Talk:Dan Wilkinson

Career Transactions List

I'm heading out the door, but for those checking in - here is what is going on - the Career transactions section was removed because a) it is already stated in the article in the relevant sections and b) does not enhance the article. No other athlete article that i can think of has anything resembling this. If any other article does, it is in the VAST minority. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat  08:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

You're right about its presence on other articles - it's not common at all. I've added it to a few Dolphins' player articles, but I plan on doing it a lot more. While it is true that all the information can be found scattered throughout the article (which isn't always true; it's only true in this case because I wrote it), it's not easily collected and viewed. I like the idea of a timeline of transactions and that's why I added it. I ask that since this edit is in good faith and is a handy tool to some, you leave it as is.►Chris Nelson 08:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Link to New York Times article removed?

Jmfangio, I didn't understand your explanation (in edit history) for removing the link I added today. It was the New York Times article referencing Wilkinson's conviction for striking his pregnant girlfriend. Since the Times is a good source, and guilt was found (as opposed to frivolous charges dropped later), and because the conviction is not mentioned in any other part of the article, I thought the link was kosher. You wrote "removed link - not an el - can be used as a source to present a neutral presentation of circumstances however" What is "el" -- sorry, I'm not a very experienced Wikipedian. Does that stand for essential link? Thanks in advance. tharsaile 23:24, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

• Hi, thanks for bringing this to the talk page. Have you read WP:EL before? That might help. The site is certainly fine to use as a source for text within the article, but it does not appear to meet the standards of an EL. It is, however true, a fairly one sides presentation of the information. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat  23:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

That was a good page to read, thank you. What about a mention of the conviction in the article instead of a link? A lot of celebrities and companies appear to have Controversy sections in their wikipages. tharsaile 00:01, 24 August 2007 (UTC) ..because to avoid all mention of it would seem more like censorship than healthy deletionism. Oh, what the hell, I'll put it right in the article. After all, by your own words, it "can be used as a source to present a neutral presentaion of circumstances." I'll just need to add those circumstances. tharsaile 00:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah sounds good to me.►Chris Nelson 00:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. The referenced article is a brief one. Perhaps someone could help paraphrase it better than I just did. tharsaile 00:56, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Another edit war

Unfortunately, another editor is warring, so i'm no longer going to make edits to this article until the situation is resolved. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat  19:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't edit warring so please don't lie. I was adding back a legitimate piece of info. I added a source so there should be no problem.►Chris Nelson 19:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot (talk) 18:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

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