Street Gang Mr Davis Thanks for your note on my talk page I really appreciate it and it s an honor to receive communication from the author of such an important book As this article s creator and main editor I m sorry that you thought the review section was so negative Please understand that it was not my intention to present it that way or that I was in any way trying to disparage your book In my rush to get the article published I did a google search and those are the reviews I found Also please understand that this is a Wikipedia article and the article as it now stands will never be complete It s a work in progress I thought an article about Street Gang was important enough to get out there I am by no means a professional writer so I m certain there are all kinds of weaknesses about it so I depend upon the feedback of other more experienced editors I would ve thought that the other sections of the article demonstrates my respect for you and for your work I appreciate your feedback something I always welcome as a Wikipedia editor If you are aware of other sources that I wasn t able to locate please send them my way on my talk page I ll repeat this message via your webpage to ensure that you see it You should also know that I ve taken it upon myself to improve all Sesame Street related articles on Wikipedia It s a big project and a great need For example Sesame Street at one point was actually a featured article but it was recently downgraded for some really good reasons It s an unfortunate state at the current time Your book came out shortly after I took on the project so it s been a boom for me I thought focusing on the history of the show was a natural place to start so your book has been a valuable resource I ve already started working on this article History of Sesame Street and if you look at the reference section you ll see that I ve used your book extensively It s also a work in progess and no where near finished My goal is that at least this article get up to featured article status by Sesame Street s 40th anniversary in November I can t tell you how much your book has helped me On a personal level I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your book It was a fun read and immensely interesting I was brought to tears many times especially when I realized while reading about all that Joan Cooney and her team did to get the show on the air See I m turning 45 this year which makes me old enough to be the first audience that watched it I had to put the book down to compose myself when I realized They did all that for me I appreciate learning about the struggles they all went through to affect my life so profoundly and now the life of my own children who are severely developmentally disabled and love the show as much as I did and still do I believe that Sesame Street deserves high quality articles on Wikipedia and I ve taken it upon myself to help accomplish that If you as the ultimate expert could assist me in that goal I can t tell you how valuable that would be Again thanks for the feedback and communication