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Annie Teriba ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Hey there lads and lasses of BLPN! Can you settle some issues regarding this article? Basically I removed a whole load of stuff that was only sourced to the Daily Mail, Breitbar or student newspapers. [1] [2] [3] I was reverted. [4] Was I right in making these changes or am I merely being a fool? Is the answer somewhere in between? Brustopher ( talk) 14:06, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
The article is not mostly based on student newspapers and the Daily Mail: of the 39 citations made in the article 21 either come from the daily mail, student press or Breitbart, as are 10 of the 20 sources used. The information cited ot these sources is what I'm trying ot remove. Also I'm not sure where you got the idea of the Cherwell (or any student press outfit) as 'well respected' from. Using student press would open up a slippery slope where every so called "student politician" could end up with a wikipedia article, based solely off of student press sources. -- Brustopher ( talk) 18:36, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
At this point, there appear to be no improperly sourced claims in that BLP - though there was some infelicitous wording. The Daily Mail articles are quite properly used, and we can not dismiss all of it as "celebrity gossip" looking at those sources. Collect ( talk) 19:54, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
I have to agree with Brustopher on this completely. The article was created ONLY AFTER this so-called scandal occured. Before this point she was apparently not notable enough for an entry, like thousands of other people involved in student politics. These activities are simply not notable unless perhaps you are the President of the NUS. The "notability" referred to in the opening section appears to me to be a coat rack to justify an article about the sexual misconduct allegations. Given then I do not believe that notability of the subject has been established, then this does look primarily like a page designed to attack or embarrass the subject. I do not believe that some newspaper articles necessarily infer notability, especially when they are little more than gossip. Wikipedia is not a newspaper and this does appear to be a personal attack which may well be a BLP violation. Shritwod ( talk) 20:43, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Stone Cold Steve Austin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Steve Austin is not the president of Steven F Austin State university
Last sentence, first paragraph — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.54.49.237 ( talk) 18:09, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Eric Trump ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
A Bing search on name 'Eric Trump' listed by en.wikipedia.org has information which is false and defamatory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.173.66.136 ( talk) 10:39, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Travis Lane Stork ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There is a paragraph on content in the subject article about his role in the show The Doctors (talk show). I copied some content from that article critical of the show, and with attribution, added it to the end of that paragraph in the Stork article in this dif. The content and sourcing are:
A 2014 study in the British Medical Journal determined that 38% of medical advice offered on The Doctors was not supported by scientific research. The study warned that conflicts of interest were rarely addressed and that viewers should be skeptical of claims made on the show. [1]
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This content is being called a BLP violation. Thoughts? Jytdog ( talk) 00:53, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
A 2014 study in the
British Medical Journal determined that 38% of medical advice offered on The Doctors was not supported by scientific research "evidence supported 63%, contradicted 14%, and was not found for 24%" of recommendations made by the panel of doctors, The study warned that conflicts of interest were rarely addressed and that viewers should be skeptical of claims made on the show. and that "The public should be skeptical about recommendations made on medical talk shows."
I find this change to be meh, but I won't contest it. But this is now the content. Same source as above. Jytdog ( talk) 18:25, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Marcy Blum ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
No citations and the article reads as a promotional piece. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.14.6.62 ( talk) 22:07, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Abi Ann ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Formatting and relevance both reek of a stage mom trying to get her daughter noticed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.115.232.122 ( talk) 21:56, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Dimitri Payet ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The last paragraph of the West Ham United section seems out of place in a biography, both for language and content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Weaver of Dreams ( talk • contribs) 00:08, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Demetrius Douglas ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The claim on Wikipedia is that he was an all-American. There is no citation proving he earned all-American status and I see no record of that claim. It is probably Mr. Douglas attempting to make his athletic career look more impressive to further his political career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.138.83.190 ( talk) 00:13, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Donald Trump ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This content has been repeatedly restored at Donald Trump despite the fact that none of the sources provided mention the Donald. Is that still original research, or did I miss a memo? CFredkin ( talk) 03:16, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Stan Kroenke ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There has been a large amount of blatant bias, commentary and original research on the Stan Kroenke page, which seems to be written by a disgruntled fan. Original research such as fans at a hockey game shouting Kroenke sucks or Missouri officials wanting to remove hime from their hall of fame (which never happened) only shows the bias. This page should be monitored for bias and vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1523:81:CD21:EF72:4CCA:F0AC ( talk) 16:49, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Ella Shohat ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Please note the following:
Thant Myint-U ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This page has referred to Dr Thant Myint-U as a "Burmese-American". Every attempt to change to his correct nationality - Burmese/Myanmar - has been undone. Dr Thant Myint-U was born in the United States (when his grandfather was serving as UN Secretary-General) but has always held Burmese nationality and a Burmese passport since he was a child. Documentation of his current Myanmar nationality can be provided if necessary. He is currently holding official positions in Myanmar (mentioned in the page) reserved only for Myanmar nationals. Referring to him as "Burmese-American" may be libelous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.20.96 ( talk) 06:20, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
Todd Thicke ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I am employed by Mr. Thicke and have been trying to add some photos of him to his article at his request. However, they're being repeatedly deleted shortly after having been uploaded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebakersdaughter ( talk • contribs) 08:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
United States presidential election, 2000 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
First paragraph, lines 3 and 4, lists George W. Bush as "Incumbent Governor of Illinois", and son of former president "George Washington".
Article should be corrected to read, "Incumbent Governor of Texas", and son of former president "George H.W. Bush". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:36C9:66B0:DDE5:8337:4602:C1CD ( talk) 16:10, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Sue Austin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
On the page of Sue Austin it says "Austin studied BSc Hons. Psychology at the University College of Swansea, University of Wales, completing her degree in memeology in 1987". I did some research because "memelogy" was unknown for me so I think somebody added it by mistake, "jokingly". I would appreciate if someone could review this and get it back correctly.
Edit: It now says "Memeology at the Leakforums, University of Leakforums, completing her degree in 1987 at leakforums university for memeology". I think something weird is happening here, please review ASAP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MoeThaTeaman ( talk • contribs) 22:19, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Chamtrul Rinpoche ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Chamtrul Rinpoche has 3 warnings at the top. #1 - I have added secondary sources. #2 - I will work on citations within the article. #3 - there are no subjective terms or peacock terms in the article. Will you please remove at least the #1 & #3 warnings. They were possibly added by Chinese hate spammers. Thank you for any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.8.253.42 ( talk) 03:51, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Walid Phares ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Last phrase in this biography is clearly an opinion and is not based in any external source: "Exum and the fall 2011 attackers against Phares were part of a coordinated smear campaign against Phares because of his appointment as advisor to Romney and the fear that his expertise will help the US defeat the Jihadists and the Islamists as argued by a Middle East scholar Dr Robert Rabil in "Walid Phares Under Attack" in the American Thinker". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.76.164.171 ( talk) 20:29, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Joshua Copp ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Joshua Copp is an unsourced biography that began with a large attack section from single-edit Londontalk ( talk · contribs); when that material was deleted, it was restored by the similarly-named Londonbusinesstalk ( talk · contribs). I would've just speedied it, except the attack material had been deleted before I first got to the page. It should fall to a WP:BLPROD in a few days, but it could perhaps use some eyes until then. -- Nat Gertler ( talk) 21:21, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Sudhir Chaudhary's BLP contains a Controversies section that consumes over half the page. While the controversies are significant and reliably sourced, we may be giving them WP:UNDUE weight. User Aisonajulk and I have discussed the issue on Chaudhry's talk page but would appreciate any feedback from others on whether the section should be condensed. Meatsgains ( talk) 01:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Amanda K. Hale ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Hi There,
Thanks for MenoBot's message at /info/en/?search=Talk:Amanda_K._Hale
I think MenoBot refers to "Poetry Chapbooks," so I fixed it.
Could you please take a look at /info/en/?search=Amanda_K._Hale. Could you please tell me if the problem has been solved
Thanks so much for your time!
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Heidi Cruz ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The information about Heidi's religion is wrong and there is an offensive photo which is being used without permission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LittleMarkR ( talk • contribs) 01:57, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Jun Albert Morden is a Filipino Communication Student. Studying at College of Divine Wisdom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morden402 ( talk • contribs) 02:31, 23 March 2016 (UTC) -- Morden402 ( talk) 02:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Ugh. While the entire article is clearly being polished by a pro-Broadwell faction, most of it is probably within tolerable limits. However, the "Petraeus Affair" section has been reduced to mere pro-Broadwell propaganda, using a "Broadwell is being unfairly persecuted" slant to make Broadwell look better. Biased, opinion-based statements like "This was the first time the Department of Justice pursued such an invasive investigation into the work of a DoD-credentialed journalist." don't belong in a wikipedia bio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.179.40 ( talk) 21:04, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Grant Nelson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I've been advised to ask the next question here. In my opinion, the next lines are pretty much POV if you ask me...
In 1993, Wishdokta teamed up with DJ Vibes and together they delivered some of happy hardcore's biggest anthems on Vibes' Asylum Music Inc. and other labels including Happy Trax.
In 1997, Nelson started using the alter-ego "Bump & Flex" and began to produce UK 2-step. He delivered some of the scene's biggest records including "Funk on Ah Roll" by James Brown.
Nelson has always remained a house head since his early Nice 'n' Ripe days and continues to do so to the present with his Swing City Records label that consistently delivers top drawer house music.
I don't dare to change anything myself 'cause I don't know the guy, and my English ain't as good as I want it to be.... Anyone? OXYGENE 7-13 (TALKPAGE) 13:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Looks like a foundational copyvio, Zaereth. Cleared that out. Good find. :/ I also cleaned out some of the worst of the unsourced promotional text. Yikes. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:38, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Stephen Sizer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Lead contained bald allegation of antisemitism with two citations, one behind a paywall and another to a source of questionable reliability. Body of the article does not warrant such a bald assertion. Keith-264 ( talk) 16:09, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
I'll meet you in the Penrith Tea Rooms for cake and fine wines but watch out for Cardinal Bigglesworth. Is there an authority we can refer to for a ruling? User:Clivel 0 is threatening to make unilateral edits to the article today, although in fairness he also appears willing to discuss wording first. Keith-264 ( talk) 07:06, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Despite User:Keith-264 having removed the facts from the lead in this article three days ago, he has to date made no attempt to provide an alternate lead, essentially leaving the lead bereft of content. I have fleshed out the lead, complete with references, which User:Keith-264 summarily removed, again without making any attempt to provide alternate factual content. His behaviour would indicate that he is more interested in obscuring the facts than providing a useful reference. Clivel 0 ( talk) 21:10, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
@Clivel, pls stop putting threats on my talk page, you have a flagrant conflict of interest. I will request action from the admins unless you desist. Keith-264 ( talk) 22:06, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
I will not be bullied by Keith-264, Collect and Hillbillyholiday. It is clear that despite hundreds of lines of discussion, that Keith-264 is not even interested in reaching consensus. In three days, he has made absolutely no attempt at providing alternative text for the lead paragraph. His only activity is deleting the efforts of others. I have referred the matter for arbitration. Clivel 0 ( talk) 22:13, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
I thought that your latest edit was a genuine attempt at summary so qualitatively different to previous edits and thus there is no need to revert it under BLP rules. I amended it to remove superlatives but "which some" should be edited to describe who "some" are.
We need some assistance here. The article has a large number of potential BLP violations, but since the sourcing is in Spanish I find it very difficult to judge what to cut and what to keep. From what I can surmise there is a well-publicized scandal, which suggests that some accusations which would otherwise be cut might still have a place, considering this is a very hot topic. Thanks for your help. Drmies ( talk) 01:15, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Can an admin please lock the Johan Cruyff article? The player has just passed away and traffic/editing is heavy. Thanks. Carlos Rojas77 ( talk) 13:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Adam Johnson (footballer) was sentenced to six years in prison today after his conviction of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl. Eyes on that article would be good. -- Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 15:02, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Edit warring apparently involving COI account. Could require page protection and/or blocks. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 16:39, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
The article on Carman Lapointe indicates that Carman Lapointe "was forced to leave her post" as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight at the United Nations. However, that statement is incorrect. Carman Lapointe retired from the United Nations on September 13th, upon the normal expiry of her mandate, exactly five years after her appointment date of 14 September 2010. The appointment was, and still is, a five-year, non-renewable term. She was not forced to leave. The report of the Panel appointed by the Secretary-General to investigate sexual abuses by French forces not under the control of the United Nations, in the Central African Republic, had not yet been issued at the time of her retirement. It was issued on 17 December 2015.
