Talk:Custom Coasters International

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This reads far too much like an advert PMBO 01:07, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I attempted to email, but failed. This was my response

Sir.

It is hard to cite myself as the source. I am the one who worked for them.  I discussed with Den McNulty (a personal friend whom I worked with along side Larry Bill) if it would be ok to include myself on the page since I detailed every piece of wood and steel on most of their coasters. His response was "absolutely, you were an integral part of our company"

I was also an employee of CDS in the '80s , detailed the Mean Streak and was assigned the task of laying out the Raging Bobs coaster at Geauga Lake from only photos of the Chicago coaster.

Sorry, but I was a little put out when, just because YOU hadnt seen anything to verify my employment, that it didnt exist. I would be more than happy to hook you up with Den McNulty or any of the Gravity Group guys to verify my work on these coasters.

I tried to send you an email, but Wiki doesnt make that connection an easy task. I can go back and edit if you wish, but I will continue to put myself in that group. Nobody can take my accomplishments away from me.

Dan Wagner Ridecapt (talk) 21:39, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Nobody is trying to take them away. The problem is we have no way of verifying who you are, even with the potential word of two of the other particulars in the company (because we couldn't verify THAT, either). It's nothing personal. Without a published third-party source (a news article, for instance), it will likely get removed again. --McDoobAU93 21:43, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Agree with McDoobAU93. We need a published, reliable source that not only verifies the information, but also shows its relevancy to the topic. Wikipedia is not a collection of all things that true or verifiable. Per WP:NPOV, content within an article should be represented proportionately to its presence in reliable sources. Even one or two sources verifying the information may not be enough depending on the topic and/or the amount of content you are trying to add. If sources exist that meet Wikipedia's standards, then please start a discussion on the article's talk page with links to those sources. --GoneIn60 (talk) 23:05, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really know what to tell you. I've met with Dennis McNulty and I can reach him through a friend of mine, I also know the GG guys. I'm sure I can verify your information, but that doesn't solve the problem of Wikipedia requiring a published, reliable source. I looked through the old material I have on Curtis D. Summers, Inc, some of which includes pictures of the employees, but you were not pictured. Do you happen to know of a publication — Amusement Business, Inside Track, RollerCoaster Magazine — anything that mentions your involvement with Summers or CCI?—JlACEer (talk) 04:33, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]