Talk:International Union of Biological Sciences

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Conflict of interest, advert, etc.

It turns out that this article was basically written by an IUBS employee in 2011 (See Special:Diff/407641665), and has barely changed since. It's no wonder it reads like an advert for the organisation, what with puffery language such as "identify[ing] promising areas of biological science" etc., and the article having to tell us that it is "non-profit and does not pursue economic goals"?? Monster Iestyn (talk) 06:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Monster Iestyn hmmm I would help but am no better as I am a member. In looking through it it is relatively accurate. I can probably point to some sources for someone else to try fix it but its better if I do not edit it myself. Cheers Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) ^talk 08:59, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

@Faendalimas: Yeah, accuracy is not really so much the issue, it just doesn't read like a neutral encyclopedic article. Unfortunately I just don't know how to rewrite it myself, or which of the sections in this article are actually needed (though at the least I don't think the "Objectives" section is needed, but I could be wrong). There are also no sources in this article at all currently, just external links to the websites for IUBS itself and some of its programmes, none of which are independent of the subject therefore. Monster Iestyn (talk) 15:33, 1 January 2024 (UTC)