Talk:Irving Hexham

message: Regardless of who is editing this article, in order to comply with Wikipedia policy it is imperative that all claims (especially those regarding a living person as per WP:LIVE) be properly referenced and footnoted. An ambiguous statement that simply says that the specific information appears somewhere "in the bibliography" is simply not sufficient to safeguard either the personal rights of the subject individual or the need for verifiability in the encyclopedia itself. regards Deconstructhis (talk) 17:03, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please read WP:COI#Autobiography & WP:AUTOBIO. "Editing a biography about yourself should only be done in clear-cut cases." Likewise, per WP:COI#Close relationships, creating a biography of your wife Karla Poewe‎ (or editing Christian apologetics‎ to mention her) is frowned upon. HrafnTalkStalk 19:16, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clear sources and footnotes 

message: I believe that the actual "notability" of this scholar is hardly the issue here is it? A quick search of Wikipedia easily turns up a number of some of his obvious colleagues, none of whose articles are challenged for appropriateness on that basis:
Eileen Barker,
David Bromley, 
Douglas Cowan,
Jeffrey K. Hadden, 
Reender Kranenborg,
J. Gordon Melton,
Anson Shupe, 
In fact, I obtained those names from a list in an article that originally contained Hexham as well.
Also, despite the fact that the recent edits were authored by an editor who chose to use "IrvingHexham" as his account name, I've not seen any direct evidence that in fact that editor actually is Irving Hexham, if someone has concrete evidence of that, I'd like to request that they present it here for other editors to examine. I'm going to leave the "compiled" template in place for the moment, but without sufficient supporting evidence (especially on the "notability" issue), I intend on removing it as inappropriate, to be replaced with the templates that were already in place. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 17:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Irving Hexham writes: my intervention here was to correct mistakes and add appropriate published refernces. Therefore, it does not violate policy. As far as the question of "notability" goes I use my own name and do not hide behind a pseudonym. As a well published author who is listed in the Canadian Who's Who I do qualify under the notable category. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irvinghexham (talk • contribs) 19:13, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Irving, I understand your position, but please WP:AGF. The article will get cleaned up and fixed. In the meantime don't exacerbate issues by accusing others of vandalism or edit warring. The outcome of that, especially when you are the subject of the article, is not positive. We66er (talk) 00:59, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Notability"? 

message: (moved off-topic comment to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Irvinghexham#Pseudonyms) Theserialcomma (talk) 03:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: moved comment

message: Border Crossings: Explorations of an Interdisciplinary Historian appears to be unpublished (it is not listed on either Google Books or Amazon). As such it would be unverifiable and unacceptable as a source. If somebody wishes to contest this, then I suggest that they post the ISBN number of this book.
Even if it is published, a long lines of 'Ibid's is unacceptable, both from the viewpoint of verifiability and from a Manual of Style viewpoint. I will be tagging them for lack of page numbers and would strongly suggest that when they are corrected WP:CITE#Shortened footnotes be used to replace this ugly repetition. HrafnTalkStalk 08:21, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct, the Ibids are not allowed under the Manual of Style.  It is also my understanding that the "12" is the page number.  Madman (talk) 20:16, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verifiability of source 

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