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Under the Books and Editorials section of the Louis Freeh ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) article, mention and direct quotation is made of a review reportedly appearing in The New York Times about Freeh's book entitled My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror. However, after reading the review cited, I cannot find the supposed direct quotation anywhere in it. Moreover, the direct quotation cited is diametrically opposed to the tone taken by the reviewer and appears have been inserted with an aim towards creating a positive impression of both Freeh and his book when the reviewer at best appeared to be neutral and expressed disappointment in the book. The cited work was retrieved today from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/books/review/06burrough.html?ex=1288933200&en=4ca3dd8254c92f06&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss and can be referenced there. Deecee322 ( talk) 12:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Skywriter ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Pinkville ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (an admin) have been continually re-adding a YouTube video ( diff here) of questionable copyright status to the external links section on Howard Zinn. They have thus far refused to remove it (and have reverted edits by myself and another user, Vector by ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) until we can clear up any copyvio issues. My problem is this: the rest of the interviews in the external links section are hosted by their copyright holder(s) on official websites. This video, however, was uploaded by a user with no clear ties to the organization. It absolutely could be legitimate, but it could also have been uploaded by a fan. The uploader's username has leetspeak in it, which is initially what made me suspicious. (When I see a video uploaded by someone named "M3T4LL1CA", my gut instinct says it's not official.) At this point, I really think we should avoid any semblance of impropriety until we can determine this video's copyright status, especially since this is a BLP page, yet I find myself hindered by an admin. Ideas of what to do at this point? Wyatt Riot ( talk) 19:52, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
There has been a spate of very libelous additions to a BLP article I wrote recently. Could these revisions be hid (though not oversighted) - they're very offensive - [1], [2], [3], [4] and so on. If this continues I may need to request semi-protection. Greidy4Punishment ( talk) 03:48, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Request for edit warring notice or watch. Several users involved, no use in singling any one of them out.
Numerous reversions by established users, violations of 3 revert rule. Nearly impossible to add anything to this article. Well sourced information arbitrarily deleted, often without explanation or with inapplicable explanations given. Disingenous-sounding discussion on talk page re. "avoiding" an edit war by users who then begin to war. Impossible to even place a NPOV tag on article.
Grayson is a controversial subject, and some leeway should be given -- however the number of edits, the contrived-sounding disputes over trivia and the deletion of acceptable material have gone way beyond all bounds. 50 edits in 24 hours, article is less balanced, and less informative than ever. W E Hill ( talk) 12:02, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
I am the originator of this post. The comments above do not speak for me in any way shape or form. I did not want to call out anyone in particular, but I want to leave it to the administrators to decide. What you see in these comments is an attempt to create a faux impression of reasonableness or ability to come to an agreement.
I would like to restate: with the type of editing that is going on and the violations of the 3 revert, other BLP rules, it is impossible to add sourced information to the article. The article is highly slanted. All one has to do is look at the number of reversions, the number of edits, and the lack of growth of the article over the past few weeks. W E Hill ( talk) 15:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
The Wikipedia biography of Alfonso Sastre, a living person, states that he is a supporter of ETA and of terrorism. This is incorrect and also defamatory. Were it true, he would be arrested under Spain's anti-terror laws and Sastre has not been arrested under that or any other penal code. That is enough proof that the content referred to is incorrect and also defamatory, besides which no proof has been referred to by the detractor .
Alfonso Sastre is on record as supporting the Basque pro-Independence Left movement and has stood as a candidate of theirs on recent electoral platform. He pronounces the right of self-determination for the Basque Country, as do many other organisations in the Basque Country, among which is included the armed group ETA, but that does not logically make him a supporter of theirs (a general point remarked on recently by Martin Schein, UN Rapporteur on Civil Rights etc.).
These passages should be removed and furthermore the biography should be expanded significantly (as is the Spanish version, which also contains the calumnies referred to above)to give a fuller account of the contribution of Spain's foremost living playwright, who is also a writer and composer and a political campaigner against injustice and for civil rights with a career extending back to opposition to the Franco regime. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michel Louise ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Found on the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Greenspan
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No, I am not Brad Greenspan; I just recognize libel -- and garbage that undermines Wikipedia's credibility -- when I see it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.102.149.77 ( talk) 21:27, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
The only source cited in Night of the Pencils is in Spanish, so I can't tell how reliable it is, but as there is at least one person mentioned in the article still alive, and since the article makes claims about an entire military unit, surely whose members are still alive, this article violates WP:BLP in the criminal allegations being made. Who then was a gentleman? ( talk) 20:59, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
In addition, the page occasionally includes a list of "victims", which violates WP:NOTMEMORIAL. I've removed the list twice. Who then was a gentleman? ( talk) 01:18, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
This morning the membership list of the British National Party was leaked, amidst some publicity of the fact that a life peer and member of the House of Lords was on it. This turns out to be a mistake as the 'Lord Bramhall' that is on the list is not Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall. Some editors have not seen the correction and are adding the supposed BNP membership to his biography. Sam Blacketer ( talk) 09:41, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Larry Johnson (author) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) This page has been vandalized by individuals who have the sole agenda of discreditLarry Johnson. The sources published by Alcor about Alcor or its employees or members cannot be considered reliable in verifying controversial information. The information posted could be considered libelous.
Thank you... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.25.56 ( talk) 13:27, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
This article was protected for six months because of edit wars over an editors’ constant use of cherry picked, out of context Atzmon quotes despite: a) Atzmon’s complaint (as revealed in talk page category) about the article being defamatory; b) editors’ consensus to stick to secondary sources and avoid cherry picked primary ones; c) the editor in questions’ repeated comments that he had to “prove” how bad Atzmon is, for which he was warned in the past.
The article is now unprotected and the editor is back at it putting in two cherry picked quotes presented out of context to negative affect. He’s reverted attempts to give them context. See this talk section for more details. Neutral editors and admins concerned with BLP policy please see and comment on this talk page section. CarolMooreDC ( talk) 01:31, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Ironically, Nick Cohen is not Jewish. Drsmoo ( talk) 15:12, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
<backdent> Details should be discussed on the talk page, though I do think any use of Cohen, especially without mentioning Atzmon's replies to him, is WP:undue from a dubious polemical source. More importantly, as I noted there, I completely forgot that in the spring several people worked on this draft of the politics section set up by an Admin after protection. It has a good balance of politics and criticism and includes some important stuff, like about Atzmon's notability when mentioned by Egyptian president Erdogan. CarolMooreDC ( talk) 22:39, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Scurrilous, Incendiary and Defamatory references to James W. Lewis appear in text at multiple locations in Wikipedia. These statements incite fear and hatred toward Lewis without either a legal or factual basis, and thus may be actionable. Please correct offensive text immediately.
The name James W. Lewis appears in Wikipedia under at least two main topics:
In all known instances, Wikipedia pages clearly infer, both implicitly and explicitly, that James W. Lewis is criminally responsible for the 1982 cyanide laced Tylenol murders in the Chicago area. In fact, James W. Lewis has never been indicted for any of the murders, and has never been convicted of committing any of the murders. James W. Lewis has never been convicted of murder nor rape. This false accusation about James W. Lewis has been circulated for nearly thirty years, smearing his reputation and making his an object of fear and hatred, without a factual nor legal basis.
In both cases, Wikipedia pages fail to:
Please remove all defamatory references to James W. Lewis
Please include references to the website [18] whenever the name James W. Lewis is cited anywhere in reference to Tylenol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.107.17 ( talk) 07:53, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
We have a dispute between editors at Troy_King ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - One poster continues to add the name of an office employee to the BLP about the Attorney General. There have been many rumors about this person through out the internet, none of which have been allowed to be placed on WP. I feel that the inclusion of the employees names is to harm said individual. Outside of my personal thoughts on the matter I see no added value by posting the name. The name is quoted and cited properly but I previously wrote the section of the article and chose not to include the name and has been accepted this way for six months. I believe that in BLP we should err on the side of privacy. An employee is certainly due a greater degree of privacy than the elected official. We need help on this because as this is a politican there is a continued effort to post biased and sensational information which is not appropriate under BLP policies. Please advise resolution on the discussion page of said article and suggest a block of unsigned ip editors to this page until after the election period so we can have a reasonable discussion about what to post from something more than random IP addresses. Gray10k ( talk) 12:06, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
A number of scientists listed here are not documented by reliable sources as actually "believing" the beliefs that are ascribed to them in the text. In many cases, nuances of their positions are lost, and, in at least one case, the scientist in question (who I know personally) has an opinion attributed to them that they do not hold. I have tagged the article as a BLP-violation (as indeed it is). I think people need to go through and start removing people when the sources are not reliable and have not actually documented a complete and unambiguous rejection of a "mainstream scientific assessment of global warming". In fact, you may actually need to find that phrase or an extremely close synonym in order for ANY living person to be listed here at all.
I've cross-posted this to Talk:List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming.
ScienceApologist ( talk) 05:51, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Sal the Stockbroker ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - I would like someone to look at this before it becomes an edit war, Sal the Stockbroker is a know person and everything on his page has a source. But another user keeps redirecting it to The Howard Stern Show staff (this person should have his own page). Can someone please look at this. thank you // 98.117.40.154 ( talk) 17:13, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, there has been an edit war on this article for the last couple of days, even after someone being blocked and the article being semi-protected, the same content is being removed. I don't have a great deal of experience with BLPs but the editors removing content keep on citing BLP policies. This was posted on WP:COIN, here but I think that having some input from other editors would help. Thanks in advance. Smartse ( talk) 18:38, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
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Dear Sir/madam, My user name is saber.etc and I recently created a wikipedia profile for Jayne Pierson (fashion designer). In doing so I have stuck to the guidelines of "biographies of living people". I have established, internal links , citations, references and external links. The citations are from reputed news websites such as BBC. Also the writing is in a neutral point of view with a component for criticism. Therefore, I request that the box appearing on top of the article to be removed. The quality standards and citations concerns are dated September 2009 and if you look at the versions recently, you will be able to observe that since September I have met all the requirements for this article in terms of internal links, external links, references and in line citations. Also If I have left anything out, please let me know as soon as possible so I will be able to fix what ever is wrong and get back to you. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in this matter. Regards, Navam Niles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.232.41 ( talk) 06:45, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
Anita_Dunn#White_House_Communications_Director ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This is a biography article about Anita Dunn who is the White House Communications Director. On October 15, political commentator Glenn Beck spent the better part of his show attacking her for an earlier speech she made. As often happens, this set off a firestorm of POV-pushing and BLP violations by editors, both IP and registered, that had never touched the article before. Generally, these things are easily defended with the backing of Wikipedia policy and partial protection, however this article is not well-known and has not even crossed the threshold of 30 people who watchlist it. As a result, two or three editors have managed to edit-war the page into its current non-NPOV state, filling it with lengthy quotations, [19] using it as a soapbox to repeat Beck's attacks [20] and, most tendentiously, repeatedly reverting any attempt to add her comments in response to Beck, saying it "insults" him [21] [22]. Considering that the article is about her, it would seem that her response would be one of the few relevant aspects of this.
Underneath all this, the real issue is that the entire thing is non-notable to the WP:BLP article. Commentators like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Keith Olbermann attack someone every night, but we don't rush to add it to their biographies. It has to be notable to an encyclopedic understanding of the person. This incident generated a couple of editorials on the political right but was not picked up by the news media and disappeared within a news cycle. The only non-editorial reliable source for it was a CNN article reporting on her response (the same one that keeps getting removed). I feel that any mention of the incident is undue WP:WEIGHT in a biography, but if it needs to be mentioned, this can be done in couple of balanced sentences.
