Talk:Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families

Unhelpful Article Vandalism


Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families has been reverted twice. Latest version prior to these edits is well sourced and two editors have deleted everything with the simple reason of it being "undue junk." If an admin could have a look, please. Dr42 (talk) 20:11, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * You basically turned it into a PR-palooza for Nicholas Alahverdian chock full of synthesized nonsense. GRINCHIDICAE🎄  20:14, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * If you do not want him referenced, that's fine. But the article was sourced and referenced properly. Let's remove all mention of him, that's fine. But not the entire article. Dr42 (talk) 20:24, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The usual cycle of WP:BRD ends in "discuss" not find an admin. However, if we are seeking administrative attention, some eyes on the concern raised here would be appreciated! ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 20:14, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * This is related to a recent oversight issue, and the OP is also suspected of sock-puppetry and COI issues. I agree with the content removals (they are not vandalism) and refrain from further comment. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 20:15, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

"Following these incidents, The Providence Phoenix asserted that those in power in Rhode Island so that foster care abuse and deaths can be prevented."
That's a sentence that was in the article and which was tagged with a clarification-needed-template. The source link is dead, but I found an archived version of the referenced article here (note that the link leads to page 3 of the article). I have added the missing archive link and the missing part of the sentence here on Wikipedia. However, I've hidden / commented out my additions and the above sentence as a whole because I don't think that it contributes much or anything to the article, and because the source does not appear to be reliable as it contains information that is known to be not true.

First, I'd like to post the original quote from the source that the above sentence was referring to:

"Your superior correspondents suggest that you and the “powers that be” in the state of Rhode Island should listen to what Nicholas Alahverdian has to say. We can and should do a better job because there is plenty of horror out there."

This statement doesn't seem to add anything to this Wikipedia article. Furthermore, it doesn't say that those in power should listen to Nicholas A. "so that foster care abuse and deaths can be prevented". This might be borderline WP:OR. The story of Nicholas A. is narrated on page 2 of the article here. However, it mentions that Nicholas A. had studied in Harvard, which is known to be a false claim. So, not sure whether this source and statement deserve inclusion on Wikipedia at all. Nakonana (talk) 18:14, 1 July 2024 (UTC)