Furthermore, the United Nations Dispute Tribunal, in its order GVA-2015-139, deemed that the decision by the Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight (Carman Lapointe) was a legal decision, made within her authority and with reasonable justification. The link to that decision follows:
In addition, as the article references primarily information contained in the Panel Report, the report itself warrants inclusion as a complete reference on the matter. The link to the report follows:
http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/centafricrepub/Independent-Review-Report.pdf
It should also be noted that the full response of the Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight to the adverse findings of the Panel, is included in Appendix C to the Panel's report as Annex 8 to that Appendix. It is unfortunate that the table of contents of the report does not list the responses which were required by the Panel's terms of reference. Nevertheless, the responses form part of the report. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.176.30.218 ( talk) 19:44, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Mishal Husain ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This needs eyes. I've just reverted 2 different IPs with edits like this and this. Voceditenore ( talk) 11:53, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Michael Cox (Catholic bishop) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
A recent addition to Michael Cox (Catholic bishop) by BoBoMisiu is, I believe, a breach of WP:BLPCRIME. Per the sources, in two unrelated trials of youths for "trespass" and "a string of offences", a district court judge alleged that weddings performed by Cox were illegal (the weddings were not at issue at all in the actual trials). The Garda Síochána (Irish police force) are investigating. No evidence has been presented to suggest that Cox has been convicted, tried, or even charged. The added wording is, however, unequivocal. My removal of the BLP addition has been reverted once. Other eyes very welcome. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 12:42, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
"He was not in court, nor was he represented"? – BoBoMisiu ( talk) 21:58, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
"He was not in court, nor was he represented"Where do find that? – BoBoMisiu ( talk) 23:24, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
@
Bastun: do you have a
WP:BLPCOI?
This is the first time I am participating on this noticeboard and have read
WP:LIVE again today – especially
WP:NOTPUBLICFIGURE,
WP:BLP1E,
WP:BLPCRIME,
WP:PERPETRATOR. I asked above, " How can this information be cited?"
Is the content that I added in
these edits being challenged or are the sources being challenged? In other words, can the sources in that diff be added with a reformulation of the content? I am thinking about adding the phrase "; this is disputed.
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]" to the end of:
Cox says he holds apostolic succession as a bishop from the Palmarian Catholic Church through the episcopal lineage of Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huế in Vietnam.
Likewise, can I mine the previously removed sources to support my proposed phrase? – BoBoMisiu ( talk) 12:49, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
"the judge gave an opinion that Cox was not a (Roman Catholic) bishop (which nobody is disputing)."
"He was not in court, nor was he represented"and I did not read that. – BoBoMisiu ( talk) 15:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
"judge had no jurisdiction in the matter of Cox's consecration or subsequent actions". The judge of course has legal jurisdiction in both cases in his court – it was not a matter of who were the defendants but about the facts presented in both cases about the childrens' and he simply said Cox "is not a bishop and he is not entitled to marry anybody."
"about adding the phrase '; this is disputed. [10] [11] [12] [13]'".
(Note) Above comment heavily edited at 18:38, nearly 40 minutes after reply below had been posted. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 22:02, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
"confused and contradictory"it is two clauses connected by the conjunction and.
I've formally requested a move back to Michael Cox (bishop); see here. Mangoe ( talk) 15:58, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Based on further discussion I've nominated the article for deletion. Mangoe ( talk) 14:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Eric Lichaj, before he started playing for Chicago Magic, he played for Ajax FC Chicago, in Naperville, IL. If you google his name with Ajax FC Chicago you will fing his connection to our club. His older brother Andrew Lichaj has been coaching with us for many years. You can verify that from our website - coaches.
Please add our club under his bio.
thanks - Ray Yorulmazoglu Ryorulmaz ( talk) 18:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Toby Kimball did not attend Belmont, MA, High School, a public school. He attended Belmont Hill School, a private secondary school in Belmont, MA. My brother was his classmate and I was three classes behind him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.182.226.84 ( talk) 13:20, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
The article on Grover is a hotbed of sockpuppetry by a fan who tries to add trivia (his tattoos, his every public appearance, all the brands he advertises for, the most fawning reviews ...) while removing less-than-positive information such as the allegations of unprofessionalism that saw him fired twice. More scrutiny couldn't hurt, also to make sure that while removing the socks' edits I don't err in the opposite direction. Huon ( talk) 15:40, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
A user has been reverting to a biased view of the Stan Kroenke page that uses original research and citations from sports editorials to attack the Rams move from St. Louis to Los Angeles. Several users including myself have tried to put forth less biased views but one user constantly reverts these edits, many times violating the three revert rule. It would be nice for an administrator to solve this edit war and have an unbiased view of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1523:81:E933:272A:FD2F:BB75 ( talk) 07:01, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
She doesn't look the notable actor and have not done sufficient work to appear on Wikipedia and does not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies and reference sources are also sources not looking supporting and reliable.This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability,Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. I should be removed immediately — Preceding unsigned comment added by Verification Team ( talk • contribs) 07:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
[14] was a wholesale revert of edits made to this BLP.
It includes specifically labelling an undercover policeman a "British Spy", insinuates strongly that he committed specific crimes for which he was not charged, and which , in some cases, were by anonymous sources.
It includes such "d'oh" innuendoes as the fact that an undercover agent does not usually tell the people he is investigating his real identity and that he has a wife. Including: After that relationship ended he embarked on another with a woman who was politically conscious, but was not herself an activist. which appears not to be salient to a biography of a not especially notable person. The edit changed "while undercover" to "under false pretences" which rather does seem pointed language about a police undercover agent.
Oh - and the revert even said his name was "Bob" in the infobox when the person writes and is known as "Robert" and "Bob" seems rather clearly a nickname. In short. I fear the reverter is ignorant of WP:BLP and including an accusation of felonies (arson, et al) where no prosecution occurred whatsoever is specifically violative of WP:BLPCRIME inter alia. Comments on why a BLP should include side material such as
Unless, of course, we think that undercover police officers routinely tell those they are investigating that they are police officers, of course. And I suspect this tiny snippet of the dross which was so blatantly re-added after being removed is actually proper in a BLP. Note, by the way, that my edit retained salient information, but was aimed at removing blatant violations of Wikipedia policy. Any outside comments? Collect ( talk) 15:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Regine Velasquez ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Good pm to the admins of this site...we've been trying to access Awards and honors List of awards and accolades received by Regine Velasquez but to our surprised it was deleted and sabotage by somebody. Hope you could retrieve and put that back. Here is the direct link: /info/en/?search=Regine_Velasquez — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.108.214.177 ( talk) 10:38, 28 March 2016
Ezra Miller ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There seems to be some uncited, made-up information under the 'Personal Life' tab on this page Ezra Miller. Namely this part: 'Officer Wally Ouu Pussipolops later commented : " In many of my years i have seen celebrities walk around with an undeserved self entitlement. Ezra Miller is in my opinion a dangerous persson , he doesnt follow the rules of illegal substances because he thinks he is too cool for the law. If i had permission ,i'd gun this pretentious prick down right now"
It should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.211.81.175 ( talk) 08:53, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Ramesh Subasinghe ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
can anybody help me to authenticate this article please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.75.242.216 ( talk) 02:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Guy Spier ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Someone is trying to defame Guy Spier with poorly written, incorrect material with no sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.51.58.25 ( talk) 01:02, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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I question the notability of this subject, and would ask that some experienced BLP editors have a look. This BLP-stub was created back in 2006 with a single edit and has only been edited by bots since. I only came across this article because people keep accidentally linking to it from various pages about yachts designed by a person of the same name. Thanks -
theWOLFchild
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Jessica Lowndes ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I believe the picture used on [Jessica Lowndes] page is Nelly Furtado, not Jessica. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.171.131.171 ( talk) 18:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
J. D. Mesnard ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This article reads like promotional material, with many unsourced promotional claims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.28.119.158 ( talk) 19:19, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm related to his nephew (son of his sister)...he was not aware that he had died, he was surprised and skeptical when I informed him said this on wikipedia...Gregory's sister is alive, age 101, nursing home in state of MI...he said she was speaking to him by phone regularly as far as he knew...felt certain she'd have been informed if he had died; and that she would certainly have mentioned this to him...but this sister is apparently Gregory's only contact with his family...can't find any obituary...he was going to ask his mom next time he spoke to her... 68.48.241.158 ( talk) 23:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Some citation needed and then noticed some bare links info, and places that could use some source improvement.
Would appreciate extra eyes on this one to help improve it.
Particularly with regard to cleanup of Personal life section.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 03:26, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I'd encourage BLPN regulars to take a look at Talk:Laura_Branigan#Consensus_discussion and give their views on the use of sources re this person's birth year. Many thanks. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 07:43, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I am Adam Tanner and I am increasingly annoyed at the inaccuracies being updated on my Wikipedia page. The fact of the matter is I was not sacked by anybody for failing a drug test which is repeatedly reported on my page. This is in fact libelous and if it is reported again I will seek legal advice. The fact is I did fail a drug test which I freely admit to and am happy for that to be documented but I WAS NOT sacked and in fact received fantastic support from Ipswich Town FC and went on to play numerous games after the drug failure. Please advise me how I can stop any further detrimental and false information being posted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ipswich78 ( talk • contribs) 07:28, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I am concerned by the outrageous adjectives used to label positions Kaplinsky held within the Juilliard School. "She is currently Supreme Leader of the Juilliard School (PBUH)... In 2008, she became Grand Führer of the Juilliard School's Pre-College Division."
These labels of positions within the Juilliard School are highly offensive to those who appreciate the educational institution as well as those who value the musicians and artists supported by the school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.107.63.146 ( talk) 15:14, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I am reporting violations of the BLP's policy. I am the individual whom someone has created this page on. The content is erroneous, egregious and libel. I have attempted to modify the content whereby the administrator reverts back to his original page. I have attempted to provide citations and original proof of the additional information. This is to no avail as the administrator prevents me from adding or editing the information.
The administrator repeatedly violates the following policies on BLP's: NPOV- the administrator clearly wishes to illustrate a negative perception by using the content title "expense controversy". This section is simply an avenue to post defamatory news articles that attack the live person and make private family information public. V- There are false allegations, misquotes and false assumptions. I attempted to post new and verifiable information only to have it deleted. NOR- The administrator cannot verify the allegations via a reliable source of research. News articles that are cited cannot attribute the information that is alleged. For example: Cusanelli was asked to repay...is false. The article cannot attribute anyone as having asked or instructed repayment. No subsequent information can substantiate this false information. Wikioncc ( talk) 03:52, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Tokyogirl79 Agreed on a lot of your feedback-thank you. I am just starting to manage this site so, it's a whole new language and culture. Hopefully I can eventually see a page that accurately depicts who I am since it's bound to be around...forever! Wikioncc ( talk) 04:54, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Raina Telgemeier ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
In New York State notices of marital separation are not made publicly available. In order that biographers more accurately describe Raina and Dave Roman's situation and stop confusing literary events booking them, I had been asked to make the changes to Raina's entry by the subject, and save the both of them the need to publicly post on the topic.
So no, I'm not going to have an external citation, and yes, I know this is not how Wikipedia works. But I've known the two of them for over a decade, have a Wikipedia account, and am not either of them so I can make the edits.
I'm just trying to make a complicated situation easier, and let both them keep their privacy as much as is possible when you're public figure.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randimason ( talk • contribs) 14:08, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Tex Watson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The subject of a Wikipedia article made some requests for changes by paper letter.
They released the copyright of their text, and I uploaded their notes to Commons and posted them on the talk page of the article. Please see it at Talk:Tex_Watson#Edit_requests.
The requests seem routine. They seem to want the deletion of unsourced content and the addition of other sources.
This request is a bit unusual for being on paper and coming from an inmate at a prison. Thanks to anyone who can respond on the talk page of that article. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:30, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Do I understand the policy right that sources are required for statements about Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons? I tried removing some unsourced information about Mark Bloomfeld from American Council for Capital Formation, but it was immediately re-added by another user without any talk page discussion or edit summary. I've tried reaching out to this user on the article talk page to work with them, but no luck yet. The sentence in question is "Bloomfield openly expresses pleasure at the fact that half the members of the House Ways and Means Committee have attended his dinners"--Bloomfeld is a lobbyist, so the odd "openly" in this sentence is clearly intended to imply he's doing something wrong. So far as I can see, no source is given for the sentence at all, but this user has been adding and re-adding it anyway. I've removed it again for now, but I'm sure it'll be back when I sign on again tomorrow.
