Talk:50 Home Run Club

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[edit] Steroids Era

I have removed references to "the Steroid Era" because there is no citation and including it seems to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. It sounds like the intention is to say "Steroids are to blame for the increase in home runs"; however, Wikipedia is not in a position to draw conclusions like that. The increase in HRs is certainly notable; how that came about is not verifiable and does not belong here. --SuperNova |T|C| 00:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I would have to disagree... to have absolutely no mention of steroids in this article is to ignore the entire picture. Correct me if i'm wrong, but this sounds like a fairly unbiased statement that doesn't draw conclusions (which I will add) "It is suggested that this increase in home runs is a result of widespread use of steroids in then 1990s known as the steroid era. While the numbers might suggest that this is the case, none of the sluggers on this list have been proven to take steroids or other banned substances." Cms479 18:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Cms: See avoid weasel words. "It is suggested" is not indicative of a verifiable statement. If you think this needs to be included, find a reliable source to that effect and say something like, "Noted baseball reasearch Joe Blow, among others, has alleged that..." and then cite it. Enough people have made the claim that we shouldn't fall back on weasel words, assuming this discussion is even relevant to this topic at all. --SuperNova |T|C| 20:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, I've reworded and added sources, most of which I took right from the sluggers' wikipedia sites. If you have any problems with the current edit, please don't just scrap it again. If your goal is a well worded, supported statement and you don't think this is good enough, then help me fix it. Eliminating it altogether makes me think that you just dont want such a statement in the page, whether it should be or not. Cms479 13:38, 11 August 2006 (UTC)