User talk:Stephanie712

James Williams Ohio Players
James Williams is very much alive and living in Dayton, OH. He, too, was a part of the Mercury lineupStephanie712 (talk) 18:49, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Stephanie712. Williams is not mentioned at all in this article from the Springfield News-Sun being cited as a source so adding that information like you have done is bad for text-source integrity. (See WP:INTEGRITY). I am not saying that Williams is not alive, I am only saying that the reliable source being cited does notmention him at all. Wikipedia is supposed to only reflect what reliable sources say, regardless of whether something is true. This is especially true when discussing living people. If you can find some kind of independent, third-party or secondary source which shows that Williams is still alive then that information can be added to the article; Otherwise, it is gong to be unsupported information and always in danger of being removed per WP:UNSOURCED and WP:BLPSOURCES. If you would like to discuss this further, we can do it here, but it's better to do so at the article's talk page (Talk:Ohio Players) because it will make others watching the article aware that this is being discussed and give them a chance to participate. - Marchjuly (talk) 21:49, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi again Stephanie. I took a closer look at the News-Sun source being cited and found that the information it contained was not being accurately reflected in the article. I have fixed it accordingly and the details can be found at Talk:Ohio Players. - Marchjuly (talk) 00:30, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

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