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Benjamin Crump

This article reads like a puff piece written by a public relations consultant. It is completely non-objective and adulatory to an extreme. It should be withdrawn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.30.157 (talk) 16:11, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

I have started by rewriting the lede a little and removing some of the more obvious, unduly self-serving braggadocio that was in the first section, also wholesale deletion of the totally unreffed membership's section. When it comes to the cases and the article itself, just how notable is the guy, in and of himself? Because from what I can see, the initial cases are very well-known and he just happens to be the lawyer on the case, so a lot of the sources deal with the cases and only mention him in passing. Definitely needs more condensing, I'd say. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 17:29, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

I think your concerns about coverage of Crump is being lacking are valid. Speaking to the media is part of his job, and the real coverage is his client. To boot, victims' families are not normally represented in criminal matters. Just in the civil suit that follows. WP:INHERIT looks like a very slippery slope in this case. JFHJr (㊟) 21:27, 10 April 2013 (UTC) (Small text corrects the confusing slop. Screebo had reason to be confused! JFHJr (㊟) 00:43, 16 April 2013 (UTC))

Sorry, JF, I don't follow. What are you saying? That he has notability or not? I don't get the bit about INHERIT either, could you explain what you mean more fully? Cheers! CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 13:51, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry! Sloppy typing. I think the article's got problems with the "substantial" coverage part of WP:42. I'm on the fence as to whether he's encyclopedically notable. Who's written about him and not just his cases? JFHJr (㊟) 00:41, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Ah that's better, much clearer, will give his general notability a look in if I get time (or you don't beat me to it ;-) CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 09:50, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Reduced his ad to only 4 cases -- removed his "legal brief" on the Martin case as being violative of WP:BLP (including a minor problem that parts are contradicted by the Wikipedia article thereon and by most current sources). Bluelinked to the Wikipedia article which is policy compliant AFAICT. Collect (talk) 18:57, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Good move Collect, now is the man himself independently notable from the cases he has represented? (I now get the WP:INHERIT reffered to by JFHJr above). CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 22:12, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

That would be better discussed at an AfD. Collect (talk) 23:47, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

For sure, that wasn't directly adressed at you :) CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 00:18, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

• Word of advice, mass IP revert of Collect's good work with edit summary Revert NPOV violator (which I have obviously reverted). CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 09:24, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
• 2nd mass revert, have requested PP for a few days so we can sort this out. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 18:39, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
• Now on 10-day pending changes protection. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 11:21, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Review of draft for Ping Fu

Hi everyone. As some of you here may be aware, there has been a lot of activity around Ping Fu's article in recent months, following press coverage of criticisms about her memoir. On behalf of Geomagic, the company founded by Ping Fu, I've been working on a new draft for the article based on reliable sources. A few editors who have been involved on the article have been reviewing the draft and one has suggested that I reach out to editors here who are knowledgeable about BLP issues.

Here's the link to the draft: User:16912_Rhiannon/Ping_Fu, which editors are discussing on the draft's Talk page. There is also a small discussion at WikiProject Biography that you may want to take a look at. I've described there the issues with the current article and how I've tried to address these in the draft.

As I wrote at WikiProject Biography, in addition to fixing specific issues with the current article, I've looked at how to deal with details that have been disputed and have conflicting references. My feeling is that it may be best to reduce the detail regarding Ping's early life and education as the sources conflict and some facts have recently been called into question. I've kept these details to a minimum in the draft for this reason.

I should note that after feedback on the Memoir section, I've rewritten this slightly and offered the updated version on the draft's talk page for review before I drop it into the draft. It would be fantastic if editors here could review the draft and the updated Memoir section on the Talk page and offer their thoughts. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 23:30, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

That is some awesome work, especially the memoir section. I know that was the main contentious issue and I think you've established a perfectly appropriate balance. High Kudos. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 23:34, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much, FreeRangeFrog. Can I just check, were you referring to the updated version of the Memoir section on the draft's Talk page? (I'll be dropping this into the draft once the editor who provided feedback originally has been able to review it again.)

Because I have a COI here, I'd love to get further feedback if any editors are interested. Also, if editors feel it's ready, they can move across the text from my draft to the live article, as I won't make edits to the article myself. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 14:33, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Just wanted to ping this thread again to see if anyone else would like to take a look at the draft. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 20:23, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, yes. But where does your COI issue come from? §FreeRangeFrog^croak 20:26, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, FreeRangeFrog, I missed your reply until just now: as I mentioned above, I wrote the draft on behalf of Geomagic, the company founded by Ping Fu and received input from Fu and her team. So, that's why I have a COI with the subject. As an update, after review by editors, one editor has moved two of the sections into the live Ping Fu article: Early life and education and Memoir. I wonder if you'd mind looking at the remaining sections, as well as the introduction and the infobox to see whether those could also be moved into the article? Unlike the information about the memoir and Fu's early life, I think the remaining sections are relatively uncontroversial and I've addressed editors' requests to make small changes for clarity, so I think they're ready unless you can see any issues? Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 23:00, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Oh right, I should have read your entire message. Going over what you have I see no real problems, honestly. I'd say put them in and then the concerned parties can work off of what you've created. I see there are at least two other editors who have provided feedback to you, so I think we're good from a COI perspective. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 17:28, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Actually, I follow the "bright-line" rule suggested by Jimbo Wales, so I'd rather not move the sections into the article myself. If you think they look good, would you mind making the move? If you're able to do that, I can leave an update on the Ping Fu Talk page to explain and invite editors to continue work on the sections once live. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 18:33, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

If you can find someone else to assist with that, go ahead. I can do it but I'm a bit busy IRL at the moment, so it would be in a couple of days. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 20:02, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, FreeRangeFrog. I'll see if anyone is willing to move the draft sections, otherwise, I'm happy to wait for you to do so. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 21:35, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Lloyd Irvin (again)

• Lloyd Irvin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

This article has been the subject of two previous referrals: [1] [2]

Lloyd Irvin is a reasonably well-known martial arts instructor who has a Wikipedia article.

1. In 2013 two of his students were accused of rape on a third student. This is reported on wjla.com: [3] There have been various developments as a result of these charges.
2. The martial arts press uncovered what appeared to be court and newspaper records of an earlier (1989) incident involving Lloyd Irvin, in which he was accused of a sexual crime but was found not guilty.
3. Lloyd Irvin released an open letter: [4] on January 22nd which confirmed his involvement in the court case from 1989, and reasserted his successful defense from the court case that he did not have sex with anyone in the 1989 incident. He also noted that the students who had been accused of a crime on New Year's Eve had only been training with him for a few months.
4. The martial arts press reported on March 5th: "Irvin crippled by mass exodus of top students after yet another scandal", where at least ten of his top students quit en-masse following further allegations. [5]
5. On March 10th the MMA press reported that "With more and more affiliate schools cutting ties with Team Lloyd Irvin, Irvin has announced that the entire program has been terminated." [6]

Now, clearly this is a sensitive matter which is needs to be handled extremely carefully. However the allegations are clearly having a massive effect on Lloyd Irvin's life; students are leaving his school, people are breaking off ties, and he is being forced to defend himself in the press with regard to his earlier acquittal. My personal thought is that the way to approach it is to report the accusations against two of his students (number 1 above), which is a matter of record, and his response (number 3 above), only touching on the earlier accusations as much as is necessary to understand his response. Similarly it seems reasonable to briefly mention his recent statement ending his "affiliate" program (number 5 above), as reported in the martial arts press. I'm not confident on the sourcing for number 4 above.

Following a short discussion on the Talk page, given the previous history I was advised to bring it here. I'd appreciate people's thoughts. --Merlinme (talk) 17:30, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

The last time this landed here we noted that the sources were crappy at best (no way to determine reliability), that it wasn't clear that the "event" had had any lasting effect on the man's life or career, and that the addition of the material in relation to the rest of the bio was an issue of undue weight. Has any of that changed? §FreeRangeFrog^croak 17:56, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

I personally thought one of the most interesting policy invocations from last time was WP:NPF, so I'd be curious to see how that would be handled, or if it even needed to be. I think this is a classic case of inclusion vs exclusion; where is the line between encyclopedic and tabloid? Buddy23Lee (talk) 18:39, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm having a hard time seeing reason for including any discussion of this material, per WP:NPF. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 18:59, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

In response to FreeRangeFrogs points: 1) sources currently include the website of WJLA-TV, i.e. channel 7, the ABC affiliated television station, and Irvin's own public written statements on the matter, as reported in secondary sources, in addition to a couple of martial arts websites. 2) it's clearly having a major effect on his life; "at least ten" of the best members of his team, i.e. his medal hopes, have just quit; three of his largest "affiliate" gyms publicly disassociated themselves this year, leading to Lloyd apparently deciding to end the affiliate program on his own terms and terminating the whole program. His own very long public statement, as issued to one of the oldest mixed martial arts magazines, suggests he is taking this extremely seriously. 3) Regarding undue weight, this may well be the thing that Lloyd Irvin will be best known for in coming years. I had not heard of him, despite his association with various top level martial artists, until the events recently reported in the martial arts press. I agree that it should not be allowed to dominate the entire article, but it seems appropriate to at least mention what will probably be regarded as the collapse of his entire business model. In the specific context of Team Lloyd Irvin, which is currently a paragraph in his article, it seems to be extremely relevant.

