Talk:Deborah Jeane Palfrey

message: :"(rvt to last version by Ip208man. Reasoning: This is neither a reliable source nor should a conspiracy mongerer have a say on this article. this issue has already been aired on the talk page.)", Ip208man
This isn't 'a conspiracy mongerer' having a say, but Palfrey in her own words denying she would ever suicide and discussing another alleged suicide of one of her employees. Wikipedia requires verifiability and not Judgement as to the veracity of the statement. In this case, Palfrey did indeed make those statements.
See also the section below "Reliable Sources is a guideline not a policy" .. 'Audio/Video of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's own words can in no way be considered challenged or likely to be challenged"'
emacsuser (talk) 12:34, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Please read the entire talk page and respond to its many responses to this already well-hashed issue. Thanks! ∴ Therefore cogito·sum 17:43, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Palfrey not a reliable source

message: RoosterEnroughty added in this external link:
*A Washington Tragedy, Hugh Turley, Hyattsville Life and Times, June 2008
Ip208man removed the EL with this edit summary:rmv unneeded EL. not a high quality link Emacsuser returned the EL with the edit summary:restored link, please enumerate any inaccuracues in that link I concur with Ip208man that this is a low quality source and neither of us are arguing inaccuracies per se. Emacsuser asked on my talk page (and I'm moving it here as the appropriate forum):Please define 'unneeded/low quality source' in relation to Wikipedia secondary sources policy. Point out any inaccuracies or false hoods in the quoted text. An ABC interview with Palfrey isn't 'quality'. What gives ? This article was from the "Hyattsville Life and Times" -- a wiki. Wikis are never reliable sources. ∴ Therefore cogito·sum 18:59, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, this link does not add anything to article and would never pass a test as a reliable source.  Ip208man (talk) 15:23, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

text: For the record, the Hyattsville Life and Times is not a wiki.  It is a professionally edited local newspaper in Hyattsville, Maryland.  It is true that if you Google the paper, the first thing that comes up is their wiki, but that's not their newspaper.  You can see a pdf of their newspaper on another Google hit, http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/2009-09edition-final.  I don't know who's giving the tests, but it seems to me that this newspaper would pass any test of reliability that any other newspaper would.  The case for taking down the article, which mainly just puts together known facts about the case and makes pointed observations, has not been made at all.  I think that it should go back up. WayneGoalie (talk) 20:43, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, could you please provide the source that this is a "professionally edited" newspaper? I only find that it is an "all volunteer newspaper". A reliable source needs to be a published, mainstream newspaper with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. It is very difficult to ascertain the status of this "newspaper" since it really doesn't have an established web site (there is a PDF floating around from September 2009). Additionally, could you please tell me what exactly this external link adds to the article? Besides its pithy quotes of Pericles and Casablanca, what is its point? I'm unsure, but is it posting a conspiracy theory? If so, then such a fringe theory doesn't belong here. Wikipedia demands high quality sources for making that kind of assertion. This "article" is on the personal web page of "DC Dave" with his poetry and conspiracy theories. Thoughts? ∴ Therefore cogito·sum 22:29, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

text: FWIW, the Hyattsville's newspaper is the Hyattsville Gazette. The Hyattsville Life And Times isn't a substantial newspaper nor is Hugh Turley a reporter -- he is at best a blogger who doesn't write well. This link is inappropriate for Wikipedia. ∴ Therefore cogito·sum 23:36, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hugh Turley external link 

message: I have just archived the talk page, in large part to prevent people from reposting on old topics.  So, please read the archive page before you start a new section.  Thank you.  Ip208man (talk) 15:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archive 

message: has added in several times Alex Jone's take on her state of mind, saying that since Moldea's comments are hearsay, then Jone's should be included.
My response: The issue isn't hearsay -- the tricky thing to understand about Wikipedia (one we all struggled with when starting) is per WP:V:The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth [emphasis in the original] I understand that Moldea's comment are hearsay but what is important is that several reliable sources (meaning, here, published, mainstream, known for fact checking) reported on his comments (AP, Time, Orlando Sentinel). Therefore, they are attributable. No reliable source and I mean none, every reported on Jone's conspiracy theory. WP:FRINGE opinions, unless reported by a reliable source and attributed as such, are never appropriate for inclusion.
Really, please read through the extensive discussion at the archived talk page  where these arguments have been made along with many others. Here are some pointers:
*Talk:Deborah Jeane Palfrey/Archive 1#Original research and non-reliable sources 
*Talk:Deborah Jeane Palfrey/Archive 1#Yet more 'evidence' of her suicidal frame of mind
*Talk:Deborah Jeane Palfrey/Archive 1#Discussion of points of disagreement under the subsection "Comment about previous employee"
Per WP:BRD -- you have the responsibility to discuss adding in controversial changes and not simply keep re-adding them. After the fourth time you will be stopped from editing per WP:3RR and there is no need for that. You also have the burden of reading the extensive discussion on this page and the archive and address all of the specific reasons this is not going to be added so we don't have to re-hash it over and over again. Thanks! ∴ Therefore cogito·sum 17:38, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have deleted his foul-mouthed attack that was previously located where my comment is currently placed.  I suppose the only recourse we have is to just keep reverting.  And page was so quite for so long! Ip208man (talk) 17:51, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  If Moldea is hearsay, then Jones is appropriate 

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message: This article is about Palfrey.  It should not become a WP:COATRACK for Montgomery Blair Sibley, who (now) has his own article.  --Weazie (talk) 06:02, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved much of the information about Sibley's recent efforts over to Sibley's article.  --Weazie (talk) 19:45, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
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