Talk:David P. Weber

DYK nomination
On March 2, 2013, DYK. I did not make this nomination. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:35, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Copy Edit and issues
Dear Fellow Editors, IP editors are removing and changing text. This text is supported by the references following the text. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:31, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Possible close paraphrasing
I ran this article through Earwig's copyvio detector, which gave back several sources with wording very close to this article. Here are some of the articles:
 * http://www.uticaod.com/x1674229145/UC-grad-now-with-SEC-to-speak-at-college
 * http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/11/27/sec-staffers-took-laptops-with-critical-market-info-to-hacker-conference
 * http://onlinemba.umd.edu/resources/faculty/david-weber/
 * http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/executive-education/who-does-it/meet-our-facilitators/david-weber
 * http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-16/business/chi-nyse-hires-former-homeland-security-chief-20121116_1_general-jon-rymer-black-hat-convention-sec-staffers
 * http://www.senseoncents.com/2013/06/sex-lies-stupidity-oh-my-sec-whistleblower-david-weber-vindicated-and-receives-huge-ettlement/
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/david-kotz-conflict-of-interest_n_1944205.html
 * http://www.cic.edu/Programs-and-Services/Programs/Woodrow-Wilson-Visiting-Fellows/Pages/David-P.-Weber.aspx
 * http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-10-09/sec-watchdog-cites-report-as-proof-he-s-not-a-security-threat

I believe this article needs to be checked for close paraphrasing of these sources. —/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 13:42, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I just ran Earwig's copyvio detector and you must have done a good edit job to reduce the similarity because I got this. also, which way was the coping. Geraldshields11 (talk) 00:34, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

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http://www.law360.com/securities/articles/448631/sec-settles-ex-official-s-wrongful-termination-suit-	3.80% http://www.businessownersnetworking.com/Julie_Goodwin_Weber.html	3.80% http://www.oge.gov/Laws-and-Regulations/Employee-Standards-of-Conduct/Employee-Standards-of-Conduct/	2.90% http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000115752311007107/a50100954ex10_1.htm	2.00% http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2013/07/18/Watchdog-Finds-SEC-Did-Not-Properly-Vet-Contractors.aspx	2.00% http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/matt-taibbi-lurid-sex-and-corruption-scandal-sec	1.00% http://www.dcbar.org/find_a_member/results.cfm	1.00% http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/9260405/Top-SEC-investigator-David-Weber-put-on-leave-over-gun-comments.html	1.00% http://www.40actblog.com/2012/12/sec-general-counsel-to-resign-from-the-sec.html	1.00% http://ntst.umd.edu/soc/	1.00% https://ntst.umd.edu/soc/	1.00% http://www.md.ngb.army.mil/absolutenm/templates/?a=756&z=41	1.00% 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 * 30-40% isn't good. It just means that this article isn't a blatant copy/paste of the content from those other sources. There's still a pretty clear close paraphrasing issue, which isn't so much a problem of copyright but plagiarism. Earwig's Copyvio Tool is a help because it demonstrates that there are blocks of text that are simply cribbed from other sources, and further looking makes it clear that the citations to those sources are inadequate.
 * And frankly speaking, from a Wikipedia perspective, when the sources from which blocks of text are being cribbed are academic or professional bios published by someone affiliated with the subject, it raises people's hackles around here. In short, we need to ensure that this article is objectively written (this goes to the autobiography warning at the top of the page). —/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 20:02, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120824104357/http://www.sec-oig.gov:80/Reports/Semiannual/2012/OIG_SAR_Spring2012.pdf to http://www.sec-oig.gov/Reports/Semiannual/2012/OIG_SAR_Spring2012.pdf

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U Maryland
I changed wording to match the University of Maryland sources. See https://ccjs.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Weber/David ("lecturer") and https://ccjs.umd.edu/landing/About%20Us ("adjunct faculty"). Not "professor" and "faculty" like for example https://ccjs.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Dugan/Laura; https://ccjs.umd.edu/landing/About%20Us. Text of articles must match sources. E goldstein (talk) 14:55, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Academic ranks in the United States. E goldstein (talk) 15:42, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Weber may teach a class for CCJS, but he is a Smith School faculty member. The University of Maryland has very specific rules for titles, and for those teaching in professional degree programs (ie, Accounting, Law, others that require licensure, the title is professional track faculty. PTK faculty titles in the instructional series are called lecturers.  https://pdc-svpaap1.umd.edu/policies/ntt_titles.html.  This policy first started in 2015, and can be read about extensively here:  https://faculty.umd.edu/appointment/new-titles.html JackinMD (talk) 21:36, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