In response to WP:NPF, it's an interesting argument, but again, I strongly suspect this will be the incident he becomes best known for. The wording is: "include only material relevant to the person's notability". I would suggest that it's the main reason why he would be considered notable in martial arts at this point in time. In other words, this ongoing incident is bringing him to a level of notability higher than he had before, when he was only known as a respected competitor and trainer of a few significant athletes. --Merlinme (talk) 20:06, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

I tip my hat to your points Merlinme and while I'd like to clarify that I'm neutral toward inclusion or otherwise, I'd also like to voice my concern in two areas in response. First, in regards to your best sources, those are predominately, if not exclusively, focused upon the alleged rape committed by his students and, other than being the figurehead for their former organization, I'm concerned that they don't have much bearing on Irvin himself in a direct personal manner. From what I could/can ever find online, I believe FreeRangeFrog is correct in that most of the sources regarding Irvin directly are MMA/BJJ blogs, and not more reputable sources. Secondly, while you might be right and your strong suspicion may be correct in that he could become more notable for this event than anything else in his entire career, I think that's probably a case for WP:CRYSTALBALL. Is it not just as probable the man could move past this event and rebuild his organization? Buddy23Lee (talk) 20:49, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Personally I think the sources which tip this into Verifiable are his own public statements on the matter; if anything they will presumably be biased towards him, not against him, yet they clearly confirm the basic facts, i.e. that some of his students were involved in an extremely nasty incident, that people in the martial arts world have raised with him recently an incident which he confirms he was put on trial (and acquitted) for in 1989, and that he has has had to recently end his affiliate program: "...there is clearly a lynch mob made up of a handful of people who will settle for NOTHING other than my head-on-a-stick or me hanging from a tree...This is to serve notice to the lynch mob members that they can stop targeting, bullying and attempting to harm my affiliates businesses because they are no longer affiliates", as reported in the mma press: [7]

If you read the public statement from former affiliate Beta-academy [8], in addition to the statements of his former students who've quit en-masse [9], I find it very hard to see how he will rebuild his business. I don't think either of those can currently go in to the article, because of problems with sourcing and possible bias in the allegations, but it's still fair to say that his reputation is currently taking a bit of a battering.

It is indeed difficult to be sure without a crystal ball what the exact outcome of all this will be, but on the other hand I find it seems to be stretching "undue weight" to breaking point to mention Team Lloyd Irvin and not mention at least the (verifiable) basics of why it seems to be collapsing. --Merlinme (talk) 21:16, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Well, ok. I guess if we can agree and accept that most of the sources will necessarily be various blog posts, that inclusion doesn’t violate WP:NPF, WP:UNDUE, or is too much a case of WP:CRYSTALBALL, and that it of course satisfies wiki's rigorous BLP policy, particularly with regards to slander, I’m for inclusion. I just mention these again to highlight why I’ve been so cautious to this point. Buddy23Lee (talk) 21:34, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Which out of the following sources: wjla report of initial incident: [10] official irvin statement in press [11] reporting of separate irvin statement in press: [12] do you consider problematic? --Merlinme (talk) 21:49, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Honestly? I've long been skeptical of the bloodyelbow blog posts regarding the issue as they stand the most to gain by sensationalizing to gain readership. Obviously the WJLA report is much more mainsteam, but as we've discussed on the talk page, I'm concerned how it and the other mainsteam sources don't even mention Irvin (the individual) once, nor really indicate what actual link he has to the incident. However, and again, as long as we have some rough consensus that the many nagging issues raised here (and before) are not considered applicable (or overly applicable) in regards to this content then I'll support it as well. You're obviously very passionate about this inclusion and that would suggest to me that for every Merlinme there must be a large number of unvoiced ip editors out there who feel the same way. 22:16, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

• It appears that a single editor is strongly motivated to get this information into the article. I continue to think it violates WP:NPF, and WP:TOPIC as well. Can I please ask other BLPN regulars to look closely at this one. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 04:21, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
  • I'll take a look. polarscribe (talk) 04:59, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

The WJLA report says, in paragraph 3, "According to court documents, the young woman, Maldonado and Schultz all know each other from the Lloyd Irvin Martial Arts School in Camps Springs where they trained." This would appear to make it directly relevant to Team Lloyd Irvin, and to the extent that he's felt the need to publicly defend his reputation and his business (which uses his name), directly relevant to Lloyd Irvin as well. I would ask that people read the sources I've suggested before making any decision based on previous consensus. And yes, based on edits, there do seem to be a significant number of IPs who think the information should be included in some form, although that wouldn't be relevant if the information weren't both relevant to his life and verifiable. --Merlinme (talk) 06:07, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

WP:COATRACK. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 06:24, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

That's your carefully considered opinion after reading the sources which I've provided, yes?

I'd prefer it if we kept this civil and didn't use one word policy references. --Merlinme (talk) 07:50, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Now just hold on there for a moment Merlinme. I don’t think the policy reference is necessarily uncivil or even entirely unwarranted. While certainly everyone, including myself, wishes to assume good faith in the purposed changes, I’d still imagine that anytime an individual editor appears and vehemently wishes to include content to a BLP article which clearly appears deleterious to the subject (and said editor remains just as stalwart in the face of all purposed policy concerns) it gives some reason to wonder what the motivations might be. I’m sure the good folks at the BLP noticeboard see more than their fair share of such. At any rate, if anyone has cause to hope things remain civil regarding this article it’s undoubtedly Irvin himself. Buddy23Lee (talk) 18:08, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm happy to assume good faith if others are prepared to assume the same of me. I stand by my request that people read the sources I've provided and use arguments longer than one word. --Merlinme (talk) 06:23, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Concision. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 06:29, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for another considered attempt at debate.

If the question is regarding my motives, they're very simple; I saw Lloyd Irvin in the news; as is often the case when I wish to find out more information about something, I went to Wikipedia to find out more about him; in this case I discovered that Wikipedia did not even mention what is apparently the most important event in his life right now, where his comptetition team and business are being hit by defections and he has had made a long statement to try to defend himself in the most public forum imaginable for a Brazilian jiu jitsu trainer, where the incident has been on-going for several months and has been reported in multiple sources (some of them, admittedly, better than others). When I went to the talk page to discuss if this information should be added in some form, I found it full of an ongoing debate about including the information, and I was told to come here if I felt the information should be included. And here we are. --Merlinme (talk) 06:49, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Has anyone (Polarscribe?) had a chance to look at this?

I'm happy to discuss the exact wording if it would be helpful. I suspect a lot of the opposition to changing the article has been based on the belief that I am proposing to add reams of coat-rack text which overwhelms the article. That's not my intention. What I want to do is make the article reflect the major news items which have been affecting Lloyd Irvin's life recently. But this can be done fairly succinctly. The article currently reads:

Team Lloyd Irvin

Lloyd Irvin is the head coach of the eponymous Team Lloyd Irvin, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and mixed martial arts organization operating in the Mid-Atlantic States of the U.S.[4][5][6]

A number a prominent grapplers and MMA fighters have attended his school at one time, such as Mike Fowler, JT Torres, and Ryan Hall.[7]

I would like to add something like:

Rape allegations against Lloyd Irvin students

Two of Lloyd Irvin's students were charged in January 2013 with the rape of a woman they knew from Lloyd Irvin Martial Arts School in Camp Springs. [13] Lloyd Irvin issued an official statement to Graciemag, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu magazine, on January 22nd 2013, in which he made it clear that he deplored what had happened, and distanced his team from the incident, noting that the accused had only trained with his organization a few months. He also responded to online discussions regarding a 1989 incident involving himself where he was found not guilty. [14] On March 10th 2013 it was reported that Lloyd Irvin had announced on Facebook that he was terminating the Team Lloyd Irvin Affiliate Program, because of what he described as lynch mob attacks on Team Lloyd Irvin affiliate businesses. [15]

I'm happy to discuss the exact wording. I recognise this is tricky. I still think an article with some mention of what is clearly the major item in his life in 2013 is better than an article without. --Merlinme (talk) 22:51, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Just to confirm before this gets archived, is anyone going to object if I add this text? If so, could you say why (and what you think it would be appropriate to add, if anything). Thanks, --Merlinme (talk) 08:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I continue to object, per WP:TOPIC, WP:UNDUE and WP:COATRACK, and I don't think it's appropriate to add anything at all on the topic. The main story here is not about what Irvin did. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 08:13, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Can I confirm that you've read the sources I provided? I disagree that it's not relevant to the topic, as Lloyd Irvin has issued at least two public statements defending his team and business, which have clearly been affected. In particular the recent issues are directly relevant to the "Team Lloyd Irvin" section of the article. I agree the text should not overwhelm the article, but I think having something there does not in itself break undue weight. If consensus is against me that the information is not relevant to the article then I won't take it any further; if the question is more of undue weight then I'm happy to discuss what would be appropriate text.

