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Contents
- 1 Terry Brennan
- 2 George Campbell Jr.
- 3 Ramy El-Batrawi
- 4 Nicoletta Batini
- 5 Laura Aguilar
- 6 Francis G. Slay
- 7 Tex Watson
- 8 Ian Hanmore
- 9 David McNeill (journalist / Japanese page)
- 10 Richard Peebles
- 11 Jan Norberger
- 12 Pich Sophea
- 13 Richard Dean Starr
- 14 Luke Harding
- 15 Draft:Jerry Pasley aka Two Tonys
- 16 Markus Gabriel
- 17 Brian Day
Terry Brennan
Terry Brennan ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Paul Horning was not the only Heisman trophy winner to come from a losing team. The first winner, Jay Berwagner. University of Chicago, was from a losing team. See Wikipedia article on him.
George Campbell Jr.
Much of the material reported here under the heading "Cooper Union controversy and investigation by New York state Attorney General" is incorrect, as is much of the material in the Attorney General's report which merely regurgitates a lawsuit filed. The citations here are politically motivated or biased comments by an alumnus with a strong bias and which are potentially libelous. A section of this bio challenging the attorney general's report, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education has been edited out and should be re-added.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.33.13.1 (talk) 16:54, April 2, 2016
Ramy El-Batrawi
Ramy_El-Batrawi ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The entry is not neutral at all. It reads like a PR person's work.
"Ramy El-Batrawi is the Owner, Managing Member of X LLC , El-Batrawi is a deal Maker and an effective negotiator, known for his expertise in structuring winning transactions. He is noted for his adherence to the principles of protecting his investors to the best of his abilities, and for being an entrepreneur, investor, and humanitarian"
"In 2000 Ramy El-Batrawi was honored through his selection to participate on the entrepreneurial panel in GB2000, The Graduate Business Conference hosted by UCLA’s Anderson School of Management."
"-In August 2015 Dr Claude A Ruffalo, Ph.D a top clinical physiologist Ph.D. who has 3 Post-Doctoral Degrees did a neuropsychological test of Ramy El-Batrawi.
The neuropsychological test results:
Verbal Comprehension. Mr. El-Batrawi verbal comprehension functioning was measured by the WAISA-IV verbal Comprehension Subtest, which measures verbal practical judgment. His score on Comprehension Subset was at the 91st %ile in comparison to his age group with an IQ estimated equivalent of 120 in the Superior Range of functioning. Vocabulary. The Vocabulary Subset of the WAIS-IV is considered to be one of the best single measures of verbal intelligence. Mr. El-Batrawi English language Vocabulary was measured by the WAIS-IV Vocabulary Subset which resulted in a score at the 98th %ile in comparison to his age group with an IQ estimate of 135 in the Very Superior Range. This is a particularly high English Vocabulary score given that he was not born in the us, but in Geneva, Switzerland and left home and school at about 12 years of age.
Abstract Verbal Reasoning and Conceptualization. Mr. El-Batrawi score on the Similarities Subset of WAIS-IV which masseurs abstract verbal reasoning and conceptualization was at the 91st %ile with a IQ equivalent of 120 in the superior range.
Discussion of test results. Mr. El-Batrawi score on the WAIS-IV Verbal Comprehension, Vocabulary, and similarities Subsets combine to provide very strong and compelling evidence that Mr. El-Batrawi has exceptionally high (Superior to Very Superior) verbal reasoning abilities. '"
These are just some examples of the PR tendencies.
Furthermore, the grammar on the page indicates the writer's first language is not English. It needs significant work.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolverinethad (talk • contribs) 12:45, 6 April 2016
Nicoletta Batini
Nicoletta Batini ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I have come across the Wiki article for economist Nicoletta Batini, and found a slew of issues that likely violate Wikipedia's policy regarding neutrality and verifiability. The article itself seems to have been written by a biased supporter of Batini (or Batini herself) especially considering the page was written almost entirely by one "Aparadisi86", and contains a lot of unverifiable, poorly written, and subjective statements meant to serve a positive image of Batini herself. Examples are given below:
"She is currently rated among the 5% top most cited authors in economics worldwide (RePEc)." This section of her biography claims that she is one of the most cited authors of economic papers, yet lacks an easily accessible citation and only refers to the Wiki page for Research Papers in Economics.
