Talk:Bradley Smith (law professor)

message: The deleted material linked to a page merely showing that Smith was "outside counsel" to Liberty Advertising, the company selling ad time on the Ron Paul Blimp.  In other words, Liberty Advertising is a client of Smith's law practice.  I suppose this may be of some general interest, but I doubt of much interest, or of lasting interest, or that it tells us much about Smith.  Picking and choosing biographical material to include is also a matter of judgment, but this seems a tidbit of information included more out of enthusiasm for Smith's client than anything it says about Smith. EABSE 03:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blimp? 

message: This article has a lot of very pro-subject, value-laden language without proper sourcing, to the point where it reads like an advertisement for Mr. Smith. I've accordingly added an advert tag. Please do not remove it until the issue is addressed, either in the article or here on the talk page. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 00:43, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advert tag 

message: -Um, Fleishman, the Election Law Journal is a  peer reviewed journal, probably the most prestigious devoted solely to election law.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Overacker (talk • contribs) 04:26, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't matter how prestigious the journal is. The source is a book review being cited to say a book is an "important academic work." I see no verification for that content and even if was verification, it can't be stated as reliable fact without attribution. A statement that a book is "important" would be the reviewer's personal opinion, not a reliably sourced fact. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 19:17, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

text: I have the utmost respect for the Brennan Center, but that doesn't change the fact that this is an advocacy piece written by lawyers and therefore comes nowhere close to satisfying our guideline on reliable sources. As for your latter point, that is textbook original research. If you wish to keep this content please find a reliable source. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 19:07, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

text: Yes, you're understanding me correctly. Whatever you think the term "original research" means isn't consequential; what matters is that our policy on the matter says repeatedly that the cited source needs to say something explicitly for it to be including in our articles. We do not engage in synthesis of published material. You're free to do that in a blog or research paper, but not here. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 04:40, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

text: Sorry to hear your cynicism. I'm happy to discuss the matter further, though I do hope you'll tone down the vitriol. We're both here on the same team (to improve the article) so there's no need to throw punches. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 18:39, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cites 

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