Talk:Martin Burckhardt

Improving Martin Burckhardt's Englisch Wikipedia entry

Hi...my name is Hopkins Stanley. About four years ago, I came across Martin Burckhardt's lecture on Alien Logic, his only Englisch lecture. Although the talk made immediate sense to me, it included the term Psychotope, which I couldn't find anything on. And since only one of his works was available in Englisch, I contacted him to learn more about it. Since then, I've become his assistant, focused on learning his philosophy on cultural theory and translating his works into Englisch.

More to the point, I'm interested in working with others on developing his Englisch wikipedia page, which I'd initially found lacking essential knowledge about his thinking. Are there any other folks interested in working on this page? Heideana (talk) 09:59, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

As Burckhardt's assistant, you need to read the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest policy, and comply with the terms of the Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure requirements. I'm rather surprised that you appear not to have been notified of this already, given the extensive editing that has taken place subsequent to your recent edits.

As you will have no doubt noticed, a great deal of content has been removed from the article recently. This was done on the basis that it appeared to be promotional, cited almost no independent sources, and was otherwise non-compliant with Wikipedia policy. I would strongly recommend you read the Wikipedia:Reliable sources guideline, along with the Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view policies. In summary, English-language Wikipedia requires article content to be neutrally-written, and to a very large extent based around what secondary sources independent of the article subject have to say on the topic. On this basis, the first stage for expansion of this biography, as far as Wikipedia is concerned, will be to find appropriate sources around which such an expansion can be based. Start by finding such sources, and listing them here, so we have something to work with. AndyTheGrump (talk) 10:30, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Question for administrator

<I've been working on updating Martin Burckhardt's wiki page and seem to have committed some errors. I'm Dr. Burckhardt's Englisch translator and student and would like to work with who's ever in charge of his Englisch page to develop it...best and thanks – Hopkins Stanley>

--~~~~ Heideana (talk) 10:11, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

See my response to your earlier post above. AndyTheGrump (talk) 10:30, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

And to clarify, I'm not an administrator. Wikipedia administrators are given various permissions and responsibilities beyond those of a normal Wikipedia contributor, but they have no special authority when it comes to questions of article content, and it doesn't appear that there are any specific matters requiring administrator intervention here. I'll leave the admin help template above in place for now, but recommend you don't use it in future unless there is an issue that specifically requires an admin. AndyTheGrump (talk) 10:39, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

As noted, this does not specifically require an administrator. 331dot (talk) 12:04, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Danks for the clarification! I posed a question elsewhere about how to cite information coming from the person being biographed. When I reviewed the reliable source page linked to the one I was working on, I learned that the Author or the person being written about is considered to be the authority, but no information on how to cite that...hopefully the answer to that will be relieved-out and clarified in the various other guides you suggested reading...best! Heideana (talk) 09:36, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Citations need to be to published works. And as I noted when replying to your post on Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources, whether the subject of a biography is considered an authority on something very much depends on what they are being cited for. [1] Most article content needs to be citable to secondary sources. The purpose of a Wikipedia biography is primarily to summarise what others have to say about a subject, rather than what the subject themselves has to say. And again as I noted in the reply to your question, you need to concentrate on finding such sources if the article is to be expanded. As it stands, it might even be open to question whether Burckhardt meets the Wikipedia:Notability criteria necessary to avoid deletion, which requires evidence of significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. The article currently cites no such sources, and locating them should be your first priority. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:16, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

COI of Interest Statement...

Just as a quick note to Whom it may concern – and for the record – I receive no financial compensation for working with Dr. Martin Burckhardt as his student learning how to translate his works into Englisch... Heideana (talk) 10:47, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Even without payment, the relationship you describe clearly constitutes a conflict of interest as described in the guideline. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:54, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

What's so curious is that stuff I didn't edit or add to Dr. Burckhardt's page was removed...I also reviewed the COI statement again, and as his student, don't see the conflict...on the other hand, if you like, I'll send the updates to his lecture and article translations to you to post...best – Hopkins Stanley Heideana (talk) 20:58, 12 November 2023 (UTC)