Talk:Jason Crummey

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This guy has quite the guts to run with a name like Crummey. (uncited comment by Esto 11:46, 8 May 2005)

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[edit] Cleanup

The introductory paragraphs, in particular, contain a bunch of information that isn't cited and is of questionable relevance to this bio. More details on his Electoral history would be good, too. —GrantNeufeld 21:35, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Is he even notable? If it read "Jason Crummey, perennial Green candidate and also-ran, has never won an election" would that change anything? The granularity of family history detail might be fascinating to him or his family, but I am still not sure why he ranks as a Canadian politician of note, even a Green one.--BradPatrick 17:13, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Jason Crummey also ran for St. John's City Council (NL), I believe 1992. His campaign slogan was 'When you think city hall, think Crummey'. (Jp.rowe 23:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Off-topic

I see that there has been a bit of a revert war over these two paragraphs:

Jason Crummey's ancestors have lived in Newfoundland for three centuries. They moved to Newfoundland from the British Isles, shortly after England's Parliament enacted Statute 10/11 William III c.25: The Newfoundland Act 1698. One of the earliest references for “C-R-U-M-M-E-Y” is Robert Crummey who lived in England in 1693. His name was recorded by the English Parliament when they raised new taxes for King William's War. Robert Crummey appeared on the Parliamentary Rolls for “Middlesex, St. Dunstan Stepney, The Hamlet of Wapping Stepney, Bank”. The tax on his house was assessed at £0.6 and its rental value pegged at £3 per year.
Folklore says that Crummeys have lived in Newfoundland since the time of Queen Anne’s War and they are descended from a fisherman who visited St. John’s Harbour in 1703 named James Crowmwell. The precise date of The Crummey’s arrival in Newfoundland is unknown because family names were not recorded in Newfoundland censuses between 1713 and 1792. Whatever the date The Crummeys arrived in Newfoundland, Patrick Crummey was reported living at Western Bay in 1792; Patrick Cromwell was reported living at Western Bay six years later and it is obvious these two people are the same.

This material is not about the subject of the article, Jason Crummey, and should be deleted. Ground Zero | t 20:38, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

His father and grandfather were born in the nearby community of Western Bay, as were his great and great-great grandfathers. Crummey is a cousin of Maxwell Kennedy who is the author of History and Folklore of Western Bay.

This too. Ground Zero | t 23:57, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I've removed these parts, and cleaned up the article. Consequently, I have also removed the clean-up tags. Ground Zero | t 21:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Education

Some anonymous editor(s) keeps removing the Education section of this article. If you want to remove content, please give a reason. —GrantNeufeld 02:00, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

The guy's run twice for the leadership of the largest minor party in Canada. I think that makes him notable enough. I have put that in the opening line to bring it up to Wikipedia standards. I have also removed the bit about his grandfather. This is not a personal website. It is an encyclopedia. Ground Zero | t 16:32, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Criminal Conviction

I keep updating his Criminal Conviction as it is a matter of public record. However CJCurrie keeps reverting to the old version. Am I doing something incorrectly? If so, how do I add this verifiable information to this "gentelman's" Wikipedia entry? Some feedback would be nice. Jp.rowe 12:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

In order to include information like that, you must provide a “reliable” and verifiable citation. Please see the official policy on Biographies of living persons for a full explanation. I tried a web search to find reference to the conviction, but did not find any references. —GrantNeufeld 23:50, 27 May 2007 (UTC)