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This appears to be an autobiography written by the subject or her staff -- it is released as a speaker bio before various speaking engagements, see this Google Search, and these bios are usually supplied by the speaker. I am not suggesting that the creator of this article has a COI, but the bio certainly has POV issues as a result of its origin. RayAYang (talk) 20:39, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If that is correct then please check the copyright status of the text. If there is any question that the author is in no position to licence the the text for use on Wikipedia (i.e. if they do not own it) then it should be deleted as a copyright violation. --DanielRigal (talk) 21:07, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The earliest hit in the search comes from a federal government site, without attribution. I have emailed the webmaster, hope to hear back about where the biography comes from. In the meantime, since it appeared in a published form by an agency of the federal government, I don't want to delete it right away (works originating in the federal recrod are public domain). RayAYang (talk) 22:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Profession: Diplomat?? Secretary Sherman has never been a US Foreign Service Officer or represented the United States in long-term assignment abroad, which is the layman's understanding of the term "diplomat". A succession of high-level political appointments at the Department of State in Washington does not make her a diplomat. Maybe "Senior Foreign Policy Advisor"? 511031w 17:27, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
It doesn't really matter. It's been wikified and it should be reworded but plagarizing something that is, as you state, in the public domain, isn't the most serious issue on Wikipedia. --Jatkins(talk - contribs) 20:36, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Also, Sherman has been announced as an agency review chief for the State Department by the Obama transition team. Again, I'm on the clock, so that's up to someone else, but you're welcome for the lead I guess. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.139.221.210 (talk) 17:06, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
UMB is Sherman's MSW degree-granting institution, as referenced on 9/7/11 in Senate confirmation hearing[edit]
Wendy Sherman's confirmation hearing for the #3 spot at the State Dept. took place Sept. 7, 2011. The link is:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301407-1.
In her bio, the link to her degree-granting institution is to the wrong part of the University System of of Maryland. Sherman earned her Master's of Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore rather than from the University of Maryland College Park, which does not offer that degree. In the c-span video, her education at UMB is mentioned at about the 4th minute, U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski speaks beginning about the 9th minute and at about the 12th minute, the senator mentions how they are both grads of the School of Social Work at UMB. The senator articulates how their UMB education in social work has prepared them for their careers.
The link to UMB is: http://www.umaryland.edu/
The link to the UM School of Social Work is: http://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/Pafanning (talk) 22:40, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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