Talk:Bill Verna

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The magazine cited is not notable and should not be used as it's veracity is impossible to gauge. As it does not appear online anywhere in any other citations anywhere, it can not be deciphered as to whether or not it is anything other than a locla newsletter. Hardly a reliable source if so, so it should not be used.

Additional note. A proper citation of a published work must include the author. This has not been done.

talk) 06:34, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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Not always. If no author is listed, none can be given. Stating that the veracity of the reference needs to be verified is essentially accusing me of fabricating the source. I urge you not to continue down that path, as it is incredibly offensive. The information is cited. The only reason I can think of for removing it would be that you

don't like the article and are on a crusade to have it deleted. I'll assume good faith and trust that you have some higher purpose in mind, however. GaryColemanFan (talk) 06:39, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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Where did you get the source from if you didn't get it online? Or if you did please link it.

talk) 06:46, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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Well, you could have just asked. Unfortunately, it is difficult to access. If you type one of the phrases (for example, "appreciated and admired as a player throughout the world") into a google search, you will come up with the source. Because of some shuffling on the page, however, you will have to access the cached version. GaryColemanFan (talk) 06:50, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't matter now anyway. Someone else has brought up another good point and removed the note.

talk) 06:51, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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Oh and we could have done this first you know - instead of you firing warnings at me arbitrarily. Sort of like shooting first and asking questions second.

talk) 06:53, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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Kind of like deleting sourced content without bothering to make a polite inquiry? I wonder if you would be so kind as to clarify what this "good point" was, as it seems to be exactly what you were already saying. If it is the neutrality, please note that I was not saying that Verna was any of those things, but rather that he was described in those words. That is most certainly not a violation of NPOV. GaryColemanFan (talk) 06:54, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you'll find the user was saying the source violates

talk) 07:01, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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I don't see anything about that at WP:V. Could you please point me to the relevant section. Thanks, GaryColemanFan (talk) 07:07, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I should have mentioned

talk) 07:15, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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With all due respect, you seem to have overlooked the words "as possible". An unsigned article (and they exist all over the place, including in many major contemporary newspapers), by definition, doesn't have an author listed. This doesn't make the article unreliable. It just means that as much information as possible should go into the citation, which would mean everything except the author. At any rate, it's getting late, and there's some stuff I really wanted to get finished tonight, so I'm going to have to put this distraction on hold. Take care, GaryColemanFan (talk) 07:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But if you don't include the author, library indexes won't pick it up. Archives rely on that sort of thing, particularly with magazines. It applies for newspapers as well. That's why the author is crucial to the citiation. But anyway, because the copy of the article you gave me is in itself suspect under

talk) 07:33, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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