User talk:Netgearbears

July 2013
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Dale Berra, with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 02:50, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Dale Berra with this edit, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. ... disco spinster   talk  02:52, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * You can't remove a NYTimes-backed facts like that, as we can not verify any of your statements. Please proceed on the article talk and provide reliable evidence that NYTimes is incorrect in this matter. Materialscientist (talk) 03:11, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Please do read my message above. If you keep removing well-sourced information, we'll have no other option than blocking your account(s) from editing. Materialscientist (talk) 03:14, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * If you have follow-on information, like the charges being dismissed, please provide a reliable source for that. Then we have something to verify against to update the article. —C.Fred (talk) 03:31, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Guys, I wish you would include I've been clean and sober for 20 years, and regularly help, and talk to children about making good choices in life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Netgearbears (talk • contribs) 12:05, 18 July 2013‎ (UTC)
 * Is there a published source that says as much? The New York Times implies three years clean in the diversion program, but that doesn't cover anything since the article was published. —C.Fred (talk) 17:59, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

There is no source except my family, my friends, and all the hundreds of kids I talk to at the Yogi Berra Museum. I am very proud of hel!ping kids, and living a clean and sober life, it's my history, it belongs to me, and it should be part of my bio. Over 20 years of sobriety is great accomplishment, I have AA medallions!
 * However, it is not verifiable. Unless there is a reliable source, it may not go in the article. —C.Fred (talk) 03:47, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Dave Kaplan director/curator Yogi Berra museum [redacted]...he will verify my speaking with and helping kids, and my sobriety.
 * Again, I ask: do you have a reliable published source for the assertion? I don't think Mr. Kaplan wants to field a question from every Wikipedian who reads the article.
 * Further, please review the guidelines at WP:OUTING. It's generally a bad idea to post other people's phone numbers, addresses, or other personal information. —C.Fred (talk) 03:54, 19 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Also, I'm not sure if this has been mentioned to you before, but if you are Berra, you should take a look at WP:Autobiography. It gives you guidance for what to do when there is an article about you on Wikipedia. —C.Fred (talk) 04:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Forget it.