Talk:Zev Shapiro

Campaign manager
Hello. Are there references showing the Mr Shapiro managed a campaign other than Joyce Gerber in the 2013 Cambridge School Committee elections? This is the one referred to by the existing source, so I am currently unsure why you deleted these details that I added to the article. MrsSnoozyTurtle 04:41, 9 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello . Thanks for your message and clarification of this detail. Correct, I am not aware of any other campaigns and this is the one mentioned in all sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Islsfjdk (talk • contribs) 17:44, 10 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for clarifying this detail. Regards, MrsSnoozyTurtle 01:17, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Not Notable
This article doesn't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines (WP:NOTE). Most of Mr. Shapiro's work seems to be volunteer-based and not particularly extensive or relevant to the general public, aside from his involvement with an app that is not well-known. A lot of the included detail is highly specific, at a level which suggests that it was written autobiographically. For example, Mr. Shapiro promotes his own Wikipedia page via his Instagram account, and includes personal family information based mainly on obituaries and self-reported info. This would be a conflict of interest, per WP:AUTO. Recommend nominating for deletion. 129.64.0.35 (talk) 20:47, 29 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Many individuals have commented on the numerous disruptive edits from the user with IP address 129.64.0.35. This series of edits is just as disruptive. The user improperly changed a name which had already been addressed and resolved by administrator Barkeep49 on 6/30/2021 based on name change legal documents shared by subject. Shapiro is the legal name. Extensive sources are due to numerous back and forth with another user over past years during article development. Notability and other tags have already been addressed and removed by administrator BarKeep49 who cited "Credible claim of significance per the NPR source" and editors including Scoop creep who wrote, "Massive amounts of coverage on at least 3 possible 4 continents". Regards, Islsfjdk  — Preceding undated comment added 14:42, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Shapiro is clearly notable, passing WP:GNG. However the COI/Autobiography tags seem justified. See section below. Toddst1 (talk) 15:18, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Name change
Creating a separate section to address the name change referred to above:

The alleged name change is not supported in the article. If it's going to be in the article, it needs to be cited. I've tagged it as such. The NPR piece does not mention the name Shapiro. WP:BLPPRIMARY applies to situations like this. Toddst1 (talk) 15:18, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

WP:COI seems obvious
It seems and their declared alternate account  are WP:SPA accounts to edit this article and the subject's supposed relatives' articles. Several IPs have asserted that this article is an autobiography and the tag has been repeatedly removed.

There is this edit from who claims to be from the subject of this article. The timing of the first edits of Islsfjdk and Tealkiteringer seem much more than coincidental. That these 3 editors have "collaborated" on pretty much make it clear.

The WP:DUCK test says there is a WP:COI with the subject of this article that this is almost certainly an autobiography. Toddst1 (talk) 15:07, 19 December 2022 (UTC)