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January 2016

Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Michael McCullough (psychologist) with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jim1138 (talk) 20:19, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Michael McCullough (psychologist)

How are those other authors "rogue"? They appear to be valid wp:citations by wp:reliable sources (RS). If you have legitimate reasons for removal, please discuss in talk:Michael McCullough (psychologist). Please get wp:consensus before removal unless they violate wp:BLP. Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 20:35, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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citations to Michael McCullough (psychologist)

The article is now lacking a number of citations. Rather than adding^{[citation needed]} to each one, or removing them outright (per wp:v: Any material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed.), I will leave a list here. I did add a maintenance template to the top: {{BLP sources}}. A conclusion needs to be made by a wp:reliable source (RS), doing so oneself is considered wp:synth as in "widely cited". Just "knowing so" or doing the research for this information without citation would be wp:original research. Neither should be used on Wikipedia. Wikipedia should not and does not generate/publish original information.

Citations needed

The following items referring to McCullough appear to be lacking citations:

Birth date
Virginia Commonwealth University degree
Université Catholique de Louvain honorary degree
Position as Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami
That he directs the Evolution and Human Behavior Laboratory
The following: "widely cited as an expert in both the scientific literature and media in general" conclusion from four sources only is wp:synth
The following: "He is currently writing a book on the evolution and cultural history of human generosity." This is bordering on wp:crystal, btw.

Also

Bibliography: "The Psychology of Gratitude..." ISBN would be helpful

If you do not have or know of RS for these items, they probably should be removed. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 06:26, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's best to keep a conversation on one page. You can wp:ping my by prepending with {{ping|jim1138}} - you need to sign with four tildes "~~~~" with the Save page or the notification will not occur.

It appears that you have cited a number of items, there are a few more to go.

As his CV is on Miami.edu website should make it RS (otherwise it would be self-published)

Birth date - no citation
VCU degree - citation (I reused the CV citation)
UCdL honorary - no citation
Professor position - cited
That he directs the Evolution and Human Behavior Laboratory - not cited, not on CV
"widely cited" - OK to remove
"currently writing a book" - Twitter is not the most reliable, but anyone could be writing a book on anything...
"The Psychology of Gratitude" - Please add the ISBN?

I linked a few pages as well. You can use templates to help you format citations: {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}}, {{cite book}}.

Thanks for updating this. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 20:34, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

An Help:Infobox such as {{Infobox scientist}} might be a good addition to the article. Got a royalty-free photo you can upload? Jim1138 (talk) 20:39, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]