But now we have the situation where almost half of the entire biography is made up of this one attack by a political partisan. Anyone that attempts to correct this (myself and one or two other editors) finds that there are editors more than willing to edit-war (one editor violated 3RR within the course of a single hour yesterday). I try very hard to avoid edit-wars so I don't keep up, but at the same time I hate to see a biography article hijacked by those on the attack. The article is currently under full protection (due to the edit-warring) but there is no hope that the situation will be any different when protection expires. So I am hoping the larger community can sort this out and I will agree with whatever consensus is established here.
That said, the two questions are: Does this incident belong in the biography article at all? And if so, how should it be worded? Thanks! -- Loonymonkey ( talk) 01:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Rather than respond to the above, I simply invite all interested parties to read the talk page of the Anita Dunn article, in particular the "Mao and Mother Theresa" section. Judge for yourselves who is striving for neutrality and who is not. PAR ( talk) 02:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Sergei Chuyev ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – unreliable data based on unreliable source – Russian Liberation Army web-page.
Can other experienced editors watchlist these articles about some Polish politicians and their party. There are ongoing problems that with the additions of rumours, allegations and innuendo (fascism, alcoholism, sexual orientation), sometimes with sources, though generally not of great quality, [23]. -- Slp1 ( talk) 13:27, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Some negative, unsourced information has been added twice to Shawn Baldwin. See here and here. The sources that have been used appear to be unreliable. I have posted them for review at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. Would someone help keep an eye on this article? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 03:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
This article could really do with a looking at. Dubious sourcing, some interesting claims. J Milburn ( talk) 13:17, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Does this content violate our policy on BLP sources? I think it does, not to mention WP:UNDUE. APK because, he says, it's true 17:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I've been thinking this would be a problem for a while, but never came across the article until now. As those aware of the incident may guess, this is likely to be a big BLP problem for a while and there are already a number of discussions which raise BLP issues so the eyes of BLP aware editors would be helpful Nil Einne ( talk) 11:23, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
OK, this gentleman is not living, but everything is unsourced. It oringinally had images of the person's government identification -- which I have deleted. Should all of it be deleted? HyperCapitalist ( talk) 02:34, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Kyung Lah ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - I'm concerned over the weight given to what a Wikipedian is reffering to as a "sex scandal" - and the reliability of sources. It could probably be mentioned that she was forced to quit her job because she was unfaithful if there are reliable sources that state this is what happened, but I'm sure it shouldn't be an entire paragraph screaming "sex scandal". 81.170.235.35 ( talk) 12:23, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
This is in response to the article on former KNBC news reporter, Kyung Lah. First, I want to clarify that I didn't actually write this section. From what I know, its been there more months before the controversy arose. I'm only against section blanking it for reasons stated below.
Moving on...the controversy over sourcing first arose when somebody tried to delete the "sex scandal" section because it was supported by two broken links (which were also there long before I found the article). I reverted the edit because I found another link that asserted to its authenticity. The source I added is from LA Observed ( http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2005/03/knbc_staffers_f.php)
LA observed is a blog. Although wikipedia states, in its verifiability section, that:
Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason self-published media, whether books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, Internet forum postings, tweets etc., are largely not acceptable.
It also adds that:
Self-published material may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. However, caution should be exercised when using such sources: if the information in question is really worth reporting, someone else is likely to have done so.
The blog in question is run by Kevin Roderick, a person who "spent two decades as a staff writer, line editor and senior editor at the Los Angeles Times, specializing in in-depth projects and coverage of politics, urban affairs and the state of California." He also "shared in two Pulitzer Prizes awarded for staff coverage of the Rodney King riots and the Northridge earthquake." You can read more of his extensive credentials at the biography section at LA Observed ( http://www.laobserved.com/kevin.php).
His blog has also been cited as being "widely read by journalists, media professionals, bloggers and politicians and is regularly cited in the national media" by KCRW radio, and "has been named a Best of the Web media blog by Forbes." ( http://www.kcrw.com/people/roderick_kevin?role=host)(http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/review.jhtml?id=7814)
The credentials I've listed above, which strongly attests to Mr. Roderick's expertise in the field, and the blog's acceptance in mainstream media should meet wikipedia's reliability requirements. Mr. Roderick's articles have also been cited in several other wikipedia articles ( http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=+site:en.wikipedia.org+LA+observed+and+wikipedia&ei=q4_kSqDKK5iQkQWG5dGxAQ&sa=X&oi=nshc&resnum=1&ct=more-results&ved=0CA0Q2AQ&fp=8ec9ea851cee2c5b). His article on Kyung Lah were also picked up and circulated by at least two other major publishing sources: OhMyNews ( http://english.ohmynews.com/reader_opinion2/opinion_view.asp?code=2078864&menu=c10400&no=303487&rel_no=1&opinion_no=1&page=1&isSerial=&sort_name=&ip_sort=61.73.167.187) and the Los Angeles Business Journal ( http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=61097007.32228202.1118806.58473302.875901.669&aID2=86053).
I think some people want to delete the "sex scandal" section on the Kyung Lah article because she's still considered to be an important figure and a source of ethnic pride within the Korean-American community. This, however, shouldn't result in section blanking her more unfortunate experiences. Also, if somebody is concerned with WP:UNDUE, they should side-stream the section, rather than deleting it as a whole. The scandal is a significant event in her life because it effectively put an end to her career as a news reporter and relegated her to the position of a news correspondent. The difference between the two is explained at wikipedia's correspondent article.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 13:09, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I've just asked Xymmax to re-write it, since it was him who first brought up the whole issue with WP:UNDUE. People are already accusing me of POV pushing over the article, so I'm not comfortable with doing the job myself (lest they scrutinize each individual word I write and accuse me of some other violation). I'm sure Xymmax will agree to work with me in side-streaming it. -- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 13:47, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
please review my edits on the article. The article should at least somewhat clarify her act of "improper conduct," since such a phrase is so vague that it can be interpreted to mean many different things (there is a huge different between personal misconduct and business misconduct). Also, I'll agree to the massive edits (which have been watered down even further by such words as "reportedly" and "allegations") so long as readers have access to the details at LA Observed. I've gone through a lot of work to show that the source is not unreliable, so adding this citation should no longer violate anything.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 14:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Through my comments above, I've shown that this particular blog is not unreliable and that it meets wikipedia rules. As I posted above, wikipedia says that some blogs are OK by declaring that :
Self-published material may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. However, caution should be exercised when using such sources: if the information in question is really worth reporting, someone else is likely to have done so.
Why don't you present your case as to why you think the blog doesn't meet these circumstances.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 14:49, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Readability? What do you want me to say? Off2riorob was kind enough to read my comments and agreed to not section blank it. My writing is not esoteric literature. I showed that Kevin Roderick of LA Observed is an extremely reliable person to source since he has an extensive career in journalism. He was a senior editor for the LA Times, the recipient of two Pulitzer prizes, and is now director of the UCLA Newsroom. His blog has been awarded "Best of the Web" by Forbes magazine. What else do I have to show that this guy is an established expert in the field of journalism? If you want more, I've provided so many links above. Plus, his article on Kyung Lah has also been circulated by the Los Angeles Business Journal and OhMyNews, so it's not like his blog is the only site that covered the affair.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 15:03, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Why don't you just take the time to read my explanation above. I stated that KCRW wrote that LA Observed is "widely read by journalists, media professionals, bloggers and politicians and is regularly cited in the national media." Plus, you don't just get Pulitzer prizes and awards from Forbes magazine if you're notable, I'm sure that reliability is also a criteria. Plus, the LA Business Journal that off2riorob included in the article for me cites the LA Observed as its major source. Why can't we cite the original source that a respectable news source presents?
If you are so bothered by LA Observed, I'll agree to withdraw it. It only hurts the readers, because now they can't have direct access to the details and to the original source. I still request that "improper conduct" be clarified, since such a phrase is a weasel word. It's so vague, its almost meaningless unless the reader actually makes the effort to open the citation. People can interpret "improper conduct" in so many ways. Can we at least change "allegations of improper conduct" to "allegations of an affair with the television station's field producer"? If you agree with this, I'll be done with the whole thing.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 15:30, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Final appeal, we change:
In March 2005, she was reportedly dismissed by KNBC after allegations of improper conduct.
to:
In March 2005, she was reportedly dismissed by KNBC after allegations of having an affair with the television station's field producer.
This statement is consistent with information included in the LA Business Journal source that off2riorob added.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 15:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
An admin suggested I post here to get wider input. My biggest but not only concern is the video link, which might be put back by someone. I tried to explain my feelings about it on the Help Desk:
"Daniela Cicarelli I removed a link to a paparazzi sex video and most of the article--it seemed pov and cruel to Cicarelli. Was I right to do this under BLP? Someone has reverted my edit. ThanksRich (talk) 14:06, 24 October 2009 (UTC)"
BLP mostly deals with material that is poorly sourced (i.e. libellous), and that doesn't seem to apply here. The material was well-sourced. As the reverting user implied, you should have at least started a discussion on the talk page before removing the material; perhaps some of it could have been saved. Xenon54 / talk / 15:00, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
"ok, thanksRich (talk) 23:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)"
"I've thought about it a bit more, and I think that if what you say is correct wikipedia policy then it's pretty messed up. Linking the video is rather discourteous whether or not i'ts legal and well-sourced. Yes, she is a famous person, but "he" may not be, although that's hardly one of my main points. She and he didn't consent to the video, and if I remember and understood correctly, in the United States, the philosophy behind the "public person" privacy rulings by the Supreme Court was overriding and obvious public interest, and surely this video has no ovverriding and obvious public interest. It is true that this was filmed outside of the USA, but do we want to support a kind of virtual sexual tourism? Surely an unauthorized sex video taken within the usa wouldn't pass muster on wikipedia, and I think we should have a uniform policy.Rich (talk) 23:44, 24 October 2009 (UTC)" Rich ( talk) 09:27, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Marked as resolved by Off2riorob since Agassi is reporting his drug use in his book. May be manually archived after 05 November 2009 10:46 but will be done automatically
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Resolved Andre Agassi Is this ok? This has been added, with a lot of cites, I had a look and apparently it is all from a now removed tweet from someone, would it be better to wait for the book to be released, it is released soon.
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Jeffrey Vernon Merkey ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - editing by a user who is involved in the subject matter of the article itself as a member of the Linux Community using Wikipedia as a vehicle to disparage and libel the subject of the biography.
MediaMangler ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) This user has a history of on line harassment of the subject of this bio, and review of the editors editing patterns indicates he is a single purpose account here for promotion of Linux Community views and propoganda and personal attacks on various subjects involved in the politics of Linux. His targets include Groklaw, Darl McBride, The SCO Group, and Jeffrey Vernon Merkey. This editor should be topic banned from the biography in question as his comments and statements do not reflect those of an unbiased third party providing balanced content, but those of an advocate using Wikipedia to promote the goals of a particular group. In the present case, the editor continues to insert libel, remove cited balanced content from the article, and skew the articles content for the purposes of disparaging the subject of the biography. The editor states on their user page they are involved in business interests which compete directly against the subject of this bio's business activities as well. 166.70.238.46 ( talk) 21:45, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
I retract this complaint. User:MediaMangler has exhibited a more neutral approach to the subject of this bio in recent days. I attribute the users conduct to being the recipient of years of misinformation by Novell and other sources of negative propaganda distributed by the Mormon dominated Judiciary of Utah and their jaded documents and views. A more accurate view of Novell's actual view of the subject of this bio can be found in the last Annual review the subject of the bio received from Novell located here:
Jeff Merkey's website. This user was also was antagonized and subjected to personal attacks as to his motives, which were in all probability undeseved. It is my belief verified information is the solution to misinformation distributed by others for their own agendas. I believe this is the case here. I retract the complaint and appreicate User:MediaManglers more balanced approach to the subject of this bio.
