User talk:LungImaging

November 2016
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Proposed deletion of Murray S Hoffman, MD


The article Murray S Hoffman, MD has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. red dogsix (talk) 22:10, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

November 2016
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed maintenance templates from Murray S. Hoffman. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Fylbecatulous talk 14:51, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Please be careful in the addition of references. In you added a "reference" which you claimed was from the website of the American College of Cardiology and that the publisher was the American College of Cardiology. In fact the website of the American College of Cardiology is at http://www.acc.org/, whereas the website you used was https://www.doximity.com which is apparently a website where individuals can publish their own profiles. I have therefore reverted your edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:43, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Your are right. apparently Doximity serves to publish members of the American College of Cardiology. According to a page that is actually a Doximity Wikipedia page Doximity information is verified. I would there for like to re-add the reference but can site it as a Doximity page rather than an ACC page Is there an objection to this? It would seem that if this is not a valid reference, then the Wikipedia page for Doximity should be eliminated as misrepresenting Doximity. I was incorrect in representing this as an ACC page. The mistake came from the fact that at the following web site Doximity serves as the portal to the ACC membership: https://www.doximity.com/pages/hospitals/dc/washington/american-college-of-cardiology?page=37&specialty_name=Cardiology LungImaging (talk) 05:05, 29 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Because the information is provided by the individual, such a reference would be liable to be tagged as Unreliable source. A reliable source needs to be independent of the subject.  The Doximity page confirms that it is a social networking site.  --David Biddulph (talk) 05:23, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, LungImaging. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Murray S. Hoffman, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 08:47, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Family details on Murray S. Hoffman
You seem to be getting absorbed in minute details of his family when the main body of the article is lacking any references at all. The family details are very unimportant. Theroadislong (talk) 23:35, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

I am adding the requested references as I find them. It is, I admit, quite surprising as to how little there is on the web regarding the details I am providing here. They are available via a phone call to the various institutions, etc. However, they have escaped from showing up anywhere on the internet. Given the lack of details available on the web would seem to justify pulling together the details here.

Just one more comment: I am only pulling up the detailed citations to the family since the reference to the family was eliminated because there were no citations. (I appreciate your ongoing comments) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LungImaging (talk • contribs) 23:43, 1 December 2016 (UTC) Thanks LungImaging (talk) 00:00, 2 December 2016 (UTC)