User talk:ALKellermannMD

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Dear Wikipedia colleagues,

I am the subject of a wiki bio that has existed for a number of years. During that time, it has periodically been subjected to radical edited by individuals with a clear political agenda. The current version is not perfect, it is closer to the truth than most versions I've seen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kellermann

I know not to attempt to edit it or ask others to do so. However, I am writing to formally request that it be afforded a higher level of curation and editing protection than is typical for a wiki biography. My reason for asking is that over a span of roughly 25 years, I published a number of widely read research studies on the epidemiology of gun violence, and particularly the balance of benefits and risks of keeping one or more guns in the home. Although this work was funded by the CDC, the NIJ and other scientific agencies, was published in a number of the world's most rigorous peer-reviewed journals, and did not address gun control, it offended those who feel strongly that any research of this sort threatens gun rights. As a result, at various times my wiki bio has been radically altered to portray me in a harsh and highly innaccurate manner. Periodically, some kind soul returns and corrects the record. We appear to be in one of the corrective phases, as the current version cites an on-line essay on military health I published only 5 days ago.

It doesn't matter that my gun research accounts for less than one third of my scholarly publications, that I have since shifted the focus of my research and writing to militiary health or that my last editorial on firearm injury research was published in JAMA more than 4 years ago. As I am now dean of the US military's medical school - the leadership academy for miltiary health - a hit job on my bio could threaten my job or undermine support for my medical school. For this reason, I respectfully request a high level of curation so my bio can't be radically altered by someone with an ideological axe to grind.

Thank you for your consideration,

ALKellermannMD (talk) 01:17, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Dr. Kellerman (I'm going to assume this is really you), it would be helpful if you could identify precisely what is troubling you. I noted that there was one hit job, which was subsequently rewritten by . The more you are specific, the better we can employ the variety of tools we have to counter vandalism and distortion in biographies of living people. For our policies, please see WP:BLP--you may find this of interest, and it lays out the avenues we have for dispute resolution, for instance. The BLP is, for many admins and editors, the most important policy we have. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 01:21, 2 May 2017 (UTC)