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Proposed deletion of Bonnie Anderson (Episcopalian)


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GTS lockout and Michaelmas
Hi Carolyn,

You recently added a new subsection to General Theological Seminary regarding the recent faculty lockout. I think you did a good job being circumspect and just summarizing what has been reported, so bravo for that.

In your most recent change however, you (re)added the words Michaelmas Day modifying the September 29 date of the Executive Committee email, which I had removed in a prior edit, and this is not okay. The fact that they sent the email on September 29 had to do with the timeline of events as they were happening, and nothing to do with the fact that that day happens to be Michaelmas Day. But that's not why I removed it (although that would've been sufficient grounds). The reason I removed it, is because it violates Wikipedia guidelines for usage of inline sources.

In your edit summary, you said, "Not sure what 'failed verification' means...". Failed verification means that a given reference does not support the claim made in the article, and that the statement should be removed, or a proper source found for it. You can find a more detailed description of this at Template:Failed_verification. You're right, of course, that September 29 is in fact, Michaelmas, but the sources you provide don't say that. Based on Wikipedia guidelines WP:Original research and WP:Synthesis, you can't just add it extraneous information that wasn't in the source based on your own knowledge, and you can't combine multiple different sources to come up with it.

In this particular case, the source you gave to support Michaelmas Day is General Seminary trustees release first statement on conflict. This source says, in a post dated September 30, "Yesterday...the Executive Committee... voted... to accept the resignations of eight members of the Seminary faculty." It does not say anything about Michaelmas. The fact that it doesn't say anything about it, means it "failed verification", even if you know perfectly well what day Michaelmas day falls on.

Your most recent change also added a new reference, with the calendar showing "Michaelmas" term starting date, in an attempt, I presume, to justify the "Michaelmas" term here. However, this also fails verification, as your calendar source shows the fall term starting September 2, not September 29. (Even if it said September 29, it would still be impermissible because this would consititute prohibited original research based on WP:Synth.) As this is an encyclopedia, my understanding is that you would have to find a reference which said the Executive Committee sent their email on "Michaelmas Day, September 29" or similar, and not work this out yourself by prior knowledge or by consulting multiple references.

