User talk:Rickgmt

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Brooke Medicine Eagle
Please read WP:BLP, WP:VERIFY and WP:RS. You removed material that was critical of her but sourced, and added unsourced material, including a claim that she has a PhD from the "international University in Alternative Therapies" which doesn't even seem to exist. The language you used was also promotional, an encyclopedia needs to use objective language. Dougweller (talk) 08:26, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Quick response, need to go to bed. There's no slander, just reporting what other sources have to say. All these comments are found in reliably published sources, including the AIM bit (I don't understand "did you source this" as I gave my source. Are you going to answer my question about her PhD? Please read the links I've given. You can complain about the article at WP:BLPN if you think the criticism violates any of our policies and guidelines, but be careful about using any language that might suggest legal action as you could fall foul of our policy that if an editor suggests legal action they are blocked from editing until the legal action is resolved or the editor agrees they are not going to take such an action. I don't think that is what you meant, I'm just explaining how we work. Dougweller (talk) 23:18, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Doug I never threatened anything in my talk post or used the word slander. You did not answer any of my points. The questioning of Brookes Crow tribal registration says member of the Crow tribe question and goes to a dead link. I am not sure of the SW AIM quote from a 1984 article quoting a third party. I am researching if and when SW AIM even existed. I am searching AIM archives. The other reliable source is one person quoted by a third party in a published column in the Sonoma County Free Press. A unanswered charge by one person is hardly a reliable source it presents no evidence that Brooke ever presented her self as a traditional teacher. None of this is encyclopedia material and is very unfair to Brooke. Please help me correct her bio. I have no problem with what ever questions or charges that someone makes appear also as long as they are held to the same standard and I can challenge them. Rickgmt (talk) 18:14, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

I am working on the honorary PHD from "international University in Alternative Therapies" It definitely should be honorary and I am asking Brooke for the details.


 * You used the word slander on my talk page. Grimes's book meets our criteria as a reliable source. A book by an academic published by a well known academic press is clearly reliable. It takes a while to understand how Wikipedia works at times. If you can find an equally reliable source disputing this, put it on the article's talk page to discuss. Your own research can't be used on Wikipedia, see WP:NOR (you really need to read these links). I don't see how we can mention on honorary PhD before we can show the existence of this alleged university. And if it's honorary, why does she call herself Doctor?. Dougweller (talk) 22:01, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response Doug - I can only ask Brooke about the PHD and DR - I have dropped from the bio until details are confirmed - not sure how this works but can you review my revised bio at User:Rickgmt/sandbox Rickgmt (talk) 22:36, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

I see I did use the word slander on your talk page I was not accusing you and I apologize for the bad choice of words. Rickgmt (talk) 22:39, 16 March 2013 (UTC)