The article reads like a hit job generally--the entire “history” section is taken from a book by a Democratic politician and activist, even though dozens of nonpartisan sources are available-- but I’m not sure how your Biographies of Living Persons policy applies to groups. Is this editor (LesbianAdvocate) the final authority on this article, or is there someone else I could work with to try to improve it? (To be clear, I completely agree that the Democratic Party's opinions belong in the history--it just doesn't seem fair that they should be the only opinions.)
Thanks for hearing my concerns! I’ll try to focus my energy elsewhere in a bit in hopes that someone else can take a fresh look, and if I'm in the wrong about all this, I will happily cede the article back to LesbianAdvocate. Thanks, Ellen EllenMcGill ( talk) 15:09, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Lucy DeCoutere ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
DeCoutere was one of three accusers in a high profile sexual assault trial in Canada where the defendant was found not guilty. An editor (Tamuren) has repeatedly been tendentiously editing the article to selectively and somewhat misleading include very negative information about DeCoutere, including allegations made by a defense attorney that were never proven to be true (but are presented as true in this article). I've tried reverting a couple times over the last few weeks, along with other editors, but the edits are being repeatedly reverted. The page includes sentences such as "Although she claimed to be traumatized by the alleged events, she initially told a friend that she was “excited for court” because it would be “theatre at its best"." This isn't true; the defense alleged that at trial, DeCoutere denied it, and the judge never ruled whether it was true or not. Hope some other editors can step in. FuriouslySerene ( talk) 14:54, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Galloway Hoard ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
An IP editor is repeatedly adding unsourced claims of wrongdoing (on the part of the hoard's finders) to Galloway Hoard. I've reverted this several times and left warnings, but the user is persisting. S/he can't realistically be blocked as the IP address is dynamically assigned. Could the article please be semi-protected for a period? I'd suggest a week. Prioryman ( talk) 19:23, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Debbie_Riddle /info/en/?search=Debbie_Riddle Article states she wished to ban public breastfeeding by women with breasts larger than a c cup. Reference is politicops.com, a non-news/satire source. Information is not verifiable, and potentially libelous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.56.12.65 ( talk) 17:24, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Disappearance of Brian Shaffer recently appeared in the Did You Know? section on the Wikipedia Main Page. In the version that appeared, like the current version, in the section "Subsequent developments", five of six paragraphs relate to connections between a named living person and the disappearance, and all of this material, including text like "his client's ongoing refusal to take a lie detector test" is sourced entirely and solely to a student newspaper. (Also including statements about what people told the student newspaper, and about whether particular police detectives returned phone calls made by the student newspaper.) Is this OK? MPS1992 ( talk) 17:58, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Frivolous report. The OP has been blocked indefinitely for legal threats. Bishonen | talk 16:33, 2 April 2016 (UTC). |
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Dr Greger whom is well known as the leading veganism expert in the world is someone that does a lot of good free things for the community but is getting an unjust review made in a blog by skeptic Harriet A. Hall linked in his biography. Hall doesn't have near the expertise in nutrition that Greger has yet she accuses him of dishonesty even though his work under fire is all cited to mainstream peer-reviewed scientific medical journals. I've observed Greger as someone who keeps up with the NutritionFacts.org site and shows concern for accuracy, and seems genuinely appreciative of corrections sent his way. When he's made mistakes, he's owned up to them. He gives thanks and credit to whoever has pointed out errors in his work. The hostility seems unfounded unless there's some other agenda he does draw fire in other places for presenting the evidence against certain kinds of quackery, including homeopathy, dietary supplements, "ionizing" water machines.. When I give good reason for removal along with support from other editors one editor User:Alexbrn accuses me of edit warring, and even false accusations of sock puppetry and blocking my participation with warnings on my talk page. Any help from anyone with expertise in this area would be greatly appreciated. Timpicerilo ( talk) 02:24, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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The book he wrote in In Praise of Slow, not In Praise of Slowness
A few more eyes are needed at Short-Fingered Vulgarian, an article about Donald Trump's allegedly small hands. I don't have time to fully investigate the article and its many sources, but on the surface, it looks like it might be a whole lot of WP:SYNTH.- Mr X 20:24, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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Perhaps a redirect to Trump's main page, then? This is the Meme of the Year, and any true encyclopedia would be remiss to be without it. I trust you will find the topic more notable than the thousands of pages dedicated to forgotten contestants on The Appprentice who have been deemed worthy of Encyclopedic inclusion. Thousands of years from now, this may well be what people most remember about Donald Trump. As always, The Nazi Hunter is at your service. Ruthless hunting of Nazis to the ends of the earth is my day job; by night I edit encyclopedia articles, doing my small part to further the world's knowledge. The Nazi Hunter ( talk) 20:30, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
You are quite welcome! As far as SYNTH, I tried to carefully word the article so as not to actually imply that Trump actually has small hands--indeed, most of the sources appear to freely agree that Trump's hands are rather normal, and that is interesting here is merely the vociferousness of his denials. Rather, the article exists merely to document for all posterity that this recurrent joke has become prominent in the cultural conversation surrounding the 2016 campaign, even making its way into a presidential debate. Someone who missed that debate might well need this article and its many sources to fill them in on just what Rubio and Trump were sparring about, and just why Trump said "I assure you, there's no problem there." And even if the consensus is that this is not worthy of its own article, I would again suggest perhaps we consider adding the paragraph as a redirect to one of Trump's other articles. The Nazi Hunter ( talk) 20:37, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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Right here: "it looks like it might be a whole lot of WP:SYNTH.-" I'm also aware of what the word Synthesis means. Anyway, unless you are suggesting that my day job as a Nazi Hunter gives me a conflict of interest in writing about Mr. Trump, I'm not sure what the problem is here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by The Nazi Hunter ( talk • contribs)
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This is at least the fourth abusive sockpuppet on this theme, checkuser blocked previously. Please revert and report at AIV if they appear again. Acroterion (talk) 22:37, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Engleham created this biography simply because he wanted a counterpart of the book, Full Service (book). I tried to convince him that the notability of this person is based on the book without avail. Also, the subject himself isn't remarked; neither is his supposed relations with celebrities. Only the book article explains it already. Perhaps I might be wrong on this... -- George Ho ( talk) 21:26, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
(1) Bowers notability existed BEFORE the book – which is why, for example, he is credited in William J. Mann's Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969, and other biographical works; appears in Sir Cecil Beaton's published diaries in a lengthy extract, and featured in a popular underground porno film in the 1970s. His notability has also extended beyond the book FOLLOWING its publication, with the upcoming documentary of his life (a section of which was previewed in Cannes last year), and the talks he has given in L.A. about his life.
(2) As the book has become old news, articles and blog items consistently profile Bowers first, no longer the book. Bowers also continues to contribute to other books such as the 2015 title My Buddy: World War II Laid Bare. So he has an identity beyond the book e.g. http://www.queerblog.it/post/198213/hollywood-gay-il-best-seller-sulla-mecca-del-cinema-di-scotty-bowers-sara-presto-un-film; http://guestofaguest.com/los-angeles/you-should-know/you-should-know-scotty-bowers; http://www.advocate.com/photography/2016/3/11/wwii-and-buddy-system
(3) In two Rfcs I pointed this out, and suggested the book article be retitled and reframed as a biographical article. This was opposed. There was a degree of consensus in the second Rfc that, if appropriate, a separate biographical article be written. Given, as detailed above, his notability extends beyond the book, it is indeed appropriate. Wikipedia allows unlimited articles, this hurts no one, and broadens information about Bowers himself, so I wrote the article and added 20 references - now 23 - considerable for such a article. And the vast majority do not reference the book.
(4) You chose to add a 'BLP additional citations needed' tag to the page. Given the more than sufficient number of cited references, this was clearly an edit meant to be deceitfully disruptive. I've removed the tag, and suggest you exercise your energies on more productive behaviour rather than wilful and sly harassment. Engleham ( talk) 04:48, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
A note for others reading this: I don't engage with Ho or Collect as both have a history -- well-documented by myself and several other editors -- of being repeatedly, wilfully obstructionist and harassing in their edits, for the sheer jollies of it. (See Talk:Harold_Holt#RfC for a recent farcical example.) Note in the above how he makes no effort to address the points made - the oblique reply to invite further responses, which results in fruitless circuitous exchanges to wear the other person down, is also a well-worn tactic of Ho's. I have no intention of pandering to their pathologies. Engleham ( talk) 08:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
The section Aécio Neves#Drug addiction contains some pretty strong accusations against this high-profile Brazilian politician. Could someone take a look at this? Hack ( talk) 06:55, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
I discovered Le'Greg O. Harrison through some other COI editing I was checking on, but a look at the page shows that it's incredibly promotional. I'm actually not sure that he is really all that notable outside of The Board Administration, which also seems to have been heavily hit with the promotional stick.
I'm cleaning the puff out of Harrison's article, but most of the sources in the article are dead or otherwise unusable (SPS, etc). So far I'm leaning towards redirecting this to TBA but I want to see if I can get anyone to help find sourcing to justify this guy having his own article. This is pretty much why you don't pay someone to write your own article. (sigh) Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 04:50, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
New articles on twin actors, with virtually identical content. I and other editors have nominated these for speedy deletion, and tagged the articles for notability, reliable sources and copyright violations, but two WP:SPA accounts have removed all templates, and are owning the articles. I'm requesting more eyes on these, and if the speedy templates won't stick, perhaps AfD process will apply. Sock or meat puppetry, perhaps to avoid a block, are possible. Thanks, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 04:33, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Puff piece, maintained by a single purpose account. I've removed some of the copyright violations, and much of the remainder is devoted to quoted promotional blurbs, which will also need to be removed. Doing so pretty much eviscerates the whole article. Since the 'owner' is removing maintenance templates, I'd appreciate more attention and assistance. Thanks, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 14:46, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Patrick Cannon ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I was wondering if somebody familiar with "politician arrested and resigns" type articles would mind taking a look at this article, particularly it's opening sentence. I tried discussing it at Talk:Patrick Cannon#It is not disrespectful to call a felon a felon., but haven't gotten any response. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. I am also concerned about the infobox image. Using a mug shot photo seems a bit POV and undue. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 11:08, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Mary P. Koss could use more eyes from this board. Several editors have been pushing to add criticism of the subject based on men's-rights blog sources which I believe violate BLP (and NPOV). — David Eppstein ( talk) 00:09, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Has a new user (?) Newuser1138 who appears to think that the "truth" must be placed into that BLP - even where prior discussions found that the material would not be properly placed into the biography. I am estopped from making BLP edits, so suggest that others look into this. Collect ( talk) 14:28, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
There's a long-standing dispute at the article Cenk Uygur over the inclusion of material on the subject's past comments about the Armenian Genocide. Uyugr is now a high-profile web news host. Here's a piece about him that was published in The Guardian a couple of days ago. I have no history of editing his article, I just happened to look it up the other day and I was surprised to see that the article's lead included an unsourced remark about him being a denier of the Armenian Genocide. The body of the article itself contained a longer discussion on the subject, referring to his past remarks. The lead claimed that he had made "past statements in support of Armenian Genocide denial, statements that he has never publicly repudiated." Strong claim. I thought this material had serious BLP and OR issues, so I removed it, leaving a note on the talk page. Now, here are the relevant facts: when he was at college, in 1991, Uygur wrote a piece for his student newspaper questioning the genocide, [19] and then later he wrote a letter to the editor of Salon, which was published online in 1999, questioning whether "genocide" was the appropriate term. [20] These are primary sources, of course. The trouble is, these do not appear to have been discussed by a single good independent source. And also, if you look at the article talk page and its archive you'll see several comments claiming that Uygur no longer holds the views that he appeared to hold in the 1990s, although again, no one appears to have provided a good independent source one way or the other. I challenged another editor on the talk page to provide a better source, and the best that has been provided so far is this, from a local paper, in a report about protests by an Armenian group in California at a Democratic Party event, which includes this single sentence, "Uygur is host of the "Young Turks” TV program and made denialist comments about the genocide in the 1990s." I believe that we have a very flimsy evidence base on which to say anything about his views on the Armenian Genocide - past or present. The good quality coverage in reliable sources simply does not exist. And Exceptional claims require exceptional sources. Certainly the claim that "he has never publicly repudiated" his remarks from the 1990s is OR. I also think the inclusion of the material gives undue weight to an aspect of the subject which is not at all a defining biographical detail. See also the talk page, where I have set out in more detail my reasons for removing the material: Talk:Cenk Uygur#Genocide denial. Another editor has reverted me twice. The trouble is, I am not the first editor to remove this material. It has been repeatedly added over the past few years by various editors, and repeatedly removed by other editors citing BLP concerns. It would be useful to establish a consensus on 1) whether it is appropriate to mention anything at all about his comments from the 1990s, and 2) if it is, how should this material be presented? I request input from those more expert than I am in BLP matters. Cmeiqnj ( talk) 22:13, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Note: I have also removed essentially the same material from the page Genocide denial, where someone had inserted it. Cmeiqnj ( talk) 11:41, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Looks to me as though there are BLP violations on this page. The editor ( Knowledgebattle ( talk · contribs), blocked at the moment) seems to think that since these aren't "official articles" it doesn't matter. [21] There are some other subpages I haven't looked at yet but may be problematic. [22] Doug Weller talk 12:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Under the 'Advertising' section of Lily Cole's article, the last paragraph is offensive, sexually explicit material. /info/en/?search=Lily_Cole
User:Litalex seems determined to push to an inappropriate prominence discussion of the sexuality of the article's subject. Although Portillo's sexuality is clearly mentioned in the context of the article as regards his political career, Litalex has twice sought to raise it in the context of Portillo's marriage, although I have twice, (and I believe politely), reverted this and explained carefully my reasons. These include WP:UNDUE and non-conformity with WP:BLP. (see User_talk:Litalex#Portillo and User_talk:Smerus#Portillo). Litalex has subsequently edited the article naming a third party who should not have been named according to WP standards (see Talk:Michael_Portillo#Mr_X), and I have reverted this; I believe this edit compounds the issues of undue/blp. My latest reversion is: this one. Earlier relevant diffs are this and this. I have not warned Litalex as a vandal as I was hoping to resolve this situation by discussion but as Litalex seems intent on escalating the issue without explanation I should be grateful for help or advice. Thanks, -- Smerus ( talk) 15:52, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I am grateful for Litalex's contribution above since it clearly illustrates his lack of WP:NPOV - particularly necessary when dealing with BLPs. To deal with his retaliatory accusation of non-notification: I originally referred this issue to the incident notice board and I notified Litalex accordingly. Fifteen minutes later I realized that it would be better dealt with on this page, withdrew the incident notification, and also informed Litalex accordingly. You can see all this clearly in this diff. Thanks, -- Smerus ( talk) 20:09, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Is it okay to create a BLP page purely to make a POINT in a deletion debate ?
