User talk:Stephenmcgehee

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Thank you for letting me know. I looked into the citation area, but could not find the format to cite this. In this case, I went directly to the person who began this and who is mentioned in what I wrote - James W. Knox. I asked him in a face-to-face conversation on Thursday, May 10, 2012 what year this began in DeLand. "1985" was his answer. Can you point me to where I can find the proper way to format such a source? I found how to source using the usual published material, but a personal interview was something I couldn't find. Thank you very much. Stephenmcgehee (talk) 01:39, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please read our policies at Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research, and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. Anything that is in an article in Wikipedia must be verifiable from reliable published third-party sources. Your personal knowledge or observation, what someone tells you, or what you read somewhere, it not acceptable in Wikipedia unless you can cite a reliable source for the information. -- Donald Albury 10:04, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]