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I just created a draft for the Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign. Any help with expansion would be appreciated. Thriley ( talk) 14:44, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
Please check sources 7 and 8 for political affiliation. He was the founder and is still the candidate of the People's Party. There was no change in affiliation and pursuit of Green Party position is part of a "grand coalition." It says that in the sources cited. Randomposter33 ( talk) 22:08, 13 July 2023 (UTC)Randomposter33
I´m alluding to the part I added that was sourced by Forbes Magazine on the 11th of Decemeber this year and was reverted. StrongALPHA ( talk) 09:52, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
I checked through the talk page archives and found that some editors noticed the lack of a personal life section back in 2007. 13 years later, in 2020, an editor replied agreeing that a personal life section should be in the article. 4 years later, I just happened to notice that no such section exists and I'm surprised that there seemingly has never been one, despite this being a normal part of many biography articles.
I think such a section ought to exist, but I'm curious if any editors have any ideas as to what should be in it. I think it would make sense to mention where he resides, any family members worth mentioning (e.g. spouse(s), children, sibling(s), etc), maybe more details about his religious views and how he practices his faith, and (only if quality sources report on it), potentially controversial information like financial struggles.
Any suggestions or objections?
Vanilla Wizard 💙 23:44, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
There is no basis of which I am aware for identifying him as a philosopher or theologian. He has made virtually no intellectual contributions to these domains. His academic publication record consists of 20 or fewer works. He has no Google Scholar profile. His highest Scopus H index is 4 with twelve documents published with Princeton and five with Harvard. The latest Harvard one is his 1993 book 'Race Matters,' whose publisher categorizes it under "social science." His most recent Princeton publication is the foreword to someone else's book. His well publicized run-in with former Harvard President Summers over 20 years ago entailed West's almost total lack of academic intellectual work. Publication of non-peer-reviewed tomes that he identifies as "philosophy" or "theology" is not evidence for self-professed expertise. Affiliation per se with such domains does not afford one this designation. Nor does merely meeting Wikipedia's standards of notability predicated on provocative media coverage sought by the Wikipedia subject. If there are substantive reasons for these labels, then please provide citations consistent with Wikipedia's guidelines for assigning this designation. CeilingFan2Sea ( talk) 18:24, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
What's going on with source editing? - Joaquin89uy ( talk) 14:51, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 31 January 2024 and 30 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Rembrant the GOAT ( article contribs).
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