This seems to be a violation of WP:POINT and WP:BLP.
Biographies of real living people should not be created, whether in userspace or main article space or anywhere else on Wikipedia, for the sole reason of making a WP:POINT.
BLPs should not be created when there is zero intention of making a real article about them.
Thoughts ?
Thank you for your time,
— Cirt ( talk) 16:06, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
What is the BLP violation being reported here? Only in death does duty end ( talk) 16:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
-- — Keithbob • Talk • 17:05, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Manish_K._Sethi does not meet any criteria for inclusion in wikipedia with regards to prominence or performance. He is not a public figure of note. Please delete.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.223.207.30 ( talk) 21:30, 6 April 2016
IP editor 115.188.178.77, who calls herself/himself “Claudia” and loudly expresses regressive and occasionally racist views of Maori culture and New Zealand colonial history, has for some years waged an online crusade against the highly respected New Zealand historian James Belich. Claudia has accused Belich of bias, shoddy work, ignorance and errors.
Some examples of her tirades are here, here, here, and — more stridently — in the four threads archived at the Belich article talk page, here.
Claudia has launched a new attack on Belich at the talk page of this article on a British army officer who fought the Maori in New Zealand, returning to the theme that Belich is ignorant and usually wrong. Claudia here (as she often does) cites the authors Pugsley and Richards in her derisive comments, though when challenged recently to produce the actual statements of those authors, she could not. [23]
I deleted her last Belich comment on the grounds that it was an attack not relevant to the article; she has restored it and added a further criticism of Belich: see Talk:Duncan Cameron (British Army officer)#No Personal attack on Belich.
This is a problematic editor who was been blocked in 2012 [24], 2013 and 2014, with the latter report including references to Claudia’s history of faking citations. Her recent efforts have also included adding a fictionalised “quote” within an article which was nothing more than a stab in the dark of something she had once read (see this and this thread.) BlackCab ( TALK) 04:28, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Stephen_Crabb&diff=714069485&oldid=714065587 restores contentious claims not directly supported by reliable sources (including a nice tabloidy claim sourced to the Daily Mail of course)
Will someone please fix that edit? ("and stayed on welfare for the rest of his 'working' life" is not found in the Daily Telegraph article, and the claims sourced to the Daily Mail include "Tory Minister for Wales: I foiled my dad's knife attack...on my mother" and " New benefits minister's extraordinary reunion with the 'abusive' father he hasn't seen since he fled home as a boy after a series of violent rows " show just how great the reportage used is). Thank you. Collect ( talk) 14:14, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
It is unhelpful to start an article about a contemporary musician or actor by listing every single job they’ve done in their time, however non-notable or downright trivial. The focus in the lead should be on the one thing (it is rarely more than one) for which they are notable. Anything else can come later in the article.
I've pared a couple of these lists back, but fans instantly revert them and keep extending them. A lost cause? 217.38.159.138 ( talk) 18:28, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Vivian Ho (artist) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
At the risk of dropping this like a stone into a deep well, I'd appreciate some assistance here today. A group of new and well-intentioned WP:SPA editors have turned a young artist's bio into an extensive press release, complete with resume of largely non-significant shows and promotional descriptions of work and solo exhibitions. At this point I've tired of discussing it at the article talk page, and get the sense that any copy editing I venture will be an uphill battle. Thoughts and help welcome. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 18:03, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-03-17/News and notes. Given the nature of the discussion, I thought a posting here was appropriate, since the editors at this noticeboard will be most knowledgeable in what is and is not an actual BLP issue. ~ Rob Talk 00:03, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Gilliam schoolblocked user:195.195.152.11, a serial vandal, back in 2014. I just discovered that someone at that IP changed the birthdate at Carola Dunn way back in 2005. Looking at their contribs, it appears that changing birthdates was a favourite passtime back then. I fear that other BLPs may still be damaged. Worse, it appears that the data has promulgated out through this Wikidata to corrupt this ISNI record and this VIAF record]. I suppose it is just possible that the LCAuth record is wrong, but I've adopted and cited its date anyway, in preference to the IP's edit. I hate to say it, but someone's going to have to go through all those contribs and check each of the affected articles. LeadSongDog come howl! 15:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Could people experienced in BLP issues keep an eye on this? I don't have much time to look into it, but there are a lot of people being "named", "implicated", or in an "accusations were made" paragraph. As far as I can tell, right now, sources are still in the "just list all the famous names found in the data dump" phase. I wonder if our article should start out with zero names for a while, and only add them when reliable sources have calmly assessed whether there are specific allegations made, and/or they quit/retire/get removed from whatever position they're in. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 21:27, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Edits there name a slew of living persons, where allegations of criminal activity are directly imputed by the article, but where no other sources are found for such charges other than from the organization releasing the information.
I find edit summaries such as "Reinstate some info. ABSURDLY, as it was, WE HAD REBUTTALS BUT NOTHING BEING REBUTTED. Excuse me saying this, but the article has been hacked to pieces by some editors who completely ignore WP:NPOV and frankly should know better"
Alas - I find WP:BLP says we should not imply criminal acts to people without strong reliable sourcing (some of those named are not "notable" to the extent that such claims are proper IMO) and NPOV being used as a reason to accuse people named in that article of criminal acts seems worse than craven.
Hence the queries - is this article subject to WP:BLP? Is the naming of "not very notable persons" in this article improper under WP:BLP? Collect ( talk) 15:21, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Nathan Davis (saxophonist) Nathan Davis did start a band called Roots in 1991. However, this is not the same band that is in the link on his Wikipedia page. That is a different band with a nearly-identical name. (personal interview) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.101.80.14 ( talk • contribs) 22:07, April 7, 2016
Contrary to the line that says a concert by Frank Sinatra at Rollins' high school, accompanied by a plea for racial harmony, changed his life, Rollins never said the concert changed his life, as borne out by the video source cited [26]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sidbill60 ( talk • contribs) 15:49, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Gideon Greif ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The entire article is clearly just a resume.
Violation of WP:NPF end WP:BLP1E — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.222.148.181 ( talk) 05:29, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Shyla Foxxx ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I've reverted unsourced information about a porn actress' purported birthdate twice and purported birth name once. Please see my second edit here. (You can find my first revert an hour or two before that.) I don't want to edit war. Suggestions? Assistance? David in DC ( talk) 21:15, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Jenny Lim ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could someone take a look at this page please? It is an article by a new editor which is badly written, lacks references and notability could be an issue. I tagged it for refs. and the tag was removed three times by the creator who had been warned. The page was then 'reviewed' by another editor and I added a copy-edit tag. The creator has very recently added 2 refs citing Facebook and again removed the refs and copy-edit tags. I think I've run up against 3RR here so would appreciate it if someone else could take a look. It is entirely possible that it could be a candidate for CSD due to notability issues & possible COI also. Thanks Eagleash ( talk) 02:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Kristina Svechinskaya ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Sexy hacker?[edit] She was with 36 other people in the hacking scheme that stole millions and she was singled out because she was the really pretty one in the whole scheme and her revealing photo on the internet. I think that this article should be merged with another article about the other Eastern European hackers that were involved in the crime.
(Redacted) Patchman123 (talk) 14:39, 5 April 2016
Ned Miller ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Ned Miller passed away March 18th, 2016 in White City/Medford Oregon. Please update your article. Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuclearnee ( talk • contribs) 13:55, 4 April 2016
There are a couple of editors on this page (linked above) who seem intent on whitewashing the article, specifically removing any criticism of the subject, claiming such criticism is libelous. Now, maybe they're right and there are libel issues (in other words, unreliable sources, false claims, etc.) or these editors might have some sort of WP:COI. Either way, I think some more eyes on this article would be helpful. clpo13( talk) 17:41, 9 April 2016 (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.
Notice cross-posted at WP:RSN, WT:MED, and WP:FRINGEN Jytdog ( talk) 22:58, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
Greger is a
Celebrity doctor (i have got to write that article) who owns founded and runs nutritionfacts.org and writes books like, "How Not to Die". Most broadly he advocates that people move away from the
Western diet and instead to eat a
healthy diet; he also urges people to go
vegan and criticizes the medical establishment for being afraid to do that. All of that is great. The problem is that he makes often makes exaggerated (or what some call "rhetorical") claims like -- "How not to die" - as part of his efforts to persuade people to reduce the amount of animal products they eat. (The consensus
healthy diet does call for people to eat mostly whole foods and less processed food; more fruit and veg and less meat, etc. The problem is not the diet he recommends but rather the claims he makes about the benefits of eating better and the dangers of eating animal products. Which are extreme. Like ... "How Not to Die")
These exaggerated claims are pretty much WP:PSCI (we are talking about the claims, not about him); there are of course some editors who find all his claims to be true and are unhappy that the WP article about him calls out these exaggerated claims.
We have content/sourcing currently in the article as follows:
Physician and skeptic Harriet A. Hall analyzed one of Greger's videos in which he claimed that death was largely a "food-borne illness" and wrote that while it was already generally accepted that plant-based diets with less red meat conferred health benefits, in the video she found "sweeping statements that go beyond the evidence," "unwarranted assumptions about the meaning of studies," and omission of "any reference to contradictory evidence". [1]
References
- ^ Hall HA (February 12, 2013). "Death as a Foodborne Illness Curable by Veganism". Science-based Medicine. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
Those who find his claims true are objecting under WP:BLPSPS. The source here is Science-Based Medicine (see our article for a description of it).
There are three main responses to this objection:
The objections have been dragging on for a few months now, so it is time to get community input on the question. So - do we have a problem with WP:BLPSPS here or not? Jytdog ( talk) 22:48, 31 August 2016 (UTC) amended - Greger founded nutritionfacts.org per this and this and this it is owned by a nonprofit Nutritionfacts Org Inc per this again. Jytdog ( talk) 23:44, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
Physician and skeptic Harriet A. Hall has written that Greger overstates the advantages of plant-based diets, and that he does not discuss evidence which contradicts his stated beliefs.
