk) 20:28, 1 June 2015 (UTC)' JohnMashey ( talk) 07:02, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Chris Crocker ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
At "22:07, 9 June 2015," Gwenhope came in changing Crocker's name to a feminine name, began using feminine pronouns for Crocker, and added File:Christine Crocker.png (an image where Crocker is presenting as a woman), based on Facebook posts that Crocker made. I reverted at "01:45, 10 June 2015," stating, "Revert per WP:BLP; you need better sources for this material. Crocker is always changing between genders. Do not revert. I am taking this matter to the WP:BLP noticeboard." With the Caitlyn Jenner/Bruce Jenner matter going on, and how heated that is, and with the Chelsea Manning/Bradley Manning matter having been very heated, etc., more eyes are needed on this Cris Crocker matter. This is especially complicated because, like I noted, Crocker is always changing gender expression; see what is stated in Crocker's Wikipedia article about that, and the transgender, genderqueer, gender bender articles and MOS:Identity guideline for more on what this topic concerns. Flyer22 ( talk) 02:00, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Also see this 2014 "Being a Non-Transitioned Transgender Person" video and this 2015 "Thank You, Bruce" video from the official Chris Crocker YouTube channel, and this latest video ("The Full Truth") from that channel...where Crocker seems to be finally transitioning to a female identity for good (this is the video that Gwenhope based the article changes on). Flyer22 ( talk) 02:15, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Something else that needs consideration when rewording if we start using female pronouns throughout the article is that the wording needs to be coherent; for example, Crocker identified as a gay male for years. It is therefore challenging to use female pronouns regarding some of the sexual orientation content. Flyer22 ( talk) 02:27, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Page has only one line of content which redirects to a non-existing page. Hence, this page can be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamtadalal ( talk • contribs) 09:27, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Can someone please run their eyes over this section of a BLP. It has been added recently and is well sourced. A change of heading would be A Good Thing but I'm more concerned about how we deal with situations where it is basically one spouse making serious allegations about another. Are we ok to leave this in? - Sitush ( talk) 12:09, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I have just removed the section linked above, partly because of doubts re: balance but mainly because I'm hoping it will stop the ongoing edit war until we arrive at some sort of consensus. - Sitush ( talk) 13:19, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive223#Avera Mengistu. This is still a blatant BLP violation. Now the subject of the article has been expanded to two possible names - either Avera Mengistu or Abraham Mengistu. This new name comes from yet another non-RS that cites "Israeli media reports" as the source - however, these reports do not exist anywhere and editor who supports this info has not supplied them. This is a pseudo biography that is pushing an agenda and needs to be deleted. —Мандичка YO 😜 16:04, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
I represent the author. Various people using different names in recent weeks continue to change this entry against his wishes and to include inaccurate information. Using different names, these people make exactly the same changes. I have once again changed it back. Nigel2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigel2014 ( talk • contribs) 20:07, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
@ Paora: et al. I removed his birthdate since its source seemed to be WP:SYNTH. Cryer is a semi-public figure and is deserving of a certain amount of privacy. I noticed that NZ libraries don't use his birth year which gives a strong indication it isn't public knowledge. -- haminoon ( talk) 09:36, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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I'm seeking an editor to consider the suggested factual revisions to Mitch Caplan's page (position has been updated for number of years, etc.) and waited the requisite amount of time before posting here.
As outlined in the CREWE Engagement Flowchart, I have submitted this request on the Talk Page and on the WikiProject Biographies page. Kristen sald ( talk) 19:35, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi
Someone wrote a biography about me. I don't authorise anyone to write biography about me, the info published is false. I request delete this post about me. That post is inappropriate, Below the link
/info/en/?search=Tatito_Hernández
Please delete the entire information and disable this link.
Thanks, I'll be appreciate your attention to this matter.
