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Section of WCFL article Jim Stagg (1935–2007). We hope (talk) 14:22, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Then it must have been a mistake because I'd put parenthesis for birth/death years on all those mentioned when I had the information and a reference for the death. We hope (talk) 15:01, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

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We need to be able to verify the text in all articles, first of all, and that needs to be done by being able to cite reliable sources that readers can either access online or be able to locate in places like libraries. (Think microfilm for old newspaper copies. etc.) We can't keep information like "Mr. X. is a wife beater" (whether he's living or dead), without reliable proof that Mr. X. is one.

Take a look at this Talk:WMAQ (AM). Rich Samuels spent many, many hours preserving the history of WMAQ radio and TV and was the station's unofficial historian. Rich continued his work even after he no longer worked at the station. Shortly before the stations moved from the Merchandise Mart, someone gave him a copy of Tom Gootee's history of WMAQ from 1922 to 1935. It was in a drawer in the promotional department and was going to hit the trash, but for someone saving it for Rich.

The problem is that nobody knows who Tom Gootee was; it's certain he worked at WMAQ Radio and had written the history as an employee because of the great detail his work provides. What I'm doing now is going through the online publications at American Radio History, to give credence to what Gootee had written, as I find the station used a lot of his material in their ads, etc.

Am going to suggest you visit Wikipedia:Teahouse so you can learn more about reliable sources--what's considered to be a reliable source that can be used here. We hope (talk) 14:19, 6 March 2014 (UTC)