Thus, your first change is not supported by the reference but I've left it in for now and simply tagged it with the Failed verification template. What you can do to improve the situation, is to find a source that says that the Committee sent their message on Michaelmas Day, September 29, and add the reference. The second reference, the calendar, also fails verification (it says September 2) and just seems irrelevant, as it doesn't have anything to do with the Committee's letter (other than to try to support the "Michaelmas Day" date if it were correct, which it isn't). That second ref should just be removed. Mathglot (talk) 09:33, 6 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi, got your reply on my Talk page.
 * Hi, I'm not sure why you're stuck on this.
 * I'm not at all "stuck" on it, it's fairly minor, but I do try to follow WP principles, one of which is no Original Research, a portion of which is Synthesis. The point is, do you disagree with my comment--are you saying that there is no WP:OR here so it doesn't need to be sourced, or are you saying something else?
 * ...referring to an event in an Episcopal seminary on "September 29" is like saying something happened on "December 25" - correct, but clunky and strange-sounding
 * I don't agree. Everybody (in the West) reading the article knows what day Christmas Day is; try taking an opinion poll two blocks away from the Seminary and ask them what Michaelmas is, much less what day it falls on.  I venture to say a tiny minority would ever have heard of the word. Further, If the event in question (the firing letter) had something to do with a religious event, or something that was tied to a religious calendar, including start of term, for example, then you would have some support for your argument.  But this isn't the case here.  The September 29 date here has nothing to do with Michaelmas--it's merely coincidental and due to the timetable of the flow of events occurring at the seminary. September 29 happens to be the day that the Executive Committee acted in response to faculty walk-out and voted to accept faculty resignations, but had the faculty members acted a couple of weeks earlier or later, then the whole timetable would've been shifted back or forward and the Committee would have voted on some other day.  The fact that it occurred on September 29 has no particular significance (unless you can come up with a reference that says otherwise).
 * It would not be "original synthesis" to name the elephant in the room and note that the event took place on Christmas Day, even if it were not a "Christmas event".
 * The date of Michaelmas is not common knowledge outside certain groups, the way, say, that Christmas day could be identified by anyone irrespective of religion. I daresay most people have never heard of Michaelmas let alone know the date. (I know of it primarily through Jane Austen novels.)
 * (And given that we are already seeing calls to re-hire the "Michaelmas 8" it's hardly my own personal lark).
 * I never said it was your personal lark--I am requesting that we provide sources, that is all. Providing a reference to "re-hire the 'Michaelmas 8'" would be a good choice.
 * Anyway by your logic, the entire reference would have to go, but you left in the line about it being the traditional first day of the year (i.e. of Michaelmas term): if you're going to do that, you might as well go whole hog; simply removing the word 'Michaelmas' would not bring the article into compliance, assuming you're right about OR.
 * You're quite right, by that logic it should go, but I left it in there because it's fairly minor, and I didn't want to start an edit war, and because the point is to improve the article, not to remove stuff right away without giving someone a chance to fix it. So instead, I merely marked the two places inline where I thought sources were needed using the  template, and linked it to the comment on your Talk page.  The best solution would be to just add the sources.  Alternatively, if you think I'm mistaken and you don't think sources are required, please explain why.  Perhaps I am wrong.
 * Yes, North American institutions normally start the academic year after Labour Day, even those (like my own and GTS) which hew to the traditional terminology: I don't seem to see the significance in that that you do but still, that's why I tweaked that so as to avoid OR. 
 * I don't see any significance in the academic year start date, either. The text in question has nothing to do with the term start date--it has to do with the date that the Executive Committee of GTS fired or accepted the resignation of striking faculty.
 * You seem to be prepared to grant all of that...
 * Yes.
 * ...and yet adamant about removing the one word that could be confirmed by looking at a calendar.
 * Setting aside the judgment inherent in adamant, you're only half right about what I am saying: the "one word that could be confirmed by looking at a calendar" should either be removed (since it was nowhere in the source you gave and thus "failed verification") or it should be sourced.  If "you are adamant" about keeping that word in, and also not finding a source for it, it seems to me you are in violation of WP:SYN.
 * I'm not trying to pick a fight with you, I'm just trying to improve the article while adhering to WP Policy and Guidelines concerning sources. It seems to me that the date the firing letter was sent landed by chance on September 29 due to the timeline of events unfolding at GTS and had nothing to do with the fact that Michaelmas is September 29.  Perhaps I'm mistaken about that--in that case, the word should be left in, and sourced.  Failing that, it should be removed.  A great outcome would be if you could simply find a Reliable source that says the Committee sent out the letter on Michaelmas, and put it in the article.
 * This really does not need to be contentious and I'm frankly a little baffled.
 * I think you are misconstruing disagreement as contentiousness. Yes, it seems that we disagree on a point of terminology in the article. That doesn't mean the world is coming to an end--editors are bound to disagree about things, and there are Wikipedia Guidelines to resolve disagreements.  Perhaps one of us is mistaken, or perhaps it's a gray area and nobody is wrong exactly. I'm not disagreeing with you based on my own personal opinions about whether "Michaelmas" is a good way to describe September 29th in the context of an Episcopalian institution--I'm disagreeing based on my reading of what Wikipedia policy and guidelines have to say about this, and it looks to me like OR or Synthesis, unless it can be sourced.  Talk pages are here for editors to work such things out.  It seems to me you make great contributions to articles, and there's no reason to assume that someone who disagrees with you about how best to improve an article is merely being ornery or contentious. That's another Guideline, in fact, assuming good faith on the part of other editors is one of the Five Pillars and a fundamental guiding principle of Wikipedia, so please assume that I am acting in good faith for the betterment of the article, as I assume you are.
 * Now, as far as improving the article: would you be okay with looking around to find some reliable source to add as a reference to support the use of Michaelmas in the article, and if one cannot be found, with removing the references?  If not, do you have an alternative way to resolve this? Mathglot (talk) 02:01, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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