User talk:Lawrence Needleman
COI
[edit]If you have a personal/family connection to Philip you are supposed to declare a conflict of interest (see WP:COI) on your User page. Also, if you want to mention certain journal publications a common means is to have a section titled Selected publiations rather than in the Lead. David notMD (talk) 03:36, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Also, content in Lead should be elaborated upon in body of article, i.e., his philanthropy. David notMD (talk) 11:29, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi David,
- Thank you very much for your comments and feedback.
- I am Philip Needleman's son.
- Does my family connection render me unable to edit the page?
- I have an enormous amount of information and sources sharing his very significant contributions that aren’t reflected in the current wikipedia article.
- Here are a couple websites that are relevant:
- https://source.wustl.edu/2024/04/obituary-philip-needleman-emeritus-trustee-longtime-benefactor-85/
- Obituary: Philip Needleman, emeritus trustee, longtime benefactor, 85 - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis (wustl.edu)
- http://niduspartners.com/who-we-are/board-of-directors/philip-needleman-ph-d/
- https://www.danforthcenter.org/news/a-better-place-the-needlemans-a-life-in-science-and-philanthropy/
- The Needlemans, A Life In Science And Philanthropy | Danforth Center
- https://www.umaryland.edu/graduation/archived-events/commencement-2019/honorees-and-student-remarker/philip-needleman.php
- Philip Needleman, PhD ’64, MS - Honorary Doctor of Science - Commencement 2019 (umaryland.edu)
- All the best,
- Lawrence Lawrence Needleman (talk) 12:16, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- You have my sympathies for your recent loss. Ideally, to comply with the COI guide, you should declare your connection on your User page and only make change requests on the Talk page of the article. From another editor's comment: "An editor with a COI can make minor corrections to spelling, grammar, names, dates, etc. A COI editor can add citations to reliable sources and revert obvious vandalism. Anything more substantive than that, you should propose on the article's talk page to avoid future problems." So, be conservative in what you add. The Danforth ref would be useful for a short new section on philanthropy. Don't bother with the honorary degree text or ref. There already is an obit ref. P.S. I worked for Monsanto 1998-2000 in the (failed) nutrition/dietary supplement division. David notMD (talk) 16:02, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi David!
- Thank you for your condolences. At first I was shocked that you worked at Monsanto but then realized that Wikipedia must have excellent algorithms for matching editors with entries.
- I have set up user page stating the conflict of interest and added the Danforth URL.
- A development from yesterday—when I was first thinking about beefing up the Wikipedia page several weeks ago, I talked to someone at the university who knew of my dad’s contributions, and she said she knew someone who she thought could improve the Wikipedia page. I hadn't heard back from her until yesterday. It sounds like they have been working on it. I hope that they do a great job and that it adheres to the Wikipedia standards and rules, and therefore my contributions will be unnecessary. If that's not the case, I will add information under the Talk button as you suggested.
- Thanks again, & all the best,
- Lawrence Lawrence Needleman (talk) 17:44, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Me at Monsanto was coincidence. David notMD (talk) 00:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi David,
- I added 25-30 references to the talk page--mostly from top tear scientific journals but also from national newspapers.
- I had written several pages of text that I had hoped to add to the page. Could I add that to the Talk section in case other contributors would want to use any of it?
- All the best,
- Lawrence Lawrence Needleman (talk) 12:06, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
- Me at Monsanto was coincidence. David notMD (talk) 00:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- You have my sympathies for your recent loss. Ideally, to comply with the COI guide, you should declare your connection on your User page and only make change requests on the Talk page of the article. From another editor's comment: "An editor with a COI can make minor corrections to spelling, grammar, names, dates, etc. A COI editor can add citations to reliable sources and revert obvious vandalism. Anything more substantive than that, you should propose on the article's talk page to avoid future problems." So, be conservative in what you add. The Danforth ref would be useful for a short new section on philanthropy. Don't bother with the honorary degree text or ref. There already is an obit ref. P.S. I worked for Monsanto 1998-2000 in the (failed) nutrition/dietary supplement division. David notMD (talk) 16:02, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
"Several pages of text" sound like far, far too much. Consider proposing a modest amount of text - with references - that you propose be added to the article. To do so, create a new section on the talk page of the article. Make the title Edit request. in the section for the text of your request, first thing, type Edit COI inside double curly brackets {{ }}. After that, enter the proposed new content and ref(s). The Edit request tag brings the request to the attention of an Admin. David notMD (talk) 01:41, 16 June 2024 (UTC)