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Editing by Nebraska Chief Information Officer

This edit was made by 164.119.66.30 (talk · contribs), which whois shows belongs to the Nebraska state Office of the CIO. RJASE1 ^Talk 19:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above IP, as well as User:Pearbo (who is adding peacock language to this article) would appear to possibly be Mr. Perry Pirsch, Mr. Osborn's deputy and general counsel. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#Shane Osborn. RJASE1 ^Talk 20:10, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have placed the following tags for the following reasons:

Advertising due to the "peacock" language written by the P.R. "flak" employed by the subject of the article, as noted on the Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Shane_Osborn;
Original research because it includes quotes from George W. Bush and others, without citing secondary sources, and in fact citing the subject's own recollections; and
Point of view because it has an awfully slanted point of view, even worse than others I've and others have tagged.

My suggestions on how to improve this:

Block the IP of the subject's office.
Prevent "ownership" stake by the subject or his emplyees.
Carefully monitor the article to keep on the tags until the article is improved.
Edit out the laudatory language.
Find reliable, secondary sources like newspaper articles and TV shows. Bearian 19:56, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]