Talk:Mason Marconi

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[edit] Real name

Folks, IMDB is not as reliable source for Mason's real name. The biography section relies on user contributed information and is no different than a blog or a wiki. And it's not just me... let me quote Jimbo Wales from an email conversation I had over the topic of Aurora Snow's real name:

"Is there any better source than the IMDB article? IMDB relies on user-contributed content, and I see no reason why it would count as a remotely valid source in this case.

If there is a valid source (newspaper, magazine, book?) then I would assume it can be introduced no problem.

But as it stands now, we are likely to simply be echoing someone's smear campaign against someone else entirely if we just quote IMDB."

'Nuff said. Tabercil 00:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Whether or not IMDb is itself a reliable source, I only gave it as one obvious example; there are many other references to Amber Herrel being her real name: [1] [2] [3] [4] etc. Elementary Google searches indicate clearly that it's her real name. Not to mention that it's already given as one of her aliases (so there are no ominous WP:BLP issues here), and that's the name she's used when credited in "real" movies like her cameo in Showgirls. It's her real name. Xihr 20:55, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

And not one of the sources you mention can (in my opinion) be classified as a reliable source. I would suggest you take a good hard look at what constitutes good examples of sources. Tabercil 03:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)