Talk:Rohinton P. Medhora

Edit request: reduce promotional tone

Conflict-of-interest disclosure: I am making this request on behalf of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), of which the subject serves as Chair of the Board of Directors. I have a professional connection to the subject and am therefore not editing the article directly, per WP:COI. The aim of these changes is to address the {{Resume-like}} maintenance tag by reducing résumé-style content, and promotional framing. I've kept each change specific and actionable; please feel free to implement them individually.

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1. Lead section

Change the opening paragraphs to:

Rohinton P. Medhora is a Canadian economist whose work focuses on international economic relations, innovation policy, and development economics. He is a professor of practice at the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University and a distinguished fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), where he served as president from 2012 to 2022. He was previously vice-president of programs at Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Reason: Removes evaluative phrasing ("has published extensively") and the early enumeration of affiliated commissions and named individuals, which reads as promotional. States the core biographical facts neutrally.

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2. Affiliations paragraph

Replace the paragraph listing board memberships and advisory roles (beginning "Medhora is chair of the Board for the Institute for New Economic Thinking…") with:

Medhora chairs the board of the Partnership for Economic Policy. He serves on the boards of and the Global Centre for Pluralism. From 2021 to 2022 he chaired the Ontario Workplace Recovery Advisory Committee.

Reason: The current full enumeration of every board, fellowship, and advisory committee reads as a "positions held" CV section. This retains the most significant roles in prose and removes the exhaustive list.

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3. Publication lists

Replace the three thematic bulleted publication lists (under the discussions of multilateral institutions, the digital economy, and development economics) with a short prose summary, and move a limited "Selected works" list to the end of the article:

Suggested prose: Medhora has written on multilateral governance, the digital economy, and development finance. His edited volumes include International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects (Oxford University Press, 2014) and Canada–Africa Relations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016).

Reason: Reproducing the subject's full bibliography in thematically grouped bullet lists is the principal reason the article reads as a résumé. A brief prose mention plus a short selected-works list is the standard encyclopaedic treatment. Most of the listed items are cited to the publishing organizations themselves (e.g. CIGI), which are primary/affiliated sources.

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4. Framing of his views

Where the article states his positions (e.g. "Medhora argues that strong multilateral institutions are important…" and the "Bretton Woods moment" passage), reframe these neutrally and, where possible, cite independent secondary sources discussing his work rather than his own publications.

Reason: The current framing advocates the subject's ideas rather than describing them neutrally, and relies on self-authored sources. Independent coverage would better support WP:NPOV and notability.

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Once the promotional content above has been reduced, please consider whether the {{Resume-like}} tag can be removed. Thank you for reviewing. JHurwood (talk) 01:56, 14 July 2026 (UTC)