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March 2015
Hello, I'm Winkelvi. I noticed that you made a change to an article, The suicide of Jadin Bell, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 03:44, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Sorry. My first ever attempt at a wiki edit. You date is wrong. He hung himself on January 19, 2013. He was a dear friend of my daughter. I was one of the last people he talked to. It was two days after my birthday. I'm unlikely to ever forget the day's events. I was and early and active supporter of Faces for Change and Joe's Walk for Change but honestly, after Joe died it pretty much took the fight out of me and I'm not nearly as involved as I once was.

I'm plenty credible on this issue but I understand the process. Unfortunately, I think I'm done here. Correct it or not. Thanks for the lesson.


 * Hi - I restored your comments so I could respond to you in context. I looked into the date and found that you are correct, the date that was there was wrong.  I have since corrected it and added a reference to support the January 19 date.  Thanks for bringing it to our attention - and please feel free to edit here.  Don't let the first experience chase you off, okay?  -- WV ● ✉ ✓  04:24, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

I think what I learned is that it is still too painful. I came to the page because I recently updated my tablet and was deleting images I no longer need when I came across photos (after his suicide attempt but before he was taken off life support) of Jadin at OHSU. I found pictures of Joe - before his I'll fated attempt to "walk it off" - wearing an ugly hat Jadin got me for our tacky gift contest Christmas 2012 (he won). I keep thinking about all the stuff we'd have done together if events had played out just a little differently. By now he'd have seen Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Tonight Alive, Mayday Parade and Pvris with Trinity and I. He'd have a ticket to see All Time Low with us in May. He'd be 76 days from his 18th birthday. He'd be planning to go into nursing. He might have a steady boyfriend by now (for whom I would gladly buy more concert tickets). Instead we've got scars and Wikipedia entries. Maybe nitpicking over a date was the one thing I thought I could fix as utterly impotent as I know that sounds.

I dunno man... Time doesn't heal shit. If you're lucky it gives you perspective. Thanks for putting this page up. I'm sorry I didn't take the time to get to know the rules. I'm grateful you changed the date (even after I threw a fit, became ashamed of myself, deleted it and thought that would be the end of it). If you ever want some direct material (pictures that haven't been worked to death in the media, insights, color commentary, whatever) I'd be happy to help you out (after okaying everything with Lola). I miss the shit out of this kid. Life is SO much poorer without him.