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@Preghitive: You've been doing some good work on getting the advertising level down on the article, and removing the ad tag was not unreasonable. However, the article does still have far too much information not sourced to third-party references, and I have restored that tag. All of those listings of places he has talked that are sourced to the organization that he talked at are not third-party references, as the organization is one of the involved parties. While it may reasonably show the factual accuracy of the statement that he spoke there, it does not show that the specific mention is WP:DUE. At the moment, a huge portion of the page is filled with places that he has spoken at. We also have such things as paragraphs on his involvement in TMCF sourced only to involved parties, things like that.
If you're looking for further things that could still be improved with the article -- the claim that one of his books was a "national best seller" doesn't a) list what nation; b) list what best seller chart, as the different charts cover different goals and methods of evaluation; 3) have a reliable source backing the claim up. The Barnes & Noble sales page is not an appropriate source, as the section where it claims best seller status is material provided by the publisher, and the sales page is at base an ad page. There's a source there that's a Forbes "contributor" -- see WP:FORBESCON for the problem with that. And the entire Personal Life section lacks references and includes an external link in it. Barring appropriate referencing, the section should be nuked. (It also lists the names of non-notable children, some of whom may be minors; even if the section survives, those names may best be deleted.) -- Nat Gertler (talk) 13:43, 26 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
