Tar4heel2

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Re: Rick Dees

Hello Tar4heel2. Unless something has been published by a third party source, or you are a self published expert on the subject, wikipedia policy prevents the addition of such material. Relevant policy includes WP:CITE, WP:RS, WP:V, and WP:SPS. Hopefully you find a way to add referenced material to improve the article. DigitalC (talk) 22:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Rick Dees

I suppose I have a lot to learn about adding information to Wikipedia.

Much of the information in the existing article is not referenced, and two of your references links are dead links (Living Network #4, and #2). It irritates me that I am being edited in this way, and that personal experience holds no water. I'm not sure I understand how it is you are the gatekeeper of information on Rick Dees as well, with all due respect. My contributions were positive, insightful and material, and based on personal knowledge of the man and his first wife. I referenced my information as per the guidelines, so I am at a loss as to why you delete my additions. Tar4heel2 (talk) 17:49, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Tar4heel2

You did not reference your information as per the guidelines, which is why the information was removed. I am not the gatekeeper of any article, and in fact, no one is. You are absolutely welcome to improve the article using reliable, verifiable sources.

• From WP:CITE - "All unsourced and poorly sourced contentious material about living persons should be removed from articles and talk pages immediately."
• From WP:RS - "Wikipedia articles should use reliable, third-party, published sources. Reliable sources are credible published materials with a reliable publication process; their authors are generally regarded as trustworthy or authoritative in relation to the subject at hand."
• From WP:V - "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—that is, whether readers are able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether we think it is true" (emphasis mine)
• From WP:OR - "Wikipedia does not publish original research or original thought. This includes unpublished facts, arguments, speculation, and ideas; and any unpublished analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to advance a position. This means that Wikipedia is not the place to publish your own opinions, experiences, or arguments." (emphasis mine)

Again, I hope that you are able to improve this article, and the encyclopedia, by adding referenced information within the guidelines and policies of Wikipedia. I will take a further look at the article to see if I can improve it by removing other unsourced information, and fixing those broken links, but I have not edited Rick Dees previously. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! DigitalC (talk) 23:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)