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Please be extra careful about adding potentially libelous information to Wikipedia. Blog links cannot be added to Wikipedia especially when it is potentially libelous in a wp:BLP article. TallMagic ( talk) 21:46, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
You will notice a certain amount of skirmishing taking place in the brief Wikipedia article about me. The earliest versions of the article appear to have been installed and modified by some of the operators of the "St. Regis University" diploma mill. From time to time additional changes, some inaccurate, some insulting, and some libelous, are inserted into the article. Some of the customers of diploma mills must feel great frustration at the perceived limits of their professional trajectories, and had hoped to use their purchased "degrees" to dissolve these limits. This can also give rise to considerable hostility towards those who work in higher education and who help to uphold the standards of our marvelous system of higher education. So it seems likely that this silly vandalism will continue for some time!
George Gollin, Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign G-gollin ( talk) 14:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
I received a link to a picture of George Gollin in my mailbox. George Gollin said that it was okay for us to use it in the article. http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/images/gollin.jpg I was reading about what was required wp:Uploading images and don't know how to tell what kind of copyright the image would be tagged with. Has someone else that reads this ever uploaded an image? Thanks, TallMagic ( talk) 00:44, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
I noticed that this article completely lacks objectivity. It seems as if the article was written by the subject himself. Consider the opening paragraph,
George D. Gollin (born May 6, 1953 in New York) is an American physics professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who since 2003 also has performed the public service of fighting diploma mills, and has received significant public attention for his successes in his effort against diploma mills.
Note a few things here:
The very term "diploma mill" is a subjective term. It in fact is a pejorative term for an institution believed to be fraudulent or substandard in nature.
Perhaps a better way to phrase this would be state the following,
George D. Gollin (born May 6, 1953 in New York) is an American physics professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who since 2003 had made numerous efforts in fighting institutions which he deems to be diploma mills, which has caused him to receive significant public attention.
Because the article is locked I cannot make any changes myself but I would like to point out this lack of objectivity. Thank you. Sunshine Warrior04 ( talk) 08:42, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
George Gollin was found in violation of the Illinois State Employees and Officials Ethics Act and fined $5,000. George Gollin "knowingly and intentionally used his state-provided email account to engage in prohibited political activity...." George Gollin admitted he knew he was misappropriating state resources when he sent "dozens" of campaign emails with his university email. The Executive Ethics Commission levied a $5,000 fine against George Gollin, the maximum allowed under the statute. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesus Christ 00:48, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
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