Does anyone else have a view? Buddy23Lee? Polarscribe? --Merlinme (talk) 16:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I dunno Merlinme. As I’ve mentioned, I can definitely empathize with your inclusive passions, but I’m willing to concede that policy considerations, whether as a whole or only in part, are evidently superseding here. I’m not certain that it’s worth disregarding each of these policy dilemmas (or even only potential policy dilemmas) for even a major article, let alone this undisputedly very minor BLP. When this issue first arose, I myself was the one to bring the matter here (twice), knowing that it needed some type of consensus from editors experienced in exactly these types of BLP issues. Ultimately, consensus then was what it appears to be now, that it was not worthy for inclusion. At this point I think we should respect this and I would encourage you to let this matter rest. We both know there are a thousand other areas on the wiki that would benefit immensely from even a fraction of the effort you’ve put into this endeavor. :) Buddy23Lee (talk) 22:55, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I disagree, on the grounds previously discussed that I like encyclopedias to be accurate. I like to correct articles as I'm going along, and I've spent plenty of time finding sources for other minor articles. At the moment I think the article gives a misleading impression about Team Lloyd Irvin in particular. However unless something significant changes, like Irvin himself being charged with something, I'm clearly not going to win this battle, so let's leave it there. --Merlinme (talk) 08:45, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

• As the incident has significantly impacted on him, his career/job & Team Lloyd Irvin, it should be at least mentioned. Details should be minimal on the actual arrest/charging of the students, with more detail on the impact it has had on his business. Only in death does duty end (talk) 09:31, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
  • As I read the sources, there aren't any sources for the "impact on his business". There is one truly secondary source here; the other two contain his "open letter" and the contents of his facebook post. This really has not achieved the kind of coverage in reliable secondary sources that justifies any mention here. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 09:50, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
    • Well if he considers it important enough to release a personal statement to interested parties, and they consider it important enough to publish/print it, thats good enough for me. But like I said, I would have the focus on the effect its had on his business. You could condense the mention of the rape charges to half a sentence quite easily. Undue, topic and coatrack are not applicable as it certainly is relevant - given his notability is intricately linked with his career. At best, you can raise an argument its not got enough secondary sources discussing it, but last I checked, there wasnt a hard limit on how many sources something needs to be included. Also given the insular and specialised nature of the MMA community, its not likely to make 'mainstream' press anyway. Only in death does duty end (talk) 10:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
      • Even if Irvin were WP:WELLKNOWN, we would need "multiple" reliable secondary sources for this sort of material -- and what we have here is one such source. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 10:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
        • If person A says X, and publication B reports that person A said X, why is that not a secondary source? Anyway, a couple more sources: Graciemag reported Keenan Cornelius leaving Team Lloyd Irvin in February 2013; Cornelius said: "I can no longer be absolutely sure that this is the right environment for me under the current and enlightening circumstances." [16]. An article in more "mainstream" media, concentrating on Irvin's SEO techniques (although most of it is based on reports in the MMA press): [17]. --Merlinme (talk) 10:49, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
          • Yay for this continuing...honestly, it seems to me the incident with the students and the alleged rape are the only aspects of this with good sourcing and not really a BLP issue, as they belonged in the team article. Now that the team article has been merged with the BLP I would assume that all the relevant policies mentioned thus far would extend to the entire article. I guess my main point here is that I am, and always have been, more comfortable with the factual aspects of this (e.g. two former students charged with rape) than the more speculative, opinionative, and often moralistic sources (i.e. blog sites that allege things like "internet marketing trickery"). Buddy23Lee (talk) 18:52, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Todd Lieberman

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL I think Mr. Lieberman just showed up at help desk wanting to create his own article. Does someone wish to create a stub so he has a talk page to make COI requests?--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:43, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

• A quick and dirty search indicates Mandeville Films is likely more notable than Todd Lieberman. I'm not convinced either one passes WP:42. Mandeville Films could probably use some reduction and/or tagging. JFHJr (㊟) 02:16, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Lieberman was producer for the one film that won two Oscars. The other films in the Mandeville 'list article' are all blue links. They could be trimmed maybe and just include the major award nominees and and minor winners in a table. Is Lieberman notable enough as producer of a two Oscar movie? I didn't check the notability of the other films.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:39, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

I can't believe this. I think I may just walk away unless another editor wants to help fix the mess on the new page. I tried and had half my work removed.--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:59, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

A cry for help indeed, more eyes please, I have hacked, slashed, tagged, warned the user about COI and puffery, twas a huge mess, I'm off to sharpen shiny things while I sleep. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 01:43, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! I think that editor's talk page full of policy spam may clue them in. If not we may just get an admin to spank them as well. I too am about to call it a night, thanks again.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:19, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Okay, just wikilinked the institutions and films in the "Career" section. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 10:12, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

• I'm still having a hard time finding WP:GNG criteria. I'm still not seeing the coverage of Lieberman, and I think sourcing in both articles is awful. I'm not finding any better on my own... JFHJr (㊟) 18:23, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Some others are working on it now. Sources have improved.--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:33, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Campaign for "santorum" neologism query

Campaign for "santorum" neologism (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Does the statement that "Santorum made anti-gay comments" (in Wikipedia's voice) require strong sourcing as it is presented as fact? I had suggested variants on "... Senator Rick Santorum's comments which were considered anti-gay by Savage and some others." The language which was reverted to several times was simply "... U.S. Senator Rick Santorum's anti-gay comments."

The questions are: Is this direct statement of fact in Wikipedia's voice subject to WP:BLP? If so, is it a "contentious claim"? If it is a "contentious claim" is it an opinion or is it a statement of objective fact? If it is an opinion, should it be ascribed as such to those holding it? I trust this is a neutral statement of the issues at hand. Collect (talk) 21:22, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

What sources are being used to support it? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 21:33, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

The sources are: <ref name="Lee2013">{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Newton|title=Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Sh0zgX2bj7QC&pg=PA106|accessdate=16 April 2013|year=2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781461453086|pages=106–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title = Wake up, you're liberal!: how we can take America back from the right| last=Rall| first=Ted| publisher = Soft Skull Press|date =May 14, 2004 | page = 231 | isbn=1-932360-22-0}}</ref> to be precise - which I think can be used to have Savage be attributed as holding the opinion. Collect (talk) 23:23, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

no, the Lee cannot be used to attribute to Savage. the Lee book does not attribute the "anti gay" label to Savage, it flat out calls the comments as "anti gay."-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom

(ec) The issue can be avoided by concisely describing what Santorum said rather than labeling it: "... Senator Rick Santorum's comments that grouped homosexual acts with bestiality and incest" or something akin to that. Dry and factual, requiring no subjective interpretation. alanyst 21:34, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I looked at the sourcing and I also did an independent search to see how reliable sources approach this topic. These are my initial thoughts:

• Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness appears to be a reliable source, generally speaking. But the book is not about Rick Santorum, Dan Savage or homosexuality. It's a book about privacy in the Internet age. The specific page does indeed label Santorum's comments as anti-gay, but that's not the focus of the book. It's only being used as example as part of a different topic. It's reliable, but this is only mentioned in passing.
• Wake up, you're liberal!: how we can take America back from the right. I don't have access to this source so I don't have much to say about it.

As I said, I also did an independent search to see how reliable source approach this topic. Out of the first 5 sources I found (by random), [18][19][20][21][22], none of them labeled Santorum's comments as anti-gay. Obviously, this is a small sample size, but as I said, these are my initial thoughts.

Since most sources don't label these comments as anti-gay, and given that this is a lede, where we are supposed to summerize an article without going into the nitty gritty details, I suggest the following wording: "comments about homosexuality". A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 22:37, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

"Comments about homosexuality" is entirely too vague. Did he say they're nice people? Did he say they should be eradicated from the planet? Something in between? It doesn't provide the required context for the reaction. I much prefer a brief, factual description of the comments, as per alanyst.

The specific quote in question:

"In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing." [23]

It is indisputable that the words of that quote compare, group or equate homosexuality with pedophilia and bestiality. That is the very meaning of the sentence in the English language. Therefore, it is neutral and factual to briefly describe that sentence. polarscribe (talk) 00:59, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

how about "homophobic" or "appallingly homophobic". anyone who categorizes the comments in any way has nothing good to say about them. we cover all the significant views of the subject and anti-gay / homophobic is clearly not a fringe assessment. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:20, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

or from your very sources his "freaking me out" comments [24]-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:27, 17 April 2013 (UTC) (and while this has both the words Santorum and Savage, it does not at all address the "man on dog" comments or the website.)

I'm content with polarscribe's suggestion ("comments that equated homosexuality to pedophilia and bestiality"). I'm disappointed that editors like Collect have such a difficult time with the notion that such comments are anti-gay, but it's acceptable in this instance to convey their meaning via indication of the comparisons he used. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 04:26, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Um -- when in doubt go for an ad hom? The point is that one can also read it as saying homosexuality is not pedophilia or the like - that in fact it is not "picking pn" homosexuality to make a factual statement that, historically, "marriage" did not include same-sex marriage. Since the other reading is equally obvious to a hypothetical observer, then we ought not use Wikipedia's voice to judge which reading is the WP:TRUTH at all -- what we can do is show the exact words as Santorum spoke them to the reader. Collect (talk) 11:10, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

@The Red Pen of Doom: I checked the 5 sources chosen at random and none of them support "homophobic" or "appallingly homophobic" either. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 09:45, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

I never made any claims that those five you say were chosen at random called him "homophobic" - i said that one of the ones "chosen at random" described the comments as "freaking me out" and another one of the 5 chosen at random did not actually address the man on dog comments or the frothy material campaign AT ALL. and that it is not difficult at all to find mainstream sources that DO describe the comments as anti-gay and/or homophobic. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 17:04, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Bob Khanna

a new editor User:Drosslifter have added unsourced and defamatory content on Bob Khanna. I try to undo his edit, but he is continuing to revert my edit. So now I have given up. Kindly look into the matter. --Vigyani (talk) 07:21, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Drosslifter (talk · contribs) is an spa, only editing the BK article

Looking into the history of the article Bob Khanna (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I came across this rather interesting user

Gruntfuttock115 (talk · contribs)

who only writes (creates) articles about (living) people and companies, paid editing anyone, and most of them have been tagged as being written like an advertisement. Maybe if a few of you have some time to look through the latter user's contributions? Cheers! CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 16:42, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed also as User:Drosslifter told on his talk page. Which again points about Drosslifter being SPA as he somehow knew or must have noticed this before creating an account. However I could not locate his sockpupeteer by checking User:Gruntfuttock115's edit history. --Vigyani (talk) 16:53, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

No Vigyani, Drosslifter wants the BK article deleted as x/he asserts here in no uncertain terms, there is no sockpuppet, but my observation was that all of Gruntfuttock's contribs are to create promotional-style articles about people or companies. And on Dross's talk page x/he asserts that Gruntfuttock is/works for Palamedes PR (although offers no proof), which sort of backs up my theory that there is a whole heap of paid editing going on. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 17:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

yes, he wants BK to be deleted ( he has written a line on talk:BK also). i do not deny ur theory. I am merely saying that Drosslifter mentioned about Grunt/paid editing on his talk page. Why I think Drosslifter is sock as you also mentioned in your previous post, since he knew about possibility of Grunt editing BK article in a way which appears promotional. Also I just went bit more carefully through Grunt's edit. He is creating promotional pages. I checked the versions of the articles he created and found those promotional. And he seems to have particular interest in SWNS. created 3 articles for companies related to them. --Vigyani (talk) 17:34, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

