Talk:Craig Considine (sociologist)

Article's subject may be editing this article for self promotion.
Going through the edit history, a disproportionate amount of the contents of this article has been edited/provided by unregistered IP users located in the user's city/workplace. Combined with the significant coverage for a relatively minor adjunct professor, and the overwhelmingly promotional tone throughout the article - I suggest that the article subject has been editing this page without declaring so. If this is the case, I would encourage the article subject to desist and please review Conflict of Interest. Boredintheevening (talk) 16:16, 8 May 2024 (UTC)


 * After closely reviewing the article, I am struggling to see how the subject meets notability guidelines for academics, even generously interpreted. The sources referred to throughout the article are either from promotional content, the subject's personal blog/writing, or minor mentions in short news bulletins. Going through the notability guidelines point by point confirms this. The subject's scholarship seems to have had limited impact, subject has not received any highly prestigious honors or awards at national level, subject is not an elected member of a highly selective or prestigious scholarly association, subject has not had a major impact outside of academia, subject has not held any high level appointments in academia etc. Increasingly convinced that this is one of many academic vanity pages on Wikipedia. Boredintheevening (talk) 11:42, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I have rewritten the article to address much of the promotional tone. The article still reads like a resume. I remain convinced that the subject does not meet criteria for notability, and I would consider submitting this to AfD. I would appreciate other experienced editors' views on this. After trimming much of the promotional content in this article, it seems abundantly clear that the subject has had limited impact in academia. Perhaps a case can be argued for their impact elsewhere, but I remain unconvinced. I look forward to other experienced editors' insights following this clean up attempt. At the same time, I anticipate that it will not be long before we see more questionable editing activity from a Houston based IP address... Boredintheevening (talk) 00:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Once again, the article has been edited extensively by a Houston based IP user to skew this article in a more promotional direction. The user misrepresented sources and did not engage with their contents. I am considering asking for this article to be protected from IP edits because of the extent and recurrence of this issue. I note also that the photograph of the subject used in the article's infobox was uploaded by WikiMedia user Craig Considine, this is a direct indication that the article's subject has edited the page in the past. I appreciate that we shouldn't jump to conclusions, but I am unconvinced that this article is being edited in good faith.Boredintheevening (talk) 10:05, 26 May 2024 (UTC)