Talk:Rachel Hurst

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Reverting rewrite by a connected editor

I again reverted the complete rewrite by User:MuttleyJed.

Cited material was replaced by unverifiable statements, as no sources were given. Please see Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons.
Edit summary includes "the original was inaccurate and caused offence to the subject" which implies a connection to the article's subject. Please see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

--Wire723 (talk) 10:46, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

An IP editor has continued making similar edits, and has repeatedly removed the medical condition that caused subject's wheelchair condition, despite its long standing in the article and multiple editors reverting that change. I have concern that said editor has a COI similar to the one stated above, and in any case they should join the talk page and seek consensus for that change. (I also disagree with the tag that's been placed on that information; if we under WP:BLPSPS accept self-written sources for non-controversial information about the subject published by the subject themselves, then we logically accept self-written sources with a respectable third-party publisher.) --Nat Gertler (talk) 12:24, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the "better source needed" tag, which I added because I wasn't aware of that exception. --Wire723 (talk) 13:42, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

congenital myopathy

An IP editor is trying to edit war away a mention that Ms. Hurst was diagnosed with congenital myopathy, claiming it is somehow irrelevant. Given that her involvement in the disability field, the fact that she has a disability herself is quite relevant. The material is well source to the subject's own writings. I've found no sign that it's a controversial claim. The IP user is free to come to this talk page and try to find consensus that the material should not be included, but more than one editor has already undone their removal of it. --Nat Gertler (talk) 20:51, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Have done some tidying of the article. I don't have a strong view about the inclusion or exclusion of the particular type of disability, but don't think the article especially needs it - the fact of her disability and her using a wheelchair are the important bits related to her activism. Agree that users with a CoI should not edit the article. Tacyarg (talk) 12:37, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]