Talk:Mario Christian Meyer

Copypaste

The extensive use of "cross referencing" in this article ("C.F. section 2.1 below") leads me to believe that the article has been copied verbatim from another source, probably in violation of copyright guidelines. The tone and structure of the article are also completely inappropriate for Wikipedia. I will attempt to rewrite the article with such facts as can actually be cited (many of the references are invalid links). WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 14:22, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Cleanup complete. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:15, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Answer the report

First of all, thank you very much for your guidelines and advice you gave me to enter and update Prof. Dr. Mario-Christian Meyer’s article in Wikipedia. I did not have time to answer you sooner as I was very busy last week, and that is why I misunderstood your messages. I do apologize!

I would like to emphasize there is not a sentence that has been “copied verbatim” in this article. In fact, the text was written by the “Giant of Ecology award” Team (Gigantes de Ecologia) who deeply analysed Meyer’s publications (Paper and Internet) before awarding him the Giant of Ecology Award in 2008. This is why there are so many notes, references and quotations. Thinking the innovative approach of his work could be of a great interest to a large public, this biography was specifically written for the Wikipedia readers and has been published nowhere else. We will now rewrite it taking into account Wikipedia guidelines and your suggestions.

Regarding the links, I am very surprised they are invalid for you as they are managed by CPANEL, but I will check the reason of their dysfunction. Are you using Safari? Because, with Internet Explorer they open without any problem. Please, could you be kind enough to tell me which links do not open?

Thanks a lot again for your help,

Jazimermann (talk) 01:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Discussion about publication section

It's been made apparent to me by the discussion above and a wiki friend that the detailed publication section on Mario-Christian Meyer is not just a random, throw-away list, or a copy of material elsewhere online, but in fact the result of hours of research and work on behalf of interested, in good faith and non-COI Wikipedia volunteers. So while erasing all of that work as a kneejerk reaction to Wikipedia:NOTREPOSITORY#REPOSITORY is not doubt tempting, it definitely shouldn't be done without some discussion, and possibly a much more productive compromise.

Currently the list is so long it bloats the page, creating a serious "too long didn't read" effect, so something needs to be done. However, I'd personally recommend that until we can single out the most notable publications to include on the actual bio page, we move the big fat list somewhere safe. I personally believe that we should have it separated, in the fashion of prolific musicians, with just the most notable examples on the bio page:

• Brian Eno
• Brian Eno discography

Does anyone know of better examples? I looked at lists of prolific academics, chiefly Sigmund Freud (which I assume is a great page to use as a template), and noticed that on that page , they use a much simpler format to show the publications. Just changing the formatting might make the list appear half its size, and much more manageable. Are there any experienced editors who may have suggestions on how best to organize the list, and make it more accessible? Once we've made it more readable, then I'd feel comfortable starting to cull unnecessary inclusions. Thing is, I'm not particularly familiar with his work: any recommendations on how we should work on ascertaining the most notable inclusions? Sloggerbum (talk) 00:11, 16 August 2011 (UTC)