Talk:Marquis Cooper

Trying to edit page?

Why would you protect a page that is a current event? I am watching ESPN News as we speak and hearing new updates on this guy and I cannot edit the page! Coo coo! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.68.50.194 (talk) 23:05, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

The page was protected due to excessive violations of our policies concerning unsourced information. It is only semi protected so established editors can add new information as it is reliably confirmed. Mfield (talk) 23:09, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I requested the page be protected due to high vandalism. Everyone is welcome to create an account.--Jojhutton (talk) 00:18, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Marquis Cooper's Death

Should we list Marquis Cooper as deceased? I saw on Yahoo! news that the search for him and Corey Smith was called off today, as they would've found survivors by now. I just wanted to run this by someone to see if we should list today as his date of death or not. Justin (talk) 17:03, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

He's still not legally dead.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 23:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Absolutely not. Until a reliable source confirms death - i.e. they find a body he is legally missing presumed dead. Presumptions about the odds maybe enough reason for the coastguard to call of a search and save their budget but they are not a reason for us to publish incorrect facts. Until that changes this must remain a BLP article. Mfield (talk) 23:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

He may very well not be alive anymore, but until there is a reliable source saying he has died, we leave it alone.--Jojhutton (talk) 00:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

NO. Please please respect him and his family by NOT being so insensitive as to list him as deceased. Just imagine if his family members see that. Be sensitive people. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eartzi (talk • contribs) 01:06, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

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Devastating news in the search for Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith and Will Bleakley. FANHOUSE released an article about 2 hours ago, in the article Schuyler (the man found clinging to the boat Monday afternoon) according to him, Cooper and Smith both gave up hope. "We were told that Nick said the two NFL players took their life jackets off and drifted out to sea," said Bob Bleakey, whose Son Will, 25, is also still missing. Nick said that two to four hours after the boat tipped over in rough waters, one of the two NFL players decided he'd had enough. A few hours later, the second one did the same thing. If that isn't enough, Schuyler said that Will Bleakley who stayed hanging on the capsized boat with Nick, told him he saw a light in the distance and decided to try and swim for it.

This is very very sad news if it is true. Lets hope not.

Here's the link to the article: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/03/03/schuyler-marquis-cooper-and-corey-smith-left-life-jackets-dri/

By the way, I would've posted this to both Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith's wikipedia pages but they're "locked". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beautifullxxo (talk • contribs)

Thanks for the information. If true, it might need to be added. The reason that the article is locked is to ensure that uncited and potentially damaging information is not added to a Biography. This sometimes happens with editors who may be a bit unsure of how wikipedia works. In time we all get the hang of it.--Jojhutton (talk) 01:19, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Dead

Is he now legally dead? --65.27.110.226 (talk) 01:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)--65.27.110.226 (talk) 01:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)--65.27.110.226 (talk) 01:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)--65.27.110.226 (talk) 01:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)