User talk:PoliticalScientist1

January 2015
Hello, I'm C.Fred. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person   on Majid Rafizadeh, but you didn’t support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. ''Remember that the burden of proof is on the editor adding the material to the article. If you're going to assert that he's a student at a school, you must provide a reliable source that says so.'' —C.Fred (talk) 21:32, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

There is no proof he graduated form Harvard, either. The university (USF) does not have him listed in "current PhD" students at his request. You may call USF to confirm enrollment as is typical. If I could add a phone call on here, I would.


 * The rebuttal for that is, how do we know it's the same Majid Rafizadeh? And how do we know the screen grab is authentic and not fabricated? That's why the standard is to only use material from published reliable sources. —C.Fred (talk) 22:06, 29 January 2015 (UTC)


 * but the sources he sites, while published, are user created with no verification of his actual credentials. He writes his own bio and sources can only trust he is correct and likely use this page as verification.  Again, and this page is also self-generated.   C.Fred — Preceding unsigned comment added by PoliticalScientist1 (talk • contribs)


 * A quick look at the references section shows citations to the BBC, CNN, The Atlantic, and CTV. These are hardly user-created sources. —C.Fred (talk) 03:27, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

His BIO on those pages is user created. He has completely lied about his educational background. No one thought to question him. This wouldn't be the first time something like this has happened. Why would CNN question him? Look, Why don't you try searching USF faculty and staff directory. He isn't listed. WHY is that? It's because it is the policy of USF that student information is NOT privy to the general public, only those with USF logins. He is an instructor on a graduate student assistantship which is WHY he is an instructor. PhD students are required to teach lower level courses as a matter of course to help off-set their tuition coverage. Yet, he readily admits he is an instructor there. Further, his name is NOT "John Smith" where one could easily wonder if this is the same person. There is ONLY ONE Majid Rafizadeh associated the University of South Florida. Only ONE. Further, definitely only one with the Department of Government and International Affairs it is a very small department; and they all know this is him. C.Fred (talk) 03:27, 30 January 2015 (UTC)