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George Oldfield

I welcome your attempt to add to the story of ACC Oldfield and his incompetence in charge of the Yorkshire Ripper investigation, but there is a difficulty in the way you are trying to write it. Wikipedia only collects information which has been previously published elsewhere, and not new writing and explanations which are being introduced or revealed for the first time. That is called 'original research' and you can find help about it by following the link to the 'no original research' policy. If you are referring to some information about George Oldfield which has been published somewhere else then the article should say where. This could be anywhere which is regarded as a reliable source, whether on the internet or not.

The other important thing to note is that Wikipedia is written with what we call a 'neutral point of view', which means that it does not endorse or reject any opinion, but just describes them. So, for example, while it is now perfectly clear that hoaxer John Humble had no connection to any murders, the article about George Oldfield simply describes his continuing belief that the tape received in 1979 was still genuinely connected with the murders. Sam Blacketer (talk) 11:55, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

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