Talk:Volkmar Weiss

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Comment[edit]

In the present form the article is nothing else than a reflection of views of the extreme left on Volkmar Weiss and his work. The man and his work are far more complex.193.175.103.15 (talk) 14:13, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree completely with you and I would suggest to rewrite it from scratch. The external links are also highly biased as they direct to articles by the taz ("die tageszeitung"), which is the most important newspaper on the far-left in Germany. Sadly the german article is even worse.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.85.250.88 (talk • contribs) 01:02, 3 February 2010

The ip address 193.175.103.15 belongs to the "Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig", a place well known to be used by Volkmar Weiss and his sockpuppets (and coincidally also located in his home town ...). Also, the leaning of TAZ should not by itself be a critera against its articles, because they offer substantial critique of Mr Weiss' work and are one of the few news papers to report on Mr Weiss. 178.25.26.68 (talk) 17:02, 28 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Intelligence Citations Bibliography for Articles Related to Human Intelligence[edit]

You may find it helpful while reading or editing articles to look at a bibliography of Intelligence Citations, posted for the use of all Wikipedians who have occasion to edit articles on human intelligence and related issues. I happen to have circulating access to a huge academic research library at a university with an active research program in these issues (and to another library that is one of the ten largest public library systems in the United States) and have been researching these issues since 1989. You are welcome to use these citations for your own research. You can help other Wikipedians by suggesting new sources through comments on that page. It will be extremely helpful for articles on human intelligence to edit them according to the Wikipedia standards for reliable sources for medicine-related articles, as it is important to get these issues as well verified as possible. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 14:37, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mankind Quarterly[edit]

He was/is an editor of Mankind Quarterly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.208.37.231 (talk) 01:19, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have been reading Mankind Quarterly recently. Yes, the statement can be confirmed from the pages of that publication, and from other sources. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 02:32, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see why Knol can't be linked (as one of the many external links). I'm not using this as a souyrce of anything, just a link to a website where those who are interested can acess lots of content by Weiss. All those posts there come from Weiss himself, just like his articles in newspapers or websites. So I don't see a problem (PS. I would've welcomed if you had maintained the other changes I did apart from the link to Knol). MIaceK (woof!) 16:34, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

His Knol page is just as official as the one already linked as an external link (note he also gives some links to his Knol posts there). MIaceK (woof!) 16:36, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Let me check with some more experienced editors about guidelines on that. I see that your point is that it is an external link to his writings, right? -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 00:52, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What's going on here?[edit]

Why was this article so radically cut and his bibliography completely removed?--Me ne frego (talk) 04:17, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We don't need a complete bibliography, with content descriptions, etc., for a person of this level of notability. A certain amount of nonsense ("He's probably a polymath" and the like) has also been removed. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:33, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why not? It is in the German version. I guess he's notable enough when you consider how long is the article on de wiki. What is the reason not to include his bibliography?--Me ne frego (talk) 18:59, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:UNDUE, mostly. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:03, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a reason. WP:UNDUE is about minority views, bibliography has nothing to do with it.--Me ne frego (talk) 19:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Correct style[edit]

"..., primarily interested in the field of IQ research...." A scholar's profession is not about being interested in his field, his profession is his work. I suggest altering the phrase to "...working in the field of IQ research..."

By the way, his fields of work include population genetics, social history und genealogy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.88.125.94 (talk) 08:54, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]