Talk:Sherri Skanes

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[edit] Press release

Since the Sherri Skanes redirect had already been created, I changed it and used the press release which I feel offers different information than that found in David Blaine, Mysterious Stranger, and $100,000 Challenge. — Thefool 04:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. You may wish to check the the Wikipedia Manual of Style (specifically WP:MOSBIO) to format it as a biography page. --Elonka 15:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Good point. I'll go even further and chop it down to the absolute basics which haven't been told elsewhere and I do feel belong here. — Thefool 19:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

While I truly appreciate all this special attention and your hard work, I respectfully request you do not publish any links to my artwork, etc as it is copyright sensitive (isn't that a WIKI no-no?). In addition, it is located on servers that by virtue of its URL expose personal information I do not wish to be so publicly accessible. I have removed the link in question. Thank you very much.!--SS (Posted 19:43, May 7, 2006 by Sassy1962 )

If something is on a public webpage, especially something that is clearly an AOL user page [1], it is considered fair game for linking. No copyright issue is involved unless an image was actually used on Wikipedia. Further, it is worth pointing out that everything on the AOL page has already been indexed under the name of "Sherri Ann Skanes" by Google and other public search engines [2]. If it is desired to keep information on the internet private, it is recommended that it not be placed on an AOL userpage -- it should instead be under password on a more secure page.

Another option exists, which is that of entirely deleting the Sherri Skanes biography from Wikipedia. If you desire this, please say so, and the request can be submitted for deletion (it's not a sure thing, but it's worth a try). --Elonka 06:50, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

The link in question adds nothing to this article.

Thefool 19:01, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blaine Quote

This was edited out. I still feel it adds to the article. Opinions?

Thefool 03:19, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Blaine added, “I was worried that it wasn’t going to be solved in my lifetime. I am thrilled and relieved to reward Sherri for her hard-work, dedication, and out-of-the-box thinking. Congratulations.”

It's a bit too emotional for a Wikipedia article. As a rule of thumb, think of what you'd read in a typical "Encyclopedia Brittanica" section, which probably wouldn't include congratulatory quotes like that. The goal is to strive for "Neutral Point of View", and only include emotional language when it's clearly relevant to the subject's notability. Like, "According to Newsweek, Smith was known to throw frequent temper tantrums (and his shoes) in Congressional sessions." Also, it's very rare for Wikipedia articles to include "dialogue" quotes. Third-party descriptions are more the rule. In this case, Blaine being "thrilled and relieved" isn't particularly relevant, though if it were important, I might include a statement like, "After the solution was announced, Blaine issued a public congratulations to Skerri on <date>, and expressed that he had been worried that no one would solve the puzzle during his lifetime." But, I would still challenge that, and ask if there was another source for that information? Or is it only from the press release? Any time we use self-written info from a press release, we're running into WP:AUTO, which allows that *sometimes* self-written information can be included, but it must be done judiciously. We might also be skating into "non-credible sources" here. Is his state of mind really verifable? For more information, please see: WP:NPOV and WP:V. --Elonka 03:42, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the elaborate answer.

Thefool 03:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)