Talk:Stephen H. Behnke

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Contested deletion[edit]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because Behnke's alleged role in reformulating APA ethics policy to enable US government torture programs has been written about in multiple news sources. See for instance here, here, here and here. -- 23:31, 10 July 2015 (UTC)Wormcast (talk)

PS New York Times, today: "The association’s ethics director, Stephen Behnke, coordinated the group’s public policy statements on interrogations with a top military psychologist, the report said, and then received a Pentagon contract to help train interrogators while he was still working at the association, without the knowledge of the association’s board. Mr. Behnke did not respond to a request for comment." -- Wormcast (talk) 23:59, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your article does not include any information that explains why he is notable and provides no sources whatsoever. It consists simply of two sentences specifying where he works/holds an appointment. GLG GLG (talk) 00:16, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not my article, bud. Clearly a stub that needs expansion. Wormcast (talk) 02:29, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

An article that provides no sources or claim to notability isn't a stub that needs expansion. GLG GLG (talk) 03:04, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because Stephen Behnke is a major player in the ongoing APA torture scandal -- – mike@enwiki:~$ 04:33, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, maybe redirecting to that section is sufficient. It has been a while since I've read WP:BLP. – mike@enwiki:~$ 04:35, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

as the individual who nominated the article for speedy deletion (which, imo, was completely justified given the content of the article) it appears from reading this that Behnke is actually a very good candidate for a wikipedia article. The re-direct is one idea, although reading some of the citations that the guy who opposed deletion in the above "contested deletion" article posted, he might be worthy of his own article. The thing that I circle back to is that when you read the article as it currently exists, on its face, there is nothing about it that suggests an justifiable notability. I'm almost tempted to take a stab at it myself - but I'm not all that confident when it comes to some of the issues raised in the links that have been posted. GLG GLG (talk) 05:12, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As the report is available from the apa's website, you can quote the report itself and start reading on page 12: http://www.apa.org/independent-review/APA-FINAL-Report-7.2.15.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.103.246.179 (talk) 09:37, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion[edit]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... Mr Behnbke is a former Director of the Office of Ethics for the American Psychological Association and is involved in an ongoing controversy involving torture by the CIA and US military. Mr Behnbke is certainly notable. See

Harvard University: Center for Ethics: Stephen H. Behnke
Stephen Behnke, JD, PhD, Director, APA Ethics Office, American Psychological Association
US torture doctors could face charges after report alleges post-9/11 'collusion', The Guardian
Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds by James Risen, New York Times, July 10, 2015

--Foobarnix (talk) 15:40, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]