Talk:Stephen Schlesinger

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COI tag (March 2024)

See the page's history--many of the editors have usernames similar to Stephen Schlesinger. 🇺🇲JayCubby✡ plz edit my user pg! Talk 19:49, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two: First from 2008-2021 and second from 2021-present. Much of content added by these accounts deleted in March 2024 for not being referenced. David notMD (talk) 13:08, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Under AUTHOR, the Wikipedia page on Stephen Schlesinger reads:

(1) "Warren Hoge in The Sunday New York Times Book Review termed it "a tale of dirty tricks, the manipulation of public opinion, the smearing of the precious few journalists who managed to sense what was really going on and of foreign policy that borrowed more from Doonesbury than diplomacy." Source:https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/07/books/foreign-policy-with-a-big-stick.html

(2) "The American Ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke, writing in The Sunday New York Times Book Review, observed: 'A superb book that reconstructs this drama with great lucidity and illuminates its contemporary relevance."

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/books/last-best-hope.html

(3) "In a front-page review in The Sunday Times Book Review, Maureen Dowd wrote Schlesinger was 'unleashed' in his diaries and said that 'It's hard not to like a book that expounds on Marilyn Monroe on one page and the Monroe Doctrine on the next.' Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/books/review/Dowd-t.html

MORE TO COME Sr2v5 (talk) 16:41, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to insert these footnotes in the Stephen Schlesinger biography -- see, above, the footnotes which were sent on March 8th. I am unsure how to proceed with this. Thank you for your assistance. Sr2v5 (talk) 15:51, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like nobody has answered your edit request, you may need to file it thru the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard/COI. 🇺🇲JayCubby✡ plz edit my user pg! Talk 15:57, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did as you suggested and went to Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard/COI nothing happened. I am now at a loss about how I am going to be able to footnote the Schlesinger entry. Is there anybody at Wikipedia who can help me? Sr2v5 (talk) 13:07, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sr2v5 What I think may have happened is you filled in "Page 2" on the COI wizard form, rather than Stephen Schlesinger. You should just be able to copy and paste your previous statement in.

Try this link 🇺🇲JayCubby✡ please edit my user page! Talk 15:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I actually earlier filled out a Page 1 with two footnotes for the Schlesinger Wikipedia entry. Since then, I have heard nothing back. There has been no subsequent appearance of these two footnotes on the Schlesinger page. As to Page 2, I will follow your suggestion, but I fear that the same thing will happen to Page 2 as has happened on Page 1 -- namely no response and no footnote appearing on the Wikipedia entry. Sr2v5 (talk) 15:54, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

COI edit request

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined.

What I think should be changed: The line under "Author" which states the following: "Warren Hoge in The Sunday New York Times Book Review called it 'a tale of dirty tricks, the manipulation of public opinion, the smearing of the precious few journalists who managed to sense what was really going on and of foreign policy that borrowed more from Doonesbury than diplomacy.'"
Why it should be changed: There is no footnote from the publication that reviewed the book.
References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button): https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/07/books/foreign-policy-with-a-big-stick.html

Steve3592 (talk) 17:48, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined.

What I think should be changed: The line under AUTHOR which states "The American Ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke, writing in The Sunday New York Times Book Review, observed: 'A superb book that reconstructs this drama with great lucidity and illuminates its contemporary relevance.'"
Why it should be changed: There is no footnote from the publication that reviewed the book.
References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/books/last-best-hope.html

Steve3592 (talk) 17:59, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The quote seems to be purely promotional in nature - better if it was removed altogether rather than a source be added. Axad12 (talk) 06:47, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I suggest that you try to find some sources for the factual content of the article (e.g. proof that various events occurred), rather than trying to add sources for promotional text? The lack of proper sourcing in this article is very poor indeed. Axad12 (talk) 06:54, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Done: as the request is purely promotional in nature. Axad12 (talk) 08:23, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

Not done: This quote was removed, request is obsolete. Rusalkii (talk) 04:58, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]