One of which is the PR company we're talking about, and Gruntfuttock115 apparently works for. 21:43, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)*Ok here we go, all created by Gruntfuttock115 (talk · contribs):

• • Gurpareet Bains[25], and guest blogger on their site no less
  • Wynndel Property Management [26], check text in left column: Palamedes PR gave us more coverage in a week than our previous ‘top-end’ agency did in a year. Apparently the text in the aforementioned left column updates to give different client tributes, this is the quote that I copied from the website, FYI.21:17, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
  • OnePoll[27]
  • Angus Kennedy (chocolate taster)[28]
  • Cathy Glass (author)[29]
  • and of course the company page Palamedes PR
  • and 72 Point, a sister company of Palamdes— Preceding unsigned comment added by Vigyani (talk • contribs) 23:58, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

So, some or all, may have the required notability, but as far as I can see this is wiki-spamming with OTT, gushing articles about the company's clients. Battleaxes ready? CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 17:43, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Good detective work, Captain. I'm guessing maybe there's enough here to warrant a case over at WP:AN/I? §FreeRangeFrog^croak 21:24, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Yeah thanks, I put a call in to Orange Mike who is an admin and regularly deals with this kind of thing, but I would say that it's maybe ANI-worthy. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 21:33, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

No response from OM, so maybe this should go to AN/I, what say ye? Anyone care to do the honours (I have jam to pot!). CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 18:57, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Kitty Kelley

The biography of Kelley by George Carpozi Jr. was recognized at the time it was published as a hatchet job. San Francisco Chronicle 7/22/91: "In 'Poison Pen,' Carpozi doesn't pretend he's out to investigate the infinite variety of Kitty's psyche -- he's out to get her, and get her he does." Los Angeles Times 9/8/91: "Any doubt that this work is revenge disappeared on Page 9." Material from this source should be used carefully. Irrelevant information from this source has been removed various times by different editors but the material is always added agains. I propose to remove some material now, but I wish to report this activity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Researchfairy (talk • contribs) 15:12, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for taking this long. Jokes about being hoisted by one's petard aside, we do strive for neutrality in all topics, and I would agree that there is a certain amount of weight being given to the work you mention. Assuming there is no conflict of interest on your part here, feel free to try and balance out the contents. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 17:24, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

David Miscavige

I could use some advise on how to move forward on this, User:Colliric added the following to the David Miscavige page, I reverted it due to both weight, the fact that Miscavige and Cruise both deny it, and I honestly don't trust statements that start with "and potentially this caused..." within a BLP. Colliric has gone to my talk page and both defended the addition and accused me of edit warring. I'm not trying to prod a hornets nest but I think this addition violates wikipedia standards. Can I get someone else to take a look at this. I have also posted a discussion on the talk page.Coffeepusher (talk) 16:35, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

And the sole source for the report is an anonymously-sourced British tabloid story. Unacceptable per WP:RS. Good catch, it has no place in the article. polarscribe (talk) 16:48, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Also a blatant example of Wikipedia:ALLEGED. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 16:54, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Here is a contemporus 2006 article I did not refer to, it also has several sources it links to. There are other references for this which can be easily found. http://www.crushable.com/2006/11/20/entertainment/tom-cruises-best-man-comes-on-honeymoon/ I'm just frankly a little lazy and didn't add more refs Like I should have.

Colliric (talk) 09:48, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I have reverted this junk and replied at the talk page, as to your source it's an online vomit-bag of celebrity gossip trash. You might want to read (and try to understand) Wikipedia:Reliable sources. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 10:28, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Don't hold back, now, Screebo -- tell us what you really think. (I agree with you on the source; another story link there tells us, don't "cup-shame" Jennifer Aniston.) Nomoskedasticity (talk) 10:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Well sometimes one needs to let off steam and get it off one's chest, after being confronted with a hoard of preposterous BLP violations, the perpetrators often displaying symptoms of IDHT or CIR or whatever (so many to choose from). BTW your comment literally made me laugh out loud. Cheers! CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 09:43, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

The greater issue is whether "entertainment news" (aka "gossip columns") are good sources for BLPs in general. Even in regular (WP:RS) newspapers, they appear to hold quite different standards than those held for "real news" articles. Collect (talk) 11:01, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Quite, where would be the correct place to discuss this? An RfC on the TP of reliable sources? CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 09:43, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

I have relented to this change back, I am happy this has been mentioned in the talk page as it was an obvious omission given it was widely reported. Also given Tom Cruise and David Miscavige also deny publically the Xenu doctrine(and David Miscavige also denies he was involved in the Lisa Mcpherson affair), their common denial is not really to be given weight(and isn't by most). If Katie Holmes denied it, then maybe you might have had something with that particular defense. Lawrence Wright reported in his Book that Tom Cruise auditioned his wife with the help of Miscavige(and his wife Shelly), so perhaps that has more gravitas to be in the article given it was a published New York Times Bestseller? or is that also not good enough(serious question here)? Colliric (talk) 11:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't think you are understanding the point. Your edit makes two claims, each of which are problematic. The first claim is that he went to Tom and Kates honeymoon, which is insignificant gossip. You can have that reported by a documentary video showing that it happened and signed affidavits by everyone involved that it happened and it still wouldn't warrant inclusion because wikipedia doesn't document insignificant vacations. It is a bit odd, but odd isn't encyclopedic, we don't have in the article that he stores water glasses with plastic wrap in the fridge even though that has been reported by time magazine. Now to make up for the fact that it is insignificant, your edit is making the further claim that this potentially caused friction between Tom and Kate. The first claim is insignificant unless it proves noteworthy through some causal effect, and the second claim (the causal effect) is hidden behind "potentially." He is also "potentially" a lizard alien sent to earth to control the human race as a new food source, according to some but we aren't going to report that.Coffeepusher (talk) 14:12, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

You did not explain that correctly when you deleted the whole thing with little explination. Now that you have finally explained it, I now understand and I agree I was too agressive in the language. I was trying to reflect the source's tone(which I admit took the addition too far). I do believe that section still needs expansion, should be a few sentences, not just one that makes it seem as if he was 100% hands-off as that is also in violation of the need for lack of bias as Lawrence Wright's book elaborated on the marriage and Miscavige's role in it(including the accusations he and his wife played "matchmaker" and auditioned candidates), and some of the accusations should be included, in similar style to the reference to Jenna Miscavige's own book that appears directly above it. I will not do it myself though as I have not yet personally read exactly what the book says about Miscavige. Should be fairly easy given that it's already Ref number 45, and the write up just needs to be done. Colliric (talk) 14:37, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Gran Omar

• Gran Omar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Entire 'Personal life' section is one long useless gossip fest irrelevant to the person's notability, not to mention WP:UNDUE. I can definitely see someone writing to OTRS and complaining about this. 16:57, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

How is this not relevant? The three sources are reliable (People en Español and Univision). And where would you say that the paragraph is not written from a neutral point of view? His personal life is relevant to him. Almost every BLP has one. This article is correctly formatted and cited with reliable sources. He was the main producer for the album which he almost sued her for unpaid work. The whole section is not a "gossip fest". How is this "Gran Omar was previously married to fellow reggaeton artist Martha Pesante, known by her stage name Ivy Queen. They were divorced in 2005 following a nine-year marriage." gossip? Two, how is this "A year after their separation, Navarro stated that Queen had tricked him, and that she owed him money from the sales and production of the album Cosa Nostra: Hip-Hop, which they presented together due to their obligations and contract with Univision." gossip? He went on National TV, isn't that relevant? — DivaKnockouts 18:56, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Can you explain how all that is relevant to the subject's notability? As an artist, I mean. Because you have one paragraph of professional achievements, and two of apparent scandals and personal issues. So surely there must be something in there that is relevant to his notability, and that could be incorporated into the rest of the article so that it does not present undue weight. If not, then I strongly object to having an entire section with "he said she said" prattle on a BLP. Let me quote from the material you added, just for context: Rumors, however, soon surfaced that Navarro had cheated on Queen and that she had found him with another woman. She denied ever having found him in the act of adultery, while claiming that if she had found Navarro with another woman, she'd be in La Vega Alta, a prison for women in Puerto Rico §FreeRangeFrog^croak 21:22, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

That can be removed. Stating that he use to be married to Queen and that there was a possible lawsuit for an album which he was the main producer is not "gossip" and should of stayed in the article. EDIT: Is this better: "Gran Omar was previously married to fellow reggaeton artist Martha Pesante, known by her stage name Ivy Queen. They were divorced in 2005 following a nine-year marriage.[15] A year after their separation, Navarro stated that Queen owed him money from the sales and production of the album Cosa Nostra: Hip-Hop, which they presented together due to their obligations and contract with Univision.[16] No legal action was taken, however.[16]"? — DivaKnockouts 21:28, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

That looks better, assuming you can work it into the article instead of devoting an entire section called "Personal life" to it. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 21:49, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Incorporated into the "Musical career" section. — DivaKnockouts 21:58, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Much better, thank you! §FreeRangeFrog^croak 22:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

There still is an issue of his birthplace, nationality, and ethnicity in the lede. --Malerooster (talk) 18:12, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Zack Kopplin Again

Zack Kopplin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
After attempting to resolve problems with the National Influence section it has been vandalized again with sourced material deleted.128.42.159.243 (talk) 20:37, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks like a dispute over content - not "vandalism" which generally is used in a different context on Wikipedia. Still will keep an eye out. Collect (talk) 10:54, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

