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I did a Google search on Kinsella and the Sun Newspaper bios say he's an award-winning journalist and author. The awards he won should be in the entry. Can someone with more time try to hunt them down? Spoonkymonkey ( talk) 15:55, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
I haven't been able to find any, but I am sure there must be something out there that I am missing. Maybe user:Kinsellawarren can be unblocked long enough to give us a list and some sources. They really should be there. Also he might be able to give something to back up the Sun newspapers' claim he "ran" the federal Liberal war rooms in 1993 and 2000. There seems to be some controversy in that regard. Various socks have put it in, but we've never had a solid source. Spoonkymonkey ( talk) 01:32, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
I am pretty uncomfortable with this section. Is this for real? Yes, his name is on the Industry Canada listing but is it some kind of prank? Did someone post his name there as a joke? If Kinsella still checks this page he should be unblocked if he has anything to say about this. We need to keep this page as accurate as possible and remember BLP policies. I'd take it off but it is sourced and I don't want to get into a revert war. Spoonkymonkey ( talk) 20:59, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
FYI, Kinsella has linked to a mockup of this page on his blog as it was being vandalized.
For what it's worth, as I note above, the article as it is now is a bit padded, and could probably be a third of its length, though I've come around to thinking some items do deserve a mention. Also, "war room" isn't encyclopedic language and should be avoided (like it is in the current article). Knoper ( talk) 16:21, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
OK, I've tried to clean it up a bit. Any thoughts? Knoper ( talk) 19:48, 18 April 2014 (
Well, another attempt to speedy delete. I didn't get any feedback on my last post (which has been blanked for some reason) and would like to get some consensus on adding/removing:
Any and all comments welcome. Knoper ( talk) 19:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Leave it as it is. Catmeat was raised in House of Commons, got much ethnic press. Cookies was an Ontario election incident. Shrapnel accurately portrays rep as strategist. Entry is accurate and properly sourced. People who worked on this page should be consulted before major changes are made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.246.14.66 ( talk) 19:43, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
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I did a Google search on Kinsella and the Sun Newspaper bios say he's an award-winning journalist and author. The awards he won should be in the entry. Can someone with more time try to hunt them down? Spoonkymonkey ( talk) 15:55, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
I haven't been able to find any, but I am sure there must be something out there that I am missing. Maybe user:Kinsellawarren can be unblocked long enough to give us a list and some sources. They really should be there. Also he might be able to give something to back up the Sun newspapers' claim he "ran" the federal Liberal war rooms in 1993 and 2000. There seems to be some controversy in that regard. Various socks have put it in, but we've never had a solid source. Spoonkymonkey ( talk) 01:32, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
I am pretty uncomfortable with this section. Is this for real? Yes, his name is on the Industry Canada listing but is it some kind of prank? Did someone post his name there as a joke? If Kinsella still checks this page he should be unblocked if he has anything to say about this. We need to keep this page as accurate as possible and remember BLP policies. I'd take it off but it is sourced and I don't want to get into a revert war. Spoonkymonkey ( talk) 20:59, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
FYI, Kinsella has linked to a mockup of this page on his blog as it was being vandalized.
For what it's worth, as I note above, the article as it is now is a bit padded, and could probably be a third of its length, though I've come around to thinking some items do deserve a mention. Also, "war room" isn't encyclopedic language and should be avoided (like it is in the current article). Knoper ( talk) 16:21, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
OK, I've tried to clean it up a bit. Any thoughts? Knoper ( talk) 19:48, 18 April 2014 (
Well, another attempt to speedy delete. I didn't get any feedback on my last post (which has been blanked for some reason) and would like to get some consensus on adding/removing:
Any and all comments welcome. Knoper ( talk) 19:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Leave it as it is. Catmeat was raised in House of Commons, got much ethnic press. Cookies was an Ontario election incident. Shrapnel accurately portrays rep as strategist. Entry is accurate and properly sourced. People who worked on this page should be consulted before major changes are made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.246.14.66 ( talk) 19:43, 14 May 2014 (UTC)