Talk:Preston McAfee

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This article was nominated for deletion on 22 March 2006. The result of the discussion was No consensus.

I'm slightly concerned that this may not be NPOV, because of the autobiographical nature. I'd like a second opinion. Stifle 14:18, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

As I pointed out in the deletion discussion, I am very familiar with McAfee's work... I read the article thoroughly and if anything it errs on the modest side. The PCS spectrum auction (of which he was one of the chief designers) netted billions of dollars, etc., but this is mentioned low in the article and briefly... he has dozens of editorships and honors that haven't been mentioned. Plus everything listed is just factual and there are no "skeletons" that the typical academic has that could be mentioned to "balance" the article. --Wilanthule 00:39, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I understand the "don't self-describe" preference. As you saw, I was very clear that I was contributing the blurb about myself. I tried to be fair. I think it reasonable that someone describe me, because I have an entire creative commons book going up on wikipedia:

http://openeconomy.davezanni.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

This will make it more likely that people looking at that book say "Who's the author?" I'd like the answer to be at hand.

By identifying the autobiographical nature of the contribution, I encouraged more serious vetting.

Prestonmcafee 05:30, 8 April 2006 (UTC)