Physician and skeptic Harriet A. Hall has written that Greger overstates the advantages of plant-based diets and the harm caused by eating animal products, and that he does not discuss evidence which contradicts his stated beliefs
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Annie Teriba ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Hey there lads and lasses of BLPN! Can you settle some issues regarding this article? Basically I removed a whole load of stuff that was only sourced to the Daily Mail, Breitbar or student newspapers. [1] [2] [3] I was reverted. [4] Was I right in making these changes or am I merely being a fool? Is the answer somewhere in between? Brustopher ( talk) 14:06, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
The article is not mostly based on student newspapers and the Daily Mail: of the 39 citations made in the article 21 either come from the daily mail, student press or Breitbart, as are 10 of the 20 sources used. The information cited ot these sources is what I'm trying ot remove. Also I'm not sure where you got the idea of the Cherwell (or any student press outfit) as 'well respected' from. Using student press would open up a slippery slope where every so called "student politician" could end up with a wikipedia article, based solely off of student press sources. -- Brustopher ( talk) 18:36, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
At this point, there appear to be no improperly sourced claims in that BLP - though there was some infelicitous wording. The Daily Mail articles are quite properly used, and we can not dismiss all of it as "celebrity gossip" looking at those sources. Collect ( talk) 19:54, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
I have to agree with Brustopher on this completely. The article was created ONLY AFTER this so-called scandal occured. Before this point she was apparently not notable enough for an entry, like thousands of other people involved in student politics. These activities are simply not notable unless perhaps you are the President of the NUS. The "notability" referred to in the opening section appears to me to be a coat rack to justify an article about the sexual misconduct allegations. Given then I do not believe that notability of the subject has been established, then this does look primarily like a page designed to attack or embarrass the subject. I do not believe that some newspaper articles necessarily infer notability, especially when they are little more than gossip. Wikipedia is not a newspaper and this does appear to be a personal attack which may well be a BLP violation. Shritwod ( talk) 20:43, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Stone Cold Steve Austin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Steve Austin is not the president of Steven F Austin State university
Last sentence, first paragraph — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.54.49.237 ( talk) 18:09, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Eric Trump ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
A Bing search on name 'Eric Trump' listed by en.wikipedia.org has information which is false and defamatory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.173.66.136 ( talk) 10:39, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Travis Lane Stork ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There is a paragraph on content in the subject article about his role in the show The Doctors (talk show). I copied some content from that article critical of the show, and with attribution, added it to the end of that paragraph in the Stork article in this dif. The content and sourcing are:
A 2014 study in the British Medical Journal determined that 38% of medical advice offered on The Doctors was not supported by scientific research. The study warned that conflicts of interest were rarely addressed and that viewers should be skeptical of claims made on the show. [1]
References
This content is being called a BLP violation. Thoughts? Jytdog ( talk) 00:53, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
A 2014 study in the
British Medical Journal determined that 38% of medical advice offered on The Doctors was not supported by scientific research "evidence supported 63%, contradicted 14%, and was not found for 24%" of recommendations made by the panel of doctors, The study warned that conflicts of interest were rarely addressed and that viewers should be skeptical of claims made on the show. and that "The public should be skeptical about recommendations made on medical talk shows."
I find this change to be meh, but I won't contest it. But this is now the content. Same source as above. Jytdog ( talk) 18:25, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Marcy Blum ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
No citations and the article reads as a promotional piece. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.14.6.62 ( talk) 22:07, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
Abi Ann ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Formatting and relevance both reek of a stage mom trying to get her daughter noticed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.115.232.122 ( talk) 21:56, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Dimitri Payet ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The last paragraph of the West Ham United section seems out of place in a biography, both for language and content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Weaver of Dreams ( talk • contribs) 00:08, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Demetrius Douglas ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The claim on Wikipedia is that he was an all-American. There is no citation proving he earned all-American status and I see no record of that claim. It is probably Mr. Douglas attempting to make his athletic career look more impressive to further his political career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.138.83.190 ( talk) 00:13, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Donald Trump ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This content has been repeatedly restored at Donald Trump despite the fact that none of the sources provided mention the Donald. Is that still original research, or did I miss a memo? CFredkin ( talk) 03:16, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Stan Kroenke ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There has been a large amount of blatant bias, commentary and original research on the Stan Kroenke page, which seems to be written by a disgruntled fan. Original research such as fans at a hockey game shouting Kroenke sucks or Missouri officials wanting to remove hime from their hall of fame (which never happened) only shows the bias. This page should be monitored for bias and vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1523:81:CD21:EF72:4CCA:F0AC ( talk) 16:49, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Ella Shohat ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Please note the following:
Thant Myint-U ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This page has referred to Dr Thant Myint-U as a "Burmese-American". Every attempt to change to his correct nationality - Burmese/Myanmar - has been undone. Dr Thant Myint-U was born in the United States (when his grandfather was serving as UN Secretary-General) but has always held Burmese nationality and a Burmese passport since he was a child. Documentation of his current Myanmar nationality can be provided if necessary. He is currently holding official positions in Myanmar (mentioned in the page) reserved only for Myanmar nationals. Referring to him as "Burmese-American" may be libelous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.20.96 ( talk) 06:20, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
Todd Thicke ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I am employed by Mr. Thicke and have been trying to add some photos of him to his article at his request. However, they're being repeatedly deleted shortly after having been uploaded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebakersdaughter ( talk • contribs) 08:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
United States presidential election, 2000 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
First paragraph, lines 3 and 4, lists George W. Bush as "Incumbent Governor of Illinois", and son of former president "George Washington".
Article should be corrected to read, "Incumbent Governor of Texas", and son of former president "George H.W. Bush". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:36C9:66B0:DDE5:8337:4602:C1CD ( talk) 16:10, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Sue Austin ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
On the page of Sue Austin it says "Austin studied BSc Hons. Psychology at the University College of Swansea, University of Wales, completing her degree in memeology in 1987". I did some research because "memelogy" was unknown for me so I think somebody added it by mistake, "jokingly". I would appreciate if someone could review this and get it back correctly.
Edit: It now says "Memeology at the Leakforums, University of Leakforums, completing her degree in 1987 at leakforums university for memeology". I think something weird is happening here, please review ASAP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MoeThaTeaman ( talk • contribs) 22:19, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Chamtrul Rinpoche ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Chamtrul Rinpoche has 3 warnings at the top. #1 - I have added secondary sources. #2 - I will work on citations within the article. #3 - there are no subjective terms or peacock terms in the article. Will you please remove at least the #1 & #3 warnings. They were possibly added by Chinese hate spammers. Thank you for any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.8.253.42 ( talk) 03:51, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Walid Phares ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Last phrase in this biography is clearly an opinion and is not based in any external source: "Exum and the fall 2011 attackers against Phares were part of a coordinated smear campaign against Phares because of his appointment as advisor to Romney and the fear that his expertise will help the US defeat the Jihadists and the Islamists as argued by a Middle East scholar Dr Robert Rabil in "Walid Phares Under Attack" in the American Thinker". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.76.164.171 ( talk) 20:29, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Joshua Copp ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Joshua Copp is an unsourced biography that began with a large attack section from single-edit Londontalk ( talk · contribs); when that material was deleted, it was restored by the similarly-named Londonbusinesstalk ( talk · contribs). I would've just speedied it, except the attack material had been deleted before I first got to the page. It should fall to a WP:BLPROD in a few days, but it could perhaps use some eyes until then. -- Nat Gertler ( talk) 21:21, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Sudhir Chaudhary's BLP contains a Controversies section that consumes over half the page. While the controversies are significant and reliably sourced, we may be giving them WP:UNDUE weight. User Aisonajulk and I have discussed the issue on Chaudhry's talk page but would appreciate any feedback from others on whether the section should be condensed. Meatsgains ( talk) 01:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Amanda K. Hale ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Hi There,
Thanks for MenoBot's message at /info/en/?search=Talk:Amanda_K._Hale
I think MenoBot refers to "Poetry Chapbooks," so I fixed it.
Could you please take a look at /info/en/?search=Amanda_K._Hale. Could you please tell me if the problem has been solved
Thanks so much for your time!
1001Bookworm (
talk)
01:59, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Heidi Cruz ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The information about Heidi's religion is wrong and there is an offensive photo which is being used without permission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LittleMarkR ( talk • contribs) 01:57, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Jun Albert Morden is a Filipino Communication Student. Studying at College of Divine Wisdom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morden402 ( talk • contribs) 02:31, 23 March 2016 (UTC) -- Morden402 ( talk) 02:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Ugh. While the entire article is clearly being polished by a pro-Broadwell faction, most of it is probably within tolerable limits. However, the "Petraeus Affair" section has been reduced to mere pro-Broadwell propaganda, using a "Broadwell is being unfairly persecuted" slant to make Broadwell look better. Biased, opinion-based statements like "This was the first time the Department of Justice pursued such an invasive investigation into the work of a DoD-credentialed journalist." don't belong in a wikipedia bio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.179.40 ( talk) 21:04, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Grant Nelson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I've been advised to ask the next question here. In my opinion, the next lines are pretty much POV if you ask me...
In 1993, Wishdokta teamed up with DJ Vibes and together they delivered some of happy hardcore's biggest anthems on Vibes' Asylum Music Inc. and other labels including Happy Trax.
In 1997, Nelson started using the alter-ego "Bump & Flex" and began to produce UK 2-step. He delivered some of the scene's biggest records including "Funk on Ah Roll" by James Brown.
Nelson has always remained a house head since his early Nice 'n' Ripe days and continues to do so to the present with his Swing City Records label that consistently delivers top drawer house music.
I don't dare to change anything myself 'cause I don't know the guy, and my English ain't as good as I want it to be.... Anyone? OXYGENE 7-13 (TALKPAGE) 13:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Looks like a foundational copyvio, Zaereth. Cleared that out. Good find. :/ I also cleaned out some of the worst of the unsourced promotional text. Yikes. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:38, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
Stephen Sizer ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Lead contained bald allegation of antisemitism with two citations, one behind a paywall and another to a source of questionable reliability. Body of the article does not warrant such a bald assertion. Keith-264 ( talk) 16:09, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
I'll meet you in the Penrith Tea Rooms for cake and fine wines but watch out for Cardinal Bigglesworth. Is there an authority we can refer to for a ruling? User:Clivel 0 is threatening to make unilateral edits to the article today, although in fairness he also appears willing to discuss wording first. Keith-264 ( talk) 07:06, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
Despite User:Keith-264 having removed the facts from the lead in this article three days ago, he has to date made no attempt to provide an alternate lead, essentially leaving the lead bereft of content. I have fleshed out the lead, complete with references, which User:Keith-264 summarily removed, again without making any attempt to provide alternate factual content. His behaviour would indicate that he is more interested in obscuring the facts than providing a useful reference. Clivel 0 ( talk) 21:10, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
@Clivel, pls stop putting threats on my talk page, you have a flagrant conflict of interest. I will request action from the admins unless you desist. Keith-264 ( talk) 22:06, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
I will not be bullied by Keith-264, Collect and Hillbillyholiday. It is clear that despite hundreds of lines of discussion, that Keith-264 is not even interested in reaching consensus. In three days, he has made absolutely no attempt at providing alternative text for the lead paragraph. His only activity is deleting the efforts of others. I have referred the matter for arbitration. Clivel 0 ( talk) 22:13, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
I thought that your latest edit was a genuine attempt at summary so qualitatively different to previous edits and thus there is no need to revert it under BLP rules. I amended it to remove superlatives but "which some" should be edited to describe who "some" are.
We need some assistance here. The article has a large number of potential BLP violations, but since the sourcing is in Spanish I find it very difficult to judge what to cut and what to keep. From what I can surmise there is a well-publicized scandal, which suggests that some accusations which would otherwise be cut might still have a place, considering this is a very hot topic. Thanks for your help. Drmies ( talk) 01:15, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Can an admin please lock the Johan Cruyff article? The player has just passed away and traffic/editing is heavy. Thanks. Carlos Rojas77 ( talk) 13:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Adam Johnson (footballer) was sentenced to six years in prison today after his conviction of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl. Eyes on that article would be good. -- Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 15:02, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Edit warring apparently involving COI account. Could require page protection and/or blocks. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 16:39, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
The article on Carman Lapointe indicates that Carman Lapointe "was forced to leave her post" as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight at the United Nations. However, that statement is incorrect. Carman Lapointe retired from the United Nations on September 13th, upon the normal expiry of her mandate, exactly five years after her appointment date of 14 September 2010. The appointment was, and still is, a five-year, non-renewable term. She was not forced to leave. The report of the Panel appointed by the Secretary-General to investigate sexual abuses by French forces not under the control of the United Nations, in the Central African Republic, had not yet been issued at the time of her retirement. It was issued on 17 December 2015.
