Talk:J. Neil Schulman

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An individual covered by or significantly related to this article, J. Neil Schulman, has edited Wikipedia as Jneil (talk · contribs). This user's editing has included this article. Readers are encouraged to review Wikipedia:Autobiography for information concerning autobiographical articles on Wikipedia.

Do we have permission to re-publish this?? -- April

And even if we do, picking it off the guy's own page seems likely to be well off from NPOV. Vicki Rosenzweig

Neil is a staunch defender of "intellectual property" laws, and would not hesitate to cause us trouble if he found us copying work without permission. (I know him slightly, having worked with him back when Pulpless was Paperless.) I recommend getting and including in the article an explicit statement of permission -- assuming that we consider him worthy of an article. --the Epopt

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I have rewritten this article from scratch, and warrant it to be original. Full disclosure: I am not entirely disinterested in Neil; I am the first name listed in the Author's Acknowledgements in Stopping Power. --the Epopt

[edit] Official Version -- permission to republish granted

The version of this Wikipedia entry on me, as of February 14, 2005 contains my own corrections and additions. I found that the previous version was very narrow in its focus, concentrating on my politically-oriented writings. The most complete bio of me is still kept updated on my own website at http://www.pulpless.com/jneil/jnsbio.html but this entry hits the highlights.

[edit] Promotional tone

While I welcome the recent well-sourced additions to the article by Mr. Schulman, it now reads somewhat like a promotional press release. The host of positive receptions of Schulman's writing on gun control, unattributed phrases such as "made the gesture of giving a…present" "one of the best-remembered episodes" "a pioneer in the electronic publishing field". There is no problem including this material per se, but it would be much preferable if it were presented in a more neutral tone. скоморохъ 13:20, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

There was a note regarding the firearms writing section that said it was unsourced. I looked up the rules for sources and it actively encouraged providing sources, which I did. While I don't find it particularly strange that no one has more of an interest than I do in keeping this encyclopedia entry current and in good repair, I do find it middling strange that the only time anyone other than myself pays it any attention is when I respond to the inadequacies and repair them. If you want this not to be autobiographical, then take over the job of writing the biography, yourself. -- J. Neil Schulman —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jneil (talk • contribs) 18:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC)