User talk:Rsemit

February 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from Wikipedia. When removing content, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the content has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.  Will Beback   talk    00:47, 7 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Can you explain why you're deleting this material?   Will Beback    talk    01:06, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Mr. Will Beback, I regret to inform you that the content you provided does not meet an appropriate level of Wikipedia standards for verifiable reference material. If you wish to reinsert this material, please provide legitimate, citable academic research that supports your view. Otherwise, your views are merely editorial commentary and conjecture; therefore inappropriate for a Wikipedia encyclopedic page. Brian Toevs, Ph.D.


 * The content policies at Wikipedia, mainly WP:V, WP:NOR, and WP:NPOV, do not require academic research for all assertions. We're talking about an article on a small newspaper. How many academics do you think have written about the paper's business operations? I'd guess none. The actual standards are much lower and include mainstream news sources (even The Roanoke Times qualifies). So an article in the Times announcing its possible sale is a fine source. Looking into the matter now, I see that the paper's leading owner, Frank Batten, Sr., has been written about in two books: Connie Sage's  "FRANK BATTEN: The Untold Story of the Founder of the Weather Channel" and Alexander Leidholdt's "Standing Before the Shouting Mob". Have you read either one?
 * Meantime I'm going to restore the material again.   Will Beback    talk    21:09, 7 February 2012 (UTC)