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[edit] PHASE 2

Hi there, you recently made some edits to the article on graffiti writer PHASE 2. I was the primary author of this article and just wanted to ask you about a couple of changes you made. I'm guessing from your changes that you have some personal familiarity with Phase 2, is that correct? One of the key things you changed was Phase's real name. Other sources had suggested that his name was Lonny Wood but you claim it is Michael Marrow. If you know Phase and know this is true we can probably take your word for it, but it would be better if we had a source saying so. You also provide some information on Lee 163rd, and it would likewise be good to know how you know that.

I don't mean to be prying here, it's just that Wikipedia has fairly strict rules about sourcing information about living people (which is part of why this article has so many footnotes!). If we can't verify your changes to the article I will probably have to undo them because of those rules, but if you can provide sources for this information or verify that you personally know Phase we can probably keep it. My only interest is making the article as accurate as possible using sources that are reliable.

If you see this note, perhaps you can contact me on my talk page (just click on the link that says "Talk" at the end of this message). If you prefer to keep it private you could also send me an e-mail. My username (Bigtimepeace) also appears at the end of this note, and if you click on that you will be taken to my user page. On the left side of that page you will see a link that says "E-mail this user" and if you click there a box will come up that will allow you to send me an e-mail.

Hope to hear from you, thanks!--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 00:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for getting back to me. That's very interesting information you provide, and I fully believe you that Phase was originally known as Michael Marrow but took to calling himself Lonny. Ideally we would mention both names, but as of now we don't have any sources that give Marrow as his birth name. Since he later took to calling himself Lonny (and perhaps still does - I don't know if you still know him), and since we have sources that attest to that being his chosen name (aside from Phase 2 obviously), I think we should stick with that for now (it would be different if the Lonny name was completely inaccurate, which is what I was thinking when you first changed it). The way I have dealt with this is to reword it from "real name Lonny Wood" to "aka Lonny Wood." That seems to be accurate and sourced. If we have a reliable source that gives his birth name as Michael Marrow then we can put that in - let me know if you know of anything. I know Phase published a book on graf but it seems you can only get it in Europe.
Again, thanks for getting back to me and please let me know if you have any other suggestions.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 05:38, 10 April 2008 (UTC)