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Why is it that this page has been semi-protected and previous edits removed under BLP policy violation? There has been reporting on the allegations and Purdue itself have placed the professor on leave according to that source. ComputerLem (talk) 16:12, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Because Wikipedia policy is that, apart from a few specific circumstances, we don't report allegations of criminality which have not been tested in court. On this occasion I believe (though I am open to correction) that the person in question has not even been charged, let alone tried. JBW (talk) 16:32, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@JBW I see. Thank you for the explanation! ComputerLem (talk) 16:34, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In response to the stated need for 2 citations in Career section, here are the two references citing the original source (AIAA). https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/bulletin/february-2022-aiaa-bulletin/ https://www.aiaa.org/news/news/2022/06/03/aiaa-to-present-technical-excellence-awards-at-the-2022-aiaa-aviation-forum SciPhysEng (talk) 19:04, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I added both of these sources, thanks. Jamedeus (talk) 00:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As the article's subject, I'd like to request that the article be deleted. Here are the reasons:

1. This BLP article is already designated as low-importance one. Indeed, although I have made contributions to my field, numerous individuals who have made much more significant and impactful contributions do not have their Wikipedia pages. Although I have been elected a Fellow of AIAA, my professional society, overwhelming majority of the 800+ AIAA Fellows as well as Fellows of other societies (IEEE, ASME, APS etc.) do not have Wikipedia pages. As specific examples, here are several people in my field who are much more famous, have much higher citation counts, are Fellows of one or more professional societies and Members of the highly prestigious National Academy of Engineering (of which I am not a Member), and have no Wikipedia pages: Prof. Richard B. Miles, Texas A&M University (formerly of Princeton U.), Prof. Mark J. Kushner (U. of Michigan), Prof. Graham Candler (U. of Minnesota), Prof. Alexander A. Fridman (Drexel U.). In short, I believe that my notability is too low for a Wikipedia BLP article.
2. My notoriety stems from the single offence described in the current article as Legal Issues. However, all that notoriety is due to initial police-made accusations of dealing drugs, which was immediately interpreted by the media as a real-life case of "Breaking Bad" TV series. When these bogus accusations of drug dealing disappeared (they were never filed in court rather than "dropped") and only a misdemeanor offence remained, national and international media immediately lost all interest. Only local media, i.e. a student-run newspaper, a small-town newspaper, and a local TV station reported on the developments since then. As it is, the offence certainly does not rise to the Wikipedia level.

Thus, as a low-profile person, I see no reason for a BLP article about me. SMacheret (talk) 20:59, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi—requesting the addition of a short, BLP-compliant summary of widely reported legal proceedings.

Legal issues

On February 1, 2023, Lafayette police arrested Macheret and preliminarily charged him with dealing methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, and making an unlawful proposition; Purdue University placed him on leave and barred him from campus pending the case.^[1][2] In February 2024, he pleaded guilty in Tippecanoe County to one count of unlawful proposition and will serve 180 days of house arrest (home detention) as part of a 363-day probation.^[3]

• Summarizes significant, widely covered events about a living person with neutral tone and reliable sourcing (see WP:BLP and WP:NPOV).
• This is a major event related to this person. With expansive, independent, national coverage. It is impossible to have a encyclopedic description of this individual without mention of this event.
• Keeps to due weight: one short subsection with third-party sources.

Thanks! GaiusOctaviusCaesar (talk) 18:54, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. This material was previously present in the article but removed on WP:BLP grounds. A consensus will be required before it can be reinserted. Also, the cited sources don't amount to anything close to "expansive" or "national" coverage. Day Creature (talk) 20:49, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

People.com isn't national? Whatever. I've seen controversy sections for less. I feel bad for him. He seems like a good professor and man. Keep his page clean of issues. GaiusOctaviusCaesar (talk) 19:59, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]