William Earl Reid

William Earl Reid Please remove the last line of this page suggesting William Earl Reid was fined for selling a car. This is libellous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sstroppa (talk • contribs) 16:40, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Not libel - but likely of insufficient weight as the article was not really about him. Collect (talk) 16:52, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Ivy Queen

Ivy Queen (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Can we get some help on nailing down her birthplace? It seems that her PR ethnicity, if she is American, is pretty significant, so it could go in the lede, but a rewrite of lede and infobox would be in order if she was in fact born in NYC. Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 18:32, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects

Some well meaning editors are citing BLP as a reason not to use the word "suspect(s)" or post FBI released photos of the suspects. Some are going to far as to suggest we need to wait for an conviction. The FBI said suspects and every media outlet is reporting it so how can WP do any damage? I welcome feedback. [30] Legacypac (talk) 23:26, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

If the FBI has named those two unknown people as suspects then that's what we call them, unknown people who are suspects. If they cease to be suspects then we stop calling them that. Those photos are all over the world now, we're not infringing on anyone's privacy by referencing them. No need to get creative with the BLP stuff until their identities are known. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 23:30, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

They are not named people though. That means that anyone that resembles that could be considered a suspect. And they are only suspects, not charged or the like. BLP is pretty clear that this is a case we should stay far away from (erring on the side of caution for BLP). This is also backed by the fact we aren't a newspaper. We're not supposed to cover stories like this like a breaking news story; the photos add nothing of encyclopedic value at this point. --MASEM (t) 03:10, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

I contend that "referring to them" and "putting their pictures on the article" are quite different. These people have a right to privacy and presumed innocence; just because the FBI wants to talk to them shouldn't change that. Ignatzmice•talk 03:12, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

I've requested over there that anyone who believes the pictures are a violation of WP:BLP to quote the excerpt from that policy that supports their claim. So far, no excerpt there or here.

Masem, Ignatzmice, Would you care to give the excerpt from WP:BLP that supports your claim? --Bob K31416 (talk) 03:25, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

"For people who are relatively unknown, editors must give serious consideration to not including material in any article suggesting that the person has committed, or is accused of committing, a crime unless a conviction is secured." Pretty clear it applies here. --MASEM (t) 03:28, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Masem, I addressed this previously on the article's Talk page. Here's what I wrote. Please comment. Thanks.

"WP:BLPCRIME does not prohibit including the pictures. It asks editors to seriously consider the issue. The FBI did not immediately release the pictures because it was seriously considering the issue too. According to the media, the FBI's decision to release was partly based on a video it has, but hasn't released, of one of the individuals putting down his backpack where one of the explosions took place."

--Bob K31416 (talk) 04:06, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Agree with Masem, WP:BLPCRIME seems to apply. In addition, and I know I keep repeating this, Wikipedia is not a newspaper. We should wait until someone is charged, and then put in a pic of them, if it's necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ignatzmice (talk • contribs) 03:57, 19 April 2013‎ (UTC)

Ignatzmice, From the link you gave, Wikipedia is not a newspaper,

"As Wikipedia is not a paper source, editors are encouraged to include current and up-to-date information within its coverage, and to develop stand-alone articles on significant current events."

Could you quote the part of Wikipedia is not a newspaper that supports your point? Thanks. --Bob K31416 (talk) 04:37, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

We look to permanence of information, not information as best known at the moment. Updating the investigation details a few times a day as it happens is good and falls in line with NOTNEWS. Doing a minute-by-minute edits as the story developes is not. At the time, fuzzy photos of two men of interest is just current information but not of permenance. That's changed with the MIT/Watertown/FBI naming stuff, but before then, we recognize that those photos were only there to help FBI get ppl to look for these suspects, and that does not have permenance on WP. --MASEM (t) 14:42, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Re "We look to permanence of information, not information as best known at the moment. " — They aren't mutually exclusive. We can have both. For example, see the comment I made below regarding the historical nature of one of the pictures, which is displayed below. Also note that in Wikipedia, articles can regularly change for even old topics, as editors research reliable sources and add or delete or correct material. --Bob K31416 (talk) 17:33, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

• Mind you, I removed "suspect" a couple of times, based on a very simple reason: the reference didn't use the word. It was Legacypac who reinstated it, though as any fool could have seen the word "suspect" wasn't in there. Legacypac has plenty of zeal but not a clue about BLP, or even properly sourcing in the first place. Drmies (talk) 03:20, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
  • To be fair, the word "suspect" is not in the ref'd link but is in a page linked from the ref'd link. That said, Legacypac's knowledge of policy does seem to be... patchy. Ignatzmice•talk 03:26, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
    • But the word Suspect is in the ref FBI pagethe ref'd link. Scroll below the images and Suspect(s) is used 5 times on the FBI page before the "more" tag. And I'm the one accused of not being able to read. I will however give the benefit of the doubt that the other editor was looking at some source that did not include the word. Legacypac (talk) 04:21, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

• Procedural comment - Because there's already an RFC on this, can we redirect future commentary to that RFC (I realize it gets edit conflicty (maybe we need some subheadings)) so we can keep things in one place. Going to far off forums is going to be missed by most. Shadowjams (talk) 04:10, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
• Comment. We can't use the pictures anyway. Fair use does not allow images of living persons. The images are copyright so we need to have the rights holders release them under a 'free license' The FBI didn't take the pictures so they are not public domain like other federal government works.--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:50, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

  You're glaringly wrong with this statement: "Fair use does not allow images of living persons." (tell the NYT that) You're also not considering fair use, and most of all, this is not at all the venue to discuss the copyright status of the pictures. Shadowjams (talk) 04:57, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Doesn't seem like the pictures can be copyrighted. According to Wikipedia:Public_domain#Non-creative_works

"In short: Bare facts are in the public domain. Works must show sufficient human creativity to be eligible to copyright at all."

--Bob K31416 (talk) 04:55, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Photos of people are copyrightable, easily. The lighting and shadows that fall on a person's face are the creative elements on the photographer. To Shadowjams, it is not fair use that restricts that, but our en.wiki non-free content policy, since the implication is that if a person is living, it is nearly always possible to get a free photo. Now in this case, (after MIT/Watertown events and updated FBI info), the one photo that the FBI has put out of the surviving brother, even if non-free, is likely going to be irreplacable with the man on the lam , so if that photo is non-free (I don't think it is) we could consider using it, after we get past the BLP issues. --MASEM (t) 14:39, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

The picture I had in mind was taken by a surveillance camera, so the point you made about a photographer's choice of light and shadows doesn't apply. Also, regarding the point you made about permanence, this may be an historic photo because it shows the suspects at the scene of the crime just before the bombing. Regarding the BLP issues, could you respond to my previous above comment of 04:06, 19 April 2013 that was a response to your message? Regards, --Bob K31416 (talk) 16:53, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Aidan Heavey

Hi there,

Aidan Heavey is the CEO of the company that I work for (Tullow Oil). He has recently expressed some concerns around his entry on Wikipedia. All of the content relating to Reference 6 (^ a b GNN Liberia (31 January 2013). "Tullow Oil’s projections cause budgetary worries in Africa". GNN Liberia.) is factually incorrect.

We approached the journalist that wrote the article and, after hearing our concerns, he agreed to either amend or remove the article. Unfortunately he never did so.

I would like to amend the entry with some updates, and also remove all of the content related to Reference 6. However as I work for the company that Aiden is the CEO of I am wary of being accused of corporate censorship.

Could you advise me please as to the best way to go about amending and updating this page so that it is done in an unbiased, factual and transparent maner? I do have a fisked version of the article if that is of any use?

I did also start a conversation on the talk page of this article. Apologies if this is the wrong approach but I am very new to wikipedia editing and still trying to figure it all out.

Any help / advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, LindsayAtTullowOil (talk) 10:17, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Make suggestions on the article talk page for sure! And avoid puffery and promotion, and try to find outside sources for as much info as you can - Wikipedia tends to downplay company bios. Cheers. Collect (talk) 12:01, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

The GNN source was being misused. Collect (talk) 12:06, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your help and also thank you for removing the paragraph relating to the GNN source. I don't do puffery and promotion and have agreed to help resolve this issue on the basis that I do so in a transparent, factual and non-blow-your-own-corporate-trumpet manner. So far my approach seems to have worked in my favour on Wikipedia. LindsayAtTullowOil (talk) 13:16, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Steven Hatfill

This article is essentially a smear campaign. It would seem the NYT and FBI had already handled that and Wikipedia could just report the case in its article. It has been tagged as problematic for tone since 2008. -166.137.210.23 (talk) 15:45, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

It's unclear what exactly is going on, but the article has multiple issues in tone and sourcing. a13ean (talk) 17:40, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Steve Yuhas

Steve Yuhas (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Folks, would someone with more time than I have at the moment please take a look at this one? There is a lot of unsourced and unencyclopedic material that needs sorting, and I am sure other issues as well. Thanks.--ukexpat (talk) 19:13, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Dear God. This is one of the most atrocious BLP-violating contrivances I've ever seen. Lots of SPA-supplied phony sourcing. Have any of the "contributors" been spotted as Benjiboi socks? I've taken my machete to it, but there's more work to do. Possibly involving a wrecking ball. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 00:54, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the work so far, it's looking better already.--ukexpat (talk) 03:30, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

The wrecking ball has been used. It's now a stub. Almost nothing in it was properly sourced or supported, and it was written like an opinion piece.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:36, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks folks, works for me.--ukexpat (talk) 02:04, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Manuel Rivas

Manuel Rivas was born in A Coruña, Spain in 1957. His page currently says he was born in Westwood, España, and has no option to edit. ~~Source: http://www.escritores.org/biografias/240-manuel-rivas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.202.74.88 (talk) 01:41, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Savannah Smith Boucher

A user, who signed their edits in such a way as to imply that they are an immediate family member of the article topic, recently blanked Savannah Smith Boucher, replacing it instead with an assertion that the article constituted "identity theft" of information not authorized for distribution by the Boucher family. I've reverted the article back to its prior form and editprotected it for the time being, but would like to ask if somebody from BLPN could review the article and its sources to see if there is anything in it that should actually be removed. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 01:46, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

I"m not sure full protection is called for -- rather a block of that editor, perhaps (repeated vandalism). The main article where there was edit-warring is Sherry Boucher. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 01:59, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

There are a whole series of articles about the extended Boucher family, all created by blocked sockpuppeteer and prolific copyright violator User:Billy Hathorn. It seems that these articles may be causing grief to members of that extended family. Articles about non-notable family members, such as the father of the actresses who was a real estate developer and mayor of a town of 5000, should be deleted. Articles about notable actresses should be pruned to only what reliable sources say. Sourcing of these articles is shoddy. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:11, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Then by all means, that should be done. Bearcat (talk) 02:16, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

KS MAKHAN

K. S. Makhan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Information on the life is KS MAKHAN especially in his "Personal Life" section is both without reference or citation to any article of truth.

