User talk:Nicolas Oresme

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Hope to see you around the Wiki! If you have any questions whatsoever, feel free to contact me on my talk page! &infin; Who ? &iquest; ? 07:40, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Oresme.jpg
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Nicolas Oresme source
I recently came across the sources for the article Nicolas Oresme. It appears that the article is based almost entirely on a web page and a book written by Dr. Ulrich Taschow and published by a publishing firm which he controls. This violates the Wikipedia guideline on Reliable sources. If these items were posted by Ulrich Taschow or one of his agents, this would also violate the fundamental Wikipedia prohibition of original research

Perhaps you would like to contribute to the discussion at Talk:Nicolas Oresme. --SteveMcCluskey 02:56, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Having thought over the matter this weekend, it seems that the most reasonable procedure would be to remove the additions to the Nicolas Oresme article based on the work of Ulrich Tacschow, and revert the article to the state of the revision as of 19:54, 6 July 2005, when it was listed as a mathematics stub. In addition to that I would add the image of Oresme and a listing as a history of science stub.  It's a shame to do such drastic editing, but if we are to maintain a trustworthy encyclopedia, articles must conform to Wikipedia policy on sources.
 * I hope you will comment soon on these proposed changes. --SteveMcCluskey 01:01, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Please disregard my comments above. I have since found the original source of Taschow's material, his doctoral dissertation in musicology of 2001. --SteveMcCluskey 16:06, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Since this is a Single purpose account, advancing the opinions of a single, fringe author who may be associated with the account, there is strong suspicion that these edits also violate the Conflict of interest guideline. I intend to take steps similar to those suggested above. --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 06:32, 1 January 2010 (UTC)