Talk:Rachel Marsden/Archive 3

message: Please do not revert my edit without discussion. There is some concern around about this article, including damaging claims made about the subject of the article. Also, we only had a primary source for this particular claim, which is at least borderline OR. Metamagician3000 13:53, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: My edit

message: This might be a useful reference:  - just came across it and thought I'd share. Cheers. Tony Fox (arf!) 18:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The website is a source of unknown quality, not the article. I notice you added links to that site to a few articles. It might be a good idea to stop that in case it looks like spamming. SlimVirgin (talk) 18:42, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the tip. The Tyee has an article of its own but it doesn't do them any favours in establishing their credibility. Frequency of linking to The Tyee is incidental to some of the BC topics I've been editing recently. Sometimes it's difficult to link to major media like the Vancouver Sun due to online access limits. Cheers! Canuckle 19:59, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey! Wait a sec. "A few articles??" My quick look over my contributions found 2 articles. This one and Geoff Plant. That results in a spam warning? You may be right to question The Tyee's quality (as I did in flagging BC Legislature Raids for lack of sources) but the author Barb McLintock is an award-winning investigative reporter with significant credibility. And you deleted that one too. We must have gotten off on the wrong tack. Canuckle 21:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw an article that used "Alternate link" in the reference list. So I'll do that here. It's not so important but other editors have raised concern about premium content sources. Canuckle 21:05, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salon article 

message: Would it be appropriate to add the categories of Canadian political pundits and American political pundits? Ann Coulter as categorized as both a columnist and pundit. Given Marsden's punditry crosses the border, I think both American and Canadian categories could be justified.
Canuckle 17:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Taking silence as lack of dissent, I've added her to both American and Canadian political pundits categories. Canuckle 16:58, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Categorization as a Pundit

message: Is the Post gossip and her denial worthy of notice? It has now reached mainstream media here. I'm leery. Canuckle 21:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Your link to me to a Sun story about hybrid cars.  The Sun's search turned up nothing about Marsden so I haven't seen that story but from what I have seen in the other ones, all that is even alleged in the gossip is that she acted strange and was escorted from a building.  Hardly encyclopedic in my opinion even if it were true.  --JGGardiner 22:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oops. Sorry. I fixed the link. It is also here. It is just mainstream source (stronger than "according to her website") that she is no longer there and denies strange behaviour. I don't feel the gossip is notable at this point. Canuckle 23:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Departure from Red Eye

message: *The following edit should be referenced to a reliable source that identifies what play, what award and when it was performed. The internal link to the Prince article simple restates the following information and does not verify its notability. Quote: "*Political commentator Rachel Marsden composed a song about the Petit Prince which was performed in an award-winning play in Saint Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec." Canuckle 20:13, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is that really notable anyway for a Canadian?  --JGGardiner 07:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Le Petit Prince song

message: While I support some of the recent changes to give the article a chronological flow, the removal of personal life as a separate section has orphaned her notability as a student at the very end of the article and out of place as part of the recognition section. I propose a re-wording of existing content and sources that keeps her pre-journalism career together in one place. Please tell me what you think. Given the section ordering, one consequence would be that this would give the SFU matter much more prominence at the top of the article than in the past. I think these changes are appropriate but don't want to reignite controversies, re-introduce contested issues or be accused of POV. Here's my suggested change:
Section title: Early life and education
Marsden grew up in the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia.
She was a competitive swimmer in her youth and first came to public prominence due to claims and counter-claims of sexual harassment involving a swim coach at Simon Fraser University. The university’s handling of the matter was controversial and resulted in the departure resignation of SFU’s president John Stubbs and a overhauling of its policies.
After obtaining a degree in biosciences and French from SFU, Marsden attended the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She graduated from its journalism program in 2000.Rachel Marsden profile, Vancouver Broadcasters, retrieved on July 11, 2007Grads 2000, Broadcast & Media Communications Department, BCIT, retrieved on July 11, 2007
In 2002, Marsden’s break-up with a boyfriend resulted in criminal charges and she was convicted in 2004 of criminal harassment and given a conditional discharge with one year of probation. 
In an unrelated case, in 2004 Marsden was given a conditional discharge with one year of probation for criminal harassment of her boyfriend during a breakup.
  This case was unrelated to the SFU case.
Canuckle 10:47, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *This suggestion has been up for a week now (added July 11 but I forgot to add my sig and date then). If it's so non-contentious I'll add it when I have a moment. Canuckle 23:12, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That seems good to me.  Although I personally wouldn't include the second boyfriend incident at all.  I'm sure it is an important part of her life but doesn't really add much of value to an encyclopedia article.  But I doubt that is consensus and I think that your changes are generally positive.  --JGGardiner 08:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the comment. The second incident would likely have more detail were WP:BLP not so (by necessity) restrictive. Canuckle 06:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion