Talk:Murray Waas

message: This article appears to be encountering vandalism by anon. IP add. user(s).  Please see the editing history for evidence of previous administrative blocking of one of the anon. IP user addresses.  The other anon. IP user address seems to be engaging in the same sort of deletions.  This is supposed to be an encyclopedia article, not a self-promotional advertisement for the subject masquerading as an encyclopedia article: Wikipedia:Spam.  Please see guidelines and policies linked in Wikipedia WP:BLP and particularly WP:BLP#Public figures.  Thank you.  --NYScholar 18:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Following the vandalism report on AIV on 30 June I have semiprotected this article for seven days. Spartaz Humbug! 10:22, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Have alerted the above administrator to the recurrence of problems with this article.  The article began to have multiple problems again violating Wikipedia:Neutral point of view after the same anon IP user and another user became engaged in edit war it seems.  Reverted to prior state before that occurred.  Each change needs scrutiny for both neutrality and also proper sourcing to reliable and verifiable sources: WP:BLP#Reliable sources and "full citations" are necessary, not external links: see WP:V#Sources and WP:CITE.  --NYScholar 22:32, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: There is no need to list every item already cited as a source in the References list.  If the item does not match the subheading, it is not to be listed there.  --NYScholar 00:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: *Boyd,Jim. "Editorial Pages: Why Courage is Hard to Come Find." Niemann Reports, Summer 2006.
[See the editing summary.] --NYScholar 00:55, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Questionable items listed in References

message: See editing summary and prev. editing summaries and above comments: Please do not insert articles into References that are not used as sources in this article and that do not discuss its subject (Murray Waas).  Thank you.  The removed entry (with typographical and format errors corrected is), which I have accessed, checked and read, is:
*Lewis, Anthony. "Abroad at Home: Who Fed This Caesar?" New York Times , March 15, 1992.  Accessed August 23, 2007.  (TimesSelect subscription required.)
--NYScholar 17:21, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The subject of that article is not Waas and it does not belong listed in a References section now entitled: "Pertinent articles about and interviews of Waas".  --NYScholar 17:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry--I re-read the article more slowly and found the ref. to Waas et al.  I'm putting it back in the section for that reason.  I'll also delete a talk page notice re: this from a user's talk page in a moment.  Sorry again.  Thanks.  Please do, however, create editing summaries in edits.  It is problematic not to do so.  Thanks again. --NYScholar 17:31, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion of entry in References list

message: Re: Items being accrued here: most are not cited in the article as sources; accruing such a long list of references, where, in some cases, only a very brief mention of the subject (Waas) occurs, is not warranted.  The subject (Murray Waas) is not notable enough to warrant this long a list of references for what is otherwise a relatively-short biography.  [Especially when the list is overpowering the text.]  Thank you. --NYScholar 22:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Length of References list

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message: What is the date of birth of Murray Waas? The format for dates of birth is within parentheses "(born ...) to have [month day, year] with links; if one knows the date of birth, please supply it within the parentheses in the article or in the talk page of the article so that another editor can add it within parentheses according to WP:MOS.  Thanks.  --NYScholar (talk) 07:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of birth

