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Counter-insurgency

I have reverted your addition to this article, because the citation you provided, a list of papers they published, does not support the claim that you make, that:

Sarah Sewall and Tyler Moselle (both then working at the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center National Security Program) helped shape the development of US COIN theory and doctrine.

To add this statement to the article, you will need a secondary source that expresses the opinion that Sewall and Moselle "helped shape... etc.". It is not sufficient to simply list their papers and assume that they were influential. But, further, even if you find such a source, it would be best to add something about in what way they influenced US COIN theory, rather than a simple statement that they helped to do so. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:56, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have also reverted an edit you made to the Human Rights article for the same reason. Further, I have cleaned up the article on Tyler Moselle you created, fixing the references and removing statement which were not supported by the references given. I have to warn you that there's a fair possibility that someone will nominate the article for deletion, as I'm not sure that it passes our standards for notability. If you have more information about Moselle, you might want to add it as long as it is supported by citations from reliable sources that actually support the statments being made. Stretching the truth will not help, as it will only make it appear that Moselle cannot withstand honest scrutiny for notability.

Also, if you have any connection with Moselle, I'd suggest that you take a look at Wikipedia's rules for editing with a conflict of interest. Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:46, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]