Furthermore, the United Nations Dispute Tribunal, in its order GVA-2015-139, deemed that the decision by the Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight (Carman Lapointe) was a legal decision, made within her authority and with reasonable justification. The link to that decision follows:
In addition, as the article references primarily information contained in the Panel Report, the report itself warrants inclusion as a complete reference on the matter. The link to the report follows:
http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/centafricrepub/Independent-Review-Report.pdf
It should also be noted that the full response of the Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight to the adverse findings of the Panel, is included in Appendix C to the Panel's report as Annex 8 to that Appendix. It is unfortunate that the table of contents of the report does not list the responses which were required by the Panel's terms of reference. Nevertheless, the responses form part of the report. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.176.30.218 ( talk) 19:44, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Mishal Husain ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This needs eyes. I've just reverted 2 different IPs with edits like this and this. Voceditenore ( talk) 11:53, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Michael Cox (Catholic bishop) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
A recent addition to Michael Cox (Catholic bishop) by BoBoMisiu is, I believe, a breach of WP:BLPCRIME. Per the sources, in two unrelated trials of youths for "trespass" and "a string of offences", a district court judge alleged that weddings performed by Cox were illegal (the weddings were not at issue at all in the actual trials). The Garda Síochána (Irish police force) are investigating. No evidence has been presented to suggest that Cox has been convicted, tried, or even charged. The added wording is, however, unequivocal. My removal of the BLP addition has been reverted once. Other eyes very welcome. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 12:42, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
"He was not in court, nor was he represented"? – BoBoMisiu ( talk) 21:58, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
"He was not in court, nor was he represented"Where do find that? – BoBoMisiu ( talk) 23:24, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
@
Bastun: do you have a
WP:BLPCOI?
This is the first time I am participating on this noticeboard and have read
WP:LIVE again today – especially
WP:NOTPUBLICFIGURE,
WP:BLP1E,
WP:BLPCRIME,
WP:PERPETRATOR. I asked above, " How can this information be cited?"
Is the content that I added in
these edits being challenged or are the sources being challenged? In other words, can the sources in that diff be added with a reformulation of the content? I am thinking about adding the phrase "; this is disputed.
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]" to the end of:
Cox says he holds apostolic succession as a bishop from the Palmarian Catholic Church through the episcopal lineage of Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Huế in Vietnam.
Likewise, can I mine the previously removed sources to support my proposed phrase? – BoBoMisiu ( talk) 12:49, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
"the judge gave an opinion that Cox was not a (Roman Catholic) bishop (which nobody is disputing)."
"He was not in court, nor was he represented"and I did not read that. – BoBoMisiu ( talk) 15:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
"judge had no jurisdiction in the matter of Cox's consecration or subsequent actions". The judge of course has legal jurisdiction in both cases in his court – it was not a matter of who were the defendants but about the facts presented in both cases about the childrens' and he simply said Cox "is not a bishop and he is not entitled to marry anybody."
"about adding the phrase '; this is disputed. [10] [11] [12] [13]'".
(Note) Above comment heavily edited at 18:38, nearly 40 minutes after reply below had been posted. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 22:02, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
"confused and contradictory"it is two clauses connected by the conjunction and.
I've formally requested a move back to Michael Cox (bishop); see here. Mangoe ( talk) 15:58, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Based on further discussion I've nominated the article for deletion. Mangoe ( talk) 14:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Eric Lichaj, before he started playing for Chicago Magic, he played for Ajax FC Chicago, in Naperville, IL. If you google his name with Ajax FC Chicago you will fing his connection to our club. His older brother Andrew Lichaj has been coaching with us for many years. You can verify that from our website - coaches.
Please add our club under his bio.
thanks - Ray Yorulmazoglu Ryorulmaz ( talk) 18:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
Toby Kimball did not attend Belmont, MA, High School, a public school. He attended Belmont Hill School, a private secondary school in Belmont, MA. My brother was his classmate and I was three classes behind him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.182.226.84 ( talk) 13:20, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
The article on Grover is a hotbed of sockpuppetry by a fan who tries to add trivia (his tattoos, his every public appearance, all the brands he advertises for, the most fawning reviews ...) while removing less-than-positive information such as the allegations of unprofessionalism that saw him fired twice. More scrutiny couldn't hurt, also to make sure that while removing the socks' edits I don't err in the opposite direction. Huon ( talk) 15:40, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
A user has been reverting to a biased view of the Stan Kroenke page that uses original research and citations from sports editorials to attack the Rams move from St. Louis to Los Angeles. Several users including myself have tried to put forth less biased views but one user constantly reverts these edits, many times violating the three revert rule. It would be nice for an administrator to solve this edit war and have an unbiased view of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1523:81:E933:272A:FD2F:BB75 ( talk) 07:01, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
She doesn't look the notable actor and have not done sufficient work to appear on Wikipedia and does not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies and reference sources are also sources not looking supporting and reliable.This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability,Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. I should be removed immediately — Preceding unsigned comment added by Verification Team ( talk • contribs) 07:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
[14] was a wholesale revert of edits made to this BLP.
It includes specifically labelling an undercover policeman a "British Spy", insinuates strongly that he committed specific crimes for which he was not charged, and which , in some cases, were by anonymous sources.
It includes such "d'oh" innuendoes as the fact that an undercover agent does not usually tell the people he is investigating his real identity and that he has a wife. Including: After that relationship ended he embarked on another with a woman who was politically conscious, but was not herself an activist. which appears not to be salient to a biography of a not especially notable person. The edit changed "while undercover" to "under false pretences" which rather does seem pointed language about a police undercover agent.
Oh - and the revert even said his name was "Bob" in the infobox when the person writes and is known as "Robert" and "Bob" seems rather clearly a nickname. In short. I fear the reverter is ignorant of WP:BLP and including an accusation of felonies (arson, et al) where no prosecution occurred whatsoever is specifically violative of WP:BLPCRIME inter alia. Comments on why a BLP should include side material such as
Unless, of course, we think that undercover police officers routinely tell those they are investigating that they are police officers, of course. And I suspect this tiny snippet of the dross which was so blatantly re-added after being removed is actually proper in a BLP. Note, by the way, that my edit retained salient information, but was aimed at removing blatant violations of Wikipedia policy. Any outside comments? Collect ( talk) 15:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
Regine Velasquez ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Good pm to the admins of this site...we've been trying to access Awards and honors List of awards and accolades received by Regine Velasquez but to our surprised it was deleted and sabotage by somebody. Hope you could retrieve and put that back. Here is the direct link: /info/en/?search=Regine_Velasquez — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.108.214.177 ( talk) 10:38, 28 March 2016
Ezra Miller ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
There seems to be some uncited, made-up information under the 'Personal Life' tab on this page Ezra Miller. Namely this part: 'Officer Wally Ouu Pussipolops later commented : " In many of my years i have seen celebrities walk around with an undeserved self entitlement. Ezra Miller is in my opinion a dangerous persson , he doesnt follow the rules of illegal substances because he thinks he is too cool for the law. If i had permission ,i'd gun this pretentious prick down right now"
It should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.211.81.175 ( talk) 08:53, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Ramesh Subasinghe ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
can anybody help me to authenticate this article please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.75.242.216 ( talk) 02:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
Guy Spier ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Someone is trying to defame Guy Spier with poorly written, incorrect material with no sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.51.58.25 ( talk) 01:02, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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I question the notability of this subject, and would ask that some experienced BLP editors have a look. This BLP-stub was created back in 2006 with a single edit and has only been edited by bots since. I only came across this article because people keep accidentally linking to it from various pages about yachts designed by a person of the same name. Thanks -
theWOLFchild
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Jessica Lowndes ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I believe the picture used on [Jessica Lowndes] page is Nelly Furtado, not Jessica. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.171.131.171 ( talk) 18:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
J. D. Mesnard ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This article reads like promotional material, with many unsourced promotional claims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.28.119.158 ( talk) 19:19, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
I'm related to his nephew (son of his sister)...he was not aware that he had died, he was surprised and skeptical when I informed him said this on wikipedia...Gregory's sister is alive, age 101, nursing home in state of MI...he said she was speaking to him by phone regularly as far as he knew...felt certain she'd have been informed if he had died; and that she would certainly have mentioned this to him...but this sister is apparently Gregory's only contact with his family...can't find any obituary...he was going to ask his mom next time he spoke to her... 68.48.241.158 ( talk) 23:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Some citation needed and then noticed some bare links info, and places that could use some source improvement.
Would appreciate extra eyes on this one to help improve it.
Particularly with regard to cleanup of Personal life section.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 03:26, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I'd encourage BLPN regulars to take a look at Talk:Laura_Branigan#Consensus_discussion and give their views on the use of sources re this person's birth year. Many thanks. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 07:43, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I am Adam Tanner and I am increasingly annoyed at the inaccuracies being updated on my Wikipedia page. The fact of the matter is I was not sacked by anybody for failing a drug test which is repeatedly reported on my page. This is in fact libelous and if it is reported again I will seek legal advice. The fact is I did fail a drug test which I freely admit to and am happy for that to be documented but I WAS NOT sacked and in fact received fantastic support from Ipswich Town FC and went on to play numerous games after the drug failure. Please advise me how I can stop any further detrimental and false information being posted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ipswich78 ( talk • contribs) 07:28, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I am concerned by the outrageous adjectives used to label positions Kaplinsky held within the Juilliard School. "She is currently Supreme Leader of the Juilliard School (PBUH)... In 2008, she became Grand Führer of the Juilliard School's Pre-College Division."
These labels of positions within the Juilliard School are highly offensive to those who appreciate the educational institution as well as those who value the musicians and artists supported by the school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.107.63.146 ( talk) 15:14, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
I am reporting violations of the BLP's policy. I am the individual whom someone has created this page on. The content is erroneous, egregious and libel. I have attempted to modify the content whereby the administrator reverts back to his original page. I have attempted to provide citations and original proof of the additional information. This is to no avail as the administrator prevents me from adding or editing the information.
The administrator repeatedly violates the following policies on BLP's: NPOV- the administrator clearly wishes to illustrate a negative perception by using the content title "expense controversy". This section is simply an avenue to post defamatory news articles that attack the live person and make private family information public. V- There are false allegations, misquotes and false assumptions. I attempted to post new and verifiable information only to have it deleted. NOR- The administrator cannot verify the allegations via a reliable source of research. News articles that are cited cannot attribute the information that is alleged. For example: Cusanelli was asked to repay...is false. The article cannot attribute anyone as having asked or instructed repayment. No subsequent information can substantiate this false information. Wikioncc ( talk) 03:52, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Tokyogirl79 Agreed on a lot of your feedback-thank you. I am just starting to manage this site so, it's a whole new language and culture. Hopefully I can eventually see a page that accurately depicts who I am since it's bound to be around...forever! Wikioncc ( talk) 04:54, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Raina Telgemeier ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
In New York State notices of marital separation are not made publicly available. In order that biographers more accurately describe Raina and Dave Roman's situation and stop confusing literary events booking them, I had been asked to make the changes to Raina's entry by the subject, and save the both of them the need to publicly post on the topic.
So no, I'm not going to have an external citation, and yes, I know this is not how Wikipedia works. But I've known the two of them for over a decade, have a Wikipedia account, and am not either of them so I can make the edits.
I'm just trying to make a complicated situation easier, and let both them keep their privacy as much as is possible when you're public figure.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randimason ( talk • contribs) 14:08, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Tex Watson ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The subject of a Wikipedia article made some requests for changes by paper letter.
They released the copyright of their text, and I uploaded their notes to Commons and posted them on the talk page of the article. Please see it at Talk:Tex_Watson#Edit_requests.
The requests seem routine. They seem to want the deletion of unsourced content and the addition of other sources.
This request is a bit unusual for being on paper and coming from an inmate at a prison. Thanks to anyone who can respond on the talk page of that article. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:30, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Do I understand the policy right that sources are required for statements about Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons? I tried removing some unsourced information about Mark Bloomfeld from American Council for Capital Formation, but it was immediately re-added by another user without any talk page discussion or edit summary. I've tried reaching out to this user on the article talk page to work with them, but no luck yet. The sentence in question is "Bloomfield openly expresses pleasure at the fact that half the members of the House Ways and Means Committee have attended his dinners"--Bloomfeld is a lobbyist, so the odd "openly" in this sentence is clearly intended to imply he's doing something wrong. So far as I can see, no source is given for the sentence at all, but this user has been adding and re-adding it anyway. I've removed it again for now, but I'm sure it'll be back when I sign on again tomorrow.
