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Talk:Medical professional misconduct scandals in Nova Scotia

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Feel free to join the discussion at Talk:Medical professional misconduct scandals in Nova Scotia#Discussion re: removed section "Private Practice Scandals", concerning the inclusion or exclusion of serious claims about individuals in a more general article. It concerns this section (which may warrant revdel) and the "June 2024" section here. Fram (talk) 07:12, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think that entire article's salvageable as it stands. It looks like a string of unrelated marginally notable incidents presented as a tacit invitation to "join the dots", conspiracy-theory style. Daveosaurus (talk) 07:33, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

You're right. Why is this article here? To answer OP: private (no public life) living persons don't need WP:BLPCRIME even if the article is ostensibly about a phenomenon and not a person, by its title. Any content in any article or talk or wiki forum about living persons is a BLP concern. But back to the point Daveosaurus and now I would like to raise: how is this article encyclopedic, and what unrelated source covers this as a discrete phenomenon? It's not normal here to see, basically, "MedMal in X second-level (including federative) nation members" as a title. Cheers. JFHJr (㊟) 01:30, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

To the question about how the article is encyclopedic: The existence of Category:Medical scandals and Category:Scandals in Canada and Category:21st-century scandals shows that scandals are, in general, encyclopedic. There are a few longer-titled scandals on there, such as Controversies surrounding the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Royal Newfoundland Constabulary sexual abuse scandal and Canadian Indian residential school gravesites that have a place within an encyclopedia. Within Canada, it is quite unusual for one health region/university combined to have so many scandals related to a toxic culture of bullying, discrimination, entitlement toward colleagues' bodies, entitlement toward accessing anyone's records like a friend's, etc., such that there are a couple dozen articles on these topics. And all are related because any physician trainee studying at Dalhousie University is by default an employee of Nova Scotia Health Authority, and all of the Nova Scotia Health Authority physicians involved in scandals were also working on research or training with Dalhousie University at the time. Some of these scandals involved big lawsuits in the 6-7 figures. That's significant, at least as relevant to Category:Scandals in Canada even if repeated big lawsuits in the 6-7 figures are not a big deal elsewhere. The kinds of scandals that have happened repeatedly within healthcare in Nova Scotia are usually supposed to be very rare, yet happen at an unusually high frequency in Nova Scotia and with significant taxpayer dollars wasted as a result. Scandals are valid within an encyclopedia, especially when the integrated summary of all of it demonstrates overall systemic problems. Ask anyone in Nova Scotia trying to access healthcare or trying to work in healthcare and they will tell you that there are very visible systemic problems, and a combination of over a couple dozen news articles about these things happening within the past decade is evidence of this.

Now, that is beside the point here. Is it right to tear down the entire article because of a dispute over whether or not one section makes sense? That doesn't seem fair, seems almost retaliatory to do that to a new editor who is debating the inclusion of one portion into the article. I don't care that much about the Dr. Steele scandal that I put in there, so please don't try to destroy all of the hard work I put into this by making a mountain out of a molehill and punishing me for trying to understand. If the consensus is that the Dr. Steele scandal stays out, then I accept that and ask that we leave it out without destroying the whole article as punishment for my even daring to question this, even though I currently do not understand why the Dr. Steele scandal is not worth including.

My questions about the Dr. Steele scandal are:

1. This guy died in January, how far back does BLP cover? What is considered "recently deceased" and at what point does that not count as recent any more? Does 6 months count as not recent any more, such that the information is worth putting back in there next month, or is it 1 year or longer?

2. If BLP does apply, does Dr. Steele count as an "involuntary public figure" given the discussion around his behaviours with a minor when you look him up, and therefore WP:PUBLICFIGURE applies?

3. Is it fair to say that he has only been "accused" of having committed a crime, given that the criminal charges were withdrawn, or if we remove just that section about the criminal charges, is it fair to include the rest of it where he lost his medical licence for his actions with a minor? Is losing one's medical licence after an investigation and hearing from one's licensing college not considered a "conviction" in that sense? Is Misplaced Pages reducing the outcomes of medical licensing boards to "accusations" and not "convictions" on the matters of losing the licence because of professional misconduct?

4. Do we consider the investigations and hearings from a medical licensing board to be a "judicial proceeding"? If so, then that outcome of losing his licence because of his actions with a minor seems to be in contradiction to the outcome of having no criminal charges for those actions, which relates to the WP:BLPCRIME point of "If different judicial proceedings result in seemingly contradictory outcomes that do not overrule each other, include sufficient explanatory information." And again, if you read the actual documents and articles, he lost his licence because the alleged actions were confirmed to have happened. The victim just refused to testify and that's why it was not pursued criminally - because she was visibly shaken in the courtroom and backed out. Seemed to me when writing this piece that this was worth including as the withdrawn criminal charge is a "seemingly contradictory outcome that does not overrule the other" and it was worth including the "sufficient explanatory information" that the victim was afraid to testify. It was already confirmed that the man did take the nude photos of the teen, and that is why he lost his licence. This is the tip of the iceberg of similar things that have happened in the culture of doctor entitlement in Nova Scotia. Basically the whole article is about toxic medical culture, with several examples of an overarching systemic issue of entitlement to mistreat other human beings because one is a physician/dentist.