Rafael Tatito Hernandez Montanez redacted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatitohernandez ( talk • contribs) 01:54, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
I've started an RfC about List of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom. The article has no sources and includes lots of living people. The RfC hasn't attracted comments from any additional editors, so the input of BLP experts would be welcome. Cordless Larry ( talk) 10:31, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
The last paragraph of the lead about Dennis Hastert says this:
“ | In June 2015, accusations but not legal charges emerged that Hastert had sexually abused three students (including "Individual A") when he was a teacher.[9][10][11][12][13] In 2006 Hastert denied sexually abusing one student, |
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I honestly don't know what we should do here. The statute of limitations has apparently expired, so he probably won't get a chance to prove his innocence in court. So do we just leave that paragraph there forever? It's well-sourced. On the other hand, maybe we should keep it out of the lead but put it in the body of the Wikipedia article. Any thoughts? Anythingyouwant ( talk) 00:58, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
All valid points, but the fact remains that this is a very unusual situation where a BLP subject is being publicly accused of sex crimes long after expiration of the statute of limitations. We are supposed to avoid WP:Recentism, presume innocence, and take special care to give sex stuff appropriate weight. Are you folks planning on leaving these unproved accusations of sex crimes at the end of the lead indefinitely? I think it's better to cover it only in the article body. It's very stigmatizing. Of course, if he's guilty, then he deserves stigma, and if guilt is established then we can give it to him. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 04:33, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
There is an RFC at the article talk page. The issue is whether unofficial allegations against Hastert (i.e. no criminal charges) that are described in the lead should say "sexual abuse" or just "abuse". Anythingyouwant ( talk) 01:34, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
I wish to bring to the attention of the Admins the page about Cyrus Pallonji Mistry. Mr Mistry is one of the top industrialists in India. He is currently heading the Tata group of companies in India. There is some dispute on his wiki page about his nationality. There is definitely a reference given in his wiki page to a Times of India article which says he is an Irish national. Never the less, considering that he is living and working in India, i think he should be described as an Indo-Irish businessman or an Irish-Indian businessman, and not as an Irish businessman. Characterizing him as an Irish businessmen would only provoke xenophobia among a section of Indians who read his wikipedia biography. Additionally, consider the fact that his father Pallonji Mistry is characterized as an Irish Indian in his wikipedia page. It is surely strange that the father is being characterized as Irish Indian in his wikipedia page while the son is being characterized as Irish in his wikipedia page. Anyways, i would like some kind of ruling on this issue since this is a matter that can come up again and again in the context of other wikipedia biographies of other immigrants. I would like to add that this is a general dispute concerning all immigrants. It is not specific to one individual. Soham321 ( talk) 10:39, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Rachel Dolezal ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The subject is in the news currently and this article is being edited rapidly. Two potential BLP violations are repeatedly being added:
This article needs to be watched by more people with a good understanding of the BLP policy over the next few days. -- haminoon ( talk) 01:41, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to repeat the plea for people to watch this article. Material is being added as fact when the source is a quote, unreliable source, or an opinion piece. Kendall-K1 ( talk) 21:33, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
The Tim Hunt article has been edited over 100 times in the past 5 or so days since he made some controversial comments. A quick glance at the edit history shows many reversals of vandalism or removal of inflammatory content. In the interest of remaining encyclopedic and not turning into a tabloid, I think there should be a hold on the page until the dust settles a bit and the section of the article regarding the comments can be brought up to the Wikipedia standards of being fair neutral and unbiased, reflecting the whole story. SchighSchagh ( talk) 04:35, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
