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The Globe spotlight article is a great source, but its contents require thoughtful and thorough documentation in the article to maintain neutrality within Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons. Please discuss here before re-adding a one-sentence summary of the article. I am working to give this source and others a properly fleshed out writeup to add to this article which abides by policy. Mangocove (talk) 20:25, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There’s a significant amount of critical coverage published in major newspapers, so several well-sourced paragraphs detailing it would not violate BLP policy. Feel free to go into as great detail as possible. Thriley (talk) 20:36, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, that is my aim! I would prefer to add well-sourced and detailed information rather than a one-sentence summary which could be construed as biased under policy. Mangocove (talk) 20:44, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've dropped everything to write several paragraphs from the Globe article to avoid what I anxiously thought might come to an edit war. I just published the edit. There is more work to be done with more diverse sources but hopefully that will sate some people's urge to have that immediately included. Mangocove (talk) 21:29, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ohthatpaul please discuss here before you add the Globe Spotlight mention to the intro again. Your wording may violate Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons, specifically neutrality. I've added detailed info from the Globe investigation in a section further down, and plan to work on adding more info on the Congressional investigation with mention of patient deaths, which you are free to help with. I agree with you that this information is important to include - however we need to be careful about tone to avoid the entire article being deleted. Mangocove (talk) 14:54, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks. No policy violation intended, I'm just indignant that yet another CEO is so obviously not worth the money. de la Torre's case is particularly galling in that he hasn't just mismanaged Steward Healthcare, he's plundered it for satisfaction of the grossest of personal appetites -- yacht travel and Caribbean junkets (Steward Healthcare is a Boston-based hospital group) -- and simultaneously overseen the application of healthcare so substandard that over a dozen patients died, and died specifically from receiving care that was documented as not meeting the minimally acceptable standard. So de la Torre is not just, objectively and according to evidence from multiple investigations, a sleazebag, but he's also representative of two major uniquely American problems: #1, outrageous executive compensation and bad behavior tolerance completely disconnected to said executive's performance and effect on the organization; and #2, American healthcare, which is simultaneously BOTH the most expensive in the world and has the worst outcomes in the world. Ralph de la Torre is a living vice and unworthy of anything but the most excoriating Wikipedia article. Ohthatpaul (talk) 20:38, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I absolutely agree with you - I live and work in an area heavily affected by Steward's alleged mismanagement and unethical business practices, which are inextricably linked to de la Torre's decisions and actions as founder and CEO. I've personally worked hard over the past several months painstakingly expanding the Steward Health Care article - which, if you look at the edit history, was previously written like an advertisement and being edited by users with names as opaque as "shcare2" - and am focused on bringing the same energy to this article. It is at times very difficult to stay subjective and neutral with a subject like this, however it is critical. Wikipedia's policies on biographies are strict (which is not only to legally protect the Wikimedia Foundation, but also to protect the rights of individuals), and as a result, if written without careful tone, there may be grounds for admins to delete the article altogether if de la Torre or a proxy of his submitted a request. All we can do is vigorously document established facts in as neutral a tone as possible, ensuring that reliable references are attached when we add new information. Obviously you are as free as everyone else to edit this article, just be careful! And I am always more than happy to help if you ping me, even if you've just found a new news article or the like and want someone else to add and do the writing.
You may be happy to see that I have expanded the article a bit today. I will be adding more soon, including information about his skipped subpoena and the progress of contempt charges. Mangocove (talk) 18:55, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You are right on top of it, thank you!! And I appreciate your explaining the importance of neutrality and better understand it now. Thank you for your work. Ohthatpaul (talk) 18:59, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
