Talk:Stanley Woodward (attorney)
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Did you know nomination
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 23:16, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
- ... that prior to attorney Stanley Woodward representing Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta and Oath Keeper Kelly Meggs, he represented tenants in D.C. who were facing eviction? Source: supporting quote: "In 2018, Mr. Woodward was awarded the D.C. Bar’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award for his representation of tenants in the District facing eviction."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/pending
- Comment: Note that I did not write the article - the IP who wrote it requested I nominate it for them. The IP will also do the QPQ.
Moved to mainspace by 2603:7000:2101:AA00:6533:46A2:8D23:2134 (talk). Nominated by BeanieFan11 (talk) at 23:37, 22 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Stanley Woodward (attorney); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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- QPQ is OK because this is the IP editor's first DYK nomination.
- There is one neutrality problem:
He has also represented January 6 rioter Ryan Samsel who has been accused of igniting the January 6 attack, [...]
is the only non-neutral statement, asrioter
, although from the source, is still a contentious label. I think it would be better to rephrase it to something like:He has also represented Ryan Samsel, who Kyle Cheney refered to as "a prominent Jan. 6 rioter accused of igniting the Jan. 6 breach."
& immediately follow with "Cheney 2022" footnote. Peaceray (talk)
- Hi. I'm the IP who drafted the article. My IP address changes periodically (not my doing; the computer company). And I've submitted other DYKs through helpful other editors as here, so they can get the credit. So I'm happy to step forward and do a QPQ here. It's at Template:Did you know nominations/Words (Piri & Tommy song).
- I've also addressed the reviewer comment.
- Can someone please look at and opine on the issue discussed in the below talkpage comment at Talk:Stanley Woodward (attorney), re an editor's deletion of much of the lede and infobox? That would be helpful, before the DYK is published.
- 2603:7000:2101:AA00:7468:9C4F:BECE:5B21 (talk) 08:47, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
- Hi. I'm the IP who drafted the article. My IP address changes periodically (not my doing; the computer company). And I've submitted other DYKs through helpful other editors as here, so they can get the credit. So I'm happy to step forward and do a QPQ here. It's at Template:Did you know nominations/Words (Piri & Tommy song).
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Deletions from lede and infobox
I believe that the deletions from the lede are not in line with wp:lede. "In Wikipedia, the lead section is an introduction to an article and a summary of its most important contents..... It gives the basics in a nutshell and cultivates interest in reading on ... The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic. It should identify the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points... The notability of the article's subject is usually established in the first few sentences. As in the body of the article itself, the emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic, according to reliable, published sources."
And the deletions from the infobox as well make it inferior, as they delete relevant information and add "high profile" instead - which is subjective and not RS supported. Those changes should be reverted. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:7468:9C4F:BECE:5B21 (talk) 08:19, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
- I believe that Sundayclose was correct in removing the specific clients from the lead as it is meant
a summary of its most important contents.
- However, I do think that that edit removed important information about the type of clients Woodward represents, therefore I added this more generic summary:
His clientele has included those subpoenaed or convicted for the January 6 United States Capitol attack and current or former aides to Donald Trump.
Peaceray (talk) 21:22, 24 June 2023 (UTC)- I think Peaceray had it right. Consensus seems clear. IP should stop their edit war. Toddst1 (talk) 18:35, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
- I think Peaceray has it right as well. In fact, so right that it belonged in the infobox. In agreement with him I put those words there. Less subjective than the "high-profile clients" substituted - which is also of course less informative. There's been no edit-warring. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:7026:BDF2:8AA8:DA5 (talk) 02:07, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
- I think Peaceray had it right. Consensus seems clear. IP should stop their edit war. Toddst1 (talk) 18:35, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
Prose vs list
We had prose describing this fellow's clients. That was recently changed by an editor into a non-prose list format. Thoughts on which is better? I've seen editors in the past assert that prose is preferred in these circumstances. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:6C85:CA1C:6C32:129E (talk) 00:06, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Article titles; Quotation marks removed
There were a number of refs to article, wherein the quotation marks around the article titles have recently been removed. I know not why. Thoughts? I think they belong there, as they were. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:6C85:CA1C:6C32:129E (talk) 00:16, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Images
As has been pointed out in edit summaries, the subject of this article is notable because of coverage of him representing certain people. He's not other notable. There were two images of those people in the article. However, an editor has (now twice, once after the explanation of their relevance) deleted the images. His explanation was "These images are of his clients, not him." But that simply ignored the prior point, already made to him. He also references MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE. But my reading of that rule reveals nothing that supports removal of the images. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:D815:6811:5162:EC62 (talk) 06:46, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Deletions
An editor is deleting relevant material about Woodward's cases. Leaving only part of it in - as in the charge, but not the result of the case. If the result is not favorable. This smacks of something other than proper editing. Of course since Woodward is a lawyer, his cases (the charges, and the result) are relevant. Not credible to claim they do not belong in his article. Perhaps User:Bruxton, who promoted the DYK above, can opine, as this page gets little readership.2603:7000:2101:AA00:CCC9:7E7B:26A9:1834 (talk) 17:17, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- It doesn't "smack" of anything. The article is about Woodward, not his clients, and you added excessive detail about his clients, so much so that the section on clients made up about half of the article. You've made these kinds of edits in the past under various IP addresses (all in the 2603:7000 range and located in Manhattan), and you have been told by multiple editors that it is inappropriate. You waited a while and then came back and started resuming the same kinds of inappropriate edits. The mere passage of time does not confer on you a special privilege to make these edits. If readers want to know more about the clients they can click the links. Stop doing this, and particularly stop edit warring. As you have been told multiple times, you do not WP:OWN this article. If you continue on this path, the article will be semiprotected and then you won't be able to edit it at all. And here's the bottom line (as you again have been told many times): you need a clear consensus here to continue these disruptive edits. Sundayclose (talk) 18:07, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- A lawyer's notability is derived from his work in the law. Which for a lawyer with clients, means the cases he handles for clients. You quite peculiarly have a penchant here for deleting the most relevant information in that regard - the convictions and sentences of his clients. I'm at a loss to figure out why. If there is any disruption here, or perhaps non-neutral editing, a neutral editor should be able to see from whence it stems.