Please include references and more information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric staffer1984 ( talk • contribs) 21:50, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
Source(s) are incorrectly cited, citations are limited, and information is lacking. Please move this to a draft space before publishing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric staffer1984 ( talk • contribs) 21:53, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
This article has information which is fictitious and many facts are not true regarding the individual. Many parts are inconsistent and not factual. The biography is significantly inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.136.106.233 ( talk) 13:34, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
As just one example... RCDS does not offer a PHD, therefore this individual cannot have earned a PHD from there. Please confirm before publishing. There are many other facts which are inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.136.106.233 ( talk) 13:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
This article, about me, is defamatory. It states that I defended the law school proposal at Trinity Western University "that advoated anti-homosexual admittance policies based on the concept of freedom of religion". In fact, the law school proposal did NOT advocate such policies at all nor did I. The truth is that I defended the right of Trinity Western University to have a law school although, as a religiously-based, private university, they require that all faculty students and staff adhere to a religous definition of marriage (one man and one woman). Hence the issue of freedom of religion. The sentence in the article implies that I and the proposal advocated this policy and I believe this to be defamatory. I supported TWUs legal and constituionally protected right to adhere to their religious beliefs because I believe such freedom is critical in a democratic pluralistic society. In addition, I was not called to the bar in 1969. I am not that old. I believe my call date was 1975. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.104.203.5 ( talk) 16:09, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
New user Rishaudrikants ( talk · contribs) keeps changing Craig Heisinger to claim he has five sons (instead of the four noted by the existing source), without providing a source that would support that claim. I tried to find such a source and failed; all sources only give the four sons previously noted. I don't want to keep reverting him (and would soon run into WP:3RR if I did, since it's not clear to me if the BLP exemption to 3RR applies and the edits aren't obvious vandalism), so I'm reporting the issue here as suggested by WP:NOT3RR. I hope somebody can help. Sideways713 ( talk) 16:28, 15 June 2015 (UTC) He has another son so jerk it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishaudrikants ( talk • contribs) 17:10, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
One or two users at the page of actor Jason Isaacs are repeatedly inserting highly contested material about the actor's personal life accompanied by multiple dubious sources. They refuse to engage in discussion of the material and have repeatedly undone attempts to remove unsourced information. They are becoming more persistent and belligerent with no explanation as to why they are so flagrantly violating rules, regulation and policy on BLPs. Thanks for any assistance provided Basic Bicycle ( talk) 18:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
I thought links within articles were referenced to Wiki links - not outside websites. There are 2 outside links in this bio - 1) fr his daughter Cherish Lee & 2) to his school. If I am in error, nevermind.
Jami DeBaca — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjdebaca ( talk • contribs) 19:13, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Mgr. Igor Slobodník (*23.10.1962, Bratislava) je slovenský diplomat, od 1. mája 2015 štátny tajomník Ministerstva zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí, od augusta 2010 do apríla 2015 pôsobil ako mimoriadny a splnomocnený veľvyslanec Slovenskej republiky v Nemecku. Narodil sa v rodine Dušana Slobodníka ( Dušan Slobodník - Wikipédia ) a Viktórie Slobodníkovej (Vytvára sa Viktória Slobodníková - Wikipédia ). Kariérnu dráhu začal ako redaktor a novinár v bratislavskej redakcii ČSTK a týždenníku Výber. V období rokov 1991-1992 bol šéfredaktorom časopisu Výber. Vyštudoval rusistiku a anglistiku na Filozofickej fakulte Univerzity Komenského. V diplomatických službách pôsobí od roku 1992, keď nastúpil na rezort diplomacie ako osobný tajomník ministra zahraničných vecí vtedajšej ČSFR. V