User talk:HookemFilm09

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Tom Vandergriff
Thank you for your contributions to Tom Vandergriff. Large blocks of text you added had no references, which are required by Wikipedia's verifiability policy. This is especially true for articles about living people. I've trimmed and flagged some of your text and flagged the entire Texas Rangers section as "unreferenced" and as reading like a news release. I didn't flag it as such, but it sounds like you might have copied it out of a book or other source. If you did copy it, please rewrite it or remove it and restore the previous short blurb that was in that section. If you did write it, please rewrite it to remove trivia and sound more encyclopedic, and provide sources that support the added text. Without references, the entire section is at risk for removal by any editor at any time. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  01:48, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I am not quite sure how to reference these sections. I am actually a family member of Tom Vandergriff and I had noticed many of the facts were not true, such as him being a Democrat. He is actually a registered Republican and outright supporter and has been for some twenty years. I was just fixing these things, but I then just decided to add more information, given I am new to Wikipedia. Thanks. (HookemFilm09 (talk) 21:36, 2 July 2008 (UTC))


 * First off, untrue information may be corrected at any time. However, it WAS true that he was a Democrat in 1983 when he was in Congress.  This is well-documented.  Second, since you are a member of his family, please put a note on the article's talk page saying so, so that you aren't later accused of hiding your conflict of interest.  Adding more information is great as long as it is really encyclopedic, is well sourced, and is not original research.  If it hasn't appeared in a reliable source then it shouldn't be in Wikipedia, no matter how true or interesting it is.  Please read the 5 bulleted links in the Welcome message, as well as what Wikipedia is not.  davidwr/  (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  22:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

O well, I guess its not worth the trouble. Thanks for information though. I will know next time. The only thing I was hoping on fixing was the party affiliation in the box to the right, since it should state Republican and he would want that. Anyways, thanks for your help? Also, I am just curious, but are you an editor for Wikipedia or just another user or what? I'm completely new to this so I was just wondering. (HookemFilm09 (talk) 05:56, 3 July 2008 (UTC))