It is requested the information about his marital status, his alleged infidelity and the explanation provided for his change of career direction be immediately removed until such time that factual referenced information is provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.148.106.57 (talk) 06:17, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

The problematic material seems to have been removed by an unregistered editor. I have watchlisted the page, and encourage others to do so as well. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 06:30, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Possible BLP issue on Talk:Shirley Ardell Mason

Hello. At Talk:Shirley_Ardell_Mason#Purportedly, two individuals are engaging in what I can only describe as 'bickering' over the page subject, making several claims against each other in the process. I have hidden the text via {{divhide}} and left a note that their conduct is not appreciated, but I'm less sure about whether it might be specifically of BLP concern. Any comments or suggestions? WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:^simple/_complex 19:57, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Mason is not a living person, so how is this a BLP issue? Doczilla _{@SUPERHEROLOGIST} 02:34, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

BLP will only apply in this case if the subject is recently deceased (no more than 3 months I believe), or if the edit itself will directly affect a living person. My read is that in this case BLP does not apply, unless you have a specific concern which falls into the criteria I have stated above. I agree with Doczilla's comments both above and on the page.Coffeepusher (talk) 03:11, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, I certainly wasn't clear about my concern - the arguments and criticisms of Suraci and Nathan against each other is what I am concerned about. Naturally Mason isn't living and their speculations aren't useful for changing the main page but their claims of incompetence and bias against each other may be BLP issues, I'm not sure.

Apologies, I should have been clearer. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:^simple/_complex 21:11, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Quinton Hoover

Quinton Hoover (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
People have been claiming the death of Quinton Hoover all day, but no one has even tried to provide a source for this. Can anyone obtain some more information? 98.220.156.36 (talk) 23:26, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

All we've got so far is buzz on Twitter and Facebook, and an Examiner.com piece sourced to social media. None I saw were reliable sources. So I will remove the claim. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:12, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Nina Dobrev

Nina Dobrev (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I was redirected by another editor to post here about an edit request.The request is about changing Canadian to Bulgarian-Canadian.My reliable sources and arguments are the following:

In an official interview for Sofia News Agency(www.novinite.com) Nina Dobrev says "Everyone who knows me knows I am Bulgarian and that I am proud of it!".Here is the link: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=122426 .If Nina Dobrev herself is saying that she is Bulgarian, then I don't see a logical reason why in her wikipage should be written only Canadian?!Sofia News Agency refers to Nina Dobrev as Bulgarian-Canadian and even one of the references used in the wikipage of Nina Dobrev- NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief from deadline.com also refers to her as Bulgarian-Canadian http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/123303/ .If NIKKI FINKE is good enough to be used by other editors in BLP I don't see a logical reason why she wouldn't be good enough to be used by me as a reference. --Dvrt09 (talk) 23:56, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

I just want to clarify something (I'm the editor who directed this here), regarding MOS:BIO. That guideline says that in the first sentence, we may only refer to a living person's nationality, not their ethnicity/descent. The question then becomes, when Dobrev calls herself "Bulgarian", does she mean "of Bulgarian ethnicity" or "of Bulgarian citizenship"? Similarly, is the newspaper saying "Canadian citizen of Bulgarian descent" (like the way we usually use the phrase in the U.S.) or does it mean "dual citizen of Bulgaria and Canada"? I'm not sure how we can tell. The article does currently state further down that she was born in Bulgaria; my personal inclination is always to err on the side of caution w.r.t. ethnicity/citizenship issues, but I can understand the argument that Dvrt09 is making. Outside opinions will be appreciated. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:12, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Just say "Canadian, born in Bulgaria" seems the logical move. Collect (talk) 13:10, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

But Nina Dobrev didn't said "I am born in Bulgaria", she said "I am Bulgarian".The term Bulgarian refers to nationality as well since there is a national state of Bulgaria and the people coming from there are called Bulgarians.Besides as far as I know wiki editors are not supposed to interpret sources but only to use them as references.The real questions here are:1.Do reliable sources refer to Nina Dobrev as Bulgarian-Canadian?Yes, they do!; 2.Does Nina Dobrev say that she is Bulgarian?Yes, she does! --Dvrt09 (talk) 14:20, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

If there's a reliable source where she says she is Bulgarian, then it would appear that WP:BLPCAT is satisfied. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 15:34, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, there is! "Everyone who knows me knows I am Bulgarian and that I am proud of it!"-Nina Dobrev for Sofia News Agency(www.novinite.com): http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=122426 --Dvrt09 (talk) 15:57, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

The source looks okay to me. I don't see a problem. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 19:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

I could be referring to myself as American (ethnically), but if I don't have American citizenship, I am not legally an American. I think we should be cautious as per the concerns of Qwyrxian above. Nymf _{talk to me} 20:35, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes. Many people will emphatically state "I am <ethnicity>!", even if they're a third or fourth generation immigrant to another country. But I just might be willing to let this particular one go, given the variety of sources and the unsourced OR which makes it likely to be true. Just a side note: do we know that both Bulgaria and Canada allow dual citizenship? Qwyrxian (talk) 23:30, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

@Nymf I already said that wiki editors are not supposed to interpret sources and to say what they mean or what they don't mean.Besides Nina Dobrev is not "third or fourth generation immigrant", she is native to Bulgaria and born there under the name Николина Костантинова Добрева!The facts are that Nina Dobrev herself claims to be Bulgarian and the term Bulgarian refers to nationality as well since there is a national state of Bulgaria and the people coming from there are called Bulgarians-exactly the case of Nina Dobrev! --Dvrt09 (talk) 00:48, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

@Qwyrxian According to this information Canadian law permits dual or multiple citizenships: http://travel.gc.ca/travelling/publications/dual-citizenship Another source confirms that both Bulgaria and Canada recognise dual citizenship: http://www.thelaw.com/guide/immigration/dual-citizenship-countries-list/ --Dvrt09 (talk) 01:59, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

@Qwyrxian According to the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria: Chapter 2, Article 25 (1):"...anyone who was born on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria is a Bulgarian citizen" ; (3): "A Bulgarian citizen by birth may not be deprived of his Bulgarian citizenship". Here is the link : http://www.investbulgaria.com/laws/constitution.pdf --Dvrt09 (talk) 02:21, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Another source about the Constitution of Bulgaria: "Constitution-Making in the region of the former Soviet dominance" by Rett R Ludwikowski page 353-354 Here is the link: http://books.google.bg/books?id=qw8o0_c0m74C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Constitution-Making+in+the+region+of+the+former+Soviet+dominance&hl=en&sa=X&ei=48B0Ue_2CMPStQbNrIGgBA&redir_esc=y --Dvrt09 (talk) 04:31, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Nina Dobrev was born in Bulgaria and according to the Constitution of Bulgaria this makes her automatically Bulgarian citizen.Besides Nina claims herself to be Bulgarian so everything looks pretty clear to me. --Dvrt09 (talk) 04:35, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Saying "She was born in Bulgaria, the constitution of Bulgaria says that people born in Bulgaria are citizens, therefore she is a citizen" is prohibited WP:OR. Ken Arromdee (talk) 19:50, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

But saying "she is Bulgarian" -- using a source where she says "I am Bulgarian" -- is not prohibited WP:OR. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 19:57, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your understanding @Nomoskedasticity. If Nina's own words are not important then I don't know what is?! I see double standard in wikipedia:(( "Everyone who knows me knows I am Bulgarian and that I am proud of it!"-Nina Dobrev for Sofia News Agency(www.novinite.com): http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=122426 --Dvrt09 (talk) 21:21, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Her own words aren't any good here because they are ambiguous--it's not clear whether she means she is a Bulgarian citizen or whether she is of Bulgarian ethnicity. Ken Arromdee (talk) 03:43, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

No worries, Ken -- we don't have to be any more specific than she was. We can just say "she is Bulgarian" -- consistent with the source. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 04:02, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

@Ken Arromdee I already said multiple times that wiki editors are not supposed to interpret sources and to say what they mean or what they don't mean, but only to use them as references!!Besides according to the law in Bulgaria she is Bulgarian citizen by birthright and saying that she is only canadian is nothing more than a lie and false information!! --Dvrt09 (talk) 04:49, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Sanad Rashed

Yesterday I PRODed Sanad Rashed as I could not find any reliable sources which supported the claims within the article, and it looked like the article itself was promotional in nature. Today I revisited the article and saw that it was previously deleted for the same concerns. I don't have access to the former article, but based on the AfD comments I suspect that the author re-created the same article with the same problems. I'm not sure what to do at this point, because I don't think another AfD is necessary, and if it is a recreation then I don't think we should have to wait a week. Please advise, Cheers! Coffeepusher (talk) 15:32, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Does Speedy G4 apply? Or do you know that it is sufficiently different that it has to go to AfD again? Rklear (talk) 18:40, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Honestly I have no idea. This is my first encounter with this article, and I didn't know it was formally brought up for deletion until I proded the article. However I suspect that it isn't different enough. Another editor has removed the Prod, so I will probably bring it up for deletion if no one works on it for a few hours. I like to give a bit of time for the remover to prove their case before I bring it to AFD.Coffeepusher (talk) 19:53, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Kermit Gosnell

