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Thank you for explaining that to me. If there are any remaining issues that you perceive need to be fixed, can you please let me know what they are so I can try to fix them? It would be helpful if you could be more specific as general statements about tone without any specifics are hard for me to learn from or take action in regard to. Thanks again!
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Notability: This article had been rejected in the past due to notability. But after discussing with other editors, this was a mistake. Notability for academics requires meeting only one of a list of criteria, the fifth of which is: "The person has held a distinguished professor appointment at a major
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I do not have any conflicts of interest, as I have now explained multiple times. I am a student in the field of tax law, but I am not connected to the professor in the article in any way, and being a student in the field is not a conflict of interest. I do not understand why I am being accused. I did
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Promotional / Advertisement-like Statements: Prior versions of this article had promotional statements that read like an advertisement. I did not originally create this article but have only edited it. I believe I and other editors have now removed all such statements and have resolved this problem.
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Make sure that the references (sources) you use are high quality, for example published newspapers, magazine, books. Chose sources that are secondary (meaning they are written by a neutral, unconnected person, like a journalist or historian), not by a colleague. Primary sources may be OK for certain
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Per several discussions on the Reliable Sources Notice Board regarding the use of TaxProf Blog for BLPs, there is "consensus that the site is a SPS for tax law and accounting issues but not for specific claims about a living person." It should not be used to back up claims about a person, especially
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for basic information about how some things work on WP - it takes a while to understand the guidelines and policies. Returning it to draftspace, as S0091 has done, will allow for other reviewers to check the draft and help to resolve problems. Also, please understand that maintenance tags are not a
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Conflict of Interest: An editor suggested that the original creator of this article or a prior editor who made revisions may have conflicts of interest. I cannot verify this either way, but these editors have not made any revisions recently and I believe that I and other editors have resolved any
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Ok. Thanks. I'm just trying to learn. I was mostly just trying to get clarification from you on the issues you were seeing. It appears you have removed most or all of the material you thought was problematic? I did not know that blogs generally or TaxProf Blog specifically were not valid sources.
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Thanks! I'm going to take a break from all of this for a bit to clear my head, or maybe work on some other draft article if I can find anything that seems interesting to me. But I appreciate your advice and I plan to eventually return to fixing this article unless someone else does first.
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institution of higher education and research, a named chair appointment that indicates a comparable level of achievement, or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon." This professor has a distinguished title and has held multiple chairs.
822:, I believe you may be misunderstanding the situation. I asked you a simple question, which is not unusual given the context nor was it antagonistic nor asked in bad faith. I simply, and politely, inquired if you had a connection to the subject of the article: 913:, not what he says about himself (primary source). Try to stay away from websites that contain "user-submitted content" (like blogs, directories, social media, newsletters, etc.) because they do not have an editorial board that vets content. 688:
I request again that Netherzone (or anyone else) explain or support this claim with any specifics. I believe Netherzone is being inappropriate and antagonistic in responses to me and I would like to request a moderator to intervene.
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Smith is a prominent physicist whose work is highly respected by his peers, he has been called one the ten most brilliant "geniuses" in his age group, for his critically important theory of superstrings in the universe.
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I have asked Netherzone multiple times to provide any specifics on why they think a promotional advertorial tone is used. I believe the tone and style here is exactly the same as for other professor entries, like, e.g.,
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I further note that I did not create this article or most of the content, but I have been editing it and I am trying to learn how to edit better and would appreciate helpful and specific guidance.
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I will remove the labels for these issues as I believe I have resolved them. But please do let me know if any issues still remain and how I can better resolve them if so.
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need to be backed up by reliable sources (per WP criteria of what constitues a RS), otherwise that content should be removed. There are several discussion threads in the
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I am a new editor and this is the first major article I have worked on. I would appreciate any advice or suggestions that more senior editors can offer me.
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I have revised to address concerns expressed by other editors and to make the format more similar to other article of distinguished professors of tax law
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Smith's research centers on physics, specifically on superstring theory. His work has been cited in several peer-reviewed journals such as the
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may have a COI given the user name and also that the blog, TaxProf Blog, had been used extensively as a source in the article.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/Emmanuel_Saez#:~:text=Emmanuel%20Saez%20(born%20November%2026,and%20rich%20around%20the%20world
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things like the name of his spouse, but know that what is really needed for the purposes of the encyclopedia are
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This is very discouraging. Could one of you please provide any specifics about what you think the issues are?
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issues related to these editors possible conflicts of interest. I do not have a conflict of interest.
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This is an exaggeration for emphasis, but please do note the difference in tone. Hope this helps!
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I will replace the TaxProf Blog cites with other sources or else will remove the content. Thanks!
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Re promotional tone, an example of a hypothetical non-neutral statement vs. neutral statement:
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When you find a moment, please do read the links in the message above they will help. Also see
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The article was written in a promotional, advertorial tone mainly by single purpose accounts
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Thanks! I see now that blogs are not acceptable sources. I was not previously aware of this.
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a living person. These will be removed, along with the associated content. Please use
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not write or create the article and I do not know who did, I have only edited it.
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I'm also wondering if you might have a connection to the subject of the article
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for guidance on what constitutes a reliable source for the encyclopedia.
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Given the concerns expressed here, I have moved this back to draft (
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not considered reliable in relation to claims about living persons.
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in a promotional tone, rather than a neutral encyclopedic tone.
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only, not blogs or low-quality sources, and the guidelines at
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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I do not think this editor has a COI. Whether the creator,
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In general, blogs are not considered reliable sources. See
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