"Quickly renown in the profession for her innovative ideas and publications on monetary policy practices and strategies, launched at prestigious international conferences of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank..." This section, along with many others, appears to have a noticeable grammatical error, but the main issue is that it claims Batini is regarded as a widely renowned economist, but that statement lacks a citation. Even if it is true, it appears to be a very imbalanced statement.
"In 2003 she went on to work as a Senior Economist with the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. where she led an era of new economic thinking within the Fund with pioneering work on global imbalances, inflation targeting in emerging markets and the macroeconomic impact of the world’s demographic change, all of which had lasting effects on the Fund’s policy approach towards advice and conditionality toward its members." This section appears to overstate her role by saying that a non-managing director economist within the IMF has led an era of new economic thinking, with lasting effects on policy.
"She is interviewed repeatedly by the media for her seminal work –the first to forcefully challenge, and eventually steer the Fund’s orthodox view on austerity—on the dangers of excessive fiscal austerity..." This section has three citations from news sites, but nevertheless this seems like a self-serving statement that cannot entirely be verified, especially regarding the phrases "seminal work" and "the first to forcefully challenge, and eventually steer..."
I can remove the material myself, but I would rather leave the maintenance of the article to a more capable and experienced volunteer, and I believe that because this article was written to create a falsely positive image of the subject, this is likely a larger issue of bias as opposed to just some bad fact sourcing.
71.191.144.176 (talk) 03:22, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- This could really benefit from the help of someone who can read Italian. Bradv 14:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Laura Aguilar
Laura Aguilar ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
This article is already marked for deletion, however in the mean time, it is an article without any reliable, verifiable sources on a living person or modicum of neutrality. I'm not bringing up issues of notability here, as I've written why I think this should be deleted in AfD. However, I do think this does not pass muster for a living person's biography and I encourage admins to look at the article with this in mind. TwoSpear 21:23, 10 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TwoSpear (talk • contribs)
- I don't believe you've accurately described the article. There are several valid citations there. I see no reason for any interference on the basis of BLP violations while the AfD is in process. If you have something specific in mind please list it here. But a quick scan of the article yields no reason for concern to my eye.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 16:20, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Francis G. Slay
Francis G. Slay ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The article Francis G. Slay has been subjected to persistent disruptive editing by Illusion87. Beginning in March of this year, the user added a large amount of material in a new section, "Controversies During St. Louis Mayoral Term", trying to tie the article subject to all manner of negative events or disreputable behavior. I think that this is more or less obviously an attempt to slant the article against its subject. It certainly seems very dubious under BLP. The material added by Illusion87 has been removed, several times, firstly by user Goethean, and more recently by myself, but Illusion87 seems unwilling to take "no" for an answer, and seems intent on restoring the material no matter how many users remove it. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 21:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
- The users need to stop edit warring and discuss the issue on the talk page. I've pinged an Admin and asked them look in on the situation.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 16:59, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- Illusion87 needs to give up and find something else to do. He has been reverted by three users now (one of them me), and no one is supporting his disruptive editing. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 22:42, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
Tex Watson
This article, Tex Watson, needs some eyes. There are unsourced claims and potential BLP violations. The article has received some press recently and needs attention. Help is appreciated.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 16:15, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
Ian Hanmore
Hi, I am Ian Hanmore, an actor based in Edinburgh, Scotland. For some years the Wikipedia entry which is featured on the results page on entering my name as a search, has my date of birth incorrectly stated as March 24 1945. My actual date of birth is October 16 1953). I have tried unsuccessfully to correct this on several occasions. Age is relevant when casting roles and this error may have resulted in my losing work. I would very much appreciate anyone's help with this. Ian Hanmore (username Kangeroover) Kangeroover (talk) 19:11, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
- Ian - Wikipedia does not now have a date of birth on your article, has not had a date of birth on there since October, and even then it was the date that you provide. What you are seeing is a Google Knowledge Graph, which is not under Wikipedia control, but is actually fairly easy to request a fix on. See WP:FIXGOOGLE for details. --Nat Gertler (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
David McNeill (journalist / Japanese page)
Dear Wikipedia editors,
I'm writing on behalf of a journalist and friend of mine based in Tokyo, David McNeill, who has recently become the target of right-wing trolls and ideologues over his coverage of sensitive issues, including whaling and comfort women. In addition to Facebook and Twitter, this smear/slander campaign has unfortunately escalated with the publication of a Wikipedia biography in Japanese [1].