message: Please see espec. Wikipedia:Controversial articles, WP:BLP, and WP:CITE (as per template messages above) and #Please discuss potentially-contentious or controversial changes before making them (section above).  Thank you. [Updated.] --NYScholar (talk) 22:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
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message: Pertinent selected articles about and interviews of Waas
*Baker, Russ W. "Iraqgate: The Big One That (Almost) Got Away: Who Chased It and Who Didn't".  Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 1993. Accessed August 19, 2007.
*Boyd, Jim. "Editorial Pages: Why Courage Is Hard to Find". Nieman Reports (Nieman Foundation for Journalism of Harvard University), Summer 2006 ("Reflections on Courage: United States").  Accessed August 19, 2007
*"FDL Book Salon Welcomes Murray Waas and Jeff Lomonaco".  Online posting by "Jeff".  Firedoglake (blog), June 10, 2007.  Accessed June 20, 2007.  (Online interview with Waas and Lomonaco.)
*Froomkin, Dan. "A Compelling Story" Washington Post.com, March 31, 2006. Accessed August 19, 2007.
*Goodman, Amy, "Ex-Cheney Chief of Staff Lewis 'Scooter' Libby Convicted of Perjury, Obstruction in CIA Leak Trial".  Interview with Murray Waas and Marcy Wheeler.  Democracy Now!, March 7, 2007.  Accessed June 20, 2007.
*Gootman, Elissa L. "Goldsmith Prizes Awarded: Top Investigative Reporting Teams Rewarded by $25,000". The Harvard Crimson, March 26, 1993. Accessed August 21, 2007.
*Halloran, Liz.  "A Muckraker's Day in the Sun".  U.S. News and World Report, May 15, 2006.  Accessed April 29, 2007.
*Hertzberg, Hendrick. "Comment: Floor War".  The New Yorker, December 5, 2005.  Accessed August 20, 2007.
*Kurtz, Howard. "The Lone Ranger: After a Quarter Century in the Journalistic Shadows, Murray Waas Is Getting His Day in the Sun."  The Washington Post, April 17, 2006.  Accessed June 20, 2007.
*Kurtz, Howard. "Writer Sat on His Own Life and Death Story". The Washington Post,  June 25, 2006.  Accessed August 19, 2007.
*Lasica, J. D. "The Web: A New Channel for Investigative Journalism: Salon's Groundbreaking Stories on the Ken Starr Investigation Challenge the Conventional Wisdom Laid Down by the Mainstream Media's Wolfpack Mindset". American Journalism Review, June 1998.  Accessed August 19, 2007.
*Lewis, Anthony. "Abroad at Home; Trust". New York Times, October 26, 1992. Accessed March 26, 2008.
*–––.  "Abroad at Home; Who Fed This Caesar?" New York Times, March 15, 1992.  Accessed March 26, 2008.
*Lewis, Claude. "See the Mighty Fall: Investigative Reporting Has its Rewards".  Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1988: A13.  Accessed August 24, 2007.  (Abstract.  Archive account required for access to full text.)
*Rosen, Jay.  "Murray Waas Is Our Woodward Now".  PressThink (blog), April 9, 2006.  Accessed June 20, 2007.
*Sargent, Greg. "The Plame Game: What Murray Waas' Big Scoop May Really Tell us About Bush's Pre-war Deceptions".  The American Prospect, April 4, 2006.  Accessed August 20, 2007.
*Schanberg, Sydney H. "Press Clips: If Old Journalism Dies... Where Will New Media Get the News?" The Village Voice, November 29, 2005.  Accessed August 20, 2007.
*Scheer, Robert. "Finally, A Yuppie Failure".  Online Journalism Review (Annenberg School for Communication at USC), July 21, 1998.  Accessed August 22, 2007.
*Shaw, David. "Iraqgate--A Case Study of a Big Story With Little Impact: Despite Hundreds of News Reports, No Public Outrage Has Erupted Over Secret Aid to Iraq".  The Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1992.  Accessed August 19, 2007.
*Welch, Matt. "Salon's Coverage Commands Respect for Net Journalists".  Online Journalism Review (Annenberg School for Communication at USC), March 30, 1998.  Accessed August 26, 2007.
Drmies (talk) 02:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed slew of articles from Bibliography per WP:NOTDIR

message: I was hoping for help from someone to upload a picture to the fact box of the article.  I tried successfully once before but it was temporarily taken down because I did not make clear I took the picture and did want to claim copyright for it.  I went up on Wikipedia Commons, I believe, attested to the fact that the photo was mine, and then listed it is a universal property.  But haven't been able to figure out how to repost it to the box.  Was hoping someone could show me or help me do it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bromstead (talk • contribs) 22:35, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
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message: I find the DOB questionable. if it is 1971 as stated he was a Pulizer finalist at 22? That should have generated some coverage. I don't think his personal Facebook page is a sufficient source. --66.108.216.153 (talk) 14:08, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: DOB questionable=

message: It's possible that Murray Waas was born in 1971.
It's possible that Murray Waas worked on columns that led to Idi Amin's downfall, when Waas was 18 or 19.
It's certain that Idi Amin was deposed in 1979.
All three of these things can't be true at the same time.
Either Murray wrote the columns when he was 8 or 9 or he was not born in 1971, or there is an even deeper problem with the veracity of this item, and perhaps others.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.118.83.250 (talk) 00:32, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
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