Talk:Allan Wilson (Scottish politician)

Removal of Data
On 24 June 2006, the following paragraph was removed from this biography by editor B G Wilson:

''He is married and has two sons. Outside politics he was a keen footballer and a well known member of the Ayrshire football fraternity.''

I can see no reason why it should have been removed and request it be reinstated for the following reasons;

The biography of many members contain short statements such as this and I can see no reason why Allan Wilson's biography should be singled out as being any different.

To cite but a few of the many cases in point as an example;

Frank McAveety http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McAveety

He is a Celtic supporter from childhood, and is known for his compendious knowledge of music, including a massive collection of LPs, cassettes, and CDs.

Duncan McNeil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_McNeil

Mr McNeil lives in Greenock and enjoys golf and cigars.

Charlie Gordon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Gordon

Mr Gordon has two adult sons from his first marriage and a baby son with his wife Emma, a teacher.

Margaret Ewing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ewing

She was married twice: firstly to Donald Bain in 1968 and secondly to fellow MSP Fergus Ewing in 1983, who is the son of Winnie Ewing.

I would ask, what makes the deleted paragraph in the biography of Allan Wilson any different than those?

Though I see no reason for doing so, if someone feels the need to further "qualify" the removed statement, that can be very easily accomplished by the addition of a few words as follows;

''He is married and has two sons. Having previously held the position of Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, outside politics he is a keen footballer and a well known member of the Ayrshire football fraternity.''

Allan Wilson MSP 14:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

New Proposal
Good grief Charlie Brown, we sure do seem to be having a great deal of problems with 2 words, "well" and "known" and possibly "football" and "fraternity".

Heaven help us if we try to add "meat" to the article its self.

Ok, I ask for and received the following (which by the way is not from me):

''He is Chairman of Kilbirnie Community Football Club comprising 15 teams and a member of the Scottish Parliamentary football team, current holders of the four nations' Parliamentary Trophy. A former player, coach and manager of various Ayrshire juvenile,amateur and junior teams for over thirty years. Can be confirmed by reference to any one of the three football associations concerned, the SJFA, SAFA and SFA.''

Note:

SFA Scottish Football Association

SJFA Scottish Junior Football Association

SAFA Scottish Amateur Football Association

Is there someone who can do something with that to say something along the lines of;

well known and involved in local football fraternity something or other?

Why should those few words be such an issue when other biobraphies mention such things without any problems?

Allan Wilson MSP 17:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Missing Details
Regarding the issue of missing details in this biography, a solution has been found which complies with all wikipedia requirements and which has been found to be acceptable.

The proposed content has been reviewed by User:ESkog who reported;

''The information you cite is well-written and encyclopedic. You are welcome to add that information to the article yourself.''

I am therefore adding the missing details as advised. (as detailed on my talk page)

We are getting there, I am still learning, and I thank all those who have provided assistance in sorting these things out and helping me along my way.

Allan Wilson MSP 15:53, 26 August 2006 (UTC)