Talk:Greg Van Zant

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[edit] Greg Van Zant is editing?

Wikipedia policy is to disallow Greg Van Zant from editing the Greg Van Zant page [1][2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ WP:COI
  2. ^ Wikipedia:Autobiography

[edit] Worst Coach Ever

I have found at least three articles on the internet where former players were interviewed and said that Greg Van Zant is the worst coach ever. I'm not able to find all those at this moment. If I find those, do you think that it should be included as part of the article? I mean, it seams like a pretty agreed upon fact. /ClintonKu 22:00, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Probably not. It's too subjective for an encylopedia article. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 13:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I absolutely disagree. This seems to be based on truth. It can be stated that Cal Ripken was a great baseball player (with sources to verify), so it should also be allowed to say that Greg Van Zant is a terrible coach, as long as sufficient sources are referenced. /ClintonKu 00:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't think we should make either statement. We can add quotes from people, provided those people are important and let the reader decide. But we need to be careful to be NPOV ourselves and we need to be careful about providing a balanced selection of quotes. Even then there is a danger of being biased. I feel it's probably not a good idea to go looking for quotes like this.Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:36, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
I guess that's fine, but the linked website does seem like a good depiction. /ClintonKu 11:03, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Who is the website written by? It doesn't appear to be signed.Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 11:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Not sure, but I have a pretty good guess (the website states that it is a former player, and I can imagine which player wrote it). /ClintonKu 11:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

Please, when editing the biography of a living person be very careful of sources. They need to be top notch. A source that states:

"This column was initially sent to The Dominion Post for publication, but they refused to print it."

is simply not good enough by a long way.Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 10:36, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons

As stated on the page, this is an official policy and must be strictly followed. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 11:02, 16 February 2007 (UTC)