Talk:Helke Sander

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The lead section of the article is underdeveloped, which I assume might be connected to the 'living persons' stipulations of wikipedia limits on what can be posted regarding living persons. The sources are peer-reviewed, which is great for reliability, but they span a nineteen year gap. Would finding some sources in between lend more validity? I also noticed that the inline citations are sparse, which I think should be remedied. Again, I'm wondering if the reason the article is shorter is because of the 'biography of living persons' concerns. Mhenkelman (talk) 16:05, 28 October 2016 (UTC)Mhenkelman[reply]

@Mhenkelman: Those are great critiques: however, I would think you could point less at the concerns or policies of Wikipedia, more towards the lack of volunteer engagement in the page: you will notice that noone has made major contributions to the article since 2015, and before that 2011, and before that 2005: and all of these were relatively limited amoutns of information, without heavy referencing. If someone, like you, took the time to summarize sources, like this one from Fembio, it would not be hard to build out the article. I hope you take the opportunity to do just that :) After all, Wikipedia only works best when folks take the time to not only notice the gaps on Wikipedia, but also to Be bold and contribute a bit more to the project. Sadads (talk) 16:40, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Sadads: Thanks for your help! I will definitely check out that source for summarizing and further development. Time to be bold.Mhenkelman (talk) 17:04, 28 October 2016 (UTC)Mhenkelman[reply]