User talk:Larbabe

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Most of the Standells history is inaccurate and written by those who know very little about the Standells. Who would know more this subject than Larry Tamblyn, the group's founder and legal owner of the name? It takes a great deal of gall to incorrectly edit the present membership of the group.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Larbabe (talk • contribs) 23:12, 30 July 2011

The Standells

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My comments, as a complete outsider to the editing conflicts on that article, are as follows. Firstly, Wikipedia is based on verifiability rather than truth - that is, all statements should be referenced and verifiable from published sources. Secondly, some of the references you are using - such as Facebook - are not regarded as reliable sources. Thirdly, some of your wording seems to use "peacock terms", which are strongly discouraged. I'm afraid that your statement that the article is "written and edited in coordination with Larry Tamblyn, the legal owner of the Standells name" carries little weight here; although clearly Wikipedia articles should be accurate, particularly where there are contentious issues in relation to living people (and I don't know, in this case, whether they are particularly contentious or not), they also need to be neutral and summarise what outside sources say. These comments aren't meant to be critical, but I think you may, from some of your edits, have a slight misunderstanding over how Wikipedia works, and I strongly advise you to read WP:COI carefully. (Loved "Dirty Water" by the way....) Regards, Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:04, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I will take another look at the page in due course, and "wikify" it in accordance with Wikipedia guidelines, while trying to maintain its factual accuracy. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:57, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

The article has now been protected for a week. Can I suggest that, during that time, all interested editors raise any concerns they have about the current wording here on the article talk page, so that a way forward can be agreed through consensus. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:54, 15 August 2011 (UTC)