Talk:Joseph H. Vicari

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[edit] Unencyclopedic

I have read WP:NOT dozens of times and have not identified any criteria that would not justify retention of this article. This is not an indiscriminate collection of information, it is part of a carefully planned effort at Wikiproject:New Jersey, an effort to expand the scope of information about new Jersey, an effort that has resulted in articles for every one of the 40 State Senators and 80 General Assembly members, and those for most Freeholders. Mr. Vicari is one of five members of the Ocean County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders, the body that administers a county with over 500,000 residents. Mr. Vicari is one of at least 50 New Jersey Freeholders with Wikipedia articles, which can be reviewed at Category:New Jersey County Freeholders. If there is any specific objection or issue, please let me know so that it can be addressed with this and all of the other fifty articles as soon as possible. Tag will be removed in 48 hours. Alansohn 00:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

As a resident of Ocean County for over 15 years, I am glad to see local lawmakers are included. However, this entry reads like a press release. While this is not a flagrant flaunting of the rules against advertising and advocacy (which is listed on WP:NOT), it does come much too close. In fact, the language is awfully similar to his biography on the website for the Ocean County Board of Freeholders.

For an example of a more appropriate tone for a biographical stub, see the entry for Matthew John Rinaldo.

It's very difficult to compare an article for a Freeholder to that of a Congressman, where there is access to a Congressional biography, among other sources. That said, the article has been reworded to address the tone of the entry. Alansohn 17:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


I know, but it looks much better.