Talk:Michael Vassar

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update his picture?[edit]

can you guys give him a cuter picture. he's just so cute. i don't think the one on his page really does a good service to how cute he is. he's one of the cutest and most likeable personalities and faces of transhumanism, and i think its worth playing up these qualities in transhumanists where they can be found. and michael vassar is a TOTAL qtpi. you can't say he's not. plus his picture is kind of out of date. especially for a transhumanist such as himself seven years is a long time. thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buckwheatloaf (talk • contribs)

merge to MetaMed[edit]

No biographical details are cited to verifiable third-party reliable sources, which is not up to standard for a WP:BLP that's been around six years. MetaMed is notable and has an article; suggest merging there - David Gerard (talk) 18:30, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No objections, merging - David Gerard (talk) 13:23, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notability and reliable sources[edit]

I've reverted the notability and primary source tags. This NY Mag article, this article by Harper's, and Chapter 3 of Our Final Invention are all reliable secondary sources, and they all have large chunks dedicated to Vassar personally, which clearly establishes notability. IIRC, the current article content is all verifiable in these three sources, though it's possible I forgot some bits. Even if that weren't true, it's frequently OK to use self-published sources in BLPs (WP:BLPSELFPUB), though of course they don't contribute to notability. Spectra239 (talk) 09:18, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the article needs inline cites (and added an inline cite tag), but that's a separate issue. Spectra239 (talk) 09:19, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ehh, fair enough. That list of ref links does indeed need digesting into the article though - David Gerard (talk) 11:58, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

- Done Spectra239 (talk) 09:50, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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created by sock[edit]

This article was created by now-blocked sock per this SPI Jytdog (talk) 11:41, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect back to MetaMed as it was? Merging whatever sensibly should be? - David Gerard (talk) 13:11, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's been a month, I've just culled all the dubious refs. We need verifiable third-party RSes for a BLP, then this stuff can be put back as we find it ... or the article can go back to MetaMed if that looks a better idea - David Gerard (talk) 23:24, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Last call before redirecting this puff piece back to MetaMed - David Gerard (talk) 17:17, 3 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirected - David Gerard (talk) 08:35, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]