User talk:Majorimstab

January 2011
Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did to Richard Winters. Thank you. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 22:25, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Richard Winter --Jan.2, 2011
I'm relating this information to Wikipedia based on www.majordickwinters.com, his website administrator made a statement confirming the details as I entered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Majorimstab (talk • contribs) 22:30, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Majorimtab. I'm answering here, because where you posted your question wasn't really the right spot. Thanks very much for trying to help, but WP needs a more reliable source (e.g. newspapers, media) than the posting in order to include his death in the article. I personally don't doubt the accuracy of the report, but I'm sure you understand that rumours of deaths etc are sometimes greatly exaggerated. The Gabrielle Giffords shooting is a topical case in point, of course. As we don't want to make errors, we have high standards for the sourcing required for this sort of thing. I'm sure there will be more reliable sources soon, and we can add the info then. --Slp1 (talk) 23:08, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

It was reported in the Harrisburg News, after I notified both AP and the NY Times--my information was, and is, accurate--please enter my edited contentMajorimstab (talk) 02:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)majorimstab


 * I'd love to but I can't, for the moment. We've discussed the Harrisburg/Patriot News source on the talkpage of the article and we've agreed there to wait till we get some more confirmation, including one with a date of death. The NYT or AP will do very fine when that happens. WP is an encyclopedia, not a news service. Printed encyclopedias get updated only every few years, and it isn't the end of the world if this article doesn't get updated for another couple of hours.
 * Why don't you come to the article discussion page and give your input there? Here is the link to the discussion. --Slp1 (talk) 02:17, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

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