Talk:Michael W. Allen

PROD?
Failure to clean up an article is not a PROD. Nor is the fact that the article is a duplicate of this one. Allen clearly has an interesting history in e-learning, including time on PLATO and Authorware. I suggest REDIRing this one to the other, and improving it. Clearly not a PRODable article. Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Indeed, Michael Allen (educator) now seems a redirect to Macromedia Authorware, but since he seems to have done some notable things before and after that, he can have his own article. Bot this one and a user draft User:Ajpahl/Michael W. Allen has a couple more sources for a more neutral article. I can take a first pass at that today I hope. W Nowicki (talk) 17:29, 4 July 2011 (UTC)


 * OK I started from scratch and tried to stick to a neutral tone with sources. A note about PLATO: sources say Don Bitzer led the effort at Illinois, although Allen was involved at CDC years later. Records are tough to verify from those days. W Nowicki (talk) 22:15, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
 * This article is certainly improved a lot since I prodded it. Mark   Dask  17:53, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your work on this article Maury. I added a bit to it in some areas. How do I post it now? Ajpahl (talk) 14:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)user: ajpahl


 * On my talk page User:Ajpahl indicated they worked for the subject of this article. This seems a conflict of interest, which is discouraged but not prohibited if extra care is taken to be neutral. I disagree with some edits, although these are minor compared to the outright promotion in previous versions. For example, no need to mention his name again and again as author of the books; they are in a section of books in this person's article so obviously he is going to be credited as author. And citing various pages of his web site and making them look like different sources is a bit misleading. Anyone can create a web site and claim they are "award winning" or provide consulting for "professionals" (who is going to say they would work for amateurs?). The user space draft would be a step backwards to promotion and I would vote to revert, but you are welcome to get more opinions. If you really did take the photo then it could be added with a minimal infobox (sans the promotion again). Anything like birthplace and for that matter birth year should be cited. Living people have even stricter rules for legal reasons. As for the photo, I understand how confusing the rules are, but it should have a more descriptive name, probably compressed into jpg, and uploaded into Commons if it is indeed free of copyright. (only once, no need to upload it three times). W Nowicki (talk) 16:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

More than happy to make the changes you suggested. Appreciate your feedback a great deal. In regards to the book titles, I was following the format you referred me to and was thinking the name seemed redundant. In regards to conflict of interest, I want this article to be neutral and don't feel there is a conflict of interest. Just want a neutral piece in the end and am working to achieve that goal. Thanks again! Ajpahl (talk) 23:17, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

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Vandalism? on 2018-02-12
Below is the text from before reversion, preserved in case it represents a legitimate biography. 38.66.193.5 (talk) 22:28, 2 March 2018 (UTC) (Timothy Obialo)

Michael W. Allen is an Irish millionaire, investor, owner / shareholder of many companies and philantorpist.

Background
Allen was born in 1963 in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. From a young age he had a keen interest in business but coming from a farming background his dream seemed impossible. Allen is a private man and wants his children to have a normal life in a normal school. from what we know he has four children and has been married for the last 23 years. Although Allen is a very wealthy man he drives normal cars and goes on modest holidays. All requests from newspaper interviews have been denied.

Companies, Properties and Shares
Allen is the proud owner of a 2000 acre property which boasts an impressive mansion. Although Allen is the owner of this estate, he does not live in it. Allen owns nearly half of Virgin Media,3 mobile and AIB. Allen alsohas set up several sucessful companies of his own.

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