Talk:Daniel L. Doctoroff

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on January 18, 2008. The result of the discussion was keep.

This bio strikes me as inaccurate, not for what it says, but for what it leaves out. Doctoroff is a sort of shadowy figure, but his name has occasionally been linked to profitable real estate dealings which benefited from at least benign neglect from City Hall. --djenner 14:15, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

This article is an almost exact copy (with slight modification) of a New York City press release about Doctoroff. It's been used as early as March 2003 (page 5 of this pdf) by the NYC government and recycled and tweaked since.

As it is a press description of Doctoroff, it is not neutral or encyclopedic. Abrent23, who edited this article, is Andrew Brent, Press contact at the NYC Economic Development Corporation.

Sentences like "By focusing on making New York’s economy more diverse, its business climate more hospitable, and its communities more livable, Doctoroff has helped lead New York to its strongest economic position in decades." are filled with weasel words.

This article needs a major or complete rewrite to become fit for Wikipedia.

--JDCMAN (talk) 18:00, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree. This is hagiography, not an encyclopedia article. PC

[edit] Cleanup

As is the consensus of the previous deletion nomination (discussion is available above, this article requires cleanup. I am biased on the matter for reasons I do not wish to elaborate on. As such, I would prefer not to be the person doing the actual cleanup if at all possible. --JDCMAN (talk) 13:47, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of NPOV

The article appears to have achieved neutrality at this point, so the NPOV notices should be removed.

However, if anyone has any objections to the removal of these notices (or what was removed), I'll watch this page for them. If there are no objections, I'll remove the POV tags at the top of the article in a week. --68.198.9.26 (talk) 00:03, 11 February 2008 (UTC)