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Henry Morgentaler ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - An anon IP editor appears to have done WP:OR research in some "German archives" and is stating in the article that it is "clear" that Morgenthaler lied about having studied medicine in post-war Europe, when applying to the Universite de Montreal. Shall we just remove? // Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 01:55, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Issue raised in relation of Charles Zentai, who has been charged with Holocaust-related war crime, and may or may not be extradited for trial, depending result of his appeal. While WP:BLP doesn't specifically mention templates, I suspect that large Holocaust template in article about person who has not been properly convicted does not really fit with WP living person related policies. user:Harryzilber disagrees with me believing that template is appropriate in this case. So I thought that most appropriate solution is asking some input here.-- Staberinde ( talk) 19:39, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
The classic BLP violation is negative information that is not reliably sourced. Wikipedia should not be one of the first places to announce that someone fathered a child with a mistress or that some woman teacher had a kid with a student. Ipromise ( talk) 04:24, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Can anyone have a quick look at the above pages to see if is allowed by the WP:BLP guideline? Unlike most new pages it is sources, but it is more or less completely negative. Also, would it pass WP:BLP1E and WP:NOTNEWS? Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs) 15:24, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I sent it off to AFD. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 15:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Compare that article with others who have had scandals and you will see that it is not written in the same way. For example, Sanford, the South Carolina governor or Senator Gary Hart. Ipromise ( talk) 05:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
The article Ezra Friedlander was created with the incorrect title Ezra friedlander yesterday. It was deleted twice by NawlinWiki, but the user ( Bogram recreated it with the correctly-capitalized title. I tagged it for PROD due to lack of references and BLP issues, but someone else added several badly-formatted references, two of which were reliable (and one of those two is predominantly about the subject). I tried to clean up the article, or at least format the references properly, but there are a couple of issues:
Should I renominate the article for deletion? Can we get some more eyes on the articles and users in question? I'm a little new to BLPs, and figured it was better to come here for advice than BITE anyone... MirrorLockup ( talk) 18:44, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Bob Enyart, a relatively unknown person outside of the Denver area is starting to edit his own biography. He is attempting to remove sourced information related to his child-abuse conviction. Msmothers ( talk) 22:35, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Jimintheatl ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - This user has been erasing posts that he doesn't like off the talk pages, and disregarding the consensus we have about how the article should be written. // J DIGGITY SPEAKS 02:36, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
I suggest the page be semiprotected or at least watched over, since I think it's going to take a beating soon.Richard L. Peterson 71.198.176.141 ( talk) 03:28, 31 October 2009 (UTC) I suggest
WP:RFPP is the correct noticeboard for page protection but do bring up BLP concerns on this noticeboard. Ipromise ( talk) 05:26, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Little Richard has been undergoing considerable editing lately, and it would be very helpful if more good BLP editors could have a look to assist with keeping the tone encyclopedic and ensuring that the sources used are appropriate ... thanks Sssoul ( talk) 07:18, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Steve Swindells ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) appears to have been largely edited by User:Stephenswindells and User:Danmingo which is the name of his current band therefore there is likely to be a conflict of interest. The article is full of uncited claims and peacock phrases and promotion for forthcoming releases. A note to this effect ( diff) was added to the talk page on 26 Oct without any response. I'm not quite sure what actions are needed/appropriate.— Rod talk 19:13, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Someone has added a lengthy section to the Dominic Carter page. The new page details domestic abuse allegations against Carter. The changes were made by someone identified only with an IP address. I don't think the content is appropriate for a Living Person. I tried to change this the other day when the entry included only a sentence or two. Now, its grown to an entire section and it looks like someone with a bias. Could someone take a look at it? Thanks Doctorfun ( talk) 21:13, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Someone is repeatedly posting material on the Al Toon page saying that the city of Altoona PA was named or has been renamed for the former Wisconsin Badger and NY Jets football player without providing any evidence or references to support this claim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.80.155.7 ( talk) 22:07, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Admin attention is needed here. There's an active edit war going on. Some of the info being added I believe violated BLP. Filthyfix ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has blown way past 3rr. Others would be close depending on if the material is covered by the BLP exception. I reverted to the most blp compliant version and tried to direct the issue to the talk page but reversions re-started before I could even finish posting. Some action is needed but I don't know if it should be protection, blocks or other.-- Cube lurker ( talk) 17:48, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
If an IP edits an article to state that somebody just now died, is that to be treated as ordinary vandalism (it has already been reverted), or do we do something else? Bwrs ( talk) 02:39, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I took a bunch of photos over the weekend at the Big Apple Con of the various celebrities and artists, and in placing the pics in the appropriate articles, I've come across a few in which I'm not sure which is the better photo. In three of the cases I'm not sure if the one already in the article is better, and in the fourth, I'm not sure which of the two I took should be used. I could use some opinions on this. I usually just switch the photo when the one in the article is of lesser quality (and there are quite a few of those), but since this is more ambiguous, I'd rather get some objective opinions, rather than create the appearance of just favoring my pics.
What do you guys think? Nightscream ( talk) 01:32, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
On aggressive retouching. If you have very good skills, do it. As webmaster I was often asked to reshoot equipment pictures...the cohort in the next cube had been a magazine photo editor, and his standards were outrageously high. I had no alternative to avoid professional criticism from him, except to do color balancing, "unsharp edge", mask backgrounds, and sometimes adjust perspective. (And that's photographing using studio lighting.) I rather like the chance smiling guy in the background of your Joanne. I'd barely modify it at all (the very, very faint white blemish on left halfway between them, even with top of glasses bugs me for some reason), unless it was to standards for some magazine (or Wiki "standards" as mentioned in above comments?) All the others, I'd retouch. The existing one on Lou I might delete, even without your substitute. Best Regards, Piano non troppo ( talk) 07:49, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Don't have much to add to the above; substantial retouching as suggested might change things, but at the moment I prefer the current article photo for #1 and the natural light version for #4. Rd232 talk 08:34, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Hope it helps. -- Cyclopia - talk 11:00, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your opinions. But I need some clarification on something:
My comments as experienced user. Kasaalan ( talk) 21:51, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Daphne_Duplaix.JPG top part cropped is not good, though photograph is good.
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10.17.09DaphneeLynnDuplaixByLuigiNovi.jpg good yet overexposed and needs some cropping to balance photograph
1. You may use both photographs, except top cropping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Daphne_Duplaix.JPG is better as image quality. Yet if you like I can fix your photograph issues with image editor.
Daphnee Lynn Duplaix
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Hogan_Dragon_Con_2008.jpg red eye, wrong depth of field, eyes looking right, some top cropping might be useful
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10.18.09MichaelHoganByLuigiNovi.jpg angle weird, he doesn't stand still but lean therefore proportions got wrong, weird smile, head leaned one side, forehead is overexposed by flashlight, you should adjust your flashlight levels try shifting exposure setting
3. Might be useful as a side reference. Cannot be used as standalone image.
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10.17.09JoanneKellyByLuigiNovi2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:10.17.09JoanneKellyByLuigiNovi3.jpg nice photographs, really good work. I will check side by side then tell which one is better.
4. Both photographs are same, except you photomontaged one with panting black, over background. But it is not good, I prefer original one. But why you mentioned about flash, both photographs are same it is not an flash-without flash comparison.
Kasaalan (
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Experienced BLP-sensitive eyes desperately need at the article. I had been attempting to assist, but simply don't have time available right now, and probably won't for the next couple of days. High profile story, especially in California, and attracting well-meaning but inexperienced editors who need assistance. Xymmax So let it be written So let it be done 22:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
There may be several issues, but the BLP question has not been violated because no names of the suspects or victim has been released. Let's keep it (names) off Wikipedia until there is a complete and lengthy discussion. Ipromise ( talk) 04:38, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Dennis Ketcham inspired Dennis the Menace (U.S.) at the age of 4. However, he doesn't appear to have any other notability and I'm not sure we should have an article detailing the woes of this otherwise private person (given BLP1E).
I bring this up here because the article talk page obviously gets very little traffic, and I'm not sure (before asking here) whether it should be nominated for deletion. Please advise. AlmostReadytoFly ( talk) 12:15, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Watchlisted.-- Scott Mac (Doc) 12:34, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I brought my concerns with this article up here a couple months ago but did not receive any input, so I'm giving it another shot. This article has many issues, most notably it appears to be essentially a PR piece for Joni Eerekson Tata. My main concern is with the lack of reliable sources and the tone. Given the subjec matter, I'm worried that if I start single handedly cutting out unsourced or POV commentary from the article it won't be appreciated by her large following. I brought up my concerns with the neutrality of the article on the talk page in September, but no one has commented. Is there anyone here who could read over the article and help cut back the worst of the puffery and POV comments? Any suggestions? -- Jezebel'sPonyo shhh 17:26, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
There are some pretty strong allegations in the Thomas A. Tarrants article and it is completely unsourced. Should it be speedy deleted under G10 or is it salvageable? Jezebel'sPonyo shhh 21:06, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Marietta, Georgia ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Two IPs (perhaps the same person) keep vandalizing this page with unreferenced comment about Melanie Oudin. They continue to post" Oudin also has the long-time nickname of "The Little Chicken," a nod to the Big Chicken landmark of her hometown'
There is no refence that this is true and in fact may be a slur against this young lady. The IPs are 66.191.125.116 98.251.120.123
They are also vandalizing the entry for "Big Chicken" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.99.232.57 ( talk • contribs) 01:40, 27 September 2009
Martin Landau ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - An IP keeps changing his Date of Birth to 1931 against cited and reliable sources claiming iMDB and his grandma are better. As I pointed out sources indicate otherwise. // Q T C 08:33, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Do we have a source that says IMDB is not reliable? Maybe it is proper that some claim (does Martin Landau claim?) that he was born in 1931? From a BLP violation standpoint, there doesn't seem to be a major violation. Ipromise ( talk) 04:41, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
A number of unsourced derogatory comments about Todd English have been added over the past few hours. Below are urls to diffs illustrating these change, which appear to violate your policies on such matters. Thank you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Todd_English&action=historysubmit&diff=324206668&oldid=324172933 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Todd_English&action=historysubmit&diff=324206668&oldid=323340582 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tvogeljr ( talk • contribs) 05:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
I didn't see any problems like that, so probably removed. The whole artice desperately needs to be rewritten however. Steve Dufour ( talk) 16:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Claims of notability for the academic Hooshang Heshmat are not supported by any reliable secondary sources. This article could be saved from deletion if sources can be found, but if not, what should be the outcome of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hooshang Heshmat? -- Gavin Collins ( talk| contribs) 11:54, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Could someone help with an ongoing dispute at this article? The question is if it is alright to include inaccurate information on someone if that information is found in a "Pulitzer Prize-award winning reliable source", but still known to be inaccurate. Steve Dufour ( talk) 14:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Verifiability is important. Truth is also important but BLP violations can't be excused because they are true. Nobody should think that false information is ok as long as there is a source. That could be a BLP violation. Ipromise ( talk) 04:44, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
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President Obama has stated that he wants to less press coverage over his daughters. Some people interpret this to mean that he threatened Wikipedia not to have an article. This is not true. I am here because I had an AFD for Malia Obama (to have the current redirect changed back to the article) but it was speedily closed. Some may say that it was a scheme to keep Malia Obama from having an article. I'm just following instructions given in that AFD. (new information: The ANI concensus has been decided: This is the proper place for discussions and it must not be removed!) She is notable as admitted by several people who are opposed to her article (see Malia talk page). They call her marginally notable but the standard is just no non-notable people on Wikipedia. She is now the First Daughter, unlike in early 2008, when the AFD was speedily closed and she was an unknown daughter of a candidate who was going to lose to Hillary. Malia Obama has had several articles written about her that was not about Barack Obama. These were in reliable sources. Some has suggested that the WP:BLPNAME policy prohibits mention of children UNLESS they are notable. 99% of people say that blocking out her name is a silly idea which means that she is notable. BLPNAME allows mention of notable children. Please do not create roadblocks by saying this is the wrong place. It would just verify that people are using fake excuses to not have a Malia article. You should conclude that she is more notable than many, many other articles in Wikipedia that have survived their AFD and that there are no BLP violations in some of the more recent versions. The instructions at the top say that this board can be used for editing disputes (in this case it is to stop using a redirect to wipe out the article) SRMach5B ( talk) 16:18, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
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Unless and until there is enough published/non-trivial content about her to have her warrant her own article, it should remain a redirect to the Family article where there are several paragraphs about her and her sister. It has been asked in every forum that this idea has been shopped on what additional content would be added to a Malia article that does not already exist in the Family article, and that question has never been answered. -- guyzero | talk 17:02, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
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Who collapsed this? Its unsigned. I see it was collapsed after yet another uninvolved editor came in to say "hey should she have an article." Good luck fighting that fight (against a separate article) forever.-- Milowent ( talk) 18:23, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
I am the one responsible for collapsing the discussion. Unitanode collapsed it and wrote that he was archiving a rehashed and settle debate (paraphrasing it). I objected because the archiving policy for this board is clear but I only re-worded it to "collapsing discussion", taking out the word "archiving" and other words. Prematuring ending the discussion is actually the worse thing to do because it will only cast doubt on the discussion. The better thing to do would be to allow the usual automated archiving of this thread which will happen in about 7 days. It would clear away all doubt to uncollapse it but I won't do it as I've done enough housekeeping for this board. Ipromise ( talk) 05:55, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
This is the BLP noticeboard. From a BLP standpoint, there is no violation (let's hope that it says this way for all of Wikipedia). Ipromise ( talk) 04:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
I was looking at Barack, Michelle, Malia, etc. I see that Malia doesn't have an article. This is clearly wrong, not sure why there is such a fuss to shield her. If she is non-notable, then her name should be kept private but she is clearly notable, even her family parades her on TV and even gave an interview. The excuse of being a daughter is just an excuse. Look at Bo (dog). He is even less notable and has never even given an interview. If Malia is not allowed, then Bo, Millie (Bush dog), Socks (Clinton cat), Fala (FDR dog) should all be deleted--but this is silly to delete them. Malia is more notable than Sasha so there shouldn't be any question about Malia having an article.