rokoch 1992 až 1996 bol zástupcom vedúceho zastupiteľského úradu SR v Kodani. Vo funkcii vedúceho zastupiteľského úradu SR v Dánsku následne pôsobil do roku 1997, keď bol vymenovaný do pozície veľvyslanca SR vo Veľkej Británii (1997-2000). V období rokov 2000-2001 bol členom tímu hlavného vyjednávača Slovenskej republiky pre vstup do EÚ, v rokoch 2001-2003 politickým riaditeľom Ministerstva obrany Slovenskej republiky, a vtedy začalo jeho pôsobenie ako stáleho predstaviteľa Slovenskej republiky pri NATO v Bruseli. V rokoch 2008-2010 zastával funkciu politického riaditeľa Ministerstva zahraničných vecí Slovenskej republiky. Igor Slobodník je autorom viacerých prekladov najmä významných historiografických diel, ktoré súvisia s jeho študijným zameraním, najbližšie mu vychádza preklad štandardného diela popredného britského historika Orlanda Figesa pod názvom: Ruská revolúcia : 1891 – 1991 (2015), spolu s bratom Martinom Slobodníkom (sinológom a tibetológom Martin Slobodník - Wikipédia ) preložil bestseller Krvavé územie: Európa medzi Hitlerom a Stalinom (2013) od amerického historika Timothyho D. Snydera. Podieľal sa na preklade diela Alexandra Solženicyna Súostrovie Gulag: 1918 – 1956 (1991) a na jeho reedícii v modernej jazykovej úprave (2012). Je ženatý, má dvoch synov. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8109:A63F:E77C:35D3:E154:79AC:1549 ( talk) 21:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Not sure what the message is here, but following is a translation from Google Translate, that you can use to start a Wikipedia article if you would like.
“ | Mgr. Igor Slobodník (* 23.10.1962, Bratislava) is a Slovak diplomat, from 1 May 2015 the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, from August 2010 to April 2015 he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic in Germany. Born in a family of Dušan Slobodník (Dušan Slobodník - Wikipedia) and Viktor Slobodníková (Fine Viktor Slobodníková - Wikipedia). Career career began as an editor and journalist in Bratislava newsroom ČSTK a weekly choice. In the period 1991-1992 he was editor in chief of choice. He studied Russian Studies and English at Comenius University. In the diplomatic service he has been operating since 1992 when he joined the Foreign Ministry as personal Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the then Czechoslovakia. From 1992 to 1996 he was deputy head of the representative office of the Slovak Republic in Copenhagen. As head of the representative office of the Slovak Republic in Denmark, then he worked until 1997, when he was appointed to the position of Ambassador of Slovakia in the UK (1997-2000). In the period 2000-2001 he was a member of the team of the Slovak Republic's chief negotiator for EU accession, in 2001-2003 the political director of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, and then began to act as Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to NATO in Brussels. In the years 2008-2010 he served as Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Igor Slobodník is the author of several translations of particularly important historiographical works related to the study focus, the closest he comes standard translation of the prominent British historian Orlando Figes under the title: The Russian Revolution: 1891 - 1991 (2015), along with Brother Martin Slobodník (sinologist and Tibetology Martin Slobodník - Wikipedia) translated bestseller Bloody territory: Europe between Hitler and Stalin (2013) by American historian Timothy D. Snyder. He participated in the translation of the work Alexander Solzhenitsyn Gulag Archipelago: 1918 - 1956 (1991) and its re-editions in modern language adaptation (2012). He is married with two sons. | ” |
71.248.169.100 ( talk) 22:52, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Jeff Vinik is a supporter of the new Jewish community center in Tampa, but not to the tune of $4 million. Tampa Bay Bucs co-chairman Bryan Glazer donated $4 million to that and the future center now is called the Bryan Glazer Family JCC. Vinik and his wife pledged $1.5 million to the new center. This is documented in the May 22, 2015 issue to The Jewish Press of Tampa. The website for the Jewish Press is www.jewishpresstampa.com. You can also verify this by calling the Tampa JCC and Federation at (813) 264-9000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.144.143.188 ( talk) 22:22, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
108.222.190.105 ( talk · contribs) is claiming to be Misty Edwards and is wanting her personal information removed from her article. I reverted her once citing ownership of articles and referred her to WP:BIOSELF, but I don't really know what to do from here. She has since removed this information again. Relevant diffs: 1 2 3 4 5 Ben Yes? 01:03, 16 June 2015 (UTC)