Talk:Edward M. Kopko

Notablility
Is this topic notable??? Wiki guidelines: "Self-promotion, autobiography, and product placement are not the routes to having an encyclopedia article. The published works should be someone else writing independently about the topic. The barometer of notability is whether people independent of the topic itself (or of its manufacturer, creator, author, inventor, or vendor) have actually considered the topic notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works of their own that focus upon it. Otherwise, someone could give their own topic as much notability as they want by simply expounding on it outside of Wikipedia, which would defeat the purpose of the concept. Also, neutral sources should exist in order to guarantee a neutral article can be written — self-promotion is not neutral (obviously), and self-published sources often are biased if even unintentionally: see Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for discussion of neutrality concerns of such sources. Even non-promotional self-published sources, in the rare cases they may exist, are still not evidence of notability as they do not measure the attention a subject has received by the world at large." --Kbob (talk) 15:28, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Point of View and Reliability
Dear Friends, We need to be careful to exclude language that is subjective opinion. Words like "his vision and passion". This type of language is not acceptable on Wiki unless it is from a reliable outside source like newspaper, magazine, book etc. This brings up the next point that this article is completely unsourced. It has had a warning banner in this regard since April. As such any content including the entire article is subject to challenge and deletion. If any editors are really interested in this article please find good sources and cite them. That will be the most valuable contribution to the article. At the present time the article is not up to Wiki standards. Thanks for your help. --Kbob (talk) 11:39, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Article Copy Removed
As you know we must be extra careful with Bios of Living Persons as Wiki is subject to liability for wrong information. Therefore I have removed the following items (below). If anyone can locate valid sources for this info it can be put back into the article. Thanks for your help. --Kbob (talk) 16:41, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Economic Education.
 * Kopko was the President of the National Technical Services Association, a trade association for the contract technical services industry.
 * Butler was the first U.S. technical services company to achieve ISO 9002 certification. In addition, the Company's best practices have achieved worldwide recognition in multiple arenas.--Kbob (talk) 16:46, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Awards Section Removed
If anyone can find reliable sources for these awards then they can be added back into the article.--Kbob (talk) 16:48, 27 June 2009 (UTC) --Kbob (talk) 16:48, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The 1995 Good Scout Award
 * The Ellis Island Medal of Honors Award, 1999
 * The Award of Merit for Corporate Responsibility and Volunteerism from Bergen Community College, 2002

Removed banner
As of today the article is well sourced and so I have removed this banner. Please locate sources and add citations for any content you add to the article.

--Kbob (talk) 16:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC)