Talk:Joe West (umpire)

message: So in parts of the article, it states that West is from Asheville, North Carolina while other parts say Greenville, North Carolina is there a correct answer? This would help with categories, or is he "from both?" Sportsguy17 (talk) 00:04, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I fixed it, I believe. Sources consistently describe him as being born in Asheville and raised in Greenville. He just shouldn't have been characterized as a Greenville "native" in the lead. EricEnfermero HOWDY! 01:47, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of birth/origination 

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message: The information on Joe's Wife is possibly outdated. An article by MLB.com says his then-girlfriend "Rita Scott, and brother, John, joined West at third base.." It's also confirmed in a Sports Illustrated article from 2017 "His girlfriend, Rita Scott, is there, along with Fletcher, Ron Kulpa and Alan Porter, the other umpires in his crew.". But there is a similar article from ESPN in 2020 which states they were married "He plays golf. He is a singer-songwriter of country music and the husband of Rita, a former racquetball national champion.". With a follow up in 2021 from USA Today,"West returned to the field after several minutes, hugged his wife, Rita". I'm not sure how to word it, but it might be worth updating. After the recent editing controversy, I decided to take a look and seeing the dubious source. YellowStahh (talk) 11:10, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Be WP:BOLD, if you think you can improve it, go for it! Imdb is definitely not the best source for personal info in a BLP. —Ganesha811 (talk) 14:18, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I'm not super great on the wording myself. I don't know if we want to completely disregard the Jean Jo Masons marriage as it's not a completely realiable source. YellowStahh (talk) 16:52, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I have updated that section with a couple of those sources as well as the interview he recently did linked above by Barkeep49. Cerebral726 (talk) 14:19, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This is absolutely absurd, you're casting aspersions on West that he is lying about his marital status, which is an uncontroversial fact. But just for good measure, here is an RS reporting that West's wife's name is Rita. I'll remove her last name from the article and add this source. --Pinchme123 (talk) 15:46, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

text: WP:BLP supercedes WP:BOLD here. Per WP:BLPNAME, The presumption in favor of privacy is strong in the case of family members of articles' subjects and other loosely involved, otherwise low-profile persons. It should be sufficient to say that he's been married twice. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:01, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Then why isn't that the edit you made, instead of over-deleting? I've added back in and written a new format for the source that makes clear it's an interview. --Pinchme123 (talk) 16:04, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wife