Talk:Douglas E. Lynch

COI

Old discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 54#Doug Lynch (academic). Here is the version of the article before the Conflict of Interest editing cleanup. The article was created in sandbox and at AFC by Penngse (talk · contribs) in this version (sourced entirely to UPenn with no third-party independent verification) and also edited by ViceDeanLynch (talk · contribs) (among others). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:23, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Ellebgee (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is an WP:SPA who rewrote the article completely in 2015. Everything really needs checking over, particularly the "first" claims. SmartSE (talk) 22:36, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest edit request

• What I think should be changed: Remove "the first joint doctoral program in work-based learning (with the Wharton School) and " from the Work in Education Innovation section.

• Why it should be changed: This is inaccurate. The doctoral program mentioned has never been a dual degree program. Graduates have only ever received one diploma, which was solely from the Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE). The Wharton School itself was not involved in granting the degree; the program only had input from Wharton Executive Education, a non-degree professional learning institute overseen by the Wharton School, with some Wharton School faculty teaching some classes for Penn GSE. The sentence as written seems to imply that the program was a dual degree granted by both GSE and the Wharton School.

COI disclosure: I am an employee of Penn GSE.

• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button): Penn GSE has internal email correspondence with two former Penn GSE professors who taught at the school when this program launched confirming this was not a dual degree program. I have found no published sources claiming that it was.

MattDip at PennGSE (talk) 21:44, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

@MattDip at PennGSE: Thank you for pointing that out. I found a copy of the source that was cited here but I couldn't find anything in there to confirm it either so I have removed it. Unfortunately this article was edited by someone with a conflict of interest and much of the content is inaccurate and over-inflated as a result. SmartSE (talk) 22:18, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you for such quick attention to this! Until a neutral third-party has time to look over this whole article more closely, there is one other claim that stood out to me that we may want to remove. In the second sentence of the second paragraph under "Work in Education Innovation," the article claims the Milken Business Plan Competition is "the largest education business plan competition in the world."

I'm not sure by which measure it would be the largest. I know the competition's about page on its site claims it is "considered the most prestigious and well-funded education business plan competition," and this source says the contest is "distinguished by the size of its prize pool," but I can't find any actual news media or third-party verification of these claims so it may be best to simply remove that last portion of that sentence. What do you think?

(Again, COI disclosure, I work at Penn GSE; I just found these claims a bit concerning.) MattDip at PennGSE (talk) 17:02, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

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