Michaelpholloway

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Please also read WP:BLP, WP:SOAPBOX, and WP:NPOV. It is important to understand the material you're inserting goes against all three guidelines/policies. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 04:42, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

January 2010

Please stop adding unreferenced controversial biographical content to articles or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Sanjay Gupta. Content of this nature could be regarded as defamatory and is in violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. NeilN ^{talk to me} 05:07, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

I have read the talk page. Have you read WP:BLP and WP:NOR? Every statement added must have a reference and please stop adding your opinions/conclusions. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 05:14, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Statements like these need multiple reliable sources:

• Gupta has been contributing to the confusion of the general public regarding brain death for a number of years, and with his new book “Cheating Death” has increased the confusion to the point of giving the public reason to doubt that brain death exists as a reliable diagnosis.
• In his 2009 book “Cheating Death”, and in interviews and promotions for the book, Gupta clearly gives incorrect and nonfactual misinformation about brain death.
• In 2005 on the Larry King show Gupta gave a confused and incorrect description of brain death as something different than a pronouncement of death
• By confusing the public’s understanding of brain death Sanjay Gupta is directly impacting the public’s support for organ donation, and causing the next of kin of patients declared brain dead to doubt that their loved one is receiving adequate medical care. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 05:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Your proposed addition also has WP:SYNTH issues. That is, "Editors should not make the mistake of thinking that if A is published by a reliable source, and B is published by a reliable source, then A and B can be joined together in an article to reach a conclusion C not published by any reliable source." Basically, if you want to say that Gupta's statements about brain death represent a major disagreement from the consensus medical opinion then find a source that says exactly that. And this portion is irrelevant in Gupta's biography, "Brain death is still the most certain method we have of determining when a patient is deceased, and since it allows cardiac activity to continue with assistance a brain dead patient can save lives through organ donation. The vast majority of organ donation takes place after a declaration of death by brain criteria. Organ transplantation saves the lives of thousands of children and adults of all races and income levels. Organ donation can take place only when the next of kin of the donor allow it, and that cooperation is greatly influenced by false and misinterpreted information." Please keep in mind that this article is not the place to spread The Truth about brain death.

Finally, I strongly suggest you propose any changes on the talk page first and wait to see what other editors think. Taking out poorly sourced contentious content out of WP:BLP's is not a blockable action no matter how many times it's done. Adding poorly sourced content is a blockable action and you've already done it, despite warnings not to. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 07:25, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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