Wikipedia:Association of Members' Advocates/Requests/April 2007/cassutt81

Case Filed On: 18:49, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Your problem:
My problem is a content dispute on the Wikipedia page for Taylorcraft (a type of aircraft similar to the Piper Cub). I am a four-time owner and pilot of Taylorcraft aircraft, and in this matter I am more or less representing a large group of loyal owner/pilot enthusiasts of this type of aircraft.

Recently I took the liberty to edit the Taylorcraft page with: 1 more historically accurate information, 2 putting in the correct name of the company founder, 3 adding a universally acknowledged historical perspective regarding the company's checkered history, and 4 adding information on the current closure of the company which is public record.

My edit was "reverted" twice now (which I believe is in violation of Wikipedia policies for repeated reverting), removing the factually correct information I had included in the process. I attempted to revert back to my original edit, but it has once again been removed.

I suspect that the person who is removing the information I put on the page is a Mr. Harry Ingram or an associate of his. Ingram is the latest in a long list of failed "owners" who have bankrupted the Taylorcraft company, leaving burned investors and possibly defrauded customers. The "reverted" versions that replaced my edits always listed Ingram as the owner of the company instead of listing C. G. Taylor as the original founder of the company. Mr. Ingram would obviously prefer if the company's failure under his ownership was NOT included on the Wikipedia page.

To my knowledge, Ingram would be the one, only, sole, singular,exclusive person anywhere in the Taylorcraft community worldwide who would want his name listed as the current failed owner in place of the universally revered founder of the company. Ingram would be the only person who would gain by erasing factually correct public record information about the company's current status. Ingram would be one of only a small handful of previous failed owners who would be offended by the (correct, published in a hardcover history book, and universally accepted) notion that "Taylorcraft has had a long and checkered history..." which I added in my edit.

I would ask for you to intervene and prevent Mr. Ingram (or whoever is repeatedly reverting this article) from attempting to prevent an accurate article from existing. Once again, I spent the time to edit the Taylorcraft Wikipedia page with historically correct information (which is known to be accurate by the large group of owners and enthusiasts who keep these aircraft flying after 60 years).

Please feel free to contact the entities that represent the group of owners to verify what I have said here:

Taylorcraft Foundation (a 501(c)3 organization) Forrest A. Barber, President fbarber@alliancelink.com

Taylorcraft Owner's Club Bruce Bixler, President tocprez@yahoo.com

Please feel free to post a request for votes or opinions on the Taylorcraft Foundation Discussion Forum (via the Forum Administrator Bob Ollerton) tcraft@taylorcraft.org

My position is simply a strong enthusiast for this specific type of aircraft, an owner and pilot, and someone who wants the Wikipedia page on this aircraft to be informative and accurate.

Thank you for your intervention in this matter,

Bill Berle 1940 Taylorcraft N29544 Los Angeles, CA 818-701-6801 h victorbravo@sbcglobal.net

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