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Latest comment: 9 years ago5 comments3 people in discussion
I would like to hear opinions from WIki editors on the the Plagiarism section. My take is that this is contentious material, it's not written in the spirit of neutrality, and it cites as its sources highly opinionated blog posts. I feel the section should be deleted. Other opinions would be greatly appreciated. JNorman704 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:10, 19 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
I say leave it, the article made specific claims such as the use of muffin covers for popsicles. While the other site points to various other sites that provide tips but are not affiliated. Silver163 (talk) 22:15, 19 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
To further clarify, plagiarism is a serious charge to make, and the site Brit Morin founded, Brit + Co., is up front about being a 'content curator,' something Mashable says everyone on the Web is in the Pinterest era. See http://mashable.com/2013/05/09/curator/. So the Plagiarism charge seems to me to be unfairly targeting Morin. I felt that deleting it was justified based on this from WP:BLP: "Contentious material about living persons (or in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion." JNorman704 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:54, 20 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
I'm a regular volunteer at the Third Opinion project and am responding to a request posted there. The rule here is stated in WP:BLPSOURCES, "Material should not be added to an article when the only sourcing is tabloid journalism. When material is both verifiable and noteworthy, it will have appeared in more reliable sources." Neither of the sources in the Plagiarism section are sufficiently high-quality and mainstream to support the contentious material in that section and the material must be removed under WP:BLPREMOVE. I ordinarily would not edit an article on which I give a Third Opinion, but this is one of those cases in which removal needs to be done immediately so I am removing that section. Please do not restore it without providing high-quality mainstream sources. If you wish to challenge this removal, please do so by posting an inquiry at the Biographies of Living Persons Noticeboard (BLPN) (you may point them to this diff) and obtain an opinion there before restoring the material. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 20:06, 22 July 2013 (UTC)Reply
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