This biography ignores Mr. McNeill's academic and journalistic credentials (PhD, work for The Economist and other established media, etc.), choosing instead to refer to a job at a "sausage factory". A section is dedicated to his "coverage stance", in essence claiming that his work is influenced by left-wing propaganda.
The "Sources" section also lists the personal blog of Mr. McNeill's "wife" (his ex-wife in fact), which is hardly relevant to his professional activities.
I believe the article violates several of Wikipedia's rules for living person biographies, and have tried to edit it ([2]) by essentially focusing on factual information and erasing the rest. Less than a week later, the article was edited back in its original form.
Neither Mr. McNeill nor myself can afford to engage in a time-consuming editing war against a group of well-organized persons. After reading several Wikipedia pages on BLP-related conflicts, I'm still not quite sure what's the best way to proceed, so here are my questions:
1. What are Mr. McNeill's options to protect himself from present and future attacks via Wikipedia? 2. Who can he contact to resolve this issue?
Thank you in advance for your time and advice! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishaq76 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
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- Mishaq76 the English Wikipedia doesn't have any pull with the Japanese Wikipedia. You need to take this issue up with them, | this page advises you to either speak with an admin over there or send them an email. You can also check Wikipedia's Embassy for individuals that can speak both English and Japanese , if you like. KoshVorlon 16:06, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
Richard Peebles
- Richard Peebles ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Only the Light ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Multiple IPs restoring unsourced trivial content and WP:BLP violations. May be ripe for protection, but first I'm asking for assistance, because it's clear that someone has no problem with edit warring on this. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:08, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- I've cleaned up the article and added some cites. I've also put a Notability tag on it as it's marginal. If it doesn't meet the standard it may be nominated for deletion.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 17:41, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you. At least now the critiques are properly sourced and presented in neutral--without the 'great disappointment to the United Kingdom'--crap. And notability does seem a bit tenuous. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:36, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
Jan Norberger
Jan Norberger ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could you please review the content that I have added about Jan Norberger. I have cited wherever possible and based early life and RAAF service on discussions with Jan himself. I have visually cited his service record. There is currently a warning atop of the page questioning neutral POV. I do not believe any of the content is contentious or unverifiable beyond what I have mentioned.
MS Joondalup (talk) 05:23, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- If you've had discussions with him, then the COI tag still applies. Conversations with him are not verifiable, you need to stick to professionally published mainstream academic or journalistic sources with no connection to the subject but are still specifically about him, not Linkdin. All material requires citations to verify them, contentious or not. Ian.thomson (talk) 05:33, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Thanks Ian.thomson. I have replaced the citations that referred to LinkedIn with Parliamentary biographical and hansard citations as well as providing additional citations for the Early Life section which previously had now. I believe every paragraph and/or key sentence now has an independent citation. Would you be happy to review? MS Joondalup (talk) 09:05, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Pich Sophea
Pich Sophea ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I'm up to two reverts on this page so it's time to ask for help. The creator of the new Pich Sophea page seems dead set on maintaining their awfully written description of the Cambodian singer Pich Sophea, along with such gems as:
- "Pich sophea was fallen down and started gain weight...During that year she was almost forget because of her fat body and the company has keep her song without any promote and let her down."
