Talk:Mark Pirie

Far too much unreferenced in a BLP
Quoted verbatim, here are the relevant Wikipedia guidelines for biographies of living persons:

Editors must take particular care when adding information about living persons to any Wikipedia page. Such material requires a high degree of sensitivity, and must adhere strictly to all applicable laws in the United States, to this policy, and to Wikipedia's three core content policies:
 * Neutral point of view (NPOV)
 * Verifiability (V)
 * No original research (NOR)

We must get the article right. Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be explicitly attributed to a reliable, published source, which is usually done with an inline citation. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion

In good faith, I have thus pruned out of the article all unreferenced material that is not "explicitly attributed to a reliable, published source". As noted I can do so in a BLP "without waiting for discussion". The WP:BURDEN guidelines state that the burden to provide evidence rests on the shoulders of the editor adding information, and that the editors must not re-add information removed because of lack of sources. The guideline say: "Any material lacking a reliable source directly supporting it may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source." So you must not simply restore the material! Provide neutral third-party reliable sources or leave the information out.

Best regards, George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 06:03, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

You have removed references to Auckland University Press. Not justified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.112.211 (talk) 09:36, 19 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Sign your posts. By the way I restored that one referenced point.George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 09:46, 19 November 2016 (UTC)