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AMA Foundation Leadership Awards Page

Re: AMA Foundation Leadership Award The purpose of the creation of this page is for people to know about the existence of awards in medicine related to leadership, medical education and volunteerism. I have not been bestowed with any of these awards and I took the data directly from the source and the press releases from multiple years, so no conflict of interest is involved (other than my username - AMA Member -, if that was the assumption). I am new to wikipedia as an author, so I apologize if it needs "clean-up", if you can invite someone else to edit it, that would be fantastic.

Dr. Regina Benjamin, the US Surgeon General was a recipient of this award less than a year ago, and it is worth describing the criteria for its selection among the different categories. Many other individuals with recognized careers have also received these awards. If any of the readers/editors/contributors consider some of the information is biased and/or not necessary, please modify it as needed, having into consideration at least the description of the awards and their scope. Following Wikipedia's rules regarding COI, I will withdraw myself from editing this page in the future. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.99.32.5 (talk) 10:47, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I added a lot of tags to the article, so let me give you a quick rundown as to the "Why" i added them.

References need improvement. Currently the article seems to be almost entirely based upon primary sources, which aren't considered to be reliable as they have to close a connection to the subject. The added sources seem to have the same issue, as they are in fact press releases based upon their sourcing. Good references are Secondary sources, which are further removed from the subject, and thus they have less of a conflict of interest.
Advertisement. The article contains a heavy amount of Peacock terms. Every article on wikipedia should be based upon a Neutral point of view which makes no judgments as to somethings quality. Take this line for example: This award recognizes exceptional medical professionals who go beyond the medical practice to positively influence health care. All the bolded words are peacock terms as they seem to tell "How good" something is. This is just a one line example, but these issues are present throughout the entire text.
Wikified \ Cleanup. Well, i would refer to WP:Wikify for that. This is more of a Wikipedia related issue regarding page formatting then a content issue though.
CoI. Indeed, your username being AMA Member signaled a (Very) likely CoI. Keep in mind that not being awarded an award isn't always the me thing as not having a CoI - being familiar with a certain organization is sometimes enough to have a WP:Bias.

If you feel you can correct these issues, please do so. Otherwise you can just leave the templates on which will signal other editors that an article needs improvement, while also pointing readers to issues present within the text. With kind regards, Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 11:18, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]