Even if there is no concensus, the AFD default is to keep, not delete. Come on, folks, let's get real. Wikipedia is not a real encyclopedia without Malia. Midemer ( talk) 23:48, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
He is a Japanese Unification Church member who was held against his will by his family for 12 years. The article has few sources and only gives his side, not his family's -- who are also living persons of course. He is also filing a lawsuit against them, it seems. Redddogg ( talk) 16:21, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Several editors want to state as fact that the accused shooter is guilty, and have removed "alleged" as a descriptor, which I see as required by WP:BLP when there has as been no trial and no confession. A second effort was to say that "according to authorities" an individual is the shooter, which again constitutes an unacceptable presumption of guilt. The preliminary nature of the press coverage is shown by the fact that earlier in the day the main suspect was said to be shot dead, only to come back to life, and that two others were said also to be shooters, only to be exonerated. Some eyes on the article would be welcome. Also see Talk:Fort Hood shooting#Allegedly". Edison ( talk) 06:20, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Anya Ayoung-Chee ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - Look at the history of this article since November 5th. There's a quiet battle been fought between a number of anons and newbies inserting and removing some uncited allegations that, regardless of any truth, are highly defamatory. Just a heads-up that this should be watchlisted by more people. • Anakin (talk) 18:53, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
There is a dispute going on regarding whether or not gerontologist Robert Young's Yahoo! Group by itself is sufficient enough to debunk a claim that a living person is not the age that they claim to be. I do not personally feel that it is, and it has been removed in the past by myself and others, but I've been wrong a lot lately on Wikipedia, so I thought I'd bring it here and let the community decide. Robert can post here and give you his opinion himself. Personally I don't care enough anymore to say any more than this, but there should be an official consensus on whether or not it should be considered reliable enough for WP:BLP. The discussion is here. Cheers, CP 19:37, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Self-published sources Main articles: Self-published sources (online and paper) and WP:SELFPUB
Self-published sources are largely not acceptable, though may be used in limited circumstances, with caution:
* When produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications.
By this definition, which has been on WP:RS in more or less the same form for YEARS, I am an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in this field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. For example:
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/rej.2009.0857
Thus, by definition, use of material from me could be used from "self-published" sources. The WOP group fits that criteria, as I control/moderate all comments and have for 7+ years. Ryoung122 15:28, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
There is a dispute between myself and JBSupreme at Max B as to whether using the official online records of Bergen County Sherriff's Dept. and those of the Department of Correctional Services, New York State to source the subject's DOB constitutes WP:OR. Views please. See article history from Nov 3 on for dispute. 86.44.58.6 ( talk) 19:45, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Precedent on WP is that court records, although primary sources, ought not be used in articles. [57] states one reason why court records which are used for (say) DOB are bad for use in WP because they will therefore also inject material not suited per WP:BLP. In the case at hand, use of a court record does not simply verify DOB but provides material not otherwise usable in a BLP. There is no way to use a court record for a simgle clean fact, hence it can not be used. Collect ( talk) 12:37, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Since the issue of BLP was brought up, it would be helpful to read WP:BLP. In particular in terms of birthdates it says:
It's quite clear the sources currently don't meet either of these criteria. In terms of primary sources it says:
I'm not seeing any evidence this source has been cited by another secondary source. As it stands therefore, it appears that those trying to include the birthdate have violated BLP in two different ways. In fact, from my experience at WP:BLP/N this is one of the more obvious violations since it's directly address in policy (other then unsourced nonsense) even if some of the explainations were not perfect. Nil Einne ( talk) 10:35, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
The back end of new pages patrol occasionally turns up something that's difficult to assess properly in a short time. This appears to be a carefully referenced list, but was uncategorized. Could use a review by a few more sets of eyes to make certain it's compliant with WP:BLP. Durova 360 18:33, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
A high profile, very contentious political campaign in Seattle Washington (no small county this; this is the highest elected office in a county of over 2 million people) is heating up as November 3rd elections approach. The campaigns have gotten ugly, and not surprisingly this is spilling over into the articles. Currently, I believe they are neutral, but efforts by supporters & detractors attempting to control candidate's Wikipedia pages may have reached the point of extensive socking (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/He pled guilty). Both of these articles could really benefit from more watchers who don't care and can help ensure that they remain neutral. I suspect the situation will cool down after the dust settles following election day. If you have room on your watchlist, please consider keeping an eye out. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:49, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
The article about J. Z. Knight had 13 successive edits of deliberate vandalism by User:Dreadlight. Angryapathy ( talk) 07:18, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
On this article, an editor is reverting the removal of an unsourced quote by Brittny Gastineau as "vandalism". The quote is from the movie Bruno and talks about how the subject thought that another famous living person (Jamie Lynn Spears) should have had an aborotion. My question is, is it apporpitate to add unsourced quotes to a biography of a living person? I also think this content is trivial and shouldn't be in the article. Please advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.18.229 ( talk) 19:36, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
It is not unsourced to state what her role was in the movie. Removing these facts is vandalism. Spidey104 ( talk) 23:22, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I never claimed rewording content was vandalism. Removing the content IS vandalism and that is what I was constantly fixing. The rewording of the content was done AFTER I re-added the information to revert the vandalism that was removing the content. You are portraying events contrary to facts. Now that the content is reworded ,with the necessary information still included, I am happy with how it stands. Spidey104 ( talk) 14:09, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
I wrote the above comment and I AM NOT portraying events contrary to fact. you have reverted rewritten content even if that means repeating the same info twice and called vandalism. That can be seen in this link [60] It was the next to last edit you made to the article when you finally stopped edit warring which I appreciate. Now 128.104.213.238 has taken up your cause of including an unsourced inflammatory comment about another living person. I'll assume good faith for now but i find that coincidental. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.34.240 ( talk) 19:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
It's not ironic to have a rotating ip address. My isp gives me a new ip everytime I log on. You can also mark all the talk pages of the ip's I use but it is not sockpupperty to use different ips to edit. I haven't been acting like I'm different people or used the different ips to create fake support for my edits or anything so you can find it ironic all you want but youre sadly mistaken and you know it. If I were you Id find the fact that the 128.104.213.238 ip hasn't edited once since June 2009 and only appeared to help you re-add the text youve been readding to the article since July 2009 [61] more ironic than my valid ip change. There's also the fact that they edited three times in the last three days about thirty minutes after you. [62] [63] [64] I guess you can't be the same person though because you warned them on their talk page and then they told you (twenty-six minutes later) that they will probably keep on edit warring [65]. Plus they even vandalized your page which no sockpuppet would ever do [66]. Unless you want to battle wits some more about sockpuppetry this issue is resolved because the BLP violating text has been removed for the tiem being. I wont be surprised if 128.104.213.238 shows back up to start the game again though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.34.210 ( talk) 02:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Speaking as someone uninvolved in this particular dispute, I think that the sourcing policy involving direct citations to creative works (movies, books, TV shows, etc) is often interpreted inappropriately. While such citations are appropriate for content involving in-universe aspects of fictional works, they are not appropriate for verifying "real-world" claims. They amount to no more than an editor's assertion that "I read it in a book" or "I saw it on TV," or something similar. An in-universe claim about a fictional character is quite unlikely to result in harm to any real person, so the usual cautions about original research and primary sourcing can be less restrictive; when a real person is involved; WP:BLP and the principles behind it require stronger, more reliable sourcing than an editor's assertion/recollection. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 16:23, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Daniela Santanchè ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - inaccurate information, insults, no references. she is an prominent italian politician, i read the word idiot in the article, is not encyclopedic..
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Daniela_Santanchè&diff=324762689&oldid=324685689
Differences of opinion on what material to include or not. I am a personal friend of the subject so other opinions are needed. Thanks. Steve Dufour ( talk) 04:47, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Please read and comment at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Proposal: "Cry BLP" blocks. Jclemens ( talk) 05:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Can someone more knowledgeable than me have a look? This article is completely unsourced. I thought I was in the right by stubifying it, but I've been reverted twice. The article is currently at AFD and will likely be gone in a few days anyway, so I guess it doesn't make a big difference either way, but I'm just curious as to whether I was doing the right thing or not. 71.162.20.205 ( talk) 13:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Born:9th June 1946 in Cradley Heath.
