Talk:Alan Fine (writer)

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Fine on Ellison
added comments that Fine made on Ellison from the Star Tribune Rej4sl 16:26, 18 September 2006 (UTC) added more citations for Fine's attack on Ellison - due to reversion due to cited article not containing full speech. 65.27.77.60 19:29, 18 September 2006 (UTC) Rej4sl 19:30, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

A couple of things
If you can, please include the refs in a nice format:. If everyone does this as we go, then we don't end up with a big pile that need to be cleaned up. If you want to get fancy, use one of the citation templates, like Template:Cite web.

Second, please remember that this is a general encyclopedia, and not a daily newspaper. (We do have a sister project, Wikinews, for original reporting.) Our system is not well suited to handle hourly news updates. Also remember that this is Fine's biography, not a vehicle for campaign coverage. Certainly we want to include information and links for our readers, but this should be a reference for someone who wants a brief bio, not an on-going political debate/presentation. So far so good, just something to keep in mind as the page takes shape. Thanks, Tom Harrison Talk 21:34, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Tom I mentioned this same issue on the Keith Ellison website - that the candidates biographies should be just that biographies and not use campaign issues but it seems it is right to use campaign issues on one site - Keith Ellison but not on this site Alan Fine - lets be NPOV and use the same rules on both sites.

Second Thanks for the tips on how to clean up the references, as a new contributor to Wikipedia it is nice to have such tips given.

Rej4sl 22:17, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

NPOV
I don't think "Fine made a statement about" is any more NPOV than "attacked" I have changed it to verbal attack - if anyone can think of a more neutral statement go ahead - statement means a selection of facts - which it was not - it was an attack on someones character with unsubstantiated accusations - please don't replace something you think is NPOV with another NPOV selection of words.

Rej4sl 14:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Controversies
Have moved the statement on Ellison to a new section, along with a new article published the Star Tribune about his arrest for domestic violence in 1995. I feel this article is properly sourced and is relevant to the article as Fine has consistently says that character matters in his campaign speeches and I have tried to be as NPOV as possible. Rej4sl 20:03, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Controversies II
Have changed the controversies because it does not follow wikipedia's rules on public figures. Quote wikipedia rules:

"...Unsourced or poorly sourced controversial (negative, positive, or just highly questionable) material about living persons should be removed immediately from Wikipedia articles.

Biographies of living people should be written responsibly, conservatively, and in a neutral, encyclopedic tone.

Example: "John Doe had a messy divorce from Jane Doe." Is it notable, verifiable and important to the article? If not, leave it out.

Example: A politician is alleged to have had an affair. He denies it, but the New York Times publishes the allegations, and there is a public scandal. The allegation may belong in the biography, citing the New York Times as the source.

Material from primary sources should be used with care. For example, public records that include personal details such as home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations and home or business addresses should not generally be used. Where a fact has first been presented by a verifiable secondary source, it is acceptable to turn to open records as primary sources to augment the secondary source. Material that is related to their notability, such as court filings of someone notable in part for being involved in legal disputes, are allowable, as are public records such as graduation dates, dates of marriage licenses and the like, where they are publicly available and where that information has first been reported by a verifiable secondary source..."