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Books

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I noticed two of his books were missing. I see a lot of Canadian author entries have this problem -- keeping current-- and I will try to get them up to dateOneofff (talk) 21:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

BLP noticeboard discussion

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Criticism of Wikipedia

Latest comment: 5 months ago4 comments3 people in discussion

In https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Bourrie&oldid=1348902597, @Iggy pop goes the weasel deleted a subsection regarding Bourrie's criticism of Wikipedia and disputes with Wikipedia, marking it as WP:UNDUE.

I disagree with this.

Bourrie has been involved in disputes with Wikipedia for many years at this point, has written about this himself (referenced in the deleted section), and his disputes with Wikipedia have been covered by other media as well (recently on the Canadaland podcast).

It seems reasonable and useful to describe this briefly in the article. —Moxfyre (ǝɹʎℲxoɯ | contrib) 22:18, 14 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Are there any non-primary, non-SPS sources covering it besides the one Canadaland podcast? Iggy pop goes the weasel (talk) 14:57, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

The Canadaland podcast sounds a bit like a hit piece. I'm not very comfortable using it as an objective, independent source given the longstanding personal animus between Jesse Brown and Bourrie.Wellington Bay (talk) 17:27, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

I'm leaning towards that viewpoint too. I'm not opposed to including a NPOV section about his Wikipedia grudges but we absolutely need better sources than Bourrie's own blog and one podcast. Iggy pop goes the weasel (talk) 20:20, 15 April 2026 (UTC)Reply