Keith was a born sportsman. He played pro football for Birmingham City, Aston Villa then finished his career in the States. Keith also became Britsh & European Karate Champion he held the title for an incredible 6 years Keith was a warwickshire county squash player. Keith is also a Padi Pro Masterdiver. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.175.89 ( talk) 20:57, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
See [67] - the edit summary removing these accurately cited texts reads "At General Stubblebine request this violation of Wikipedia' policy on biographies of living persons was removed as he said it libelous and misrepresentative of the actual events and remarks made.". There's obviously COI, but my concern right now is that the sources are reliable sources from our viewpoint and I have no reason to see they are misrepresentative. If there is libel in the book or article I don't understand why he hasn't sued. I've reverted once already but I'm bringing it here for other input. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 14:45, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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Under the Books and Editorials section of the Louis Freeh ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) article, mention and direct quotation is made of a review reportedly appearing in The New York Times about Freeh's book entitled My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror. However, after reading the review cited, I cannot find the supposed direct quotation anywhere in it. Moreover, the direct quotation cited is diametrically opposed to the tone taken by the reviewer and appears have been inserted with an aim towards creating a positive impression of both Freeh and his book when the reviewer at best appeared to be neutral and expressed disappointment in the book. The cited work was retrieved today from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/books/review/06burrough.html?ex=1288933200&en=4ca3dd8254c92f06&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss and can be referenced there. Deecee322 ( talk) 12:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Skywriter ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Pinkville ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (an admin) have been continually re-adding a YouTube video ( diff here) of questionable copyright status to the external links section on Howard Zinn. They have thus far refused to remove it (and have reverted edits by myself and another user, Vector by ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) until we can clear up any copyvio issues. My problem is this: the rest of the interviews in the external links section are hosted by their copyright holder(s) on official websites. This video, however, was uploaded by a user with no clear ties to the organization. It absolutely could be legitimate, but it could also have been uploaded by a fan. The uploader's username has leetspeak in it, which is initially what made me suspicious. (When I see a video uploaded by someone named "M3T4LL1CA", my gut instinct says it's not official.) At this point, I really think we should avoid any semblance of impropriety until we can determine this video's copyright status, especially since this is a BLP page, yet I find myself hindered by an admin. Ideas of what to do at this point? Wyatt Riot ( talk) 19:52, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
There has been a spate of very libelous additions to a BLP article I wrote recently. Could these revisions be hid (though not oversighted) - they're very offensive - [1], [2], [3], [4] and so on. If this continues I may need to request semi-protection. Greidy4Punishment ( talk) 03:48, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Request for edit warring notice or watch. Several users involved, no use in singling any one of them out.
Numerous reversions by established users, violations of 3 revert rule. Nearly impossible to add anything to this article. Well sourced information arbitrarily deleted, often without explanation or with inapplicable explanations given. Disingenous-sounding discussion on talk page re. "avoiding" an edit war by users who then begin to war. Impossible to even place a NPOV tag on article.
Grayson is a controversial subject, and some leeway should be given -- however the number of edits, the contrived-sounding disputes over trivia and the deletion of acceptable material have gone way beyond all bounds. 50 edits in 24 hours, article is less balanced, and less informative than ever. W E Hill ( talk) 12:02, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
I am the originator of this post. The comments above do not speak for me in any way shape or form. I did not want to call out anyone in particular, but I want to leave it to the administrators to decide. What you see in these comments is an attempt to create a faux impression of reasonableness or ability to come to an agreement.
I would like to restate: with the type of editing that is going on and the violations of the 3 revert, other BLP rules, it is impossible to add sourced information to the article. The article is highly slanted. All one has to do is look at the number of reversions, the number of edits, and the lack of growth of the article over the past few weeks. W E Hill ( talk) 15:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
The Wikipedia biography of Alfonso Sastre, a living person, states that he is a supporter of ETA and of terrorism. This is incorrect and also defamatory. Were it true, he would be arrested under Spain's anti-terror laws and Sastre has not been arrested under that or any other penal code. That is enough proof that the content referred to is incorrect and also defamatory, besides which no proof has been referred to by the detractor .
Alfonso Sastre is on record as supporting the Basque pro-Independence Left movement and has stood as a candidate of theirs on recent electoral platform. He pronounces the right of self-determination for the Basque Country, as do many other organisations in the Basque Country, among which is included the armed group ETA, but that does not logically make him a supporter of theirs (a general point remarked on recently by Martin Schein, UN Rapporteur on Civil Rights etc.).
These passages should be removed and furthermore the biography should be expanded significantly (as is the Spanish version, which also contains the calumnies referred to above)to give a fuller account of the contribution of Spain's foremost living playwright, who is also a writer and composer and a political campaigner against injustice and for civil rights with a career extending back to opposition to the Franco regime. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michel Louise ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Found on the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Greenspan
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No, I am not Brad Greenspan; I just recognize libel -- and garbage that undermines Wikipedia's credibility -- when I see it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.102.149.77 ( talk) 21:27, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
The only source cited in Night of the Pencils is in Spanish, so I can't tell how reliable it is, but as there is at least one person mentioned in the article still alive, and since the article makes claims about an entire military unit, surely whose members are still alive, this article violates WP:BLP in the criminal allegations being made. Who then was a gentleman? ( talk) 20:59, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
In addition, the page occasionally includes a list of "victims", which violates WP:NOTMEMORIAL. I've removed the list twice. Who then was a gentleman? ( talk) 01:18, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
This morning the membership list of the British National Party was leaked, amidst some publicity of the fact that a life peer and member of the House of Lords was on it. This turns out to be a mistake as the 'Lord Bramhall' that is on the list is not Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall. Some editors have not seen the correction and are adding the supposed BNP membership to his biography. Sam Blacketer ( talk) 09:41, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Larry Johnson (author) ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) This page has been vandalized by individuals who have the sole agenda of discreditLarry Johnson. The sources published by Alcor about Alcor or its employees or members cannot be considered reliable in verifying controversial information. The information posted could be considered libelous.
Thank you... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.25.56 ( talk) 13:27, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
This article was protected for six months because of edit wars over an editors’ constant use of cherry picked, out of context Atzmon quotes despite: a) Atzmon’s complaint (as revealed in talk page category) about the article being defamatory; b) editors’ consensus to stick to secondary sources and avoid cherry picked primary ones; c) the editor in questions’ repeated comments that he had to “prove” how bad Atzmon is, for which he was warned in the past.
The article is now unprotected and the editor is back at it putting in two cherry picked quotes presented out of context to negative affect. He’s reverted attempts to give them context. See this talk section for more details. Neutral editors and admins concerned with BLP policy please see and comment on this talk page section. CarolMooreDC ( talk) 01:31, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Ironically, Nick Cohen is not Jewish. Drsmoo ( talk) 15:12, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
<backdent> Details should be discussed on the talk page, though I do think any use of Cohen, especially without mentioning Atzmon's replies to him, is WP:undue from a dubious polemical source. More importantly, as I noted there, I completely forgot that in the spring several people worked on this draft of the politics section set up by an Admin after protection. It has a good balance of politics and criticism and includes some important stuff, like about Atzmon's notability when mentioned by Egyptian president Erdogan. CarolMooreDC ( talk) 22:39, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Scurrilous, Incendiary and Defamatory references to James W. Lewis appear in text at multiple locations in Wikipedia. These statements incite fear and hatred toward Lewis without either a legal or factual basis, and thus may be actionable. Please correct offensive text immediately.
The name James W. Lewis appears in Wikipedia under at least two main topics:
In all known instances, Wikipedia pages clearly infer, both implicitly and explicitly, that James W. Lewis is criminally responsible for the 1982 cyanide laced Tylenol murders in the Chicago area. In fact, James W. Lewis has never been indicted for any of the murders, and has never been convicted of committing any of the murders. James W. Lewis has never been convicted of murder nor rape. This false accusation about James W. Lewis has been circulated for nearly thirty years, smearing his reputation and making his an object of fear and hatred, without a factual nor legal basis.
In both cases, Wikipedia pages fail to:
Please remove all defamatory references to James W. Lewis
Please include references to the website [18] whenever the name James W. Lewis is cited anywhere in reference to Tylenol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.107.17 ( talk) 07:53, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
We have a dispute between editors at Troy_King ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - One poster continues to add the name of an office employee to the BLP about the Attorney General. There have been many rumors about this person through out the internet, none of which have been allowed to be placed on WP. I feel that the inclusion of the employees names is to harm said individual. Outside of my personal thoughts on the matter I see no added value by posting the name. The name is quoted and cited properly but I previously wrote the section of the article and chose not to include the name and has been accepted this way for six months. I believe that in BLP we should err on the side of privacy. An employee is certainly due a greater degree of privacy than the elected official. We need help on this because as this is a politican there is a continued effort to post biased and sensational information which is not appropriate under BLP policies. Please advise resolution on the discussion page of said article and suggest a block of unsigned ip editors to this page until after the election period so we can have a reasonable discussion about what to post from something more than random IP addresses. Gray10k ( talk) 12:06, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
A number of scientists listed here are not documented by reliable sources as actually "believing" the beliefs that are ascribed to them in the text. In many cases, nuances of their positions are lost, and, in at least one case, the scientist in question (who I know personally) has an opinion attributed to them that they do not hold. I have tagged the article as a BLP-violation (as indeed it is). I think people need to go through and start removing people when the sources are not reliable and have not actually documented a complete and unambiguous rejection of a "mainstream scientific assessment of global warming". In fact, you may actually need to find that phrase or an extremely close synonym in order for ANY living person to be listed here at all.
I've cross-posted this to Talk:List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming.
ScienceApologist ( talk) 05:51, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Sal the Stockbroker ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - I would like someone to look at this before it becomes an edit war, Sal the Stockbroker is a know person and everything on his page has a source. But another user keeps redirecting it to The Howard Stern Show staff (this person should have his own page). Can someone please look at this. thank you // 98.117.40.154 ( talk) 17:13, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi, there has been an edit war on this article for the last couple of days, even after someone being blocked and the article being semi-protected, the same content is being removed. I don't have a great deal of experience with BLPs but the editors removing content keep on citing BLP policies. This was posted on WP:COIN, here but I think that having some input from other editors would help. Thanks in advance. Smartse ( talk) 18:38, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
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Dear Sir/madam, My user name is saber.etc and I recently created a wikipedia profile for Jayne Pierson (fashion designer). In doing so I have stuck to the guidelines of "biographies of living people". I have established, internal links , citations, references and external links. The citations are from reputed news websites such as BBC. Also the writing is in a neutral point of view with a component for criticism. Therefore, I request that the box appearing on top of the article to be removed. The quality standards and citations concerns are dated September 2009 and if you look at the versions recently, you will be able to observe that since September I have met all the requirements for this article in terms of internal links, external links, references and in line citations. Also If I have left anything out, please let me know as soon as possible so I will be able to fix what ever is wrong and get back to you. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in this matter. Regards, Navam Niles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.232.41 ( talk) 06:45, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
Anita_Dunn#White_House_Communications_Director ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This is a biography article about Anita Dunn who is the White House Communications Director. On October 15, political commentator Glenn Beck spent the better part of his show attacking her for an earlier speech she made. As often happens, this set off a firestorm of POV-pushing and BLP violations by editors, both IP and registered, that had never touched the article before. Generally, these things are easily defended with the backing of Wikipedia policy and partial protection, however this article is not well-known and has not even crossed the threshold of 30 people who watchlist it. As a result, two or three editors have managed to edit-war the page into its current non-NPOV state, filling it with lengthy quotations, [19] using it as a soapbox to repeat Beck's attacks [20] and, most tendentiously, repeatedly reverting any attempt to add her comments in response to Beck, saying it "insults" him [21] [22]. Considering that the article is about her, it would seem that her response would be one of the few relevant aspects of this.
Underneath all this, the real issue is that the entire thing is non-notable to the WP:BLP article. Commentators like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Keith Olbermann attack someone every night, but we don't rush to add it to their biographies. It has to be notable to an encyclopedic understanding of the person. This incident generated a couple of editorials on the political right but was not picked up by the news media and disappeared within a news cycle. The only non-editorial reliable source for it was a CNN article reporting on her response (the same one that keeps getting removed). I feel that any mention of the incident is undue WP:WEIGHT in a biography, but if it needs to be mentioned, this can be done in couple of balanced sentences.
