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The police station picture was nominated for deletion. — Instantnood 08:59, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Noe

This guy keeps being added and removed. I think the confusion lies in what the Tom Noe page itself says. It doesn't mention that he's from Bowling Green originally, but instead that he lives in Toledo and has lived there for quite some time. I think that this Toledo Blade article[1] should explain it all. ClarkBHM 00:29, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning the issue of IGUN and Michael Vatan (The Gothfather)

http://media.www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2006/01/27/Pulse/Local.Bars.Bring.The.Dark.Side.To.Light-1519211.shtml

http://media.www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2003/01/29/LocalNews/Goth-Night.A.Weekly.Ritual-1288274.shtml

Here are two linked sources to a local newspaper in Bowling Green, OH. Both of which acknowledge that Michael Vatan, aka The Gothfather, is the founder and creator of IGUN. I only continue to contest this because I have worked nearly 10 years of my life to make this a huge success.

Any apologies I can give to the moderators of Wikipedia are sent with the utmost of sincerity. I hope all can empathize that when dedicating this much of ones life to their creation comes with much dismay when someone tries to claim it for their own when they have put no effort or have taken absolutely no part in it. If there is any more I can do to bring clarity to this matter, please address me personally as I would like to have the revisement acknowledged that I continually try to re-establish on the Bowling Green, OH page.

Thank you for your time.

-Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.60.47.194 (talk) 20:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Goth Inclusion in Bowling Green Page

The section of the Bowling Green article that references the Gothic subculture should be edited so as not to be used as a promotion for club events. The events at bars on any particular night are not inherently descriptive of the prime or sub-population of a city.

Several cities have bars that cater to several alternative cultures, but those sub-cultures should refrain from promotion of any particular club or business -- if mentioned at all. Bowling Green has a very proud artistic community. Perhaps the Gothic subculture should be listed as one of the many subcultures that are found in Bowling Green, as well as most college towns. Any attempts to connect a subculture with a particular person should be frowned upon, as subcultures get their starts from several foundations.

Furthermore, I reference articles such as Columbus, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan, which holds no correlations between the city and any particular club(s) or business(es) being cited as creating or maintaining any particular scene even though Ann Arbor has distinct clubs for several alternative subcultures. I reference these particular articles because they closely resemble to composition of Bowling Green, Ohio (i.e. college towns, more liberal, cultural cities).

I think we should look to the Ann Arbor article as a reference in committing a "Culture" subsection that could mention Gothic, but refrain from promotion of clubs or events. Such a section should base it's information solely on events that are an output of Bowling Green as a city.

72.241.197.44 (talk) 20:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)Jason McMasters