The article reads like a hit job generally--the entire “history” section is taken from a book by a Democratic politician and activist, even though dozens of nonpartisan sources are available-- but I’m not sure how your Biographies of Living Persons policy applies to groups. Is this editor (LesbianAdvocate) the final authority on this article, or is there someone else I could work with to try to improve it? (To be clear, I completely agree that the Democratic Party's opinions belong in the history--it just doesn't seem fair that they should be the only opinions.)
Thanks for hearing my concerns! I’ll try to focus my energy elsewhere in a bit in hopes that someone else can take a fresh look, and if I'm in the wrong about all this, I will happily cede the article back to LesbianAdvocate. Thanks, Ellen EllenMcGill ( talk) 15:09, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Lucy DeCoutere ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
DeCoutere was one of three accusers in a high profile sexual assault trial in Canada where the defendant was found not guilty. An editor (Tamuren) has repeatedly been tendentiously editing the article to selectively and somewhat misleading include very negative information about DeCoutere, including allegations made by a defense attorney that were never proven to be true (but are presented as true in this article). I've tried reverting a couple times over the last few weeks, along with other editors, but the edits are being repeatedly reverted. The page includes sentences such as "Although she claimed to be traumatized by the alleged events, she initially told a friend that she was “excited for court” because it would be “theatre at its best"." This isn't true; the defense alleged that at trial, DeCoutere denied it, and the judge never ruled whether it was true or not. Hope some other editors can step in. FuriouslySerene ( talk) 14:54, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Galloway Hoard ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
An IP editor is repeatedly adding unsourced claims of wrongdoing (on the part of the hoard's finders) to Galloway Hoard. I've reverted this several times and left warnings, but the user is persisting. S/he can't realistically be blocked as the IP address is dynamically assigned. Could the article please be semi-protected for a period? I'd suggest a week. Prioryman ( talk) 19:23, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Debbie_Riddle /info/en/?search=Debbie_Riddle Article states she wished to ban public breastfeeding by women with breasts larger than a c cup. Reference is politicops.com, a non-news/satire source. Information is not verifiable, and potentially libelous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.56.12.65 ( talk) 17:24, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Disappearance of Brian Shaffer recently appeared in the Did You Know? section on the Wikipedia Main Page. In the version that appeared, like the current version, in the section "Subsequent developments", five of six paragraphs relate to connections between a named living person and the disappearance, and all of this material, including text like "his client's ongoing refusal to take a lie detector test" is sourced entirely and solely to a student newspaper. (Also including statements about what people told the student newspaper, and about whether particular police detectives returned phone calls made by the student newspaper.) Is this OK? MPS1992 ( talk) 17:58, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Frivolous report. The OP has been blocked indefinitely for legal threats. Bishonen | talk 16:33, 2 April 2016 (UTC). |
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Dr Greger whom is well known as the leading veganism expert in the world is someone that does a lot of good free things for the community but is getting an unjust review made in a blog by skeptic Harriet A. Hall linked in his biography. Hall doesn't have near the expertise in nutrition that Greger has yet she accuses him of dishonesty even though his work under fire is all cited to mainstream peer-reviewed scientific medical journals. I've observed Greger as someone who keeps up with the NutritionFacts.org site and shows concern for accuracy, and seems genuinely appreciative of corrections sent his way. When he's made mistakes, he's owned up to them. He gives thanks and credit to whoever has pointed out errors in his work. The hostility seems unfounded unless there's some other agenda he does draw fire in other places for presenting the evidence against certain kinds of quackery, including homeopathy, dietary supplements, "ionizing" water machines.. When I give good reason for removal along with support from other editors one editor User:Alexbrn accuses me of edit warring, and even false accusations of sock puppetry and blocking my participation with warnings on my talk page. Any help from anyone with expertise in this area would be greatly appreciated. Timpicerilo ( talk) 02:24, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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The book he wrote in In Praise of Slow, not In Praise of Slowness
A few more eyes are needed at Short-Fingered Vulgarian, an article about Donald Trump's allegedly small hands. I don't have time to fully investigate the article and its many sources, but on the surface, it looks like it might be a whole lot of WP:SYNTH.- Mr X 20:24, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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Perhaps a redirect to Trump's main page, then? This is the Meme of the Year, and any true encyclopedia would be remiss to be without it. I trust you will find the topic more notable than the thousands of pages dedicated to forgotten contestants on The Appprentice who have been deemed worthy of Encyclopedic inclusion. Thousands of years from now, this may well be what people most remember about Donald Trump. As always, The Nazi Hunter is at your service. Ruthless hunting of Nazis to the ends of the earth is my day job; by night I edit encyclopedia articles, doing my small part to further the world's knowledge. The Nazi Hunter ( talk) 20:30, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
You are quite welcome! As far as SYNTH, I tried to carefully word the article so as not to actually imply that Trump actually has small hands--indeed, most of the sources appear to freely agree that Trump's hands are rather normal, and that is interesting here is merely the vociferousness of his denials. Rather, the article exists merely to document for all posterity that this recurrent joke has become prominent in the cultural conversation surrounding the 2016 campaign, even making its way into a presidential debate. Someone who missed that debate might well need this article and its many sources to fill them in on just what Rubio and Trump were sparring about, and just why Trump said "I assure you, there's no problem there." And even if the consensus is that this is not worthy of its own article, I would again suggest perhaps we consider adding the paragraph as a redirect to one of Trump's other articles. The Nazi Hunter ( talk) 20:37, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
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Right here: "it looks like it might be a whole lot of WP:SYNTH.-" I'm also aware of what the word Synthesis means. Anyway, unless you are suggesting that my day job as a Nazi Hunter gives me a conflict of interest in writing about Mr. Trump, I'm not sure what the problem is here.— Preceding unsigned comment added by The Nazi Hunter ( talk • contribs)
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This is at least the fourth abusive sockpuppet on this theme, checkuser blocked previously. Please revert and report at AIV if they appear again. Acroterion (talk) 22:37, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Engleham created this biography simply because he wanted a counterpart of the book, Full Service (book). I tried to convince him that the notability of this person is based on the book without avail. Also, the subject himself isn't remarked; neither is his supposed relations with celebrities. Only the book article explains it already. Perhaps I might be wrong on this... -- George Ho ( talk) 21:26, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
(1) Bowers notability existed BEFORE the book – which is why, for example, he is credited in William J. Mann's Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969, and other biographical works; appears in Sir Cecil Beaton's published diaries in a lengthy extract, and featured in a popular underground porno film in the 1970s. His notability has also extended beyond the book FOLLOWING its publication, with the upcoming documentary of his life (a section of which was previewed in Cannes last year), and the talks he has given in L.A. about his life.
(2) As the book has become old news, articles and blog items consistently profile Bowers first, no longer the book. Bowers also continues to contribute to other books such as the 2015 title My Buddy: World War II Laid Bare. So he has an identity beyond the book e.g. http://www.queerblog.it/post/198213/hollywood-gay-il-best-seller-sulla-mecca-del-cinema-di-scotty-bowers-sara-presto-un-film; http://guestofaguest.com/los-angeles/you-should-know/you-should-know-scotty-bowers; http://www.advocate.com/photography/2016/3/11/wwii-and-buddy-system
(3) In two Rfcs I pointed this out, and suggested the book article be retitled and reframed as a biographical article. This was opposed. There was a degree of consensus in the second Rfc that, if appropriate, a separate biographical article be written. Given, as detailed above, his notability extends beyond the book, it is indeed appropriate. Wikipedia allows unlimited articles, this hurts no one, and broadens information about Bowers himself, so I wrote the article and added 20 references - now 23 - considerable for such a article. And the vast majority do not reference the book.
(4) You chose to add a 'BLP additional citations needed' tag to the page. Given the more than sufficient number of cited references, this was clearly an edit meant to be deceitfully disruptive. I've removed the tag, and suggest you exercise your energies on more productive behaviour rather than wilful and sly harassment. Engleham ( talk) 04:48, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
A note for others reading this: I don't engage with Ho or Collect as both have a history -- well-documented by myself and several other editors -- of being repeatedly, wilfully obstructionist and harassing in their edits, for the sheer jollies of it. (See Talk:Harold_Holt#RfC for a recent farcical example.) Note in the above how he makes no effort to address the points made - the oblique reply to invite further responses, which results in fruitless circuitous exchanges to wear the other person down, is also a well-worn tactic of Ho's. I have no intention of pandering to their pathologies. Engleham ( talk) 08:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
The section Aécio Neves#Drug addiction contains some pretty strong accusations against this high-profile Brazilian politician. Could someone take a look at this? Hack ( talk) 06:55, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
I discovered Le'Greg O. Harrison through some other COI editing I was checking on, but a look at the page shows that it's incredibly promotional. I'm actually not sure that he is really all that notable outside of The Board Administration, which also seems to have been heavily hit with the promotional stick.
I'm cleaning the puff out of Harrison's article, but most of the sources in the article are dead or otherwise unusable (SPS, etc). So far I'm leaning towards redirecting this to TBA but I want to see if I can get anyone to help find sourcing to justify this guy having his own article. This is pretty much why you don't pay someone to write your own article. (sigh) Tokyogirl79 (。◕‿◕。) 04:50, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
New articles on twin actors, with virtually identical content. I and other editors have nominated these for speedy deletion, and tagged the articles for notability, reliable sources and copyright violations, but two WP:SPA accounts have removed all templates, and are owning the articles. I'm requesting more eyes on these, and if the speedy templates won't stick, perhaps AfD process will apply. Sock or meat puppetry, perhaps to avoid a block, are possible. Thanks, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 04:33, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Puff piece, maintained by a single purpose account. I've removed some of the copyright violations, and much of the remainder is devoted to quoted promotional blurbs, which will also need to be removed. Doing so pretty much eviscerates the whole article. Since the 'owner' is removing maintenance templates, I'd appreciate more attention and assistance. Thanks, 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 14:46, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Patrick Cannon ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I was wondering if somebody familiar with "politician arrested and resigns" type articles would mind taking a look at this article, particularly it's opening sentence. I tried discussing it at Talk:Patrick Cannon#It is not disrespectful to call a felon a felon., but haven't gotten any response. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. I am also concerned about the infobox image. Using a mug shot photo seems a bit POV and undue. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 11:08, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Mary P. Koss could use more eyes from this board. Several editors have been pushing to add criticism of the subject based on men's-rights blog sources which I believe violate BLP (and NPOV). — David Eppstein ( talk) 00:09, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Has a new user (?) Newuser1138 who appears to think that the "truth" must be placed into that BLP - even where prior discussions found that the material would not be properly placed into the biography. I am estopped from making BLP edits, so suggest that others look into this. Collect ( talk) 14:28, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
There's a long-standing dispute at the article Cenk Uygur over the inclusion of material on the subject's past comments about the Armenian Genocide. Uyugr is now a high-profile web news host. Here's a piece about him that was published in The Guardian a couple of days ago. I have no history of editing his article, I just happened to look it up the other day and I was surprised to see that the article's lead included an unsourced remark about him being a denier of the Armenian Genocide. The body of the article itself contained a longer discussion on the subject, referring to his past remarks. The lead claimed that he had made "past statements in support of Armenian Genocide denial, statements that he has never publicly repudiated." Strong claim. I thought this material had serious BLP and OR issues, so I removed it, leaving a note on the talk page. Now, here are the relevant facts: when he was at college, in 1991, Uygur wrote a piece for his student newspaper questioning the genocide, [19] and then later he wrote a letter to the editor of Salon, which was published online in 1999, questioning whether "genocide" was the appropriate term. [20] These are primary sources, of course. The trouble is, these do not appear to have been discussed by a single good independent source. And also, if you look at the article talk page and its archive you'll see several comments claiming that Uygur no longer holds the views that he appeared to hold in the 1990s, although again, no one appears to have provided a good independent source one way or the other. I challenged another editor on the talk page to provide a better source, and the best that has been provided so far is this, from a local paper, in a report about protests by an Armenian group in California at a Democratic Party event, which includes this single sentence, "Uygur is host of the "Young Turks” TV program and made denialist comments about the genocide in the 1990s." I believe that we have a very flimsy evidence base on which to say anything about his views on the Armenian Genocide - past or present. The good quality coverage in reliable sources simply does not exist. And Exceptional claims require exceptional sources. Certainly the claim that "he has never publicly repudiated" his remarks from the 1990s is OR. I also think the inclusion of the material gives undue weight to an aspect of the subject which is not at all a defining biographical detail. See also the talk page, where I have set out in more detail my reasons for removing the material: Talk:Cenk Uygur#Genocide denial. Another editor has reverted me twice. The trouble is, I am not the first editor to remove this material. It has been repeatedly added over the past few years by various editors, and repeatedly removed by other editors citing BLP concerns. It would be useful to establish a consensus on 1) whether it is appropriate to mention anything at all about his comments from the 1990s, and 2) if it is, how should this material be presented? I request input from those more expert than I am in BLP matters. Cmeiqnj ( talk) 22:13, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Note: I have also removed essentially the same material from the page Genocide denial, where someone had inserted it. Cmeiqnj ( talk) 11:41, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
Looks to me as though there are BLP violations on this page. The editor ( Knowledgebattle ( talk · contribs), blocked at the moment) seems to think that since these aren't "official articles" it doesn't matter. [21] There are some other subpages I haven't looked at yet but may be problematic. [22] Doug Weller talk 12:45, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Under the 'Advertising' section of Lily Cole's article, the last paragraph is offensive, sexually explicit material. /info/en/?search=Lily_Cole
User:Litalex seems determined to push to an inappropriate prominence discussion of the sexuality of the article's subject. Although Portillo's sexuality is clearly mentioned in the context of the article as regards his political career, Litalex has twice sought to raise it in the context of Portillo's marriage, although I have twice, (and I believe politely), reverted this and explained carefully my reasons. These include WP:UNDUE and non-conformity with WP:BLP. (see User_talk:Litalex#Portillo and User_talk:Smerus#Portillo). Litalex has subsequently edited the article naming a third party who should not have been named according to WP standards (see Talk:Michael_Portillo#Mr_X), and I have reverted this; I believe this edit compounds the issues of undue/blp. My latest reversion is: this one. Earlier relevant diffs are this and this. I have not warned Litalex as a vandal as I was hoping to resolve this situation by discussion but as Litalex seems intent on escalating the issue without explanation I should be grateful for help or advice. Thanks, -- Smerus ( talk) 15:52, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
I am grateful for Litalex's contribution above since it clearly illustrates his lack of WP:NPOV - particularly necessary when dealing with BLPs. To deal with his retaliatory accusation of non-notification: I originally referred this issue to the incident notice board and I notified Litalex accordingly. Fifteen minutes later I realized that it would be better dealt with on this page, withdrew the incident notification, and also informed Litalex accordingly. You can see all this clearly in this diff. Thanks, -- Smerus ( talk) 20:09, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Is it okay to create a BLP page purely to make a POINT in a deletion debate ?
