User talk:Ste57

February 2013
Hello, I'm Pinkadelica. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Mabel Normand, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.  Pinkadelica ♣  04:32, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Mabel
Hello, Stephen. I didn't write the current text in Ms. Normand's biography but I agree that there are some things that need to be changed. I'm working on that at the moment. What I mean by reliable sources are reliable books or text that are fact checked (per WP:RS). While I have no doubt that you really know the truth, we do have to have reliable sources to back up in the information you want to add. Conversations with an author is not a reliable source unless that conversation was printed somewhere (say in Giroux's book perhaps). If you could point out what information you feel is incorrect or undue, I would be more than happy to remove/rewrite it so we can get it right but I also need a third party source to back up the assertions. At the present, I'm working on the "Early life" section. If you could lend a hand, that would be great. Right now, I can't find any source that confirms your great-aunt's birthplace. According to the sources I've found, there are no records of her birth. Do you happen to know any information about this? Also, I added that her mother was Irish and her father was French-Canadian. Is that correct? I'd also like to add the fact that she was raised Catholic (and continued to practice the faith into her adulthood) and was baptized...somewhere. The only information I've found on her baptism was written by Mack Sennett and I'm not sure if his autobiography should be taken at face value. Lastly, her marriage to Lew Cody - I've read that it was basically "a gag" and the two were merely childhood friends who married on a lark. While I know this may be gossip, whatever information you have about it would be helpful. Again, though, a reliable source is needed. Thanks.  Pinkadelica ♣  05:49, 12 February 2013 (UTC)