Talk:Morio Higaonna

Higaonna's marriages

Please note Higaonna was married to a Japanese woman from 1970 to 1979. The unexpected pregnancy of his 2nd wife (Alanna) was cited as the reason for the divorce Douglas M. Smith (talk) 17:10, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

I had read that Higaonna was married to someone else besides Alanna Stevens, but had not yet found any reliable sources for that allegation. Do you have reliable sources you could provide for that? Thank you. Janggeom (talk) 00:00, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

It's a matter of record not allegation. Most of his students from the 70's met her. I suppose the IOGKF organization could provide the details.Douglas M. Smith (talk) 20:26, 23 February 2010 (UTC) :::By the way of full disclosure - what is your exact relationship to Harry Cook? You seem to be very eager to promote his entry and I notice you have added his name as the sole notable student of Higaonna. A strange choice considering Cook is not a member of his organization. Are you a student of Cook, a relative or perhaps Mr. Cook himself?Douglas M. Smith (talk) 20:32, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

From what you have written above, and from your nine contributions to Wikipedia so far, I am assuming that you are relatively new to contributing to Wikipeda. (This is why I posted the welcome message on your talk page.) A few points in response:

• Wikipedia is a collaborative effort. No one owns any article—and by the same token, no one is solely responsible for any article. I added Harry Cook as one notable student (of many, I am sure) of Morio Higaonna because sources have said that Cook trained under Higaonna (in more than passing fashion). Just because I did not add further names does not mean that I consider Cook to be the only notable one. You are welcome to contribute to the article yourself by adding further notable students of Higaonna. (Please be sure to follow Wikipedia's guidelines for contributing; there should be some links in the welcome message I posted.)
• I am not disputing your claim that "it's a matter of record not allegation" about Higaonna's first wife, but if you or I are going to add something to Wikipedia, especially where it concerns a living person, the information needs to be substantiated properly, rather than run the risk of making a libellous statement. If you are a journal editor, as your user page claims, I am sure you understand that principle. I do not know Higaonna, and I do not have reliable sources about his alleged first marriage, so I feel perfectly justified in using the word "allegation," rather than "fact" (or anything similar). This simply reflects my current state of knowledge about the subject.
• Your concerns about potential conflict of interest are logical, but I encourage you to familiarise yourself with Wikipedia's policies on harassment. Whatever I might write here, you do not have a right to know my real identity unless I choose to reveal it to you (and, naturally, the reverse applies with equal force). Note that I am not accusing you of harassment in this instance, but merely bringing this to your attention due to your apparent tone. For the record, I do not have any conflict of interest (either positive or negative) in relation to both Morio Higaonna and Harry Cook.
• You might like to note that the article on Harry Cook is only one of many that I have worked on, or am working on, in Wikipedia. (If you would care to conduct even a superficial amount of research, I think you will be able to verify that for yourself quickly.) You might like to reconsider your opinion of my degree of interest in that article, taking that into consideration. Just a suggestion.

To reiterate (as I wrote on the Harry Cook talk page some days ago), you are welcome to contribute to Wikipedia yourself if you see a problem, but please be sure to follow Wikipedia's definitions and guidelines. I sincerely wish you a productive and positive experience contributing to Wikipedia. Janggeom (talk) 01:25, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

You need to be more careful about your manners on the internet. I suspect you have some sort of close relationship with Cook and I will continue to watch your activities carefully Douglas M. Smith (talk) 11:06, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

My name is Eric Higaonna and I am the son of Morio Higaonna. I was born on November 4th, 1981, and my parents (Morio Higaonna and Alanna Higaonna) were married over 9 months before my birth. This means that I was not a bastard child and my birth in fact was planned. I do not appreciate it when someone accuses me of being an unplanned bastard child and tries to discredit my family. My father was married before his marriage to Alanna Higaonna, but unfortunately it did not work out, but these things happen. Sometimes marriages do not work out. It is not very polite to question someone's entire existence. Douglas Smith, you should not threaten others on matters of manners and bias when it is obvious that you are trying to discredit Morio Higaonna and my entire family. NeoPrometheusX (talk) 5:03, 25 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by NeoPrometheusX (talk • contribs)

Hello NeoPrometheusX, Douglas M. Smith was blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia almost two years ago. Janggeom (talk) 15:20, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

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Citation needed

In this page, the article states " In January 1967, Morio Higaonna Sensei received his Menkyo Kaiden (免許皆伝)." This would benefit from a citation and who awarded it.

Thank you