User talk:Symphonydysfunction

Honolulu Symphony
I found your edit to the Honolulu Symphony very intriguing, but considerably out of place. First of all, you have pasted the quoted article into the References section, where it certainly doesn't belong. If it is relevant to the article, it should be in the article, and the reference (the citation) should be in the References section.

However, more troublesome is that this is a quote from five years ago. The question is: is this an historical curiosity, or is this an ongoing problem? Are claims of sexual harassment still current? Are they affecting the current state of the orchestra - perhaps weakening the hand of the union in the collective bargaining process? Do you have any newer information on these claims (have they been settled)? You need a reference - your personal knowledge is not enough.

Since the HSO is an organization of living people, and Jason Pell's family are living people, the Wikipedia rules regarding biographies of living persons applies. This means we apply a very high standard of documentation before including any information that could be construed as defamatory. Therefore, it behooves us to delete this posthaste.

In any case, the quote as it currently appears needs to go. If we can find something relevant and current to use in its stead, that would be excellent.

You can respond to this on your own talkpage. Regards, --Ravpapa (talk) 16:55, 12 October 2010 (UTC)