Talk:Mike Russell (author)

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Notability, sources

I've restored notability and primary source templates to the article. Most of the sources are primary, and others are, for the most part, not considered reliable, per WP:NOTABILITY, WP:RELIABLE, and WP:BIO. I'm also wondering whether WP:COI is relevant here. 99.175.158.134 (talk) 05:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The links to Outlook Portland (a TV show that profiled Russell), along with the Comix Talk, Willamette Week and Oregonian coverage and the Nyberg interview should help clear the notability and reliability gaps, right? Comix Talk is a blog, sure, but the others are sizable publications/outlets. Herecomesaspecialboy (talk) 01:27, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Outlook Portland link I found appears to be not a profile, but a five minute segment in which Russell was one of two interviewees [1]; Comix Talk is a blog; I don't see the coverage in the Willamette Week; the Oregonian is his employer; the Nyberg interview appears to be on Russell's CulturePulp page, not an objective site; the reference to the Portland Timbers poster is trivial; and the personal life section is unsourced; that, the general knowledge of Oregon culture, the repeated primary links (the tendency toward self-promotion), and the coherence of the writing lead one to surmise that you are Mike Russell, and that this is an autobiography. Mike Russell may be notable, but there are enough issues at present to justify questions, among them conflict of interest. 99.175.158.134 (talk) 02:10, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Although it is curious that you would change the content from 'adopted daughter', referring to it as a factual error, to 'daughter'. 99.175.158.134 (talk) 02:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to leave you with the impression that I'm Mike Russell. I came across something in another article that mentioned the daughter and that *he's* the one who is adopted, not her. I messed that up. Maybe the personal section should be deleted entirely? I'll get rid of some of the primary links and will add some other sources I found, which should tighten this up. You'll need to give me some time though. Feel to edit if you feel the article needs more of a neutral tone. Herecomesaspecialboy (talk) 20:16, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your explanation--my pardon for jumping to conclusions. But if there's an article that mentions personal life content, why haven't you included that as a source? Where is that article? It's a good idea to remove the links to his website as inline sources. If I have time I'll copyedit. 99.175.158.134 (talk) 11:45, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I decided to omit the daughter stuff and focused on his adoption instead. There's now a citation for that. I also added some stronger citations from Editor and Publisher + io9 elsewhere in the text. I'm hoping this article is good to go now. Herecomesaspecialboy (talk) 21:00, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]