Talk:Marcus Dixon
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[edit] Disambiguation?
I expected to find a page related to Marcus Dixon, the Rome, Georgia high school student who was convicted of child molestation in 2003. A couple questions: 1) Does anyone object to reogranizing this so that 'Marcus Dixon' is a disambiguation page, pointing to separate articles about the TV character and the real-life person? 2) Assuming that there aren't any compelling arguments not to do this, does anyone know how to do this well? I would be happy to take a shot at it, but I have a feeling that the result would be a bit of a mess. --Rkstafford 21:16, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Well that Dixon doesn't even have a page to my knowledge nor do any of the links going to this article appear to be for that particular Dixon. For the time being, it would probably be better to put a disambig at the top of the page:
- For the _____ see [[Marcus Dixon (whatever)]].
- And start a page there. K1Bond007 22:48, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
What the hell is this TV crap? What about Marcus Dixon, the boy who's in jail for a crime that's no longer on the books? http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/dixon.asp Nice encylopedia. 70.142.192.106 17:31, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- If you want an article about that Marcus Dixon, then create an account and write one. Move this article to Marcus Dixon (Alias) and then go through all the articles where it's linked and fix it, and then you can start the other Dixon article here. Otto4711 17:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- And that's what I'm going to do! (I too was amazed wikipedia didn't have a page about the real Dixon!) Anyone who fancies helping out, I've added a few headers to start out! LookingYourBest 14:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Potential violations of WP:BLP1E
As per the discussion of this article at RFF, this article at present is a serious violation of WP:BLP1E, as well as a potential attack page; although it has seven references, by my reckoning five are invalid as reliable sources in Wikipedia terms. These issues urgently need to be addressed, otherwise this article will almost certainly need to be deleted — iridescent (talk to me!) 12:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- I was wondering about this too, but I think this page was created because there was no Dixon v. State of Georgia page. I think that's the significant article here. I've read the case, but I'm not a lawyer and don't think I could do any justice to summarize it. It was a pretty important case both in the state of Georgia and nationwide. It got some pretty good media coverage, I believe the Dixon family and his accuser showed up on Oprah and other national television shows when the story was still fresh in people's minds. FantajiFan (talk) 06:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Lindale, not Rome
This occurred in Lindale, and Marcus Dixon was a student at Pepperell High School. I will adjust the page so that it gives the correct location.
Rebelyell2006 22:27, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Known For?
I realise that now he has been picked up to play American Rugby, but I'd say that the majority of people who type his name into Google / Wikipedia will know him because of his court case. I don't want to get into an edit war over it though, I just think the page should reflect this fact. --LookingYourBest (talk) 11:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- Forget that actually, I've just removed the second infobox. I think the first bit get's the point across. --LookingYourBest (talk) 11:34, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Comments by 205.173.105.210
I moved this from the main article to here;
"In this Wikipedia entry for Marcus Dewayne Dixon, he is erroneously called a convicted rapist. This 'description' is outright false. He was never convicted of rape. As a matter of fact, he was acquitted of the rape charge. Rape is an act of forcible sex and Marcus Dixon was found to be innocent of that crime. Look at the facts of his case for reference.
Please correct this egregious error. It is very misleading to readers and damaging to Marcus Dixon, his friends, family, his employer, and his employer’s organization.
Thank you."
- Every page I've read on Marcus Dixon says he was convicted of rape and was then acquitted later. If you can find a reliable source that states a difference then please show it and by all means change the page. Otherwise I feel the article is sourced well enough to state exactly what it states. --LookingYourBest (talk) 16:30, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