UMD as source
A person's employer is not considered to be an third party source independent of the subject. Identifying_and_using_independent_sources. It is fine for things like education or classes taught or other basic facts (even if it all probably came from the subject himself) but not everything. In this case it is hard to tell what to make of a nomination for an award that can be made by sending an e-mail, http://aaahq.org/FIA/Calls, and just because the employer mentions it that's not enough to repeat it, verbatim, here. If it's an important and notable award then someone will report on the winner. E goldstein (talk) 11:45, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Recent activities / CV items
Wikipedia articles aren't the place for the subject of an article to add material reciting whatever public exposure he has most recently received, or other recent professional events he's been involved in. These is an encyclopedia articles about a notable subject, not his personal curriculum vita. When these kinds of events begin to receive more than passing third party coverage, then they are appropriate for inclusion. (Many of the other events in this article easily qualify.) A professional association's own link to its own podcast isn't an indication that something matters, but rather just that it has happened. It's one podcast, not a "significant development". If it is significant, it will garner coverage; and then a disinterested editor, unaffiliated with the subject, can add it. Oh and by the way, it's not "vandalism" to disagree on points such as this so don't call it that. E goldstein (talk) 17:00, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Over the years this article has been the focus of attention by more than half a dozen "single purpose accounts" (see WP:SPA) whose only interest appears to be editing this article and articles related to the subject. See the contributions of these many editors:
 * Special:Contributions/Topgman2
 * Special:Contributions/216.15.36.135
 * Special:Contributions/69.108.105.151
 * Special:Contributions/RussianBear2014
 * Special:Contributions/AnthonyPelicano
 * Special:Contributions/JackinMD
 * Special:Contributions/100.36.229.246
 * Special:Contributions/Samuel_Shaw
 * Special:Contributions/SamuelShaw2017
 * It's very unlikely that a bunch of different independent editors would come to Wikipedia, create accounts, come to this one article to edit, and then retire from the encyclopedia forever, as so many of these editors have done. Far more likely it is a series of associates of the subject, or the subject himself, come to edit the page in ways favorable to the subject.  This kind of manipulation is forbidden on Wikipedia, and it is probably why the autobiography and conflict of interest notices have remained on the page.  Read WP:COI.
 * I emphasize it's not the function of an encyclopedia article to list every media mention that the subject of an article receives, and these most recent efforts, to add references (in two different places) to Weber's "special relationship" with Madoff looks a whole lot more like self-promotion than an objective, impartial attempt to impart information about the subject. Oh and again it's not "vandalism" when editors disagree so knock that off too.  E goldstein (talk) 17:25, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Even though the material seems borderline to me, in the spirit of compromise I have consolidated the citations and moved mention to the part of the article where the teaching relationship with Madoff was already mentioned. The material certainly doesn't belong in the lead, where only the most important and basic features of the article are summarized.  E goldstein (talk) 17:30, 13 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Absolutely correct. There has been a long-running effort to push the ongoing prominence of this article subject far beyond the main thing for which he is remembered—the SEC whistleblower case. Keep an eye out for sockpuppets on here as well. —/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 02:35, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Libelous and unsourced materials
An unnamed user 174.66.67.154 persists in trying to add libelous material to this article that is either unsourced or poorly sourced, and thus is a BLP issue or vandalism. It also appears to be an SPA, as the person has made no edits other than to this article. Please refrain from doing so in violation of rules. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.21.166 (talk) 16:08, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Resignation from the University of Maryland
The circumstances leading up to Weber's resignation are reliably and independently sourced, with at least two of them including comments from Weber and / or his attorney. This information may be unwelcome to the subject of the article (and has been previously removed by anonymous editors), but there is no (sourced) reason to conclude that it is incorrect. The description in the article tracks the sources and does not use inflammatory language - IMHO its inclusion is proper and not in violation of WP:BLP. If others disagree, I suggest that we head straight for WP:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard rather than launch a cycle of reverts. JohnInDC (talk) 12:09, 17 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Two of your citations are the same article (WAMU, republished at inside highered). So its not three sources.  And, Weber stated through counsel that he could not respond because university counsel would not let him.  This is not well sources and unbalanced reporting.  Obviously, if it was true, he would not have been hired by two other universities in the same maryland system.  This needs to be on the noticeboard.  Even if properly sourced, this is libelous content because none of the three stories are able to present weber's position other than a statement from weber's attorney stating he disagrees with the allegations of the students.  The other question, also from instructions on BLP, is whether any of the supposed allegations are even relevant to what Weber is known for, which is not teaching at UMD. 2601:156:8080:3AB0:51AD:7F79:BA81:ED1F (talk) 00:28, 18 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Well, no. The Higher Ed article refers to the WAMU reporting but is otherwise a new article, adding reporting of its own (obtaining a copy of a message allegedly sent by Weber on the school's learning management system) and new information not in the WAMU article (that Weber was found to have violated the school's nondiscrimination policy in 5 of the 7 reported incidents; and that the Dean of the Business School sent a personal apology to the affected students).  If this article is going to describe Weber's teaching history in some detail (as it does) then it is certainly relevant at least to note the circumstances, as reported by these reliable sources, under which he left one of those positions.  JohnInDC (talk) 00:43, 18 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I started to prepare a BLP Noticeboard entry but see that it seeks a description of why the material violates BLP. Since I don't believe that it does, I will leave the undertaking to you.  Please drop a note here or on my Talk page when you've done that.  Thanks.  JohnInDC (talk) 00:52, 18 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I looked at the noticeboard talk page and concluded that it would not be inappropriate for me to raise the BLP issue even though I'm the one advocating for inclusion. Here is a link to the report so that you can add your views.  WP:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard. JohnInDC (talk) 02:52, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

COI tag (May 2024)
Weber or someone associated with him has been editing articles related to him based on common edits. These edits include Death of Jeffrey L. Smith. Morbidthoughts (talk) 09:26, 18 May 2024 (UTC)