Talk:Tom Blackaller
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Wikipedia placed a tone flag on the Tom Blackaller article. I think the flag was prompted by words such as handsome, colorful, mischievous. I think the flag is inappropriate, as there is wide-ranging published evidence that a major reason Tom Blackaller is still being given tribute 20 years after his death was precisely because of his colorful personality. Would appreciate other observers concurring and/or removing the tone flag.
Wikipedia also placed a flag about lack of citations. I edited the article to include the internal reference linking that Wikipedia prefers. These sources include reliable external sources such as the New York Times and national monthly magazine Sailing World. However, the flag remains... how does it get removed? --Olivaglobal (talk) 20:29, 10 September 2009 (UTC)