Talk:Philippe Bourgois

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The article asserts that Bourgois is considered a neo-Marxist, but the reference cited does not provide any support for this assertion, in that in the referenced interview, neither the interviewer or Bourgois himself discuss neo-Marxism, and the word Marx appears only once as a tangential reference to things discussed in Central America. Neither does Bourgois refer to Marx at all on his web site. A better reference should be found, or the assertion should be removed. Zzabbitz (talk) 13:49, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Reference duly added. I should note that this is a fairly unexceptional claim and not--as Zzabbitz seems to suggest--some sort of accusation. 171.67.129.208 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:56, 21 January 2009 (UTC).

Article issues

 * This article is a BLP. Five of the references are from "Bourgois, Philippe". Two of the sources are repeats of two others. One reference and one general source are interviews.


 * WP:BLPSELFPUB (#5): The article is not based primarily on such sources.
 * WP:SIGCOV (General notability guideline): Multiple publications from the same author or organization are usually regarded as a single source for the purposes of establishing notability.
 * Interviews are considered primary sources.
 * WP:SELFCITE: Using material you have written or published is allowed within reason, but only if it is relevant, conforms to the content policies, including WP:SELFPUB, and is not excessive. -- Otr500 (talk) 14:46, 11 November 2023 (UTC)