Talk:Michael Deibert

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This article was nominated for deletion on 16 September 2008. The result of the discussion was No consensus.

Opinion articles are citable only as specific opinions

Per WP:BLP the sentence making factual charges does not stand. It is all opinion, and the authors must be specified and qualified only as having opinions. Meanwhile, the only "factual error" enumerated in the cites was a person saying he did not recall attending a church service, which is not of sufficient weight for a BLP. One person did cite "typographical errors" which is decidedly not of any weight for a BLP. Cheers. Collect (talk) 11:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the input, Collect. I have been trying to bring this article up to speed for several days now. MultiWorlds (talk) 12:08, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

links to articles by....interviews by...interviews of...

I removed a large list of externals to such as the header suggests - wikipedia is not a link station, WP:LINKFARM - this article is supposed to be a biography of the life story of a notable person. Most such journalists imo are not really notable, they appear in the press because that is what they do for a living only. Has he won any major industry awards? There are links to his articles on his personal website,http://www.michaeldeibert.com/ that link is in the external link section and if readers want to see the articles he has written they can click on that. Off2riorob (talk) 10:42, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good edit, Off2riorob. I think the piece looks much better and less cluttered now. MultiWorlds (talk) 11:31, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Number of media outlets listed

The amount of publications listed borders on the excessive. A minor article about a journalist most well known for his 2001 to 2003 stint in Haiti, lists (and links to their Wikipedia pages) 12 media outlets. This is not re;levant and echoes M. Diebert's webpage and blog as linked to from within the article. An encyclopedic article should not read like a résumé. 22:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.26.134.114 (talk)

I think Diebert is better known for his book than his stint as a journalist in Haiti. I think it also lasted (at least the reporting) a lot longer than that, something like from 2000 or so to present. MultiWorlds (talk) 23:20, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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