User talk:WABJR

Notables MUST have articles and sources
Your recent edits to the article for Ewing High School (New Jersey) reinserted Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. as a notable. Wikipedia policy on lists of notables within articles requires that individuals added to such lists must have their own Wikipedia articles (which must meet Wikipedia standards on notablity) and must also have independent reliable and verifiable sources as a reference to support the claim that there is a connection between the individual and the school or place. Bennett does not have a Wikipedia article of his own and the source provided from IMDb does not meet the standard for sourcing as it is a user-maintained web site. As neither standard is met, the entry will be removed again and should not be reinserted until an article is created for him and appropriate sources can be provided to establish his attendance at Ewing HS. Alansohn (talk) 16:28, 19 August 2013 (UTC)


 * IMDB is NOT a user maintained website. In order to be posted on IMDB the website does extensive verification with studios, Unions and Guilds to make sure that all that is submitted is of fact. IMDB is considered the official database for job verification in the television and film industry. It is in fact where the press verifies an individual's industry credits. Therefore, any other source quoted is 90% likely to have been verified on IMDB. Please give an example of one who has verified what high school they graduated from and in what manner was the verification without scanning their high school diploma. This listing will be re-listed until a path of verification of school attendance can be presented. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WABJR (talk • contribs)


 * Remember that even if IMDB met the standard of being a reliable source, that's only half of the equation; Bennett still does not have a Wikipedia article, which must meet the Wikipedia notabilty standard. Take a look at the other individuals listed in the Ewing High School article for examples of individuals who have their own Wikipedia articles and are listed with reliable and verifiable sources from such places as newspapers and magazines providing evidence of attendance at the school. Bennett may well have the potential to meet the notability standard, and I would strongly recommend looking at existing Wikipedia articles for people like him and using those articles as potential models, in addition to collecting sources from newspapers, magazines and books about him that could be used as sources. Please feel free to contact me on my talk page if I can help in this effort. Once this article is created and as long as there are appropriate sources to establish his attendance at Ewing HS, the entry could be reinserted. Alansohn (talk) 16:58, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

A page will be created for Mr. Bennett. In the meantime, if you should have a chance, Google "Walter Allen Bennett, Jr." Over 370,000 responses come back. They are not from IMDB.