Talk:Dean Collins (dancer)

message: I must say I was surprised to return to this site and find the correction I made, regarding my uncle's birth name changed once again to Saul Cohen.  I was even more surprised to read comments regarding my qualification (she "convinced"  Sonny Watson...) to know the facts and edit the Wikipedia entry.  Well here are the facts.  Dean Collins was my uncle.  He was part of our family gatherings; I spent time at his home in Glendale; he was the emcee at my wedding, and he held my children.  I know his wife Mary and I was at his funeral.  And by the way, my father, Dean's brother, is still alive.  
Kiku has my email address and Peter Loggins has spoken to me by phone. If you're a "nerd for the truth" search no farther.
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there is less then 5 people alive with any credibility to talk about Dean Collins in any historic context, yet anyone can come on here and update whatever they want to beleive. Thats why avoiding this site is the first thing when doing anything worthy research.
anyways, I pointed the url to the correct website of dean's Bio at www.caljazzdance.com , the savoyballroom server had an old article and still comes up on web searchs which someone linked to...you can also get in contact with me through there if you want other corrections from wikipedia....peter logginsAThotmail.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jassdancer (talk • contribs) 17:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dean's name 

message: there is less then 5 people alive with any credibility to talk about Dean Collins in any historic context, yet anyone can come on here and update whatever they want to beleive. Thats why avoiding this site is the first thing when doing anything worthy research.
anyways, I pointed the url to the correct website of dean's Bio at www.caljazzdance.com , the savoyballroom server had an old article and still comes up on web searchs which someone linked to...you can also get in contact with me through there if you want other corrections from wikipedia....peter logginsAThotmail.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jassdancer (talk • contribs) 17:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: Access the California Death Record for Dean Collins born on May 29, 1917 at this url  According to this database, which lists its Source as The California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research vital Statistics Section, Dean passed away on Jun 1, 1984 at the age of 67. Birth state is listed as Ohio. The Social Security Death Index lists New Jersey as the place his Social Security card was issued. Taken together, these two records appear to confirm that Dean was born in Ohio, then moved to New Jersey, as was written in previous versions of his early life. The Social Security program was part of the New Deal in the 1930s. Steve Pastor 16:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: There are offical on line records re birth and death

message: Regarding most recent addition to this article.. I know another person who said basically the same thing about Dean and West Coast Swing. So, why put in an unsourced statement, then qualify it? And really, I seem to remember that Orson Wells used a very long tracking shot in one of his films. It turned out that there were wide angle lenses in the 1930s and 1940s, which was a supposed "reason" for the slot? Early pictures had no moveable cameras. They split the atom in the 1940s, you know. I hope you have a source for this statement. Steve Pastor 23:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 1941 Citizen Kane "take the early tracking shot where the camera tracks over the gate of Kane’s mansion and heads off, off into the film itself. It’s a textbook example of how to do a tracking shot, I personally have yet to see a finer example of this method in any other film." Steve Pastor 15:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Phale68993:What specifically are you referring to? The official on line records, Dean's invovlment with West Coast Swing, the existence of wide angle lens? What? Steve Pastor 17:40, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Phale68993: Would you like to help make this a better article? It really would be nice to have a picture of Dean. I think many of us would like to see him dancing. You may have something like that. Would you be willing to help with that? Steve Pastor 17:50, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

text:  Peter: If you look through your old emails you will see that you have received messages from me regarding Dean. Tang0man2005... I have also been in touch with Sonny Watson. What is going on here is that wikipedia is supposed to contain verifiable material. Some times it is difficult or impossible to verify certain information. I have changed very little in this article. And the things that I have changed list the sources for the changes. Peter, please help make this a better article. As you know, anyone can put anything in here. I don't want that. Many people come to wikipedia for information. I want to be able to use this as a source of information. Please help. P.S. If you want to see how things can be, check the discussion page of the Elvis Presley article. Oh, and I will check the site you listed. Steve Pastor 18:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Why more unsourced material?

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