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Fair Lawn, New Jersey Street Hockey

I have edited your recent additions to the Fair Lawn, New Jersey article regarding the Street hockey program. In general, a list of people involved with a program is not notable, which is why it was removed. Wikipedia policy on reliable sources excludes material that you have personally gathered as original research. I will reinsert the "source needed" tag until an appropriate reliable source from a book, newspaper or magazine can be provided. Alansohn (talk) 20:07, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Douglas Emond

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fair lawn sports

HI Alamshon in response to your talk to me regarding my posting of street hockey dekhockey information on the Fair Lawn page - again the names I listed are fact - I was the originator of the league in the 1970's....the people are mentioning helped develop the league - which is the oldest of its kind in the state of New Jersey. I have read the wikipedia rules governing content - and I take issue with your deletion..... Obviously your much more knowledgably than I on wikipedia…. So maybe I am looking for you to assist me? Either way – since I am the source of the material – the originator – or I am looking for the New York Times article from the early 1970’s to help confirm…why are you so persistent in deleting the information? Please feel free to contact me at douglas.emond@gmail.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by trust2deal (talk • contribs)

First and foremost, Wikipedia requires sources. Wikipedia policy on reliable sources excludes material that you have personally gathered as original research. Sources are essential in verifying the accuracy of information; in adding a source from the New York Times regarding participation at the initial national street hockey championship, I was able to determine that the year entered was incorrect. I have no way of knowing -- other than your say so -- that any of the other information you entered is accurate. The Times and The Record are reliable sources; you are not. I will also point you to Wikipedia policy on conflict of interest, which is designed to prevent individuals too close to a subject from editing related articles. I have no objection to keeping the material, and the names might well be relevant in an article about the league itself. But in an article about the borough, I think a trimmed-down version of the text you added, which is still longer than the entire history section, is more than adequate to cover the program appropriately. Alansohn (talk) 13:32, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

follow up - should i consider developing a new page on this topic? as for the source - the New York Times is in the middle of assisting me in obtaining the original article (plus picture) from 1972...FYI. as for the record - nothing was ever posted to my knowledge. I do have additinal questions - such as since i was the originator of the program - what if I get 2-3 people to confirm in writing? also - what do people in these situations when they are the original source and no written word confirms? I am also getting reference material form the CANAM assoication governing DEKHOCKEY...FYI. lastly - my personal comment to you is I find your reposne to be aggressive - clearly i am new to this so senistivity would help Trust2deal (talk) 15:03, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

My sincerest apologies if my responses have seemed "aggressive"; we more experienced editors are warned not to bite newcomers, and I apologize if it seems that way to you. While many editors would have deleted the material in its entirety, I have tried to provide the benefit of the doubt and of my experience in editing this article and asked for reliable sources to support your description of the program. I found and added the source from the Times and have tried to reword your text in encyclopedic fashion. I have reviewed the 1976 article from the Times, which lists the Fair Lawn team as one of six heading to Leominster and includes a team photo. I'm not sure that there is enough of a claim of notability to merit a standalone article on the hockey program. Again, I have no objection to inclusion of the hockey program in the article, but have only been trying to ensure that all relevant Wikipedia policies have been conformed with. Alansohn (talk) 15:49, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced posts

You've twice posted stuff onto User:Alansohn's personal user page, rather than posting to his talk page (User talk:Alansohn). Please be more careful; that sort of thing is easy to misinterpret as vandalism. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Manowar-001.jpg

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All the images used on the post are mine - I have the originals. These images where sent to the websites for their use by me. Please feel free to contact me directly ..... I will amend the posting to state these photos are owned by me.