User talk:420Truth

May 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed a file deletion tag from Nicholas Sand. When removing deletion tags, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Gtwfan52 (talk) 07:55, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

So I add references to which you are referring, and you revert my changes? Is there any other reason you want this page deleted, other then being sober for 5 years? 420Truth (talk) 08:13, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

It isn't personal. Once an article has been nominated for deletion, no-one can remove the template. And I put your reference back for you. If you want the article to stay, it will need more research. Like a birthdate, when he went to school, the name of the perfume company, the name of the friend, etc. Please try to understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a storybook. At this point, that is all this article is, a story. By the way, I am doubting that the reviewers would consider your reference reliable. Just sayin' Gtwfan52 (talk) 08:35, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I will be adding sources for the entire article, along with photos and more information over the next week or so. Every single thing in the article is fact and not a "story". As for my reference, the authors personally interviewed Michel Kennedy (Sands Lawyer), and can also be found in the January 1977 issue of High Times. If your not an expert on the subject, please do not assume things. Just sayin'420Truth (talk) 08:48, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

My sobriety has nothing to do with it. I never said, or implied, that there was anything "untrue" in the article. The article on Nicholas Sand is a piece of crap, period. Nicholas Sand himself is not, IMHO. For your information, I happen to think US drug laws are draconian and ridiculous. If you have interest in counterculture folks such as Mr. Sand, then take a little time and clean this article up. The "storybook" comment was about the style of the article, not that it was fiction. Read other biographies and see how to rewrite it in a "wiki" style. It definitely needs an "infobox". The links at the end of the article have some info in them you can use for references. You can find more on Google. I have no doubt that your reference speaks the truth, but just like back in school when you wrote term papers, the fact that it is the truth isn't enough. You should probably read WP:VERIFY and WP:BLP. I write about bridges and highways, an interest I developed years ago while tripping my ass off cruising around the Midwest. I don't have the time or the inclination to write on biographies, mainly because the standards Wikipedia has for them are so high. My dear dead daddy used to say, "Don't assume, or you will make an ass outta "U" and "me". If I can help you, I will be happy to. Leave me any questions you have on my talk page.  I will be more than happy to read anything you write and help you with style or technical issues.  You can write and refine in your sandbox, and then upload when you finish a section.  BTW, adding photos on Wikipedia is a bit of a process, a total pain in the ass.  FYI    Gtwfan52 (talk) 09:47, 13 May 2012 (UTC)