--2603:7000:2101:AA00:948B:39F8:685B:16A6 (talk) 18:59, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- An infobox must be brief. You added the very same information previously and it was reverted. Again, stop edit warring. You will either be range blocked or the article will be semiprotected if you continue. That's the last time I'm saying that, so it could happen after your next disruptive edit. Sundayclose (talk) 19:27, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- Three editors above agreed that what you just deleted from the infobox was appropriate. That is the consensus. Why did you delete it, and refer to the addition of the consensus language as edit warring? And why would you think that the editor following consensus should be blocked? Rather than - if anyone you - the editor deleting the consensus version, as it is reflected in the above discussion? I'm a bit surprised by your very hostile comment, when it is clear that you are editing against consensus. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:948B:39F8:685B:16A6 (talk) 23:07, 25 August 2023 (UTC)r
- An infobox must be brief. You added the very same information previously and it was reverted. Again, stop edit warring. You will either be range blocked or the article will be semiprotected if you continue. That's the last time I'm saying that, so it could happen after your next disruptive edit. Sundayclose (talk) 19:27, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
- A lawyer's notability is derived from his work in the law. Which for a lawyer with clients, means the cases he handles for clients. You quite peculiarly have a penchant here for deleting the most relevant information in that regard - the convictions and sentences of his clients. I'm at a loss to figure out why. If there is any disruption here, or perhaps non-neutral editing, a neutral editor should be able to see from whence it stems.--2603:7000:2101:AA00:948B:39F8:685B:16A6 (talk) 18:59, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Requested move 19 September 2023
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– Primary topic. Per WP:PTOPIC. See, inter alia, pageviews. Would also I imagine require that "Stanley Woodward" be changed to "Stanley Woodward (political aide)". 2603:7000:2101:AA00:20F3:1000:9685:AD85 (talk) 15:40, 19 September 2023 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). 162 etc. (talk) 16:50, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- WP:RECENTISM. the pageview stats for the lawyer isn't encouraging. At first glance it indeed had higher pageviews in the last month, but most of them were of bursts of traffic rather then sustained throughout the month. – robertsky (talk) 15:47, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- It's not just higher pageviews in the last month. It is decidedly higher pageviews over the past three years. Over twice as many. And as to the last month, it is higher pageviews not just in the "bursts," but rather sustained throughout the month. Nearly every single day in the month (if not every single day), it had higher pageviews. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:20F3:1000:9685:AD85 (talk) 15:59, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- The page was recently created, therefore lacks historical data to determine if the current pageviews is not the result of just the Capitol trials, and trumps the long-term significance of the other Woordward. – robertsky (talk) 16:06, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not quite sure I follow. The pageviews of the relevant pages over the last years - not just last month - shows a clear preponderance for the attorney's page. And the cases he is handling clearly as well have long-term historical significance; unless you are of the view that the January 6 events and the Trump litigation are not of historical significance, which I would find to be a curious view. As pointed out, the assertion above that the focus on him during the last month was not sustained is simply not accurate, so that as an assertion for a contrary view is not convincing. IMHO. And it is not as though this is a one-event case; the attorney clearly represents notable people in multiple events, which in many instances are ongoing events. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:20F3:1000:9685:AD85 (talk) 16:42, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- This page is created only in June 2023. There is nothing before from this page that to compare with, therefore I am not convinced that the long term significance of this person is there for now. For determining the long-term significance of this subject, we can only wait for time to pass (WP:CRYSTAL) and see if the subject would still be in the limelight and the pageviews are of a more sustained pattern. – robertsky (talk) 17:52, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not quite sure I follow. The pageviews of the relevant pages over the last years - not just last month - shows a clear preponderance for the attorney's page. And the cases he is handling clearly as well have long-term historical significance; unless you are of the view that the January 6 events and the Trump litigation are not of historical significance, which I would find to be a curious view. As pointed out, the assertion above that the focus on him during the last month was not sustained is simply not accurate, so that as an assertion for a contrary view is not convincing. IMHO. And it is not as though this is a one-event case; the attorney clearly represents notable people in multiple events, which in many instances are ongoing events. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:20F3:1000:9685:AD85 (talk) 16:42, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- The page was recently created, therefore lacks historical data to determine if the current pageviews is not the result of just the Capitol trials, and trumps the long-term significance of the other Woordward. – robertsky (talk) 16:06, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- It's not just higher pageviews in the last month. It is decidedly higher pageviews over the past three years. Over twice as many. And as to the last month, it is higher pageviews not just in the "bursts," but rather sustained throughout the month. Nearly every single day in the month (if not every single day), it had higher pageviews. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:20F3:1000:9685:AD85 (talk) 15:59, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- Oppose per WP:RECENT. The attorney's page has only existed for three months, and it involves other people who have been in the news recently. If this article is getting a lot of traffic in two years, moving the article might be appropriate. It can wait. Sundayclose (talk) 17:00, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- I also support moving the article currently occupying the base name to (political aide) and then put a dab page at the base name, as suggested below. Sundayclose (talk) 18:27, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
- Oppose moving the attorney page as reasons stated above. Support moving the article currently occupying the base name to (political aide) and then put a dab page at the base name. There are 3 biographies with the same name (Stanley Woodward (editor) is the third). – robertsky (talk) 17:47, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
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