But now we have the situation where almost half of the entire biography is made up of this one attack by a political partisan. Anyone that attempts to correct this (myself and one or two other editors) finds that there are editors more than willing to edit-war (one editor violated 3RR within the course of a single hour yesterday). I try very hard to avoid edit-wars so I don't keep up, but at the same time I hate to see a biography article hijacked by those on the attack. The article is currently under full protection (due to the edit-warring) but there is no hope that the situation will be any different when protection expires. So I am hoping the larger community can sort this out and I will agree with whatever consensus is established here.
That said, the two questions are: Does this incident belong in the biography article at all? And if so, how should it be worded? Thanks! -- Loonymonkey ( talk) 01:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Rather than respond to the above, I simply invite all interested parties to read the talk page of the Anita Dunn article, in particular the "Mao and Mother Theresa" section. Judge for yourselves who is striving for neutrality and who is not. PAR ( talk) 02:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Sergei Chuyev ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – unreliable data based on unreliable source – Russian Liberation Army web-page.
Can other experienced editors watchlist these articles about some Polish politicians and their party. There are ongoing problems that with the additions of rumours, allegations and innuendo (fascism, alcoholism, sexual orientation), sometimes with sources, though generally not of great quality, [23]. -- Slp1 ( talk) 13:27, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Some negative, unsourced information has been added twice to Shawn Baldwin. See here and here. The sources that have been used appear to be unreliable. I have posted them for review at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. Would someone help keep an eye on this article? Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 03:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
This article could really do with a looking at. Dubious sourcing, some interesting claims. J Milburn ( talk) 13:17, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Does this content violate our policy on BLP sources? I think it does, not to mention WP:UNDUE. APK because, he says, it's true 17:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I've been thinking this would be a problem for a while, but never came across the article until now. As those aware of the incident may guess, this is likely to be a big BLP problem for a while and there are already a number of discussions which raise BLP issues so the eyes of BLP aware editors would be helpful Nil Einne ( talk) 11:23, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
OK, this gentleman is not living, but everything is unsourced. It oringinally had images of the person's government identification -- which I have deleted. Should all of it be deleted? HyperCapitalist ( talk) 02:34, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Kyung Lah ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - I'm concerned over the weight given to what a Wikipedian is reffering to as a "sex scandal" - and the reliability of sources. It could probably be mentioned that she was forced to quit her job because she was unfaithful if there are reliable sources that state this is what happened, but I'm sure it shouldn't be an entire paragraph screaming "sex scandal". 81.170.235.35 ( talk) 12:23, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
This is in response to the article on former KNBC news reporter, Kyung Lah. First, I want to clarify that I didn't actually write this section. From what I know, its been there more months before the controversy arose. I'm only against section blanking it for reasons stated below.
Moving on...the controversy over sourcing first arose when somebody tried to delete the "sex scandal" section because it was supported by two broken links (which were also there long before I found the article). I reverted the edit because I found another link that asserted to its authenticity. The source I added is from LA Observed ( http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2005/03/knbc_staffers_f.php)
LA observed is a blog. Although wikipedia states, in its verifiability section, that:
Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason self-published media, whether books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, Internet forum postings, tweets etc., are largely not acceptable.
It also adds that:
Self-published material may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. However, caution should be exercised when using such sources: if the information in question is really worth reporting, someone else is likely to have done so.
The blog in question is run by Kevin Roderick, a person who "spent two decades as a staff writer, line editor and senior editor at the Los Angeles Times, specializing in in-depth projects and coverage of politics, urban affairs and the state of California." He also "shared in two Pulitzer Prizes awarded for staff coverage of the Rodney King riots and the Northridge earthquake." You can read more of his extensive credentials at the biography section at LA Observed ( http://www.laobserved.com/kevin.php).
His blog has also been cited as being "widely read by journalists, media professionals, bloggers and politicians and is regularly cited in the national media" by KCRW radio, and "has been named a Best of the Web media blog by Forbes." ( http://www.kcrw.com/people/roderick_kevin?role=host)(http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/review.jhtml?id=7814)
The credentials I've listed above, which strongly attests to Mr. Roderick's expertise in the field, and the blog's acceptance in mainstream media should meet wikipedia's reliability requirements. Mr. Roderick's articles have also been cited in several other wikipedia articles ( http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=+site:en.wikipedia.org+LA+observed+and+wikipedia&ei=q4_kSqDKK5iQkQWG5dGxAQ&sa=X&oi=nshc&resnum=1&ct=more-results&ved=0CA0Q2AQ&fp=8ec9ea851cee2c5b). His article on Kyung Lah were also picked up and circulated by at least two other major publishing sources: OhMyNews ( http://english.ohmynews.com/reader_opinion2/opinion_view.asp?code=2078864&menu=c10400&no=303487&rel_no=1&opinion_no=1&page=1&isSerial=&sort_name=&ip_sort=61.73.167.187) and the Los Angeles Business Journal ( http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=61097007.32228202.1118806.58473302.875901.669&aID2=86053).
I think some people want to delete the "sex scandal" section on the Kyung Lah article because she's still considered to be an important figure and a source of ethnic pride within the Korean-American community. This, however, shouldn't result in section blanking her more unfortunate experiences. Also, if somebody is concerned with WP:UNDUE, they should side-stream the section, rather than deleting it as a whole. The scandal is a significant event in her life because it effectively put an end to her career as a news reporter and relegated her to the position of a news correspondent. The difference between the two is explained at wikipedia's correspondent article.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 13:09, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I've just asked Xymmax to re-write it, since it was him who first brought up the whole issue with WP:UNDUE. People are already accusing me of POV pushing over the article, so I'm not comfortable with doing the job myself (lest they scrutinize each individual word I write and accuse me of some other violation). I'm sure Xymmax will agree to work with me in side-streaming it. -- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 13:47, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
please review my edits on the article. The article should at least somewhat clarify her act of "improper conduct," since such a phrase is so vague that it can be interpreted to mean many different things (there is a huge different between personal misconduct and business misconduct). Also, I'll agree to the massive edits (which have been watered down even further by such words as "reportedly" and "allegations") so long as readers have access to the details at LA Observed. I've gone through a lot of work to show that the source is not unreliable, so adding this citation should no longer violate anything.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 14:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Through my comments above, I've shown that this particular blog is not unreliable and that it meets wikipedia rules. As I posted above, wikipedia says that some blogs are OK by declaring that :
Self-published material may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. However, caution should be exercised when using such sources: if the information in question is really worth reporting, someone else is likely to have done so.
Why don't you present your case as to why you think the blog doesn't meet these circumstances.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 14:49, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Readability? What do you want me to say? Off2riorob was kind enough to read my comments and agreed to not section blank it. My writing is not esoteric literature. I showed that Kevin Roderick of LA Observed is an extremely reliable person to source since he has an extensive career in journalism. He was a senior editor for the LA Times, the recipient of two Pulitzer prizes, and is now director of the UCLA Newsroom. His blog has been awarded "Best of the Web" by Forbes magazine. What else do I have to show that this guy is an established expert in the field of journalism? If you want more, I've provided so many links above. Plus, his article on Kyung Lah has also been circulated by the Los Angeles Business Journal and OhMyNews, so it's not like his blog is the only site that covered the affair.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 15:03, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Why don't you just take the time to read my explanation above. I stated that KCRW wrote that LA Observed is "widely read by journalists, media professionals, bloggers and politicians and is regularly cited in the national media." Plus, you don't just get Pulitzer prizes and awards from Forbes magazine if you're notable, I'm sure that reliability is also a criteria. Plus, the LA Business Journal that off2riorob included in the article for me cites the LA Observed as its major source. Why can't we cite the original source that a respectable news source presents?
If you are so bothered by LA Observed, I'll agree to withdraw it. It only hurts the readers, because now they can't have direct access to the details and to the original source. I still request that "improper conduct" be clarified, since such a phrase is a weasel word. It's so vague, its almost meaningless unless the reader actually makes the effort to open the citation. People can interpret "improper conduct" in so many ways. Can we at least change "allegations of improper conduct" to "allegations of an affair with the television station's field producer"? If you agree with this, I'll be done with the whole thing.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 15:30, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
Final appeal, we change:
In March 2005, she was reportedly dismissed by KNBC after allegations of improper conduct.
to:
In March 2005, she was reportedly dismissed by KNBC after allegations of having an affair with the television station's field producer.
This statement is consistent with information included in the LA Business Journal source that off2riorob added.-- 123.224.179.215 ( talk) 15:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
An admin suggested I post here to get wider input. My biggest but not only concern is the video link, which might be put back by someone. I tried to explain my feelings about it on the Help Desk:
"Daniela Cicarelli I removed a link to a paparazzi sex video and most of the article--it seemed pov and cruel to Cicarelli. Was I right to do this under BLP? Someone has reverted my edit. ThanksRich (talk) 14:06, 24 October 2009 (UTC)"
BLP mostly deals with material that is poorly sourced (i.e. libellous), and that doesn't seem to apply here. The material was well-sourced. As the reverting user implied, you should have at least started a discussion on the talk page before removing the material; perhaps some of it could have been saved. Xenon54 / talk / 15:00, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
"ok, thanksRich (talk) 23:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)"
"I've thought about it a bit more, and I think that if what you say is correct wikipedia policy then it's pretty messed up. Linking the video is rather discourteous whether or not i'ts legal and well-sourced. Yes, she is a famous person, but "he" may not be, although that's hardly one of my main points. She and he didn't consent to the video, and if I remember and understood correctly, in the United States, the philosophy behind the "public person" privacy rulings by the Supreme Court was overriding and obvious public interest, and surely this video has no ovverriding and obvious public interest. It is true that this was filmed outside of the USA, but do we want to support a kind of virtual sexual tourism? Surely an unauthorized sex video taken within the usa wouldn't pass muster on wikipedia, and I think we should have a uniform policy.Rich (talk) 23:44, 24 October 2009 (UTC)" Rich ( talk) 09:27, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Marked as resolved by Off2riorob since Agassi is reporting his drug use in his book. May be manually archived after 05 November 2009 10:46 but will be done automatically
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Resolved Andre Agassi Is this ok? This has been added, with a lot of cites, I had a look and apparently it is all from a now removed tweet from someone, would it be better to wait for the book to be released, it is released soon.
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Jeffrey Vernon Merkey ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - editing by a user who is involved in the subject matter of the article itself as a member of the Linux Community using Wikipedia as a vehicle to disparage and libel the subject of the biography.
MediaMangler ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) This user has a history of on line harassment of the subject of this bio, and review of the editors editing patterns indicates he is a single purpose account here for promotion of Linux Community views and propoganda and personal attacks on various subjects involved in the politics of Linux. His targets include Groklaw, Darl McBride, The SCO Group, and Jeffrey Vernon Merkey. This editor should be topic banned from the biography in question as his comments and statements do not reflect those of an unbiased third party providing balanced content, but those of an advocate using Wikipedia to promote the goals of a particular group. In the present case, the editor continues to insert libel, remove cited balanced content from the article, and skew the articles content for the purposes of disparaging the subject of the biography. The editor states on their user page they are involved in business interests which compete directly against the subject of this bio's business activities as well. 166.70.238.46 ( talk) 21:45, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
I retract this complaint. User:MediaMangler has exhibited a more neutral approach to the subject of this bio in recent days. I attribute the users conduct to being the recipient of years of misinformation by Novell and other sources of negative propaganda distributed by the Mormon dominated Judiciary of Utah and their jaded documents and views. A more accurate view of Novell's actual view of the subject of this bio can be found in the last Annual review the subject of the bio received from Novell located here:
Jeff Merkey's website. This user was also was antagonized and subjected to personal attacks as to his motives, which were in all probability undeseved. It is my belief verified information is the solution to misinformation distributed by others for their own agendas. I believe this is the case here. I retract the complaint and appreicate User:MediaManglers more balanced approach to the subject of this bio.
