Talk:Frank LaGrotta

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This article was nominated for deletion in the past. The result of the discussion was keep.

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[edit] Infobox

I added a new infobox detailing LaGrotta's criminal record. I followed wikipedia guidelines on this, following all WP:BLP rules. See the articles on James Traficant, Duke Cunningham, and Tom Delay to see similar infoboxes in use.--RedShiftPA (talk) 02:51, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The "mugshot" attached to the article is not a police "mug shot." It is LaGrotta's Pennsylvania driver's license photo. It is also misattributed to the Dauphin County Pa. Police Department. There is no such entity. The photo was distributed by the office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General.

[edit] Removed section from article

I removed a paragraph from the article on WP:BLP and WP:NPOV grounds. The paragraph contained a link to a site called the New Castle News, and used as its source a fairly tabloid-style webitorial. I didn't consider it be a reliable source, and therefore removed the section. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 22:04, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I've been somewhat uncomfortable with the nature of the paragraph, since it doesn't seem that important to have the editorials written about him. However, I really don't see what you find unreliable about the News: it's a reputable newspaper, and (with the things that it covers) a trustworthy and reliable source. What gave you reason to find it unreliable? Nyttend (talk) 03:38, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I should have been more specific. I have no quarrel with the NCN, rather, I don't think that we can use a editorial of this nature as a source for opinion-based conclusions. The paragraph I removed restated the opinions in the editorial (his trouble is just beginning, he has a problem w/ the truth, etc.), then cited the paper. This is the reason I removed that paragraph. Although I'm not crazy about talking about the civil suit in this article until there has been some sort of final decision, I would not have removed an NPOV statement of the facts of that case. In my opinion the former paragraph went beyond that. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 23:49, 1 June 2008 (UTC)