Talk:Allen Tannenbaum

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Science and Academia

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the science and academia work group.

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Allen Tannenbaum. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120929005738/http://cse.umn.edu/aboutcse/facultyawards/CSE_CONTENT_289850.php to http://cse.umn.edu/aboutcse/facultyawards/CSE_CONTENT_289850.php

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 09:24, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Controversies

I have started a discussion thread at WP:BLPN re the controversies section and its attempted repeated removal. Please see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Allen Tannenbaum. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:49, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have reworded the section a bit and added an extra source. Hopefully when the block of the editor who was unhappy with this section expires, they will participate in this discussion thread instead of continuing to edit war. Nsk92 (talk) 00:12, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Joseph Deasy here. Following Dr. Tannenbaum's death, I updated the Wikipedia page. I also reviewed the controversy section and this controversy thread. I believe the section is not consistent with Wikipedia standards for the following reasons:

1. The story is not well-sourced. There are two mentions from the web-page of a local area news provide in Atlanta. However, they are sparse on details and the audit report mentioned is completely un-sourced. There is not quote from the Technion.

2. The story sounds highly unethical, and basically claims the Tannenbaums may have criminally defrauded Ga Tech for up to $2M. However, despite the allegations, this was completely disputed by the Tannenbaum's attorney; no charges were brought; and some kind of settlement was reached for a much smaller amount.

3. If Ga Tech was correct, it is not clear why charges were not brought.

4. Dr. Tannenbaum is not a public person according to Wikipedia criteria.

5. Not only were there no charges, but there was no conviction.

6. The Ga. Tech claims then fall under the category of unproved accusations against a private person.

7. Lastly, this incident has no clear importance in the overall context of Dr. Tannenbaum's life.

For these reasons, I deleted the section. Joseph O Deasy (talk) 21:41, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]