Talk:Mark Marissen

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[edit] Appointment to Dion campaign

Marissen's recent appointment to campaign chair for the Dion-led Liberals should be in here somewhere; various political aspects in BC also should be in this article eventually (and not just to do with Ledgegate!). This whole thing reads like the guy's C.V. as written for newsrooms....not surprising considering he's a professional p.r. hack...Skookum1 09:04, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Item-by-item citations are needed

In political bios like this a number of factors come to play, other than WP:AUTO and WP:BIO. There have been a lot of tweaks to this article by WP:SPAs (pls read) which were not actively cited when they happened; the four items in the refs are pretty pointless without that, especially because there'ws been updates where the refs haven't changed, and it sweems that some of what's there isn't in the papers or other citable sources. Only what can be cit4ed from pubicly-avialable/verifiable sources can be here; not stuff added personally or by friends that they happen to know, or family stuff like ol' Erik Bornmann's article had (of the "he likes kids and dogs and volunteers to church picnic"variety). C'mon now, you p.r. types that have been vetting this are supposed to b e professaion writer/researchers who can write to a style guide. So please read and observe Wikipedia's, OK? This page is not meant as a resume and, though you might try, you won't be able to contorl it....and since we know how to figure out what sock puppets are, could you just use one username, please?.Skookum1 (talk) 03:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

for more on footnotes and cites, namely how to Wikiformat the refs that are here, consult WP:MOS or look at any other bio, preferably one with GA or FA status (good article or feature article).Skookum1 (talk) 03:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Manipulation of Wikipedia by political consultants has already been the subject of media/press more than a few times more (and not just in Canada, of course), and it's not favourable coverage for the perpetrators, minor scandals though they've been. Why not just learn the proper ropes of Wikipedia and respect the place and its parameters. Various political biography and politilcal history contributors havgef done exactly that, after at first "massaging" the articdles theyu were interested in (Tories and Liberals have even gone over the McBride and Pattullo and other pages....which is fine, once they learned what's allowed and more about Wiki format/style. Please read the appropriate sections in WP:What Wikipedia is not. Thank you.Skookum1 (talk) 03:37, 17 April 2008 (UTC)