User talk:Msacks11

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[edit] Re: Michael Lounsbury

You flagged my page as an autobiography. It is true that I posted the initial content, but I have now invited many of my colleagues to edit the page and encouraged them to also post academic stubs. My intention is not at all to violate npov policy, but to help build a community of prominent social scientists who will be committed to enhancing content of organizational and sociological theories in our scholarly world. To this end, it is important to include academic stubs of prominent scholars in this world, one of which is me. I could have easily had one of my colleagues post my stub, so this is an oversight on my part given my relative inexperience in wiki. However, I think this is a fabulous forum for our scholars to develop content for ourselves and future scholars in our area. Thus, I have invited colleagues to edit my page to assauge your concern of "autobiography". I believe a couple of folks have already edited the page, but more will join. Ultimately, I would not expect it to change dramatically though. Had I just had a colleague post the same material, my guess is that we would not be having this conversation. Again, my intentions are noble and I seek to get a number of similar academics involved that will only help build and contribute to the wiki community. I would appreciate it if you would consider taking off the autobiography flag on my stub and appreciate the broader aims of what I am trying to do. --Lounsbury —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msacks11 (talk • contribs)

I am glad that you've asked your colleagues to place the page, however, it still presents a conflict of interest if even they are editing. I will remove the autobiography tag, but I am going to place a note on the conflict of interest noticeboard so that others can check the article for neutrality. The problem is that when several people close to the subject create an article, it will often have a conflict of interest, and by defualt have NPOV problems. The Evil Spartan 17:16, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, one other thing: it would be best if you could try to stay to one username. I know sometimes people forget their old ones, or forget their passwords; but it makes keeping in contact with someone easier. Thanks. The Evil Spartan 17:21, 11 August 2007 (UTC)