Talk:Tom Reed (politician)/Archive 1

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This page is for a declared candidate for Congress who also is the mayor of a city. All information is cited from either media sources or the official's own webpage. A search in a search engine such as Google news for "Tom Reed Corning" or "Tom Reed Eric Massa" reveals extensive press coverage. All information is biographical or a reference to a newsworthy event.


 * Please see WP:POLITICIAN for help in establishing Notability for the individual.  ttonyb1  (talk) 06:04, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Please add the appropriate references to support the article.  Please read WP:VERIFY and WP:REF for help in determining valid references.   ttonyb1  (talk) 06:22, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I've cited 9 different mainstream media articles regarding Mayor Reed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.188.237.71 (talk) 06:35, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

SNAP Amendment
I'm removing this statement which requires a reliable secondary source to indicate significance. Also the current source is a file of unknown provenance.CFredkin (talk) 17:00, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Debt Collector
The claim that Reed owns a debt collection business is currently sourced to a vmail recording of unknown provenance on Youtube and the following url: http://twrlawoffice.com/. Neither of these is a WP:reliable source.CFredkin (talk) 03:56, 27 February 2014 (UTC) Reed lists his ownership of the debt collection business R R Resource Recovery, LLC on his Congressional Form A - Financial Disclosure Statement. I am reverting your changes and if you continue to delete my post I will request a Wiki administrator ruling. BuffaloBob (talk) 13:16, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * This edit is clearly based on wp:original research which is not appropriate for this project and definitely not appropriate for this WP:BLP. Also according to WP:BLP the burden of evidence lies with the editor adding or restoring content to the bio.CFredkin (talk) 16:34, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

By continuing to delete this factual information (not a claim as you has asserted above) about the background of a sitting Congressman you are preventing wiki readers from becoming more informed about this person. The bio sourced in the article is a self serving piece written by his Congressional staff. BuffaloBob (talk) 18:34, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * If you would like to add this content to the article, please find a WP:reliable source which clearly states that Reed is in the debt collection business. Thanks.CFredkin (talk) 18:48, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

This information is common knowledge and does not even need a source cited. BuffaloBob (talk) 00:50, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Third opinion
According to policy, not only does the information need to be sourced, it also needs to be notable. See Notability (people). Not only is it not notable, but his own website is not a credible source in this case. Hope that helps. USchick (talk) 05:35, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Being a member of the US Congress qualifies as notable. What I was posting was information about his business that was omitted from his self prepared biography which is the referenced source. BuffaloBob (talk) 12:46, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * In my third opinion, that you requested, his business is not notable according to reliable sources. His self prepared biography is not a reliable source. USchick (talk) 15:03, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Let me add a fourth opinion. I'm also a regular volunteer at the Third Opinion project. The content of his Congressional Form A - Financial Disclosure Statement cannot be used in Wikipedia under the BLPPRIMARY policy which says, in pertinent part:"Do not use trial transcripts and other court records, or other public documents, to support assertions about a living person."The website itself is not a reliable source because it does not mention Reed's name. The closest it comes is having "twr" in the domain name, twrlawoffice.com, but that's not enough under the primary source policy which says that you cannot use information from primary sources — which that website unquestionably is — if that information has to be analyzed in order to support the assertion in the article. Oh, and by the way before someone asks, the YouTube recording of Reed's answering machine is not itself an acceptable source because it is a clear violation of Reed's copyright in the recording and, as such, cannot be used or even linked to in Wikipedia under Wikipedia's copyright policy. While all of this comes very close to allowing the information to be included in the article, it falls just short. A reliable third-party source needs to be found for the information before it is included. Regards, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 15:30, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I would like to remove my third opinion and let the fourth opinion be the official third opinion. Please note that even under the fourth opinion, the information is not ready to be included. Cheers. USchick (talk) 19:47, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * In the interest of attempting to avoid continued edit changes to the article, I would like to solicit comments on the use of the following source as a reference:  The comments by  TransporterMan  have been usefull and are greatly appreciated.
 * Great source! It can be used to start a Controversy section. USchick (talk) 02:14, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It looks like a reliable source to me.CFredkin (talk) 17:54, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * There being no further comment I will post this reference in the main article. BuffaloBob (talk) 12:17, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

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