User talk:98.16.90.161

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Mascot Books[edit]

I noticed that you used a book by this publisher, citing it at multiple articles. For Wikipedia, this is considered self-published, as the publisher accepts to publish anything for a fee. If the author is particularly notable as an expert, then it may be possible to use it as his opinion, but this type of source is otherwise considered unreliable (please see WP:RS for more information). Thanks, —Paleo Neonate – 16:27, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I now read Miguel A. Faria Jr.'s article and it's unclear if the material is due: while he's in medicine, also into various conservative advocacy, and health claims about gun ownership would have to be published via respectable journals rather than self-published books (WP:MEDRS). —Paleo Neonate – 17:03, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Faria is an expert on this subject: He testified at a Congressional Committee in 1996, served in the CDC at an injury grant review committee of the CDC (2002), all of this is in his Wikipedia entry Miguel A. Faria Jr. He is a definite expert on public health as well as gun rights issue. He has being editor of various journals and well published on this issue in Surgical Neurology International, so he should be used as a source and his sources approved, but I leave it up to Wiki editors and supervisors to decide this issue. I'm very well-read on this issue.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.90.161 (talk) 14:24, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be his opinion as a gun advocate in a self-published book. That's weak as a source for an encyclopedia. O3000 (talk) 14:27, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A citation to one of his papers in a peer-reviewed journal like the above would be a better source in this case, if it can support the same claims. —Paleo Neonate – 06:04, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A. Here are the links to three articles in a prestigious peer-review journal by Dr. Faria supporting his statements: 1. https://surgicalneurologyint.com/surgicalint-articles/america-guns-and-freedom-part-i-a-recapitulation-of-liberty/ 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3513850/ 3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3589843/

B. Here is Dr. Faria Congressional testimony (1996) that adds to his credentials as expert: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997: Testimony of members of Congress and other interested individuals and organizations. (6 March 1996). "Hearings Before a House Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session." It is available from Wikipedia Miguel A. Faria Jr.

C. Here is Dr. Faria's work on the same topic of public health and gun rights that also adds to his credentials as expert:cited in Amicus Brief No. 07-290 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. DICK ANTHONY HELLER, Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. "BRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT. ANDREW L. SCHLAFLY Counsel for Amicus" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2012.98.16.90.161 (talk) 17:02, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

D. From Wikipedia entry also: "Faria served on the Injury Research Grant Review Committee (later renamed the Initial Review Group [IRG]) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[29] from 2002–2005, reviewing grants seeking public funding for scientific and technical merit in the area of injury prevention and control."98.16.90.161 (talk) 17:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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