This is way, way above my pay grade, but I sense real trouble brewing here and more experienced heads than mine will be needed. For example, there's heavy reliance (a through ax -- no kidding) on a grand jury report issued just 9 days ago, which I suspect counts as primary. And that's just ref [1]! Good luck. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. EEng (talk) 19:21, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Melissa Farley

An IP editor is removing text from various articles about Melissa Farley, ostensibly because she is no longer accredited in her field (psychology). The editor put up this notice at the Fringe noticeboard:

Melissa Farley is quoted in many articles as a accredited psychologist but is no longer is no longer accredited member of APA following Ethics violations over fraudulent fabricated research and there are many editors guarding article about her pet theories that quote her. This needs sorting out before these subject become laughing stock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.208.204.151 (talk • contribs)

I have restored some cited or otherwise valid text removed by the IP, and reverted some uncited changes. The matter could use some more eyes, certainly. Binksternet (talk) 19:57, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

As you apparently have observed, the IP's contribution history shows that he/she has been removing material sourced to Farley in a few other articles, too. Per the talk page, Farley is licensed in California. Location (talk) 20:31, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The IP has no source saying that Farley was ejected from the APA; the only source is one listing the APA members, with no listing of Farley. Even so, Farley's research is not weakened thereby; the APA is not saying that her research is invalid. To me, this looks like a personal/scholarly vendetta. Binksternet (talk) 21:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Bernard C. Parks

Bernard C. Parks (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has more than one son, Bernard C. Parks, Jr. He also has daughters. Felicia Parks-Mena, Lori Parks (deceased), Michelle Parks, and Trudy Parks (deceased). I know this to be true because I am his grand-daughter.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Drneal1990 (talk • contribs)

Anything added to the encyclopedia should be based on Wikpedia's version of a reliable source, which please see. Thank you. GeorgeLouis (talk) 04:17, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev

The article Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev includes the names of parents, sisters and an uncle of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. These people are not notable and had no involvement in the attack. Their names should not be published in accordance with WP:BLPNAME. The understanding of readers is not enhanced by knowledge of family members' names. These uninvolved people are entitled to privacy and freedom from intrusion as they get on with their lives. WWGB (talk) 06:17, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Are you complaining, in part, about family members such as a father, mother, and uncle who are giving interviews to the print and tv media?--Epeefleche (talk) 06:24, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

In addition the wife was clearly identified in a press release by her family, the Russels and is under investigation about the whereabouts of her husband and how did he behave, when was he home, when he was absent, did they see any signs of his intentions? Just what they knew about him. Hardly an irrelevant matter. See for example the New York Daily News article clearly identifying Mrs. Katherine Russell. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/wife-family-alleged-boston-bomber-express-shock-death-article-1.1322882 Or legitimate questions about her involvement. "Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Wife: Who Is She?" type of concerns in http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311809/Tamerlan-Tsarnaev-Boston-bomber-married-Katherine-Russell-converted-Islam-marry-him.html Her presence for 4 years with him, her testimony about his whereabouts, when did he travel to Russia, what were the contact with his family etc) will give clear leads to the investigation and our understanding of the case. Hardly an outsider that had nothing to do with all this. As for parents being identified, why did the father apply for US asylum. It's not that the culprits came to America themselves. What happened that he returned to Russia leaving the kids alone in the States? These are very relevant to the case for parents to be identified The concerns are so valid and crucial cited WP:BLPNAME "When the name of a private individual has not been widely disseminated or has been intentionally concealed...", does not apply at all in this case. werldwayd (talk) 06:49, 22 April 2013 (UTC) werldwayd (talk) 07:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't think there's a problem with using the names of family members, given that they are reported in a number of reliable sources.

However, I certainly have a problem with anything that implies that anyone other than the two brothers were involved in the attack. Mere speculation is not enough to connect anyone to the attacks. We might say that investigators want to talk with Tsarnaev's wife to find out about his activities, but we certainly cannot suggest that she was involved in any way, shape or form with the attacks.

The Daily Mail is a tabloid well-known for sensationalistic speculation and is not a good source for contentious claims about people. polarscribe (talk) 07:07, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Our objection was the derogatory manner in which his wife was being mentioned. Our Wikipedia entry sadly read: "He married a woman from North Kingstown, Rhode Island, who reportedly converted to Islam after meeting him and was 24 years old at the time of the bombing". I was incensed by the wording considering this as derogatory. He didn't marry some "woman". He married an individual. There was a year when they got married. Her age at the time of bombing is a senseless reference. It has nothing to do with her being 24 or 26 when he bombed the event. I considered our way of presenting his family life as an attempt to dehumanize and demonize him and objectifying his wife and his family as some secondary worthless matter. I also found objectionable the way our references were made about his very public parents. Our Wikipedia article said: Their father is a Muslim Chechen and their mother is a Muslim Dagestani. Further down it says: "Born in Kyrgyzstan (to whom?), Dzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev was given the same first name, "Dzhokhar," as the first president of Chechnya, Dzhokhar Dudayev (by whom?). Conclusion: He was just given a name by a Chechen man and a Dagestani woman apparently? This is flimsy awkward reporting not an encyclopedic article. My alternative wording was: "Tamerlan was born in Dagestan, North Caucasus, Russia, in 1986, and Dzhokhar was born in Kyrgyzstan in 1993. Their father Anzor Tsarnaev is a Muslim Chechen and their mother Zubeidat is a Muslim Dagestani. The Tsarnaevs also have two daughters Amina and Bella. Their father was a traditional Muslim who reportedly shunned religious extremism. As children, Tamerlan and Dzokhar lived in Tokmok in Kyrgyzstan. In 2001, the family moved to Makhachkala, Dagestan in Russia. The entire Tsarnaev family immigrated in 2002 to the United States" adding many references. Thus we were factual and respectful to his family. werldwayd (talk) 07:21, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

The above comments risk going off topic. Let's get back to the issue first raised above, and see WWGB's thoughts and those of others. (Anyway, for the record, a) she is a woman, which I don't read as derogatory and which more accurately describes her than saying she is "an individual" ... and, of course, these days ...; and b) the media at least in the early days was only identifying her age at the date of the bombing or date of the writing and were not identifying their year of marriage with particularity -- but these are normal editing issues that are not the focus of the question up above).--Epeefleche (talk) 07:31, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Here are very public media outlets naming his wife Katherine Russell by name: New York Daily News, The Globe and Mail, ABC News werldwayd (talk) 21:24, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Feiz Mohammad

I have removed material from Feiz Mohammad's page that attempts to link him to the Boston Marathon bombings in the flimsiest possible way. In a section labeled "Controversy," which contains a number of reports of Mohammad's actions and speeches that have been offensive, hostile and generally make him not a very nice person, a sub-section was added that reported that... one of his YouTube videos was linked in the channel of the suspected bomber.

This is right out and an incredibly thin attempt at guilt by association. It is not suggested that Mohammad had any contact with the bombers. It is not suggested that Mohammad encouraged the bombers to attack Boston. It is not suggested that Mohammad had anything to do with the attacks whatsoever - and he had absolutely no control over who might have linked his videos on YouTube. This is like suggesting that because Timothy McVeigh distributed gun-rights literature, that we should have a paragraph in every article for the gun-rights organizations he supported mentioning that they were part of McVeigh's terrorist attack.

Whatever other vile things Mohammad may have done in his life, there is absolutely no evidence that he had anything to do with the attacks and linking him to the attacks smacks of "find someone to smear." polarscribe (talk) 07:28, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

• This should be addressed with all due sensitivity to BLP issues, relating to a public person. For sure. But there is already widespread coverage in RSs, including ones such as the New York Times[31], of this person and the bombing. Of course it is not an issue of him having anything to do with the bombings, and his comments in this regard to the public are worthy of noting (I think he either condemned it and/or said he had nothing to do with it), as well as any other RS-covered material that is proper to reflect for a public BLP. It should be done carefully, accurately, and reflect his statement.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:40, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
  • So you're suggesting it would be proper to have a section in the National Rifle Association mentioning that Timothy McVeigh was a member? That's documented in a number of reliable sources. But it's not known to have anything to do with the attacks and linking the two would be guilt by association. So we don't do it. If one of the suspects comes out and says "Yeah, I watched Feiz Mohammad's video and that's why I blew up the marathon" or if the law enforcement investigation concludes that there are specific links between his videos and the bombings, then it would be proper to discuss them in this context. But the mere fact that the suspects *watched* some of this guy's videos is of absolutely no probative value. They probably watched Gangnam Style, too. polarscribe (talk) 07:50, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

• What? The Attorney General of Australia has commented on their posting of Gangam Style?--Epeefleche (talk) 07:54, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

It was entirely proper to remove it, especially with that section heading. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:41, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

• Section headings, etc., can be addressed with normal editing. As can other issues with that para, in accord with our BLP rules for public persons. But here, looking at it, we have deletion of Feiz Mohammad having denounced the bombings. We have deletion of him having volunteered to NSW police that he had no connection with the suspects. And we have the Attorney General of Australia Mark Dreyfus supporting him. The para was not written properly, of course, but failing to cover this seems like the wrong approach. Simply edit the title, fix the text, and cover it properly.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:50, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
  • We could certainly mention that he denounced the bombings. There's no reason to mention that the suspects watched his videos, unless there is specific evidence that the videos influenced the attacks. Which doesn't exist right now. Maybe it will, and if that comes out, then we should revisit the issue.
  • Almost all of these problems arise from trying to do too much too fast. Wikipedia does not have a deadline and does not have to be first. The investigation into these attacks is in its very earliest days and much of what is being speculated in the media may well be wrong - as it was first when everyone jumped on the Saudi guy, then when everyone jumped on that missing student that Reddit internet-detectived. We can, should and must wait for conclusions to be drawn before we connect people with a terrible, despicable and inhuman act. polarscribe (talk) 07:58, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