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Henry Morgentaler ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - An anon IP editor appears to have done WP:OR research in some "German archives" and is stating in the article that it is "clear" that Morgenthaler lied about having studied medicine in post-war Europe, when applying to the Universite de Montreal. Shall we just remove? // Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 01:55, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Issue raised in relation of Charles Zentai, who has been charged with Holocaust-related war crime, and may or may not be extradited for trial, depending result of his appeal. While WP:BLP doesn't specifically mention templates, I suspect that large Holocaust template in article about person who has not been properly convicted does not really fit with WP living person related policies. user:Harryzilber disagrees with me believing that template is appropriate in this case. So I thought that most appropriate solution is asking some input here.-- Staberinde ( talk) 19:39, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
The classic BLP violation is negative information that is not reliably sourced. Wikipedia should not be one of the first places to announce that someone fathered a child with a mistress or that some woman teacher had a kid with a student. Ipromise ( talk) 04:24, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Can anyone have a quick look at the above pages to see if is allowed by the WP:BLP guideline? Unlike most new pages it is sources, but it is more or less completely negative. Also, would it pass WP:BLP1E and WP:NOTNEWS? Excirial ( Contact me, Contribs) 15:24, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I sent it off to AFD. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 15:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Compare that article with others who have had scandals and you will see that it is not written in the same way. For example, Sanford, the South Carolina governor or Senator Gary Hart. Ipromise ( talk) 05:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
The article Ezra Friedlander was created with the incorrect title Ezra friedlander yesterday. It was deleted twice by NawlinWiki, but the user ( Bogram recreated it with the correctly-capitalized title. I tagged it for PROD due to lack of references and BLP issues, but someone else added several badly-formatted references, two of which were reliable (and one of those two is predominantly about the subject). I tried to clean up the article, or at least format the references properly, but there are a couple of issues:
Should I renominate the article for deletion? Can we get some more eyes on the articles and users in question? I'm a little new to BLPs, and figured it was better to come here for advice than BITE anyone... MirrorLockup ( talk) 18:44, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Bob Enyart, a relatively unknown person outside of the Denver area is starting to edit his own biography. He is attempting to remove sourced information related to his child-abuse conviction. Msmothers ( talk) 22:35, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Jimintheatl ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - This user has been erasing posts that he doesn't like off the talk pages, and disregarding the consensus we have about how the article should be written. // J DIGGITY SPEAKS 02:36, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
I suggest the page be semiprotected or at least watched over, since I think it's going to take a beating soon.Richard L. Peterson 71.198.176.141 ( talk) 03:28, 31 October 2009 (UTC) I suggest
WP:RFPP is the correct noticeboard for page protection but do bring up BLP concerns on this noticeboard. Ipromise ( talk) 05:26, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Little Richard has been undergoing considerable editing lately, and it would be very helpful if more good BLP editors could have a look to assist with keeping the tone encyclopedic and ensuring that the sources used are appropriate ... thanks Sssoul ( talk) 07:18, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Steve Swindells ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) appears to have been largely edited by User:Stephenswindells and User:Danmingo which is the name of his current band therefore there is likely to be a conflict of interest. The article is full of uncited claims and peacock phrases and promotion for forthcoming releases. A note to this effect ( diff) was added to the talk page on 26 Oct without any response. I'm not quite sure what actions are needed/appropriate.— Rod talk 19:13, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Someone has added a lengthy section to the Dominic Carter page. The new page details domestic abuse allegations against Carter. The changes were made by someone identified only with an IP address. I don't think the content is appropriate for a Living Person. I tried to change this the other day when the entry included only a sentence or two. Now, its grown to an entire section and it looks like someone with a bias. Could someone take a look at it? Thanks Doctorfun ( talk) 21:13, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Someone is repeatedly posting material on the Al Toon page saying that the city of Altoona PA was named or has been renamed for the former Wisconsin Badger and NY Jets football player without providing any evidence or references to support this claim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.80.155.7 ( talk) 22:07, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Admin attention is needed here. There's an active edit war going on. Some of the info being added I believe violated BLP. Filthyfix ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has blown way past 3rr. Others would be close depending on if the material is covered by the BLP exception. I reverted to the most blp compliant version and tried to direct the issue to the talk page but reversions re-started before I could even finish posting. Some action is needed but I don't know if it should be protection, blocks or other.-- Cube lurker ( talk) 17:48, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
If an IP edits an article to state that somebody just now died, is that to be treated as ordinary vandalism (it has already been reverted), or do we do something else? Bwrs ( talk) 02:39, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I took a bunch of photos over the weekend at the Big Apple Con of the various celebrities and artists, and in placing the pics in the appropriate articles, I've come across a few in which I'm not sure which is the better photo. In three of the cases I'm not sure if the one already in the article is better, and in the fourth, I'm not sure which of the two I took should be used. I could use some opinions on this. I usually just switch the photo when the one in the article is of lesser quality (and there are quite a few of those), but since this is more ambiguous, I'd rather get some objective opinions, rather than create the appearance of just favoring my pics.
What do you guys think? Nightscream ( talk) 01:32, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
On aggressive retouching. If you have very good skills, do it. As webmaster I was often asked to reshoot equipment pictures...the cohort in the next cube had been a magazine photo editor, and his standards were outrageously high. I had no alternative to avoid professional criticism from him, except to do color balancing, "unsharp edge", mask backgrounds, and sometimes adjust perspective. (And that's photographing using studio lighting.) I rather like the chance smiling guy in the background of your Joanne. I'd barely modify it at all (the very, very faint white blemish on left halfway between them, even with top of glasses bugs me for some reason), unless it was to standards for some magazine (or Wiki "standards" as mentioned in above comments?) All the others, I'd retouch. The existing one on Lou I might delete, even without your substitute. Best Regards, Piano non troppo ( talk) 07:49, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Don't have much to add to the above; substantial retouching as suggested might change things, but at the moment I prefer the current article photo for #1 and the natural light version for #4. Rd232 talk 08:34, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Hope it helps. -- Cyclopia - talk 11:00, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your opinions. But I need some clarification on something:
My comments as experienced user. Kasaalan ( talk) 21:51, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Daphne_Duplaix.JPG top part cropped is not good, though photograph is good.
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10.17.09DaphneeLynnDuplaixByLuigiNovi.jpg good yet overexposed and needs some cropping to balance photograph
1. You may use both photographs, except top cropping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Daphne_Duplaix.JPG is better as image quality. Yet if you like I can fix your photograph issues with image editor.
Daphnee Lynn Duplaix
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Hogan_Dragon_Con_2008.jpg red eye, wrong depth of field, eyes looking right, some top cropping might be useful
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10.18.09MichaelHoganByLuigiNovi.jpg angle weird, he doesn't stand still but lean therefore proportions got wrong, weird smile, head leaned one side, forehead is overexposed by flashlight, you should adjust your flashlight levels try shifting exposure setting
3. Might be useful as a side reference. Cannot be used as standalone image.
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10.17.09JoanneKellyByLuigiNovi2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:10.17.09JoanneKellyByLuigiNovi3.jpg nice photographs, really good work. I will check side by side then tell which one is better.
4. Both photographs are same, except you photomontaged one with panting black, over background. But it is not good, I prefer original one. But why you mentioned about flash, both photographs are same it is not an flash-without flash comparison.
Kasaalan (
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Experienced BLP-sensitive eyes desperately need at the article. I had been attempting to assist, but simply don't have time available right now, and probably won't for the next couple of days. High profile story, especially in California, and attracting well-meaning but inexperienced editors who need assistance. Xymmax So let it be written So let it be done 22:10, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
There may be several issues, but the BLP question has not been violated because no names of the suspects or victim has been released. Let's keep it (names) off Wikipedia until there is a complete and lengthy discussion. Ipromise ( talk) 04:38, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Dennis Ketcham inspired Dennis the Menace (U.S.) at the age of 4. However, he doesn't appear to have any other notability and I'm not sure we should have an article detailing the woes of this otherwise private person (given BLP1E).
I bring this up here because the article talk page obviously gets very little traffic, and I'm not sure (before asking here) whether it should be nominated for deletion. Please advise. AlmostReadytoFly ( talk) 12:15, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Watchlisted.-- Scott Mac (Doc) 12:34, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I brought my concerns with this article up here a couple months ago but did not receive any input, so I'm giving it another shot. This article has many issues, most notably it appears to be essentially a PR piece for Joni Eerekson Tata. My main concern is with the lack of reliable sources and the tone. Given the subjec matter, I'm worried that if I start single handedly cutting out unsourced or POV commentary from the article it won't be appreciated by her large following. I brought up my concerns with the neutrality of the article on the talk page in September, but no one has commented. Is there anyone here who could read over the article and help cut back the worst of the puffery and POV comments? Any suggestions? -- Jezebel'sPonyo shhh 17:26, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
There are some pretty strong allegations in the Thomas A. Tarrants article and it is completely unsourced. Should it be speedy deleted under G10 or is it salvageable? Jezebel'sPonyo shhh 21:06, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Marietta, Georgia ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Two IPs (perhaps the same person) keep vandalizing this page with unreferenced comment about Melanie Oudin. They continue to post" Oudin also has the long-time nickname of "The Little Chicken," a nod to the Big Chicken landmark of her hometown'
There is no refence that this is true and in fact may be a slur against this young lady. The IPs are 66.191.125.116 98.251.120.123
They are also vandalizing the entry for "Big Chicken" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.99.232.57 ( talk • contribs) 01:40, 27 September 2009
Martin Landau ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - An IP keeps changing his Date of Birth to 1931 against cited and reliable sources claiming iMDB and his grandma are better. As I pointed out sources indicate otherwise. // Q T C 08:33, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Do we have a source that says IMDB is not reliable? Maybe it is proper that some claim (does Martin Landau claim?) that he was born in 1931? From a BLP violation standpoint, there doesn't seem to be a major violation. Ipromise ( talk) 04:41, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
A number of unsourced derogatory comments about Todd English have been added over the past few hours. Below are urls to diffs illustrating these change, which appear to violate your policies on such matters. Thank you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Todd_English&action=historysubmit&diff=324206668&oldid=324172933 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Todd_English&action=historysubmit&diff=324206668&oldid=323340582 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tvogeljr ( talk • contribs) 05:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
I didn't see any problems like that, so probably removed. The whole artice desperately needs to be rewritten however. Steve Dufour ( talk) 16:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Claims of notability for the academic Hooshang Heshmat are not supported by any reliable secondary sources. This article could be saved from deletion if sources can be found, but if not, what should be the outcome of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hooshang Heshmat? -- Gavin Collins ( talk| contribs) 11:54, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Could someone help with an ongoing dispute at this article? The question is if it is alright to include inaccurate information on someone if that information is found in a "Pulitzer Prize-award winning reliable source", but still known to be inaccurate. Steve Dufour ( talk) 14:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Verifiability is important. Truth is also important but BLP violations can't be excused because they are true. Nobody should think that false information is ok as long as there is a source. That could be a BLP violation. Ipromise ( talk) 04:44, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
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President Obama has stated that he wants to less press coverage over his daughters. Some people interpret this to mean that he threatened Wikipedia not to have an article. This is not true. I am here because I had an AFD for Malia Obama (to have the current redirect changed back to the article) but it was speedily closed. Some may say that it was a scheme to keep Malia Obama from having an article. I'm just following instructions given in that AFD. (new information: The ANI concensus has been decided: This is the proper place for discussions and it must not be removed!) She is notable as admitted by several people who are opposed to her article (see Malia talk page). They call her marginally notable but the standard is just no non-notable people on Wikipedia. She is now the First Daughter, unlike in early 2008, when the AFD was speedily closed and she was an unknown daughter of a candidate who was going to lose to Hillary. Malia Obama has had several articles written about her that was not about Barack Obama. These were in reliable sources. Some has suggested that the WP:BLPNAME policy prohibits mention of children UNLESS they are notable. 99% of people say that blocking out her name is a silly idea which means that she is notable. BLPNAME allows mention of notable children. Please do not create roadblocks by saying this is the wrong place. It would just verify that people are using fake excuses to not have a Malia article. You should conclude that she is more notable than many, many other articles in Wikipedia that have survived their AFD and that there are no BLP violations in some of the more recent versions. The instructions at the top say that this board can be used for editing disputes (in this case it is to stop using a redirect to wipe out the article) SRMach5B ( talk) 16:18, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
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Unless and until there is enough published/non-trivial content about her to have her warrant her own article, it should remain a redirect to the Family article where there are several paragraphs about her and her sister. It has been asked in every forum that this idea has been shopped on what additional content would be added to a Malia article that does not already exist in the Family article, and that question has never been answered. -- guyzero | talk 17:02, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
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Who collapsed this? Its unsigned. I see it was collapsed after yet another uninvolved editor came in to say "hey should she have an article." Good luck fighting that fight (against a separate article) forever.-- Milowent ( talk) 18:23, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
I am the one responsible for collapsing the discussion. Unitanode collapsed it and wrote that he was archiving a rehashed and settle debate (paraphrasing it). I objected because the archiving policy for this board is clear but I only re-worded it to "collapsing discussion", taking out the word "archiving" and other words. Prematuring ending the discussion is actually the worse thing to do because it will only cast doubt on the discussion. The better thing to do would be to allow the usual automated archiving of this thread which will happen in about 7 days. It would clear away all doubt to uncollapse it but I won't do it as I've done enough housekeeping for this board. Ipromise ( talk) 05:55, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
This is the BLP noticeboard. From a BLP standpoint, there is no violation (let's hope that it says this way for all of Wikipedia). Ipromise ( talk) 04:42, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
I was looking at Barack, Michelle, Malia, etc. I see that Malia doesn't have an article. This is clearly wrong, not sure why there is such a fuss to shield her. If she is non-notable, then her name should be kept private but she is clearly notable, even her family parades her on TV and even gave an interview. The excuse of being a daughter is just an excuse. Look at Bo (dog). He is even less notable and has never even given an interview. If Malia is not allowed, then Bo, Millie (Bush dog), Socks (Clinton cat), Fala (FDR dog) should all be deleted--but this is silly to delete them. Malia is more notable than Sasha so there shouldn't be any question about Malia having an article.
