Talk:Andy the Clown

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A fact from Andy the Clown appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 February 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Andy the Clown performed at Chicago White Sox games for 30 years, outlasting an attempt to replace him with two new mascots?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/February.

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Steve Dahl phone call

A claim such as this should be properly sourced according to "WP:BLPSOURCES" regardless of whether it is true. Without a proper source, this edit amounts to nothing more than rumor and innuendo and may even be defamatory towards Dahl and it should have been removed way before now. Therefore, I have immediately removed it per "WP:BLPREMOVE", "WP:UNSOURCED" and "WP:LIBEL". If a "reliable source", preferably a "third-party source", which supports this claim can be cited then it may be possible to re-add. Even so, I still have concerns as to how relevant this information it is to the understanding of the article or if it's simply meant as an attack against Dahl. Something as contentious and controversial as this should be discussed and a consensus reached before being re-added per "WP:BLPSOURCES" and "WP:BURDEN". - Marchjuly (talk) 05:44, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]