MrHaligonian (talk) 02:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Does any reliable source indicate The kinds of scandals that have happened repeatedly within healthcare in Nova Scotia are usually supposed to be very rare, yet happen at an unusually high frequency in Nova Scotia and with significant taxpayer dollars wasted as a result? After that, without any WP:NOR, do two or more others also say so? This quote seems to well state the basis for notability. But the underpinnings are not clear. JFHJr (㊟) 02:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I would say that the details of several of the news articles referenced within the Misplaced Pages article suggest that these scandals should be rare but happen at an unusually high frequency in Nova Scotia. For example, the comment from lawyers that NSHA is "negligent" in preventing repeated privacy breaches suggests this is happening too much, to the extent of it coming across negligent. The fact of NSHA spending $1 million - of taxpayer money - on lawyers to fight Dr. Horne who ultimately won her bullying case anyway and then they paid her more taxpayer money (NSHA is taxpayer funded) when she won her lawsuit; the fact that NSHA paid out a class action lawsuit about privacy breaches; the fact that multiple physicians complained about bullying and said "it was like a circus" among other things and then left the province... it's all connected to a general problematic toxic culture that is notable. Saying that all these issues are just disconnected issues and that I'm playing "conspiracy theorist" is like saying that a bunch of indigenous children's gravesites in all sorts of places all over Canada is not connected and it's a conspiracy to put it all in 1 article, and yet Canadian Indian residential school gravesites exists and I think the country would be up in arms if someone questioned the notability of that article, even though the gravesites are littered all over the place and seemingly disconnected - yet united, the existence of all these problems indicate a larger, overlying problematic culture. Not really a conspiracy theory. Just pointing to systemic issues in how human beings get treated. Systemic issues do exist in all sorts of problematic systems. MrHaligonian (talk) 00:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your wall of text. It would have been much easier just to reply "No, that statement requires original research and synthesis to make the article's titled notion work out." Because that's all I took away from the non-responsive reply wall. My question didn't involve any conspiracy related mentions. Just sourcing. Cheers. JFHJr (㊟) 00:31, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Even without the BLP angle and the crime but no conviction issue, the whole section would be WP:UNDUE and WP:COATRACK: an individual doctor doing something sufficient to get his license revoked is not evidence of any systematic problem at the province level and is, unless reliable sources make the connection explicitly, unconnected to the topic of the article. Whether the article as a whole may exist or not is up to others, but I see no reason to include individual cases (this one or any similar ones) if there is no clear connection, as noted by reliable sources, of the individual cases to a systemic issue. Fram (talk) 10:36, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@MrHaligonian: just making a quick comment since it's mostly tangential, probably why no one addressed but is important if you're going to continue to edit articles dealing with the recently decease. Per WP:BDP and the recent discussions clarifying, 6 months is generally accepted as the absolute minimum for "recently deceased". Absolute minimum here means if someone died in January then yes they're covered as it's still June so even if they died on 1 January it cannot have been 6 months. This doesn't mean the moment 6 months past we should suddenly ignore BLP. If there are some restrictions specific to BLP like BLPPRIMARY, it's worth considering how to deal with them long term but in any case, as others have noted BLP is only one of the issues anyway even if the one we deal with on this board. Nil Einne (talk) 21:30, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Nandipha Magudumana

This is one of the most searched individuals in South Africa in 2023 (and probably in 2024 also). She's most notable for her criminal activities as she's still in trial. Apparently inclusion of her criminal activities on the encyclopedia is a violation of WP:CRIMINAL but I believe that's what most (if not all) of the aforementioned page viewers are looking for here. I was hoping to get an input and include at least some of her criminal activities on that article. This is the revision of the deleted content of her criminal activities. Showmax and Multichoice aired a documentary based on their prison escape and most of their history. I believe readers are here for a summarized version of all that. —&nbspdxneo (talk) 15:18, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

If this person has not yet been convicted of a crime, we simply cannot use the phrase "criminal activities" or any similar wording. If well referenced, the article can say she was arrested and summarize the charges. If she's on trial, that can be included if properly referenced. But until she is convicted. if that happens, the article cannot state or imply or hint that she is a criminal or that her activities were criminal. The language must be rigorously neutral. This is a matter of policy. Cullen328 (talk) 16:51, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Cullen328, frankly it seems like I failed to stay neutral the last time. I will try again and have you review the short section before I put it up if that's okay with you. — dxneo (talk) 05:15, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Dxneo, I will take a look at what you draft, but be aware that I live in California, almost half the way around the world from South Africa, so may respond slowly. Cullen328 (talk) 06:42, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Categorization

Why is this talk page categorised in Category:Scandals in Canada? — Iadmc♫ 12:53, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Someone forgot to put : between "[[" and "Category". Fixed.--Launchballer 12:55, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

OK thanks — Iadmc♫ 12:58, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Use of XXL for a birthday

