Talk:Robert Dirks

Are my edits OK?
Hi,

I've made some edits to Robert Dirks' Wikipedia page this morning to provide a few more details of Robert's early life and to fix a few factual errors. Then I came across the "Conflict of Interest" page and realized I shouldn't have made these edit's directly since I am Robert's brother. What is the correct way to proceed now?

Thanks for your help,

Billdirks (talk) 16:24, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking. We appreciate your diligence. My condolence for the loss of your brother.
 * I have no doubt that what you added is true, but it should be sourced as everything around it is. Are there other obits that possibly mention this information? Daniel Case (talk) 03:40, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your condolences and thanks for writing this article. I looked at the revision differences between my changes and the previous article and have listed the differences below and references if I had them. I am hesitant to directly edit the article again, but let me know if you want me to add these references or if there is anything else I should do.
 * Line 42
 * My edit: English teacher => mathematics teacher
 * I see that it was reported in the Bangkok Post that my father, Mike, was an English teacher. This wasn't the case. The only published source I can find, however, is an article my father wrote in the Spokesman Review in 2008:
 * http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/nov/29/geithners-interest-in-math-started-as-teen/
 * My edit: Younger brother => older brother:
 * The Spokesman Review obiturary has this (references 5,7), the Newsday article (3), and a Wall Street Journal article:
 * http://www.wsj.com/articles/three-victims-of-metro-north-crash-all-men-each-bringing-his-best-1423189608
 * My edit: Vancouver, WA => Vancouver, BC, Canada:
 * There was some confusion about which Vancouver we moved to. It was Vancouver, BC, Canada. The Wall Street Journal reports it correctly:
 * http://www.wsj.com/articles/three-victims-of-metro-north-crash-all-men-each-bringing-his-best-1423189608
 * The motivation behind our move (my father going to school) was an addition I made that wasn't reported anywhere.
 * My edit: The => Four years later
 * I don't think the date we moved to Spokane was reported anywhere.
 * My edit: Spokane Community College => Spokane Falls Community College
 * This is in the Spokesman Review obituary (references 5, 7).
 * My edit: Addition of the ExploraVision contest.
 * An article from the Spokesman Review stating they won 2nd place:
 * http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jun/16/francoise-kuester-chosen-gus-teacher-of-the-year/
 * I don't have a link but there was a spread in USA Today, July 7, 1996 on page 7A entitled "Toshiba NSTA ExploraVision Awards" showing the winners including Robert and his teammates. This may have been a paid for by Toshiba and the National Science Teachers Association.
 * An article from the Spokesman Review going into more details about Robert and his teammates:
 * http://m.spokesman.com/stories/1996/mar/23/teens-are-cranked-on-atomic-energy-lewis-and/
 * My edit: Addition of Phi Beta Kappa
 * This is in the DE Shaw obituary (reference 6).
 * Line 62
 * My edit: 2011 => 2010
 * I don't have a published reference for the exact year Christine became a stay at home mom. Billdirks (talk) 18:03, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. As I am on vacation right now I don't have a lot of time to fully look at this (in fact later this week I'll be going off the grid entirely for almost two weeks, and then comes Wikimania) But I will when I get the chance. Daniel Case (talk) 05:59, 29 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the edits and inclusion of the references. I've noticed one more correction. The top section lists the correct date of death (February 3rd, 2015). The "Later life and death" section incorrectly states the date is February 5th. The included reference 1 states the correct date. Billdirks (talk)
 * ✅. Sorry about that ... I think it was my mistake; probably confused the date of some reporting about the accident with the date the accident had actually happened. Daniel Case (talk) 06:19, 24 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the edits and the creation of Robert's wikipedia page. I have one more for you on the Valhalla train crash page. I noticed there it states Robert died at 38 instead of 36. One of the citation's there, 33, has his correct age. Thanks again, I appreciated you doing all this. Billdirks (talk)  — Preceding undated comment added 16:54, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I've made that correction at Valhalla train crash. Thanks for bringing these corrections to our attention. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 02:15, 12 August 2015 (UTC)