Talk:George Schlukbier

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This reads more like a press release or a personal puff piece than an encyclopedic entry. The article was created (and edited dozens of times) by an anon IP, which lends me to believe that the subject and tha author are the same. That theory is supported by the fact that at the subject's own web page [1], a link to his biography simply links to this article. (What's worse, he quotes the wiki article praising him).

So it seems that this article violates the guideline on writing an autobiography. It perhaps also violates the policies of neutral point of view, publishing original research, and verifiiability, which are of course by-products of writing a piece about yourself. 24.169.117.71 01:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• Nope. I made many of the contributions to this page, as a new Wikipedia contributor, before I had a Wiki identity, and I'm certainly not the guy. Don't know if any contribs here were his, but I doubt it. NandO was, back when it started, an unusual venture and extremely influential as other web sites, especially those offering daily news, adapted ideas that NandO had pioneered. Schlukbier had a lot to do with the course that NandO took. Perhaps Frank Daniels III, Seth Effron, and Eric Harris should have similar pages because of the roles that they played in shaping NandO. Or perhaps not. If material in the entry is inappropriate or unbalanced, please edit or delete as you see fit. Thanks. Daphodyl 19:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't disagree that Schlukbier is worthy of an entry, but frankly this piece stinks. Too many of the claims here are just puffery. For example: "The company's contract with the collegiate Atlantic Coast Conference changed the way sports were presented on the Internet." What does that mean? It's the kind of hyperbolic claim better suited to a press release rather than an encyclopedia entry. There are other examples, such as the assertion that Schlukbier "shaped the way web services offer information and game coverage." If someone else said those things, then let's include the quote. Otherwise, let's get rid of that nonsense and provide some more specific description of what he did. In my mind, it's like saying "Albert Einstein changed our view of the universe." Even if true, it's only an opinion, and it does nothing to inform a reader about the subject. If Schlukbier truly is an innovator, then it shouldn't be so hard to clearly and suucintly explain what he did. This article tells us almost nothing about his work. What were his innovations? What were his contributions? For example, the Nando page claims that Schlukbier essentially created the ISP business. That is the sort of thing that ought to be here. Anson2995 02:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)