Talk:Krishna Das (singer)

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[edit] Lack of Citation

The charge about the felony has to be verified. I have tried to check this myself and was unable to find any outside information. I would post one of those "hand stop" icons, but I am new to posting, so I haven't quite figured that out yet. Newphase

I found the information and posted it, now someone has taken it out of the current version. If you are interested in this information it is in the page archive. It is probably not really that significant as far as his life is concerned but the person who took it out suggested in the edit summary field that it was defamatory to list that information. It is not defamatory to put in factually accurate information even if it is negative. I think that a lot of this article is just taken from KD's web site and it is not really an NPOV article about him, we all need a little healthy criticism, Wikipedia is not a promotional or fan site. Alex756 15:37, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

• Hi Alex756, I was not the first to remove your posting and probably wouldn't be the last. Just for the record, I have only done minor punctuation editing to this article and I am certainly not a fan. In fact, I have never even listened to his records or anything like that. The problem I, and I believe others, have had with your posting is that Wikipedia now has very exact policy about defamatory comments in biographies. And though your link does show an apparently legal notice, all it has is the name Jeffrey Kagel, which I am certain is a fairly common name. Your posting has caused me to do extensive research on the subject and I can find no other information about the arrest of Krishna Das/Jeffrey Kagel anywhere. For this reason, I believe it is within Wikipedia guideline to remove your negative posting, unless you can provide further verification that it was, in fact, about Krishna Das/Jeffrey Kagel. Thank you for your understanding. (Yogiraj 16:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC))

• The posting is entirely valid. The court record is public information and can be viewed online at the PACER website. The record lists the defendant as "Jeffrey Kagel a/k/a KD." There is no defamation. His conviction is a matter of fact.Sb700 03:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)