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Karen Gaffney
Down Syndrome Self Advocate

Long Distance Swimmer, Inclusion Activist, Motivational Speaker and President of The Karen Gaffney Foundation

Born in 1977

References:

http://www.ndsccenter.org/news/karengaffney.php

http://www.karengaffneyfoundation.com/

http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20070928/LIFE01/70927006

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f8S9PoLolac

Speedy deletion of Karen Gaffney
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Speedy deletion of Karen Gaffney
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Karen Gaffney
Hi DSDaddy - it sounds like it might be possible to create a satisfactory article on Karen Gaffney, but the article that you created (and which has since been deleted) isn't it. Has Ms. Gaffney received substantial coverage by reliable sources? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 18:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Sarcasticidealist,

Attached below are numerous reputable and reliable sorces peratining to Karen Gaffney. Please restore the previous Karen gaffney page so that the appropriate corrections can be made.

Reputable Coverage of just one of Karens Accomplishments - She swam Lake Tahoe, not to mention she also swam the English Channel in a relay event.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f8S9PoLolac - Today Show 12/26/07

http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20070928/LIFE01/70927006 - Sierra Sun

http://www.kink.fm/Karen-Gaffney-Stays-in-the-Swim!/1440669 - 101.9 Kink FM

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/living/119826871534500.xml&coll=7 - The Oregonian

http://www.ndsccenter.org/news/karengaffney.php - National Down Syndrome Congress

http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=33164 - News 10 - ABC news Affiliate Sacramento

http://www.thelinkforwomen.com/event_details.asp?workshop=SpeakerSeries&presenter=476461311155170 - Link for Women

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20071002/SPORTS/110020049 - The Tahoe Daily Tirbune

http://www.ktvn.com/Global/link.asp?L=269009&nav=menu549_2_1 - News 2 - CBS Affilate Reno

http://www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20070930/REGION/109300017/0/FRONTPAGE - North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

http://www.sentinel.org/node/2372 - Catholic Sentinel

http://www.dsala.org/press.htm - Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles

Your assistance and cooperation are greatly appreciated

Best regards, DSDaddyDSDaddy (talk) 19:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd say there's definitely an article to be written on her; I've restored the article in your userspace (at User:DSDaddy/Karen Gaffney) so you can work on it until it's encylopaedia-ready. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 19:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As a further note, one of the major problems with the article as it now exists is that it reads like a resume; you should re-write it as an encyclopaedia article, using complete sentences and such-like. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 19:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. Can you reccomend a good example page? Thanks againDSDaddy (talk) 19:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)