Hello, I originally added XXL as a source for a BLP birthday at DJ Paul, due to it being designated as a reliable source per WP:RSMUSIC, but I self-reverted to bring the source here since I am unsure about whether or not this specific link should be cited as a source for the article subject's birthday. What do you all say? I think I've made it clear that I'm not sure whether or not this link should be used for a BLP despite the source appearing to meet the requirements of WP:RS, but I would like to ask for a second opinion here. JeffSpaceman (talk) 02:56, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

JeffSpaceman, XXL is indeed a reliable source per WP:RSMUSIC. You can try to verify this information by double checking with another green source. — dxneo (talk) 05:12, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Per WP:DOB including the birth date of a living person requires more than just a reliable source. The specific standard is wheather the source is "widely published by reliable sources". As I don't know much about music journalism, I can't say whether XXL meets this standard.Serprinss (talk) please ping on reply. 06:50, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I appreciate you pointing me to that section of the BLP policy, Serprinss. I will avoid restoring the information from the source for now, given that the only other sources I can find for supposed birthdates for the subject are from sources that are very clearly WP:NOTRS, and are especially inappropriate for a BLP (circular sources, websites like Famous Birthdays, etc). I think for now, there is no reason to include a birthdate here, considering that XXL is the only reliable source I can find that has published a birthdate for him. (If anyone wants to see what kind of sources come up when Googling the subject's birthday, see here). JeffSpaceman (talk) 13:19, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Article Created by Sockpuppet

If an article was created by a sockpuppet and then deleted as a result of this, what is the process for trying to recreate it?

I have no problem that it was deleted - this happened mid March.

How long is the person in question tainted for? MaskedSinger (talk) 12:22, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I think you just ask an admin to allow edits. I had this with an article which had been used originally as a personal blog for a nobody but I knew of a composer with the same name and wanted to create an article on her instead. It was allowed — Iadmc♫ 12:51, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Better still, create it in draftspace and submit it for review. WP:AFC - Cabayi (talk) 13:29, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @Cabayi @Iadmc I'm going to do some more research before proceeding, just to be safe. If I sense anything about it is iffy, I won't proceed. MaskedSinger (talk) 13:55, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

MaskedSinger, if you want the content of the deleted article restored, that can be done by any admin. The restored content would not be placed into mainspace, of course, but you could work with it if you wanted to. Schwede66 21:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know! Appreciate it. MaskedSinger (talk) 21:26, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Simone Badal-McCreath

Dispute is about the inclusion of plagiarism allegations in this context referenced to Retraction Watch at Talk:Simone_Badal-McCreath. My take on that is that while the source may be reliable, it doesn't sufficiently demonstrate anything other than that there was a disagreement between the two authors and the publisher and does not warrant inclusion. Please comment here or on the talk page. Graywalls (talk) 01:03, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

I"m going to agree that it is UNDUE along the same rationale I held the last time RW was brought up at BLPN. Morbidthoughts (talk) 01:23, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

It's definitely undue, but more than that it's saying and implying things that the source doesn't say nor imply. We're framing it as a case of plagiarism, which is a very serious charge in the field of writing. The source frames it in no such way. The only explanation offered was by the publisher, who chalked it up to a "production error", and no alternative theory was given by the source that would even suggest plagiarism. Not even an accusation of plagiarism is there. The publisher basically blamed the "typesetters" and not the editors, which (believe it or not) is actually a common problem in publishing, and a very plausible explanation. But we can't take that and suddenly turn it around and claim plagiarism by the editor, because that's OR and SYNTH. Thus, as it actually reads in the source, it seems like a very insignificant thing for the subject of our article, hence very undue. Zaereth (talk) 02:41, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

The bigger question here is not that it's "undue" weight, but why is it "undue"? Reading the source: , it is very legitimate content and given an article on a certain subject for what they are notable for inclusion at WP for would be perfectly acceptable to include for an encyclopedic article. However, since the article about the subject overall (in my estimation) is skirting a fine line for notable inclusion to begin with here at WP, any controversial inclusion of content such as this will be undue because there just isn't anything else in this subject's article to counter the weight. As I wrote on the Talk Page: Coi, on account of this discussion, light has now been brought to an otherwise poorly written, and I dare say: un-visited, and even questionable article that was created in 2017 and not edited for several years due to lack of new contribution entry content. It would seem without this new discovery, there might not be any new entries. So my question here is: should no new content be added simply because there is nothing of real substance to the article to begin with? If I had stumbled across this article just by happenstance, I seriously would have considered placing it up for AfD on the merits raised on the Talk Page. Plagiarism aside, the content exists, it should be phrased correctly and accordingly as the source says and included. If you are excluding based on "undue weight" than you must question the article as a whole. It is not undue to simply state that Badal was a victim of a publisher's error. A simple quote of explanation by Badal from within the source should suffice. After all, her notability is as a "researcher and a medical sciences lecturer" who authors writings on her applied field. Maineartists (talk) 00:42, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

The source looks more like a blog than a reliable source. Maybe it has reliably factual information, but that certainly impacts its relevance towards adding weight in a BLP to such a minor issue that appears to have more to do with the publisher than the article subject who was an editor on the book. I agree with Zaereth and Morbidthoughts regarding their explainations for why the content is undue. – notwally (talk) 23:03, 23 June 2024 (UTC)