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Scott Jurek
Hello,

I noticed that you reverted some of my edits on Scott Jurek that were sourced to Born to Run and the recent Runner's World article. I'm curious, what about those sections made you remove them? Do you have any other thoughts on how this article could be improved?

Thanks, Qrsdogg (talk) 04:18, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello,

There are many things written about Scott and not all of them are true. Books and articles are often embellished and inaccurate. Since this is meant to be an encyclopedia, I edited things that were untrue, misinterpreted or misleading. Do you enter all of the information on this article? The statement about him never running a marathon before his first ultramarathon is incorrect as well. Thank you for understanding.
 * Hi again, you raise a few points here that I'd like to respond to.

1. Wikipedia is not a traditional encyclopedia, as I'm sure you know. Because anyone can edit, editors are generally requested to cite the sources that they have used to gain the information which they are adding to the article. As you have pointed out, this does pose a problem because much innacurate information is published everyday. Wikipedia typically requires that users cite what is referred to as reliable sources, or just as RS. This is usually taken to mean newspapers, magazines, and non-fiction books. If someone cites something from one of these sources that you believe to be false, it generally requires providing another source or casting doubt on the editorial policy of the source that has published the information you object to. When making a claim that some part of an article is untrue, you should always say how you know it is untrue. The information that I added to the article which you removed, however, was admittedly somewhat tangential to the article so I have no problem leaving it out.

2. I have written about 75% of the article, including the claim that Scott had not run a marathon at the time he did his first ultra. I sourced that claim to page 124 of this book:. To see the history of an article, you can click the "View History" tab at the top of the page.

3. If you have a close connection to the subject of an article, or are the subject of an article yourself, and you encounter serious falsehood, you might want to contact the ORTS team. They are experts at combating slander and falsehoods in articles.

4. You sound like you know a lot about Ultrarunning. I've been trying to work on our articles on the subject, and I know we can always use another set of eyes, especially the attention of an expert. Qrsdogg (talk) 00:01, 1 May 2010 (UTC)