Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2008-09-30 Alan Roger Currie


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What's going on?
The original creator of this article wrote a page that was filled with blatant press release verbage. Anytime anyone attempts to remove the language that violates NPOV reverts it without any explanation. Lastly, removed the POV tag and  tags on unsourced statements without any explanation.

It is clear that *is* Alan Roger Currie - look on the Talk page for  and you will see that  works for modeone.net, which is Currie's company.

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The page for Alan Roger Currie has been maintained without interruption for almost a year, if not longer. Many editors have viewed this page, and found that it was fine. I spoke directly with at least two editors, to seek approval, and none of them had a problem with it. Now, all of the sudden, comes along, and starts making all sorts of changes, deletions, and modifications. I think this is something personal.

I do not work directly for modeone.net, but I am a friend of Book Author Alan Roger Currie. He is a well-respected author, and deserves to have his bio and story told. This is some sort of blatant, personal attack on Mr. Currie by Chicago Smooth (talk) 23:31, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

What would you like to change about that?
Either delete the page b/c it was created by Alan Roger Currie or ensure that this page is free from press release verbage and adheres to NPOV.

The page for Alan Roger Currie should have never been massively edited like it was by. This page was created in late July of 2007, and at least four or more editors viewed the page for Alan Roger Currie between August 2007 and December 2007, and none had any major problems with it. I believe this is some sort of "personal attack" on the author by. I recommend that the only thing that be deleted and/or edited out are those comments or pieces of information that blatantly violate a policy held by Wikipedia.org Chicago Smooth (talk) 23:19, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Mediator notes

 * The article lacks criticism or praise, and therefore doesn't deserve the  template.
 * As the content is unsourced, the template  is applicable.

Administrative notes

 * There exists a process to follow for article deletion if there is a case that wikipedia would be better off without the article
 * Articles should be edited to improve them, not to make a point.
 * All articles, and especially biographies of living persons, must be verifiable.

Discussion
If you look at the wiki pages for Mystery, David DeAngelo, Carlos Xuma, Ross Jeffries and others, you will see that the original version of Alan Roger Currie's page is very similar in theme. The page for Alan Roger Currie was created in late July of 2007, and I even asked for the opinion and approval of various editors between early August of 2007 and December of 2007. All editors who reviewed the page for Alan Roger Currie at that time said that it was fine.

It is my firm belief that the massive edits executed by is some sort of "personal attack." Chicago Smooth (talk) 23:46, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * First things first. Davidwiz, were they? Has the article been improved? Xavexgoem (talk) 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

- Is this mediation closed now?