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edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.
An extensive profile was written on Sig Mejdal in
Sports Illustrated. Most of the information in the profile has already been covered here through other sources, but it's the first source that really evaluated whether his approach to sabermetrics is effective and provides some "Reception"-type information (in sum, it's been effective but is seen as de-humanizing players). It also has a few other snippets of details and context around his biographical information.
Master's degrees conflicting sources: The article indicates two engineering master's degrees (human factors engineering/industrial and systems engineering) earned by Mejdal which is backed up by the reference in the sentence and at least one other reference on the page. However, the sports illustrated article
http://www.si.com/longform/astros/index.html says: "Mejdal, who is now 48 and married with a stepson, would go on to earn two master’s degrees from San Jose State, in operations research and cognitive psychology. "
Ok, I suggest going with what's said on his
official bio and in the exhaustive Sports Illustrated article "operations research and cognitive psychology". (I changed it in article-space) However, I also think it might be a good place to get a tad of original research from Mejdal (I can just ask him why there is a discrepancy), which may or may not provide useful input to figure out why sources conflict. I think one is probably the official title of the degree, while another is a more casual reference
CorporateM (
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15:16, 14 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Read through and saw no issues. I was going to ask about where the SABR note was, since it read like he had membership as a kid. Then I checked the source, and that was precisely the case. Can't say I expected that, was a nice fun fact to see. Anyway, since everything is addressed I'll pass the article.
Wizardman21:41, 10 January 2015 (UTC)reply
Updates
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edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.
I noticed there is a flood of recent news articles mentioning Sig Mejdal. I suggest the following additions/updates:
Right after the phrase: "In 2005, Sig Mejdal was recruited to do sabermetrics for the St. Louis Cardinals' new analytics department.[12]" I suggest adding a newly published sources as follows: "He took 22 months of data from college baseball games and ran it through an algorithm to determine the likely performance and stats baseball players would achieve.[1]"
At the very end of the article, I suggest something like "In 2015, Mejdal was one of the team's advisers whose login credentials are believed to have been used to hack into the team's database.[2]"
Hi. I am Sig Mejdal, the subject of the page. This page was brought up to Good Article status by CorporateM about 7 years ago. However, I'd like to request a few updates. The things I'd like to add/update:
I do not have a son named Ethan Grossman (see infobox)
My title is now Vice President and assistant general manager
Add a sentence to the Lead summarizing what I do and am known for
Update Further Reading with more recent and appropriate interviews
Add more content near the end of the biography section to incorporate new sources and recent events
I'd like to share specific proposed updates indicated in bold and/or highlights here for impartial editors to consider, pursuant to WP:COI. Pinging @
FreeRangeFrog:, @
Wizardman:, @
Crisco 1492:, who have all been involved in reviewing requested edits here in the past (or doing the GA review).
Sigmondo (
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19:37, 2 January 2024 (UTC)reply