Talk:Susan Scafidi

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As indicated on my user page, I teach one course a year for the Fashion Law Institute. I have taken care to make sure that this article follows Wikipedia rules and recommendations, especially in regard to notability, impartiality and references. Readers familiar will note that the sources document factual material drawn from a range of perspectives, from expressly neutral mainstream media to commentators on multiple sides of fashion law issues.

Fashionethics (talk) 22:51, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Anonymous negative edits

I have undone several changes made by anonymous editors/sock-puppets whose identities are possible to surmise, given the ISPs & editing history. My editing changes and explanations are as followed:

--Deleted "cultivated" from "cultivated a reputation." The anonymous author is attempting to undermine her reputation without foundation - the articles cited document her actual reputation, which can be supported by hundreds of quotes & references in major publications worldwide, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Corriere della Serra (Italy), and Valor Economico (Brazil), to name just a few. The examples cited in the Wikipedia article do not say that she has been trying to cultivate a reputation -- these are third-party accounts of her actual accomplishments.

--Deleted the sentence attacking Scafidi's academic reputation on intellectual property protection. The blog cited has an ideological position on copyright protection that colors its assessment of people with other points of view. There are others who do not share her view (e.g., Felix Salmon) who have been able to engage in a respectful dialogue without ad hominem attacks, and citing this post was a backhanded way of violating the policy regarding libelous and contentious edits.

Even so, in the interests of balance I previously had included a citation to the site in question for at least one factual statement (not personal slur), along with citations to others who disagree with her position. I also previously included a link to articles on Scafidi in that blog in the "External Links" section.

--Restored the deleted list of the Fashion Law Institute's accomplishments and programs. Also restored mentions of Scafidi's blog being the first fashion law blog & inspiration to others.

--Deleted the qualification on first fashion law course. Prior to this course there were courses on the fashion business that included sections on law, but that does not a fashion law course make.

All in all, it's cool that fashion law has attracted so much interest worldwide--the more the merrier--but there's no need to try to cut down what others have done in order to promote yourself. Especially through an anonymous sock-puppet.

Fashionethics (talk) 06:01, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Feel free to delete anything negative that isn't supported by a very reputable reliable source, or anything with a reliable source that adds undue weight to negative irrelevant trivia or opinion. Do please avoid puffery, too. Bland and neutral is the house style. Any problems of any kind - repeated vandalism or persistent unjustified inclusion of negative trivia, etc. - raise it at Biographies of living persons noticeboard (click "new section" at the top of the noticeboard). --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 13:58, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Anthony, thanks for the thoughtful & helpful comments! I agree 100% re your style recommendations and will keep in mind what needs to be done re repeated issues. Neutrality + fact-based analysis is important to me, both here and in my other work (i.e., my articles on comics & law, especially the Superman lawsuits, as well as my academic & practice-oriented work on various forms of do-goodery). What I'm trying to do on the material I've added & the stuff I want to add on other fashion/comics pages when I have time to catch up is to keep things that one might consider to be positive - e.g. actions, attributed roles, etc. - to things said by others & documented by reputable/reliable sources.

A positive thing about all this is that it's reminding me that I shouldn't just be making notes about future updates on various pages, but I should just sign in add them right away!

Fashionethics (talk) 15:43, 24 October 2013 (UTC)