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Lynn Conway

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I took out the bit you added about what Alice Dreger said, as it was horribly unbalanced, portraying Dreger as some sort of respected figure. You'd need to at least balance that with what people say about Dreger's opinion to make it suitable for inclusion in a bio. See WP:BLP. Perhaps quote some bits from this article that came out reviewing Dreger and the new book. Dicklyon (talk) 23:42, 28 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

I have no problem with adding material from that article. (I cited it before, on the Alice Dreger page.) However, everything in that article does treat Dreger as a respected figure, so I'm not sure which parts you might be referring to. Since anything from that article will strengthen what she says about Conway, I actually think that adding praise for the book would be unfair to Conway. As written, it just says Dreger's conclusion is what it is, and that's that. Adding material from the article you recommend could be mistaken as endorsement of Dreger's view. Banglange (talk) 22:51, 29 March 2015 (UTC)Reply
Well, instead of portraying her as bioethicist and such, one might mention that she's regarded by many as a torrent-unleashing hatemonger, or a transphobic right-winger, and that she has been accused of engaging in "dishonest health writing." Basically, she's taking sides in a dispute, and must not be represented as an impartial commentator in her criticism of another on a BLP. Dicklyon (talk) 23:29, 29 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

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