- "The Legacy was become a first boy band of Rasmey Hang Meas, but their promote is fail. After fail promote of Legacy..."
- "Pich Sophea was born in poor family. Her family situation was very bad. She dropped out high school and started to earn money to support her family. First she sold sugarcane juice, snail, and more, but that didn't give her enough money for her family."
- "Before Khmer New year 2015 Pich Sophea was release her status that She will make only new original song, not copy from the other. And then She really gave her fan a high hope."
My approach was to basically blank everything, as I think it needs a complete rewrite. Creator reverts any changes. I'm awareof the fact that the page creator is likely not a native speaker of English-- the issue here is more the tenacious reverting of the page to its awafully written currrent condtion! Any help is appreciated. HappyValleyEditor (talk) 10:57, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- I have deleted all the references which were dead links, blogs, wikis, etc. There's not a lot left actually referenced: essentially your stub was correct, but I'm taking smaller steps for the moment. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 13:41, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Richard Dean Starr
New editor adding material from public records to support text about bankruptcy, etc. I've tried to make the point about WP:BLPPRIMARY, to no avail; I'm currently at the limit of 3RR... Nomoskedasticity (talk) 13:14, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Luke Harding
[3] has the (interesting) edit summary: "False claims by known petty obstructionist removed" Engleham
As my edit was intended to give proper weight to claims of fact supported by reliable sources only, I would ask that others examine the "false claims" I am so casually asserted to have made in the BLP, and to weigh the claims so often added to the biography.
Specifically those claims:
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- Harding's accounting of the events leading up to his failed entry into Russia and their possible justification have been called into question by numerous sources who state that Harding has aggrandised his perceived importance to the Russian state and its security services and attributes quotidian and unrelated occurrences to them sourced to an editorial column by Julian Assange and also to a wonderful source "spiked-online.com" which I do not believe is a strong reliable source for claims of fact.
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- Harding used to ply his trade taking credit for work by other Moscow-based journalists before his plagiarism was pointed out by The eXile's Mark Ames and Yasha Levine, from whom he had misappropriated entire paragraphs without alteration. For this he was awarded "plagiarist of the year" by Private Eye in 2007
- where I suggest that "Private Eye"'s "award" is not generally considered to be of significance as a claim of fact. Any more than an award from MAD magazine would be. This section is presented as fact in Wikipedia's voice, which I suggest is specifically contrary to WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NPOV and WP:BLP all at once.
- Harding used to ply his trade taking credit for work by other Moscow-based journalists before his plagiarism was pointed out by The eXile's Mark Ames and Yasha Levine, from whom he had misappropriated entire paragraphs without alteration. For this he was awarded "plagiarist of the year" by Private Eye in 2007
I point out that my suggested content included removal of the satirical award. Collect (talk) 16:18, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Draft:Jerry Pasley aka Two Tonys
Draft:Jerry Pasley aka Two Tonys ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
What's obvious is that this is a COI contribution written with far-too-coincidental timing to its creator's upcoming book. A previous discussion which revealed possible BLP ramifications occurred here, but was quickly pooh-poohed as a conspiracy theory intended to sell another book rather than seriously discussed. The BLP issue would be in regard to the implied connection between Pasley's marriage to Pegge Begich and his claimed role in Nick Begich's disappearance. Another issue, not as obvious, is that Pasley's claimed mafia associates in Anchorage just happen to have the same last name as a current very prominent Anchorage businessman. It also states that one of those mafia associates was an active business partner of Nick Begich, Jr. in a jewelry store. The younger Begich would have been 17 at the time of the quoted story, which causes me to question how much of an active role he would have actually had, as opposed to perhaps being there simply to maintain the family's financial interests in the enterprise. Having grown up in Alaska in the 1970s and having read countless works about its history since, I can definitively state that mob influence in Alaska in the 1970s was very much a subject on the minds of many: the Anchorage Daily News won its first Pulitzer Prize for reporting on that very subject. However, this is a bit left-field in comparison to most of what I've read. As AFC reviewers appear more interested in blindly carrying out process than anything else and have a less than stellar record of recognizing problem content, including BLP violations, I felt it may be necessary for others to look all this over. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 16:27, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Note: This article is still in draft space. Also, according to the article, Draft:Jerry Pasley aka Two Tonys died in 2010, meaning that the discussion doesn't belong on this page. Bradv 16:47, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- And? Draft space has largely been a massive waste of time solely because AFC has been allowed to take it over as their private plaything/dumping ground. Regardless, does that mean that I'm mistaken when I understand that BLP applies to all namespaces? If I didn't make it clear enough, the BLP issue here regards Pegge Begich and "Dr." Nick Begich (Jr.), plus perhaps other locally prominent persons in Anchorage, and the suggestion that not only were they (even if peripherally) associated with organized crime, but that this association extended to a role in the disappearances of two members of the United States Congress, one of whom was the husband and father of the aforementioned living people. Do I need to make that any clearer? That it's an obvious ploy to create a buzz for an upcoming book could perhaps be discussed elsewhere, as I'm not sure it qualifies for speedy deletion. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 18:39, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Postscript: There was a great deal of "cleansing" going on at Mark Begich during his reelection campaign two years ago. As so often happens, conveniently, no one brought up that Pegge Begich, Mark Begich and other members of the Begich family were spanked by the Federal Election Commission in 1984 over campaign finance improprieties related to her campaign against Don Young. I presume we're content to push the POV that Wikipedia = "The Church of What's Happening Now!" and something from 1984 is non-notable because it's from 1984, never mind that it's something which reflects negatively upon someone's sacred cow (in this case, a sacred cow both as a U.S. senator and as a popular Democrat). However, for all intents and purposes, the only reason we care about the Begiches is because they're a political family. So a long-ago episode directly related to their political career isn't relevant, but scandalous speculation about long-ago mob ties is relevant? Help me understand here. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 18:56, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Markus Gabriel
I just made this edit to remove a poorly sourced, contentious BLP allegation.
I noticed that the article's subject has entries on the Catalan, German, French, Spanish and Japanese versions of WP as well. With the exception of Spanish, I don't have the language skills to verify whether the same allegations are present, but I notice that the same problematic references are present on most of those articles. While writing this, I've noticed that the allegations have been restored to the English WP article already. In addition to fixing the EN-Wiki article, is there a way to address the issue on the other wikis?
It looks like there are at least several other subjects that might be vulnerable to accusations from the same individual, but I haven't looked into whether any of those have WP articles yet. EricEnfermero (Talk) 20:50, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Brian Day
Can someone look at Brian Day, please? There has been a history of POV-pushing, and I think the current changes proposed by Kelseyboultbee (talk · contribs) are continuing this. She says in this diff that she's making the changes at the article subject's request. For example, the edit changes "laws that govern the Canadian Medicare system" to "laws that restrict Canadians from accessing healthcare outside of the Canadian Medicare system". This seems like pure POV-pushing on behalf of Brian Day. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:20, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- Hello,
- Sorry that my edits are unclear. Brian Day requested that these changes be made so that there isn't such negative connotation and so the article is more balanced. He wants it to be clear that he's not advocating for only a private or 'for profit' system, but for a two-tiered, hybrid system. The only source I have is his document with the changes he requested. I'm just the messenger. Please consider making my edits permanent, as they reflect both the updated trial date, and his wishes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelseyboultbee (talk • contribs) 22:19, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
- The problem is that you're reframing the debate in his favor. It could be that the article is skewed too far to the opposite side and is portraying him too negatively. I don't really know enough about the topic to say, and I think other people should look at the article. However, pushing it far toward Day's point of view (changing "laws that govern" to "laws that restrict", for example) is obviously not the right course of action. As far as I can see, we already say that he says he advocates for a hybrid system. Updated trial dates are fine, but we should try to properly sourced them. The other stuff, like saying that patients have died while the healthcare debate continues, also needs to be sourced and phrased neutrally. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:24, 14 April 2016 (UTC)