Talk:James Maas

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I have included appropriate information on Maas' sexual harassment lawsuit using reliable sources (articles in the New York Times). I notice that an administrator has previously removed this material saying "nononono. blp. the time article was retracted, and this is just generally crappily sourced, of undue weight, etc. etc." So he did enough research to see that the Time magazine source previously given was retracted (but I doubt that had anything to do with the Maas coverage), but not enough to see that this case was all over the press, including no less than 6 full articles in the New York Times. Since I have fixed the alleged sourcing problem, and also included it in brief form, and also expanding information on another part of the article, I presume there should be no objections.

I agree that the original format of the content was biased and too slanted toward sensational details. I would encourage those who wish to expand the sexual harassment information to first expand the material on his career. Wikipedia has a stringent policy on making sure undue weight is not placed on controversial, potentially libelous material in biographies of living persons. Any editor should keep that sternly in mind. --C S (talk) 14:43, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Removal

I have removed the section referenced above again. This information must have multiple reliable sources. It was also written in a way that casts undue weight. Best, NonvocalScream (talk) 00:44, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I have a problem with the removal. As a Cornell student I feel it is our right to know about the professors we are around every day. By choosing to be in the public eye, Professor Maas has given up his right to anonymity that most of us covet. In addition, he is teaching young adults (and in many cases, 17 year old minors), so it is only fair that we are aware of his past transgressions when it can directly affect us. The 'lack of sources' argument does not seem to hold much water, as there are plenty of sources out there in addition to the aforementioned New York Times article, with straight facts and fair reporting.

http://www.cir-usa.org/releases/43.html
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Jan99/Maas.suit.dismissed.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/I99_0157.htm
http://chronicle.com/che-data/articles.dir/art-41.dir/issue-48.dir/48a01502.htm
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=93668&sectioncode=26

I am not asking for you to ruin this man's reputation, I am simply looking for the facts to be stated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Invictus1 (talk • contribs) 06:52, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

One could infer that the user who deleted the substantiated and relevant sexual harassment information has an ulterior motive for deleting material information that actually does have multiple sources and is now part of official record as it has been adjudicated in the NY court system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.191.175.230 (talk) 17:16, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Based on the notes here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive111#James_Maas it sounds like this should be put back up. However, most of us do not have access to the OTRS ticket. Now this ticket was created in March 2009 and hence the fact that the article wasn't locked seems to indicate that it should be ok to put this back. Thoughts? 128.253.53.132 (talk) 04:34, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Recommend that the administrator add this citation

Regarding the "Citation needed" reference to the term "power-nap", here it is: Maas, James B. (1998) Miracle Sleep Cure: London: Thorsons. --Napwell (talk) 15:59, 27 June 2010 (UTC)