Talk:Richard M. Joel

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[edit] Very Bias

I think this article is very bias and somewhat anti-Richard Joel. I think the name should be Mr. Joel or President Joel, not just his last name. In addition, some of the material used isn't biographical. It's very much like a soap box.

As for the use of "Joel" as opposed to "Pres. Joel," this follows Wikipedia:Naming conventions and is thus appropriate. (George W. Bush is referred to as "Bush" in his article). After reading the article over, I agree about the bias part. The criticisms of Richard Joel are certainly notable, but a better degree of balance is necessary. Feel free to add information documenting praise of Richard Joel, or something to that effect. --DLand 07:42, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I just removed the cleanup tag, since I don't see what needs to be "cleaned up" besides the POV, which has its own tag. Also, I removed two links associated with the movement to abolish the new YU logo - there were three of those at the time. Consequently, I removed the {{advertisement}} tag. --DLand 07:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

As one of the original writers of some of the nonsense on this page, such as Joel's salary, I finally decided to delete it. That takes care of most of the NPOV issues. I can't comment on the Hillel allegations, but if they can be backed up with sources, there's no NPOV problem there either. 129.98.212.164 04:05, 22 September 2006 (UTC)