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[edit] December 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Marco Fu, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Wikipedia articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Thank you. If you have a source for that nickname, then cite it please. Otherwise you will continue to be reverted when you add it, because nickname fields are a frequent target for vandalism of biographical articles. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 01:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] December 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Marco Fu, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Wikipedia articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Thank you. If you have a source for that nickname, then cite it please. Otherwise you will continue to be reverted when you add it, because nickname fields are a frequent target for vandalism of biographical articles. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 01:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)



Hi, I don't know too much about the technicalities of wikipedia edits, but I accept the points you make. However, there is very little evidence that his nickname is "cue-man-fu" either. Try googling it - the only hit you'll get is the wikipedia entry. Even if you take the hyphens out, you only get a three times repeated blog post from October titled Beware Cue Man Fu.

There are several "anecdotal" uses of Hong Kong Fuey when you google it, leading me to believe that it is the most popular nickname for Marco Fu.

It may even be possible that the one blog mentioning "cue-man-fu" got the nickname from Wikipedia. The idea that Wikipedia is creating new "facts" is certainly an exciting one! But probably not the intended purpose of Wikipedia.

I think the best compromise would be to include both nicknames; failing that, to take away both nicknames.

One other point; the wikipedia entry specifically for snooker nicknames mentions both of their nicknames; perhaps Marco Fu's wikipedia entry should reflect this information.

Regards, Anon

Responded to you at my talk page, in the copy of the discussion there. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 21:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)