User talk:I Am Peripatetic

Coltrane as 12 Steps

Sure I recommend that you review these pages briefly: Wikipedia doesn't publish original research, Wikipedia requires reliable sources, and fringe theories require little--if any--attention. Simply put, Coltrane and A Love Supreme aren't commonly associated with the 12 Steps/AA method. It might be true that there are similarities, but we need a source (really several good ones) that make this connection. If you have sources that support this claim, then please add them. If not, then this will have to go. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:16, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Policy Wikipedia seeks for content that is verifiable, not true. There are an infinite number of truths which are inappropriate for Wikipedia: what you ate for breakfast, Taylor Swift's shoe size, 0 + 89,988 = 89,988, and so on. To decide if something is appropriate for Wikipedia, ask yourself the following questions:

Did I come up with this theory/fact? If so, this violates WP:OR--Wikipedia does not publish original research.
Where did I get this information? Is it from a reliable source?
Is this a marginal fringe theory or trivial fact?

These are useful queries that can help you determine if something is appropriate for Wikipedia. Regarding Coltrane's similarities to the 12-step method: where did you get this idea? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:54, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sources Strictly speaking, academics and scholarship aren't necessary for sources--e.g. newspapers or rock criticism are completely appropriate places to find connections about pop music. In the case of a single-source theory, you have to weigh how respectable and reliable that source is. In your example, Lewis is recognized as an authority on Coltrane--others will cite Lewis. So even if he originates a theory and no one else explicitly cites that, it's worth mentioning. If he originates the theory and then others run with it, it's worth more discussion. If several sources independently offer similar (or competing!) theories on the same topic, then it might demand an entire section in the biography. Etc. It can certainly be confusing sometimes to determine what is or is not an appropriate source, but it's not necessary to dig through JSTOR--a simple Google search and being savvy about your sources is all that's needed. Please let me know if you need any further assistance. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:21, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of Pat Dillett

The article Pat Dillett has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. The nominator also raised the following concern:

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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize pages by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at Will Botwin, you may be blocked from editing. Peter James (talk) 15:39, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]