User talk:MGlassman

December 2014
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Hi, MGlassman. I am a Wikipedia volunteer editor. You seem to be under some misimpression of what Wikipedia is and is not. It is encyclopedia; it is not advertising. It does not exist to promote the business of article subjects. Crawford Ker has an article in Wikipedia because he was notable as a professional football player per WP:GNG, WP:NSPORTS, WP:NGRIDIRON. In short, he played in the NFL and received significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources as described in WP:RS. After his football career was over, he started Ker's Wing House, but has received far less media coverage for his post-football restaurant career. As part of a well-rounded article about Ker, the article previously included some description of his post-football business endeavors.

You will note that the article includes multiple linked footnotes that were examples of the coverage that Ker had received in the media. That's not an accident. Wikipedia has a policy requiring that all information regarding living persons be verifiable using reliable sources per WP:BLP, WP:V and WP:RS. This means that unsourced text about a living person is subject to being deleted when it cannot be verified. I would be happy to work with you to expand the article's coverage about Ker, but it cannot be unsourced or blatantly promotional. If there have been recent articles in the Tampa Bay Times, Tampa Tribune or other newspapers and magazines, I would be happy to help you incorporate that information into the article, but we do have "rules" and they must be followed. I hope you understand and are willing to work with us to build the Crawford Ker article the Wikipedia way. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:21, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * P.S. I have this talk page on my watch list, so I will know about any messages you leave for me here.  Please feel free to discuss whatever additional information you would like to incorporate into the article, including what the sources may be for that information.  Thanks.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:38, 8 December 2014 (UTC)