Talk:Earl Strickland

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[edit] Needs details, sourcing

The last paragraph looks to need supporting details, such as place and event, and preferably a citation. [--anon.]

Marking this "Resolved" as it is undated, inspecific as to the issues raised, and almost certainly no longer applies to "the last paragraph" since material is added and moved around in articles all the time. I would encourage the original poster (or anyone else) use use the {{Fact}} template to identify material they believe is unsourced or improperly sourced. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 19:54, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sportsmanship

Having personally watched many Strickland matches, there's no question about his sportsmanship :) The question is, how to cite something? I have a personal collection of matches where his sportsmanship is self evident.

Perhaps we can simply call him...volatile?

Sportsmanship is not necessarily a barrier into the BCA hall of fame in any case.

I personally have very much enjoyed watching Earl play; especially when towards the end of a match he made a fantastic shot and said something to the effect he would play his way out of it. I wish for only the most accurate and authenticated article on him.

MichaelJHuman 19:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. This half-article already has serious WP:NPOV problems as do several others (Ronnie O'Sullivan comes to mind as does one of the articles on the Filipino players, I forget which one - they were all added around the same time and in just about equally bad state of stubness.) Given WP:BLP, this article should err on the side of assuming Strickland's good faith. Any sources as to his being cantankerous need to be even more reliable than would otherwise be required. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 19:57, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Update: I made an attempt to remove point of view, let me know what you think. I also moved the BCA nomination to the intro, as I felt that summed him up as an important player.

The latter was definitely good. As for the rest, I think you may've taken too much out; see the other player articles (and esp. that of ref Michaela Tabb for addl. source information. I don't think the article is terribly weakened or anything, but rather that we probably already have copy-pasteable sources for a few of the removed details (some of which weren't POV points, by the way, such as the M.C. tie score bit, and a few other points.) — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 20:31, 12 March 2007 (UTC)