Talk:Ren Pedersen

This page was proposed for deletion by Kb.au (talk · contribs) on 7 March 2018 with the comment:
Only a couple of bits of very minor coverage outside of local news. Unlikely to meet GNG. Also fails WP:NOTPROMO
It was contested by MattyB 1971 (talk · contribs) on 9 March 2018 with the comment:
Addressed issues raised by User:KB.au

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NPOV issues

Charity work section is far too long in my opinion, and contains biased language describing the history of Pedersen. It swings both ways as well, some is extremely supportive, and some is actively hostile. -REDACTED403 (talk) 02:30, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@REDACTED403

It appears to be a straight forward time line of plain facts and any criticism is sadly facetious.

The Charity Work section is a mere fraction of achievements, as acknowledged by the late Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and various official organizations.

There is zero hostility within an article that purely highlights positive actions from a simple dad trying to help give termanly sick brain cancer children a shot at life.

This damaging & disgraceful NPOV complaint is likely submitted by either Ren Pedersen's ex wife or someone aligned within her circles of bitterness and should be immediately retracted. 49.177.235.68 (talk) 06:13, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is not damaging, it is not disgraceful, the concerns raised are legitimate. You are also engaging in a personal attack (which is not tolerated on Wikipedia) by inexplicably characterizing an experienced editor as "Ren Pedersen's ex wife or someone aligned within her circles of bitterness" without any basis. Retract that accusation, and comment on the content, not the contributor.

Several entries are unsourced, and several more are sourced to primary sources including Pederson's own video on Youtube. There is unsubstantiated puffery in there too; it isn't neutrally written. I would advocate trimming it down drastically, removing all entries that are unsourced or cite only primary sources, and make it a section describing selected significant events that have been covered in secondary sources. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:38, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And there may be a bit of copyvio: [1] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:17, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anachronist is correct. In short, a WP-article about Ren Pedersen is supposed to be a summary of WP:RS about but independent of Ren Pedersen. If you haven't, take the time to read WP:BLP and Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:11, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]