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Dominic Perri page
Hello. I'm CJCurrie, and I created the biography page for Dominic Perri a few days ago. I notice that you've recently made some adjustments to this page. I'm not certain if you're new to Wikipedia; if you are, you may wish to review WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:V, and What Wikipedia is not for general guidelines on writing articles. Regarding the Perri article, my position is that not all of the changes you've introduced are helpful. I'll go through these point-by-point.


 * You've removed the last section of the sentence, "Perri considered running for mayor of Saint-Leonard in 1986, saying that he had been approached by local politicians such as Alfonso Gagliano, Michel Bissonnet, and Joe Morselli." I realize that, in light of later events, the references to Gagliano and Morselli could be regarded as problematic. At the time, however, they were not; both Gagliano and Morselli were mainstream politicians in 1986 (as Bissonnnet still is), and it's a point of fact that they encouraged Perri's abortive mayoral bid. I don't have a strong opinion about this change and I'm willing to omit the references to Gagliano and Morselli, but the reference to Bissonnet should be retained as non-controversial.


 * You've removed a reference to Perri casting a tiebreaking vote pertaining to Joe Morselli and a food-catering firm in 1985. I realize that this sentence could be seen as portraying Perri in an unfairly negative light, and I'm willing to leave it out of the article. Nonetheless, the information is accurate and shouldn't have been removed without some explanation.


 * You've added the following sentence, about Transgesco: "The firm is responsible for designing strategies to create non-fare revenues while improving the passengers' transportation experience (development of rest areas in stations, deployment of television screens, wireless telephony and WiFi)." I have no reason to doubt this information, but it's unsourced and not directly relevant to a Perri biography. For these reasons, I'm going to remove it.


 * You've added the following sentence, about the Saint-Leonard borough council: "Additionally, Perri initiated a by-law to abolish wood-burning in Montreal." From what I understand, this isn't quite right; my reading of the situation was that the Montreal city council approved a by-law banning the installation of some types of wood-burning stoves. In any event, the sentence is unsourced, and for this reason I'm going to remove it, at least for the time being.


 * You've removed a paragraph about Perri's involvement in federal politics. I'm not certain why you've done so; this information is both relevant and sourced, and it doesn't (to my mind, anyway) portray him in a bad or questionable light. As such, I'm going to return it.


 * You've added a paragraph about Perri's family. I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the information you've added, but it's simply not relevant to a Wikipedia article. (I should clarify that this is not intended as any sort of comment against Perri or his family; as a general rule, family members should not be mentioned in Wikipedia articles unless they themselves are public figures. For this reason, I'm going to remove the paragraph.)

Please contact me if you disagree with any position I've taken; I hope we can resolve this situation without getting caught in an edit war. CJCurrie (talk) 02:03, 30 September 2011 (UTC)