• We're halfway there now. And it certainly should not say the videos influenced the attackers. I'm sure if we follow the RSs, and what the Attorney General says, and what he himself says publicly, we'll be in the right place. Of course, the entire reason its even an issue is because, as Joe Lieberman and others have suggested, he has been noted for seeking to inspire people to take certain actions -- which is what made him notable in the first place, in part. But yes, we certainly have no evidence that there was such inspiration here. But hiding what he says, what the Attorney General says, and what the RSs say is not the way to go, IMHO.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:59, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

• We can afford to wait. If the investigation concludes that the videos were a key part of the motivation of the attackers, then it should certainly be included. If not, then it is nothing more than an unencyclopedic footnote. polarscribe (talk) 08:02, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

• No need to wait, though. It's pretty simple. In response to x, he said y, the country's attorney general said z. I would guess that most of the people who have ever read the article are reading it in these few days. They may as well see what is encyclopedic and is his response and the AG's comment. It's pretty easy to do that within our guidelines for BLPs of public figures.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:17, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Review request

Please, take a look at the Vanilla DeVille article. It appears to be a BLP nightmare, almost enterely made of unreliable sources and of claims made by herself. Cavarrone (talk) 09:34, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Including really non-notable "nominations" etc. I depuffed that part - but it really needs major plastic surgery. Collect (talk) 19:10, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Abouzar Noghani

• Abouzar Noghani (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please remove article "Abouzar Noghani". I've been abused, as the article has been changed by someone who added some wrong information and tried to character assassination.

Kind Regards,

Abouzar Noghani. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.98.208.13 (talk) 11:56, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

PRODed. It will be deleted in about seven days, as the subject does not seem to meet the notability guidelines for inclusion. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 16:09, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Mariano Rajoy and Hitler comparisons

Can I ask for more eyes on this page? A user(s) keeps adding this poorly sourced material consisting mostly of original research, comparing the Spanish Prime Minister to Hitler. Valenciano (talk) 14:09, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Watched. polarscribe (talk) 14:12, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Travis Walker

Travis Walker Crude content, libelous. Incorrect information, non-existent boxing weight classifications. Inappropriate and non-factual nickname. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.17.157 (talk) 17:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I've reverted some vandalism, and added some PC1 protection. Perhaps you could check it again in case there's anything I missed. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 17:22, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Chris Bascombe

Please delete this page. It falls into the category of 'Pages that disparage, threaten, intimidate or harass their subject or some other entity, and serve no other purpose.'

The history of this page is littered with edits aimed to disparage. Although attempts have been made to offer a fairer biography, the vandalism continues. It is a selective biography set up by someone with a motive not to be informative, but intimidating. The subject is also not notable enough to warrant wikipedia entry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.216.144.186 (talk) 18:36, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Being discussed here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bascombe (2nd nomination).--ukexpat (talk) 01:33, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Frank Stitt

Frank Stitt (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Attributing a chefs work to the growth of the "local food movement" is offensive. A chef is the one profiteering off this food not the farmer. The farmer sells the food for dirt cheap because if they didn't that chef wouldn't buy it. Then the chef turns that produce into 300% profit. Maybe if we made food more expensive, cut out the restaurants, and everyone made their own food that would be a locally grown food movement. But this is just good public relations for an already wealthy man. Also referring to grape harvesting as a "menial job" is double offensive to the people growing the food in this country. I would say editing Wikipedia is a menial job in comparison. Arflat (talk) 20:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not permitted to decide the things you are saying. If you can find a source claiming that he's profiteering (and such a view is common enough that adding it isn't undue weight), feel free to add it.

Furthermore, no definition of "locally grown food" defines it by how much profit is made, and there's no reason that someone who makes a lot of profit can't contribute to the movement as well.

But I suspect he's not actually making the profit you claim he is. The restaurant pays for more than just the cost of the food; they need to pay for rent, cashiers, advertising, business paperwork costs, etc. Just because they take in 300% of the cost of the food doesn't mean they make 300% profit.

And grape harvesting is a menial job because it is a low skill operation that involves physical work. Ken Arromdee (talk) 03:56, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I notice that Arflat's only contribution to Wikipedia is this harsh criticism of Frank Stitt. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:48, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

K. P. Yohannan

K. P. Yohannan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I have concerns with the content on this page. Please check my User Talk page to see my discussion with the original editor. I have posted this here because there is unverified and potentially libelous information on this Biography. I believe the content should be removed and discussed in talk pages before being restored. My comments will be in italics below.

The missionary organisation has been surrounded by controversies events such as Kerala Government filing petition aganist K P Yohannan in High Court[7], - This source only states an allegation and the text here is misleading because it doesn't give any details in an effort to alter NPOV. This text clearly shows bias.

Kerala home minister had requested the help of central investigating agenies in tracking the money trail of Rs 1048 crores received by Gospel Of Asia[8], - this is hardly a "controversy" and looks like a routine audit according to the source. Also, how is this relevant to KP Yohannan. He may be the President, but I don't see how this should be in his biography section.

being accused of land grab [9], - it would be better to actually include details rather than saying something which means nothing

having a submission in the Kerala's High Court that the home department is investigating the functioning of Gospel For Asia[10], - once again, irrelevant in a biography on KP Yohannan

K P Yohannan is not a traditionaly ordained priest. He was paster and it was never occured in the history of any Christian organizations that a pastor was directly declared as a Bishop[11], - Reference doesn't state this

crores collected for charity and rehabilitation of Orphans used to purchace 2800 acres of land in Kerala. [12] - reference doesn't make this statement

On a case filed by the Government Of Kerala the High Court Of Kerala had ordered not to sell the land held by him or create any liability. [15] - hardly a reliable source of information for a Biography

LoveYourNeighbor1 (talk) 03:20, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I've dealt with some editorialising issues and am looking at some of the other points. I may not get them all. --Dweller (talk) 12:28, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The English is so mangled and the controversy section so poorly put together, I don't have the head for it, I'm afraid. I've made a start, but I'll let someone else sort this out. --Dweller (talk) 12:33, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Johanna Dejager et al

Since joining wikipedia last year, Female bodybuilder enthusiast (talk · contribs) has created quite a few articles about, female bodybuilders. For example Johanna Dejager. Almost all of these articles have inadequate sourcing. While none of the ones I've reviewed have any defamatory content the notability seems thin in addition to the paucity of RS. I'd appreciate it if someone can examine this article (I already nominated Shelia Bleck for deletion, but am now having 2nd thoughts. Thanks.  little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer  04:14, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I would support site ban for Female bodybuilder enthusiast, if someone wants to propose it.--В и к и T 08:43, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Steady on, that's a little extreme. Has anyone tried to discuss with them?--ukexpat (talk) 13:20, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Hear, hear. Sure, Johanna Dejager seems to be written entirely from http://fibofoto.de/profiles/international/dejager/index.html which isn't the best source, but that doesn't make User:Female bodybuilder enthusiast a vandal, it merely makes them overenthusiastic. We can describe our article sourcing requirements, and have a good chance of having a fine, productive contributor. Meanwhile for the article itself - yes, I'm afraid I would support it being deleted for insufficient sourcing (essentially Wikipedia:Notability). --GRuban (talk) 14:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Someone who creates Death by horse cock is probably not the type of editor we need around here. I'm starting to think that the body builder articles might be a False flag. If these shenanigans continue, I've an ANI post ready to submit.  little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer  14:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I tried to draw attention to these bodybuilder BLPs some time ago, but with no success and I had too many other things going on to deal with it later. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 14:49, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Sanjeev Nanda‎

Need some additional eyes on this. A guy who almost got away with using money and power to influence the legal system, but someone(s) still think that that wasnt enough and that the wikipedia article needs to carry on the crusade for the victims. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 10:54, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

This needs to be moved to something else, since it's not a bio. And then reworded, and sourced properly. Do we even know if this meets WP:GNG? §FreeRangeFrog^croak 18:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Chris Cutrone

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this person is not notable in any way — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.15.14.59 (talk) 18:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

We're only interested in if he's notable in the Wikipedia way. If you believe he's not, you'll probably need to start at WP:BEFORE. In the meantime, I've added two templates to the article indicating the current issues with it. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 18:53, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Tucker Reed

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Material is being repeatedly inserted about a sexual assault accusation. The sources are all social media websites such as personal blogs or magazine opinion blogs. Wikipedia is being used to promote external websites which detail this unfounded allegation of sexual assault. MisTemPest (talk) 22:46, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I removed the link to the subject's article, and the reference to the magazine. The first one because it's a primary source. The second one, because extraordinary claims require extraordinary sources, and a rape accusation is indeed an extraordinary claim. Unless there are multiple, reliable sources that have covered this, we can include the coverage, but not the direct accusation by the subject. WP:BLP applies to all people mentioned directly or indirectly on Wikipedia articles, and that includes the person Mrs. Reed is accusing of having assaulted her. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 23:51, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

The article oCharlayne Hunter-Gault is a mess, with lots of conflicting information (parents' and children's names are different in different places, chronology is confused, etc.), and someone has inserted comments about this into the text of the article instead of fixing the data. I don't have the information to fix it, but I thought someone should know about it. (There's no "This article needs to be cleaned up" notice at the top of the page.)Lisapaloma (talk) 05:08, 24 April 2013 (UTC)