User talk:Dominus/Archive (2012)

Dear Dominus
I know you previously made some suggestions, so would you consider reading through the current state of Lavrenti Beria and giving your opinion at Talk:Lavrentiy_Beria? We're trying to get a consensus going on what should be included. Thanks! Bravo Foxtrot (talk) 07:51, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Merle Miller
Dear Mark, My name is Carol Hanley a/k/a Lorac72 and I was an associate and close friend of the author Merle Miller and the executrix of his estate. I am in possession of all his journals, correspondence, etc. None of the material that I use is from a text book. As you can see from the Reference section, I do cite my name. It is written by me!! As far as the allegations....if you read the entire text you will see that I do address the criticisms re the authenticity under the heading Plain Speaking. However, the bio that existed previously dealt with a number of allegations that could not be proven since both Truman and Miller are deceased. Merle didn't intend writing the book Plain Speaking as a definitive biography as you will learn from reading the same paragraphs under Plain Speaking. It was just to be a book of conversations. I felt that the Wikipedia page on Merle Miller should reflect his entire body of work and not just concentrate on an isolated controversy....

At the present time several of Merle's books are about to be republished and I feel that it is an injustice to his memory to have such negative information on his Wikipedia page.

Lorac72 (talk) 16:46, 9 March 2012 (UTC)Lorac72


 * Thanks for your reply. I have responded at Talk:Merle Miller. —Mark Dominus (talk) 18:04, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

As a past contributor to the Merle Miller article, I just wanted to post my concerns about Lorac's "rewrite" of the article. Much of it now sounds like promotional advertising for Miller rather than anything objective, and she has almost completely eliminated any reference to the legitimiate controversy over whether his book "Plain Speaking" was fiction. I noted that you were worried about her blanket removal of the American Heritage article, well she has completely eliminated it, and she mentioned in the article's talk page that the article (and controversy) is "old news", which it certainly isn't. As it stands the controversy over the book is no longer discussed, and has been reduced to a brief sentence. The rest of the article is, imo, now little more than promotional wording for Miller's career. IMO, the original article was more neutral and fact-based than her "rewrite". I just thought I would mention it here since you seem to have the same concerns about the quality of her rewrite and editing. Thanks for listening.70.145.229.162 (talk) 08:01, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The changes bother me also; the article will have to be cleaned up and a lot of peacock prose should be trimmed. I have put back the deleted material on the Ferrell controversy.  Hanley appears to have a conflict of interest.  Someone should go over the pre-Carol Hanley version and the current version to see what else has been removed that might need to be restored. —Mark Dominus (talk) 21:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)
Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:


 * Link to Survey (should take between 5-10 minutes): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N8FQ6MM

It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.

At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).

Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.

If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasit &#124; c 17:14, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Cycle index
Hi Dominus,
 * I've just finished refactoring cycle index. Could you take a look and see if I have adequately addressed your concerns with that page. If it still needs more work respond on the talk page. Thanks. Bill Cherowitzo  (talk) 03:34, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. The discussion is about the topic Mark Jason Dominus. Thank you. Rwxrwxrwx (talk) 18:57, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

RE: accusation of vandalism