Even if there is no concensus, the AFD default is to keep, not delete. Come on, folks, let's get real. Wikipedia is not a real encyclopedia without Malia. Midemer ( talk) 23:48, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
He is a Japanese Unification Church member who was held against his will by his family for 12 years. The article has few sources and only gives his side, not his family's -- who are also living persons of course. He is also filing a lawsuit against them, it seems. Redddogg ( talk) 16:21, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Several editors want to state as fact that the accused shooter is guilty, and have removed "alleged" as a descriptor, which I see as required by WP:BLP when there has as been no trial and no confession. A second effort was to say that "according to authorities" an individual is the shooter, which again constitutes an unacceptable presumption of guilt. The preliminary nature of the press coverage is shown by the fact that earlier in the day the main suspect was said to be shot dead, only to come back to life, and that two others were said also to be shooters, only to be exonerated. Some eyes on the article would be welcome. Also see Talk:Fort Hood shooting#Allegedly". Edison ( talk) 06:20, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Anya Ayoung-Chee ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - Look at the history of this article since November 5th. There's a quiet battle been fought between a number of anons and newbies inserting and removing some uncited allegations that, regardless of any truth, are highly defamatory. Just a heads-up that this should be watchlisted by more people. • Anakin (talk) 18:53, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Hello,
There is a dispute going on regarding whether or not gerontologist Robert Young's Yahoo! Group by itself is sufficient enough to debunk a claim that a living person is not the age that they claim to be. I do not personally feel that it is, and it has been removed in the past by myself and others, but I've been wrong a lot lately on Wikipedia, so I thought I'd bring it here and let the community decide. Robert can post here and give you his opinion himself. Personally I don't care enough anymore to say any more than this, but there should be an official consensus on whether or not it should be considered reliable enough for WP:BLP. The discussion is here. Cheers, CP 19:37, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
Self-published sources Main articles: Self-published sources (online and paper) and WP:SELFPUB
Self-published sources are largely not acceptable, though may be used in limited circumstances, with caution:
* When produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications.
By this definition, which has been on WP:RS in more or less the same form for YEARS, I am an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in this field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. For example:
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/rej.2009.0857
Thus, by definition, use of material from me could be used from "self-published" sources. The WOP group fits that criteria, as I control/moderate all comments and have for 7+ years. Ryoung122 15:28, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
There is a dispute between myself and JBSupreme at Max B as to whether using the official online records of Bergen County Sherriff's Dept. and those of the Department of Correctional Services, New York State to source the subject's DOB constitutes WP:OR. Views please. See article history from Nov 3 on for dispute. 86.44.58.6 ( talk) 19:45, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Precedent on WP is that court records, although primary sources, ought not be used in articles. [57] states one reason why court records which are used for (say) DOB are bad for use in WP because they will therefore also inject material not suited per WP:BLP. In the case at hand, use of a court record does not simply verify DOB but provides material not otherwise usable in a BLP. There is no way to use a court record for a simgle clean fact, hence it can not be used. Collect ( talk) 12:37, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Since the issue of BLP was brought up, it would be helpful to read WP:BLP. In particular in terms of birthdates it says:
It's quite clear the sources currently don't meet either of these criteria. In terms of primary sources it says:
I'm not seeing any evidence this source has been cited by another secondary source. As it stands therefore, it appears that those trying to include the birthdate have violated BLP in two different ways. In fact, from my experience at WP:BLP/N this is one of the more obvious violations since it's directly address in policy (other then unsourced nonsense) even if some of the explainations were not perfect. Nil Einne ( talk) 10:35, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
The back end of new pages patrol occasionally turns up something that's difficult to assess properly in a short time. This appears to be a carefully referenced list, but was uncategorized. Could use a review by a few more sets of eyes to make certain it's compliant with WP:BLP. Durova 360 18:33, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
A high profile, very contentious political campaign in Seattle Washington (no small county this; this is the highest elected office in a county of over 2 million people) is heating up as November 3rd elections approach. The campaigns have gotten ugly, and not surprisingly this is spilling over into the articles. Currently, I believe they are neutral, but efforts by supporters & detractors attempting to control candidate's Wikipedia pages may have reached the point of extensive socking (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/He pled guilty). Both of these articles could really benefit from more watchers who don't care and can help ensure that they remain neutral. I suspect the situation will cool down after the dust settles following election day. If you have room on your watchlist, please consider keeping an eye out. :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:49, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
The article about J. Z. Knight had 13 successive edits of deliberate vandalism by User:Dreadlight. Angryapathy ( talk) 07:18, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
On this article, an editor is reverting the removal of an unsourced quote by Brittny Gastineau as "vandalism". The quote is from the movie Bruno and talks about how the subject thought that another famous living person (Jamie Lynn Spears) should have had an aborotion. My question is, is it apporpitate to add unsourced quotes to a biography of a living person? I also think this content is trivial and shouldn't be in the article. Please advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.18.229 ( talk) 19:36, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
It is not unsourced to state what her role was in the movie. Removing these facts is vandalism. Spidey104 ( talk) 23:22, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I never claimed rewording content was vandalism. Removing the content IS vandalism and that is what I was constantly fixing. The rewording of the content was done AFTER I re-added the information to revert the vandalism that was removing the content. You are portraying events contrary to facts. Now that the content is reworded ,with the necessary information still included, I am happy with how it stands. Spidey104 ( talk) 14:09, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
I wrote the above comment and I AM NOT portraying events contrary to fact. you have reverted rewritten content even if that means repeating the same info twice and called vandalism. That can be seen in this link [60] It was the next to last edit you made to the article when you finally stopped edit warring which I appreciate. Now 128.104.213.238 has taken up your cause of including an unsourced inflammatory comment about another living person. I'll assume good faith for now but i find that coincidental. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.34.240 ( talk) 19:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
It's not ironic to have a rotating ip address. My isp gives me a new ip everytime I log on. You can also mark all the talk pages of the ip's I use but it is not sockpupperty to use different ips to edit. I haven't been acting like I'm different people or used the different ips to create fake support for my edits or anything so you can find it ironic all you want but youre sadly mistaken and you know it. If I were you Id find the fact that the 128.104.213.238 ip hasn't edited once since June 2009 and only appeared to help you re-add the text youve been readding to the article since July 2009 [61] more ironic than my valid ip change. There's also the fact that they edited three times in the last three days about thirty minutes after you. [62] [63] [64] I guess you can't be the same person though because you warned them on their talk page and then they told you (twenty-six minutes later) that they will probably keep on edit warring [65]. Plus they even vandalized your page which no sockpuppet would ever do [66]. Unless you want to battle wits some more about sockpuppetry this issue is resolved because the BLP violating text has been removed for the tiem being. I wont be surprised if 128.104.213.238 shows back up to start the game again though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.34.210 ( talk) 02:20, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Speaking as someone uninvolved in this particular dispute, I think that the sourcing policy involving direct citations to creative works (movies, books, TV shows, etc) is often interpreted inappropriately. While such citations are appropriate for content involving in-universe aspects of fictional works, they are not appropriate for verifying "real-world" claims. They amount to no more than an editor's assertion that "I read it in a book" or "I saw it on TV," or something similar. An in-universe claim about a fictional character is quite unlikely to result in harm to any real person, so the usual cautions about original research and primary sourcing can be less restrictive; when a real person is involved; WP:BLP and the principles behind it require stronger, more reliable sourcing than an editor's assertion/recollection. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz ( talk) 16:23, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Daniela Santanchè ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) - inaccurate information, insults, no references. she is an prominent italian politician, i read the word idiot in the article, is not encyclopedic..
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Daniela_Santanchè&diff=324762689&oldid=324685689
Differences of opinion on what material to include or not. I am a personal friend of the subject so other opinions are needed. Thanks. Steve Dufour ( talk) 04:47, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Please read and comment at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Proposal: "Cry BLP" blocks. Jclemens ( talk) 05:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Can someone more knowledgeable than me have a look? This article is completely unsourced. I thought I was in the right by stubifying it, but I've been reverted twice. The article is currently at AFD and will likely be gone in a few days anyway, so I guess it doesn't make a big difference either way, but I'm just curious as to whether I was doing the right thing or not. 71.162.20.205 ( talk) 13:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Born:9th June 1946 in Cradley Heath.
Keith was a born sportsman. He played pro football for Birmingham City, Aston Villa then finished his career in the States. Keith also became Britsh & European Karate Champion he held the title for an incredible 6 years Keith was a warwickshire county squash player. Keith is also a Padi Pro Masterdiver. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.175.89 ( talk) 20:57, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
See [67] - the edit summary removing these accurately cited texts reads "At General Stubblebine request this violation of Wikipedia' policy on biographies of living persons was removed as he said it libelous and misrepresentative of the actual events and remarks made.". There's obviously COI, but my concern right now is that the sources are reliable sources from our viewpoint and I have no reason to see they are misrepresentative. If there is libel in the book or article I don't understand why he hasn't sued. I've reverted once already but I'm bringing it here for other input. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 14:45, 10 November 2009 (UTC)