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disruptive whitewashing on Who's Who
If you continue removing sourced criticism despite repeated reverts from other editors, I will ask an uninvolved admin to block you at WP:ANI. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:58, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
- Some of your changes weren't as bad as I thought – I saw massive swathes of content vanishing from the article, as when you previously removed all mention of the various scams. Some of your edits were actually removing unsourced content, which I shouldn't have reverted. So, for that, I apologize for being too hasty (and clearly not reading the diffs well enough). Still, you need to stop edit warring to remove sourced content from that article. Hold an WP:RFC, raise the issue at WP:NPOVN, or do something else to establish consensus. Showing up every few weeks to blank sections is disruptive. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:23, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
- Whitewashing is a pretty serious charge. The difference between my version and yours is two paragraphs - in your version you re-added the following but changed nothing else:
- ”One example was the Who's Who Among American High School Students which was criticized for questionable nomination practices as well as whether the listing's entries are fact-checked and accurate.[10][11] According to the admissions vice president of Hamline University, "It's honestly something that an admissions officer typically wouldn't consider or wouldn't play into an admissions decision," adding that "Who's Who... is just trying to sell books".[11]
- Who's Who publications are not all of questionable value, but publishers that select truly notable people and provide trustworthy information on them are hard to identify. A & C Black's Who's Who is the canonical example of a legitimate Who's Who reference work, being the first to use the name and establish the approach in print, publishing annually since 1849. However, the longevity of a publication is not in itself a guarantee. In 1999 Tucker Carlson said in Forbes magazine that Marquis Who's Who, founded in 1898 but no longer an independent company, had adopted practices of address harvesting as a revenue stream, undermining its claim to legitimacy as a reference work listing people of merit.[12]”
- Whitewashing is a pretty serious charge. The difference between my version and yours is two paragraphs - in your version you re-added the following but changed nothing else:
- The example of a high school scam comes from low quality sources: 1 and 2 I left it out of my version for that reason, and because this is a short, list-style article, thought mentioning every single instance there was a printed complaint about some version of a “who’s who” wasn’t necessary. I don’t think you can call this whitewashing when I’ve already addressed the scams in the Lede and body in a way you yourself found (nearly) sufficient.
- The second paragraph you re-added was from Tucker Carlson, known as a conspiracy theorist and to my knowledge, not allowed on WP as a source. My removal of Carlson is not whitewashing to my knowledge, but perhaps I’ll check with the RS notice board to make sure.
- Your paragraphs also make me wonder about the author, as they seem less reliant upon RS and sound very editorialized. The quotes selected are not neutral, considering how Carlson’s statement in my initial comment above wasn’t included whilst it would give the reader much better context. (“ “There are cases-- relatively few in our judgment--of individuals with decidedly modest vocational achievement being included in the Who's Who volumes.”)
- “Whitewashing” should be reserved for describing the removal of negative content. What I’ve done is to try and present the facts in a balanced way. This was what I was trying to clean up - and my fix is nearly identical to the present one, so how am I the problem? petrarchan47คุก 14:38, 12 April 2022 (UTC) [Copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Who%27s_Who#NPOV_problem]
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- Dear Gerda, such a jewel you are. Thank you petrarchan47คุก 14:41, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
- Minor correction, though ~ I began editing in 2013 petrarchan47คุก 15:01, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
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Awarded in recognition for your legacy work on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and other environmental articles. Also thanks for joining WP:Environment last month, with more editors like you, the WP will thrive. Hoping to see you a bit more, cheers! Jusdafax (talk) 04:17, 2 May 2022 (UTC) |
JusDaFax What an honor, thank you, mon ami. Let me know if I can help in any way on environmental articles. I’m quite out of the loop, so please feel free to offer some guidance. It would be wonderful to work with you again. petrarchan47คุก 01:13, 28 June 2022 (UTC) Jusdafax