User talk:Sethwhite1/Curtis Bonk

Curt Bonk's biography was requested here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Biographies

The request has been around since before 2-16-2008:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080625092833/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Biographies

Since I have known Dr. Bonk for 10 years, and attended several of his talks, I thought I should post his bio, which is available online from dozens of websites. I added the references myself, but almost none of the content is original.

Someone has tagged the article as an autobiography. I am certainly not Dr. Bonk. Someone also tagged the article as written like a résumé. Would it help if I added more references?

This was my first Wikipedia submission. Please let me know how this article can be improved.

Sethwhite1 (talk) 04:38, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

changes made to hopefully make the article less like a resume
In response to this article being tagged as 'too much like a resume', I removed a lot of content, and added several references. I could easily cite multiple sources for every sentence if that would help. I personally think the article was better before I made these changes, but I am new to Wikipedia.

In my opinion, the article should include more information about Dr. Bonk's career as a popular conference speaker. This is why he is world famous. I think it should also include more information about his books, especially his 2009 book The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education. However, I can understand that this information might seem like ‘resume’ material, so I removed it.

Hopefully someone will decide that this content is actually appropriate for a biography, and edit it back in?

Sethwhite1 (talk) 14:56, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Dr. Bonk requested I remove this article
Dr. Bonk requested that I remove this article because I know him and used to work for the company he recently sold. It is Dr. Bonk's understanding that I am not allowed to contribute his biography article to Wikipedia. Dr. Bonk indicated that someone else could edit the biography page back in, but he does not want me involved. Sethwhite1 (talk) 00:38, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Bonk Article
You can write the article, that's not a problem. You just have to keep it objective and neutral. Refer to other biographies, see the style that they are written in and try to emulate the style. You worked hard on it and had many references, so just adopt certain guidelines and it'll be fine.

Check out, Biographies of living persons. --El Mayimbe (talk) 01:15, 30 July 2010 (UTC)