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Bibliography section for Sean M. Kirkpatrick

Hi, sorry if that was not appropriate there, I know other articles on academics include some of their work. He only seemed to have about half again or so (when I looked) publications as lead author so it seemed to be sensible to put in at least his works where he was principle. My edit and yours. Is any of that OK? I don't mind having done the work, and am just curious if there's any use for it anywhere since I'd already assembled it. Thanks! -- Very Polite Person (talk) 16:42, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

@Very Polite Person: In short, Wikipedia biographical articles on academics should never resemble CVs, faculty web pages, or "about the author" pages: the purpose of those is to promote and showcase the subject. Wikipedia biographies are not meant to be showcases (see WP:NOPROMO, WP:NPOV). See also WP:NOTEVERYTHING: we don't include facts or data merely because it's true and verifiable, or because it might be of interest to a small group of people. We can include external links to official web pages or Google Scholar profiles for complete bibliographies. Particularly significant studies, discoveries, or papers might warrant mention in the prose, and a short list of books or major publications might be listed, so long as it's not excessive. In truth, many Wikipedia articles on academics are poorly written, imbalanced, and/or promotional (e.g. written by grad students or followers of otherwise obscure academics). But the existence of CV-like showcase articles is not justification for creating more. Cheers, --Animalparty! (talk) 22:22, 7 June 2024 (UTC)