User talk:Robmac367

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[edit] The Boitumelo McCallum Page - Now Deleted as of 10/08/2007

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As the father of Boitumelo McCallum when I read this article most of it is made up from newspaper articles at the time of my daughters death. The newspapers attempted to create scenarios of what had taken place before and on her death. These scenarios are very inaccurate and do little justice to Tumi's life. They are also very one dimensional. While considerable research may have been done to put up the page, this does not justify the reason for it remaining if it is inaccurate. It lacks substantive research and relies only on the media. At no time have the media actually interviewed me about many of these events. Much of the article is inaccurate and to edit it would mean to completely rewrite the piece. I strongly urge that this article be completely deleted, and a more appropriate page replace it that is more wholisitc and balnced in its perspective. The New York Times articles have been more accurate but even they have inaccuracies.(Rob McCallum 6.59 6 October, 2007) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robmac367 (talk • contribs) 23:13, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Robmac367: I had created the page to honor your daughter. When I had posted the page onto Wikipedia, I had informed your wife of the page's creation via telephone. It was my sole purpose to bring honor to your daughter and let the world know of her plight and to somehow ease your family's pain. I'm sorry if, in any way, you were offended by my work. If you will check the other pages that I have created on murdered women re: Jennifer Moore, Ramona Moore and Chanel Petro-Nixon, then you will see that this was my sole intention also with these other young women. We have had too many senseless deaths in New York City in the past year and one-half, and this was my way of fighting this evil - by creating references for these young women. I have had no other way to research your daughter and her story other than searches on the Internet and her MySpace.com webpage, and barely a few other websites. It is hard to describe any individual and put the totality of that person's life into any written kind of perspective. I am saddened by the page's deletion and I had hoped that others would contribute to the page. I won't attempt any further work on Boitumelo unless you request it. Again, my apologies if there was any offense. All I can do now is pray for your family.--MurderWatcher1 16:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)