User talk:Schaynu

June 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Gerry Ouellette, please cite a reliable source for your addition. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Cmr08 (talk) 00:45, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Gerry Ouellette
Hi there, I took a look at the article and it appears that the references you added are there now. I cleaned up some of the text and added a number of wikilinks, and fixed the year of his first Hardy Cup win which was in 1972 not 1971. I read both of the sources you used, and just so you know, blogs are usually not considered reliable sources. I have seen that particular blog used in other articles so I will leave it, but don't be surprised if it gets removed by someone else. Also, the two sources appear to contradict each other. One states he played for the 1972 Hardy Cup winners, the other states he was only the coach, while the article for Campbellton, New Brunswick mentions he was both a player and the coach.

You mentioned on my talk page that "Unfortunately, the info contained in the link for "Gerry Ouellette" is pretty sparse", and also that "He is a local hero in Grand Falls, N.B., and deserves to be recognized". While this all may be true, being a "local hero" doesn't mean that the person "deserves" to have a Wikipedia article. Having a Wikipedia article is going to based on notability, and being a "local hero" may make someone notable to you or others in the community, it's not going to make the person notable to the general population. We can only write an article based on the info that's out there on the person, and looking at those two sources, there's not a whole lot provided. I mean no disrespect when I say this, but it should be pretty obvious that a subject who played just 34 games in the NHL, the rest in the minors and senior hockey isn't going to be all that notable, which is why there isn't a long detailed article that others have. Cmr08 (talk) 00:12, 11 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi there again, I seen your message and I don't mind helping if I can. Just so you know, the general accepted practice with notable lists is that as long as a person has an article, there considered notable so the names you added to the Grand Falls, New Brunswick article should be there for sure, especially Ron Turcotte, which surprises me that he wasn't already listed there. I had no idea who Annick Gagnon was either because as far as I can tell, she doesn't even have a Wikipedia article to begin with, but there is a reference included which is usually good enough to establish notability. Anyways, I've been editing for over 4 years now, but I'm still learning myself and find myself always reading through policy and guidelines and asking others for help because there's an awful lot more to Wikipedia editing than people think, but anything you need help with, don't be afraid to ask. I'll help you with anything, and if I don't know the answer, I'll help you find it. Cmr08 (talk) 22:22, 11 June 2012 (UTC)