Talk:Victor C. Strasburger

Latest comment: 8 years ago by 77.99.129.197 in topic Controversies section removed by living subject

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Controversies section removed by living subject

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A well sourced and referenced section on controversies surrounding the subject's research was removed by the living subject of this biography in Sept 2010. As I understand, this violates Wikipedia's TOS. Although biographies of living persons do need to be handled with great care, I don't believe it is permissible for subjects to remove peer-reviewed criticisms of their work and comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.46.56.73 (talk) 02:34, 5 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

That is untrue. Though we in general discourage involved persons editing articles, they aren't forbidden to do so. In any case, the material removed looks questionable. It is based on primary sources, with no evidence of notability, and as such any Wikipedia editor would have been correct in removing it. I am going to remove the 'neutrality' tag. Please do not replace it without further discussion. AndyTheGrump (talk) 04:23, 19 December 2011 (UTC)Reply
Personally, this doesn't look like the right decision. The removal of published critiques of the scholar's work by the scholar himself does look like a conflict of interest. That probably shouldn't have been done and I think perhaps the POV tag returned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.129.197 (talk) 21:32, 12 June 2016 (UTC)Reply