This seems to be a violation of WP:POINT and WP:BLP.
Biographies of real living people should not be created, whether in userspace or main article space or anywhere else on Wikipedia, for the sole reason of making a WP:POINT.
BLPs should not be created when there is zero intention of making a real article about them.
Thoughts ?
Thank you for your time,
— Cirt ( talk) 16:06, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
What is the BLP violation being reported here? Only in death does duty end ( talk) 16:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
-- — Keithbob • Talk • 17:05, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Manish_K._Sethi does not meet any criteria for inclusion in wikipedia with regards to prominence or performance. He is not a public figure of note. Please delete.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.223.207.30 ( talk) 21:30, 6 April 2016
IP editor 115.188.178.77, who calls herself/himself “Claudia” and loudly expresses regressive and occasionally racist views of Maori culture and New Zealand colonial history, has for some years waged an online crusade against the highly respected New Zealand historian James Belich. Claudia has accused Belich of bias, shoddy work, ignorance and errors.
Some examples of her tirades are here, here, here, and — more stridently — in the four threads archived at the Belich article talk page, here.
Claudia has launched a new attack on Belich at the talk page of this article on a British army officer who fought the Maori in New Zealand, returning to the theme that Belich is ignorant and usually wrong. Claudia here (as she often does) cites the authors Pugsley and Richards in her derisive comments, though when challenged recently to produce the actual statements of those authors, she could not. [23]
I deleted her last Belich comment on the grounds that it was an attack not relevant to the article; she has restored it and added a further criticism of Belich: see Talk:Duncan Cameron (British Army officer)#No Personal attack on Belich.
This is a problematic editor who was been blocked in 2012 [24], 2013 and 2014, with the latter report including references to Claudia’s history of faking citations. Her recent efforts have also included adding a fictionalised “quote” within an article which was nothing more than a stab in the dark of something she had once read (see this and this thread.) BlackCab ( TALK) 04:28, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Stephen_Crabb&diff=714069485&oldid=714065587 restores contentious claims not directly supported by reliable sources (including a nice tabloidy claim sourced to the Daily Mail of course)
Will someone please fix that edit? ("and stayed on welfare for the rest of his 'working' life" is not found in the Daily Telegraph article, and the claims sourced to the Daily Mail include "Tory Minister for Wales: I foiled my dad's knife attack...on my mother" and " New benefits minister's extraordinary reunion with the 'abusive' father he hasn't seen since he fled home as a boy after a series of violent rows " show just how great the reportage used is). Thank you. Collect ( talk) 14:14, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
It is unhelpful to start an article about a contemporary musician or actor by listing every single job they’ve done in their time, however non-notable or downright trivial. The focus in the lead should be on the one thing (it is rarely more than one) for which they are notable. Anything else can come later in the article.
I've pared a couple of these lists back, but fans instantly revert them and keep extending them. A lost cause? 217.38.159.138 ( talk) 18:28, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
Vivian Ho (artist) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
At the risk of dropping this like a stone into a deep well, I'd appreciate some assistance here today. A group of new and well-intentioned WP:SPA editors have turned a young artist's bio into an extensive press release, complete with resume of largely non-significant shows and promotional descriptions of work and solo exhibitions. At this point I've tired of discussing it at the article talk page, and get the sense that any copy editing I venture will be an uphill battle. Thoughts and help welcome. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 ( talk) 18:03, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-03-17/News and notes. Given the nature of the discussion, I thought a posting here was appropriate, since the editors at this noticeboard will be most knowledgeable in what is and is not an actual BLP issue. ~ Rob Talk 00:03, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Gilliam schoolblocked user:195.195.152.11, a serial vandal, back in 2014. I just discovered that someone at that IP changed the birthdate at Carola Dunn way back in 2005. Looking at their contribs, it appears that changing birthdates was a favourite passtime back then. I fear that other BLPs may still be damaged. Worse, it appears that the data has promulgated out through this Wikidata to corrupt this ISNI record and this VIAF record]. I suppose it is just possible that the LCAuth record is wrong, but I've adopted and cited its date anyway, in preference to the IP's edit. I hate to say it, but someone's going to have to go through all those contribs and check each of the affected articles. LeadSongDog come howl! 15:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
Could people experienced in BLP issues keep an eye on this? I don't have much time to look into it, but there are a lot of people being "named", "implicated", or in an "accusations were made" paragraph. As far as I can tell, right now, sources are still in the "just list all the famous names found in the data dump" phase. I wonder if our article should start out with zero names for a while, and only add them when reliable sources have calmly assessed whether there are specific allegations made, and/or they quit/retire/get removed from whatever position they're in. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 21:27, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
Edits there name a slew of living persons, where allegations of criminal activity are directly imputed by the article, but where no other sources are found for such charges other than from the organization releasing the information.
I find edit summaries such as "Reinstate some info. ABSURDLY, as it was, WE HAD REBUTTALS BUT NOTHING BEING REBUTTED. Excuse me saying this, but the article has been hacked to pieces by some editors who completely ignore WP:NPOV and frankly should know better"
Alas - I find WP:BLP says we should not imply criminal acts to people without strong reliable sourcing (some of those named are not "notable" to the extent that such claims are proper IMO) and NPOV being used as a reason to accuse people named in that article of criminal acts seems worse than craven.
Hence the queries - is this article subject to WP:BLP? Is the naming of "not very notable persons" in this article improper under WP:BLP? Collect ( talk) 15:21, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
Nathan Davis (saxophonist) Nathan Davis did start a band called Roots in 1991. However, this is not the same band that is in the link on his Wikipedia page. That is a different band with a nearly-identical name. (personal interview) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.101.80.14 ( talk • contribs) 22:07, April 7, 2016
Contrary to the line that says a concert by Frank Sinatra at Rollins' high school, accompanied by a plea for racial harmony, changed his life, Rollins never said the concert changed his life, as borne out by the video source cited [26]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sidbill60 ( talk • contribs) 15:49, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Gideon Greif ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The entire article is clearly just a resume.
Violation of WP:NPF end WP:BLP1E — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.222.148.181 ( talk) 05:29, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Shyla Foxxx ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I've reverted unsourced information about a porn actress' purported birthdate twice and purported birth name once. Please see my second edit here. (You can find my first revert an hour or two before that.) I don't want to edit war. Suggestions? Assistance? David in DC ( talk) 21:15, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Jenny Lim ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could someone take a look at this page please? It is an article by a new editor which is badly written, lacks references and notability could be an issue. I tagged it for refs. and the tag was removed three times by the creator who had been warned. The page was then 'reviewed' by another editor and I added a copy-edit tag. The creator has very recently added 2 refs citing Facebook and again removed the refs and copy-edit tags. I think I've run up against 3RR here so would appreciate it if someone else could take a look. It is entirely possible that it could be a candidate for CSD due to notability issues & possible COI also. Thanks Eagleash ( talk) 02:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
Kristina Svechinskaya ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Sexy hacker?[edit] She was with 36 other people in the hacking scheme that stole millions and she was singled out because she was the really pretty one in the whole scheme and her revealing photo on the internet. I think that this article should be merged with another article about the other Eastern European hackers that were involved in the crime.
(Redacted) Patchman123 (talk) 14:39, 5 April 2016
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Ned Miller passed away March 18th, 2016 in White City/Medford Oregon. Please update your article. Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuclearnee ( talk • contribs) 13:55, 4 April 2016
There are a couple of editors on this page (linked above) who seem intent on whitewashing the article, specifically removing any criticism of the subject, claiming such criticism is libelous. Now, maybe they're right and there are libel issues (in other words, unreliable sources, false claims, etc.) or these editors might have some sort of WP:COI. Either way, I think some more eyes on this article would be helpful. clpo13( talk) 17:41, 9 April 2016 (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.
Notice cross-posted at WP:RSN, WT:MED, and WP:FRINGEN Jytdog ( talk) 22:58, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
Greger is a
Celebrity doctor (i have got to write that article) who owns founded and runs nutritionfacts.org and writes books like, "How Not to Die". Most broadly he advocates that people move away from the
Western diet and instead to eat a
healthy diet; he also urges people to go
vegan and criticizes the medical establishment for being afraid to do that. All of that is great. The problem is that he makes often makes exaggerated (or what some call "rhetorical") claims like -- "How not to die" - as part of his efforts to persuade people to reduce the amount of animal products they eat. (The consensus
healthy diet does call for people to eat mostly whole foods and less processed food; more fruit and veg and less meat, etc. The problem is not the diet he recommends but rather the claims he makes about the benefits of eating better and the dangers of eating animal products. Which are extreme. Like ... "How Not to Die")
These exaggerated claims are pretty much WP:PSCI (we are talking about the claims, not about him); there are of course some editors who find all his claims to be true and are unhappy that the WP article about him calls out these exaggerated claims.
We have content/sourcing currently in the article as follows:
Physician and skeptic Harriet A. Hall analyzed one of Greger's videos in which he claimed that death was largely a "food-borne illness" and wrote that while it was already generally accepted that plant-based diets with less red meat conferred health benefits, in the video she found "sweeping statements that go beyond the evidence," "unwarranted assumptions about the meaning of studies," and omission of "any reference to contradictory evidence". [1]
References
- ^ Hall HA (February 12, 2013). "Death as a Foodborne Illness Curable by Veganism". Science-based Medicine. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
Those who find his claims true are objecting under WP:BLPSPS. The source here is Science-Based Medicine (see our article for a description of it).
There are three main responses to this objection:
The objections have been dragging on for a few months now, so it is time to get community input on the question. So - do we have a problem with WP:BLPSPS here or not? Jytdog ( talk) 22:48, 31 August 2016 (UTC) amended - Greger founded nutritionfacts.org per this and this and this it is owned by a nonprofit Nutritionfacts Org Inc per this again. Jytdog ( talk) 23:44, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
Physician and skeptic Harriet A. Hall has written that Greger overstates the advantages of plant-based diets, and that he does not discuss evidence which contradicts his stated beliefs.
Physician and skeptic Harriet A. Hall has written that Greger overstates the advantages of plant-based diets and the harm caused by eating animal products, and that he does not discuss evidence which contradicts his stated beliefs