Talk:Geno Petralli

This page is awesome!!! I love the Rangers and loved Geno, too!! I'm going to tell all my friends. We need to do a Jeff Kunkel page, too. 20:53, 9 February 2006 (UTC) Kip

Cleanup Tags

A registered user put 3 different cleanup tags on, all at the same time, and without explanation: {{POV check}}, {{cleanup-tone}}, and {{cleanup-verify}}. An anon removed them all, again without explanation. I've restored a single generic {{cleanup}} tag; the article really does need work. There are no sources and the style is poor.

I would like to see a fuller explanation on talk when articles are tagged. John Reid 21:54, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I wrote it and resent your attacks!

I'm writing a book on the Texas Rangers and Mr. Petralli and find this information invaluable. Many baseball fans have asked me to post this information on this wikipedia entry. I highly resent the attacks on my work. I posted a vast majority of the info on this page and some other Texas Ranger and baseball fans have added to it. We need to make sure this article stays in its current form. Perhaps some basic edits, but it truly is a great piece of research and writing. I have devoted a great deal of time to this entry on Mr. Petralli. One other item to note, all of the facts on this page come from the 1987 and 1989 Texas Ranger media guides, a book written by Rangers beat writer Phil Rogers called "The Impossible Takes A Little Longer" that was published in 1990, and from interviews with Mr. Petralli. Former announcer Norm Hitzges likes the entry as well. - Keith Creel 66.90.154.194

You left an angry message on my talk page; I guess that means that this comment is directed to me as well. Sorry if you're offended. If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it.

In point of fact I replaced 3 cleanup tags with just 1; so you see, I'm moderate. Since that time you've taken appropriate action, adding some references and removing the cleanup tag. This is exactly as it should be; this is how wikis work. You're doing fine.

I would like to suggest that you consider registering on Wikipedia before you continue to edit. Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

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Thank you. John Reid 05:33, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup

This article needs to be made into an encyclopedia article. It reads too much like a fan page. Lumos3 17:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, all of these items come from the below mentioned references. Perhaps folks in England don't know much about baseball or Geno Petralli. Good day. - Dale Mohorcic

There is a lot that is wrong with this article. It is full of images that don't contribute any valuable information and is full of trivia that is impossible to verify and non-encyclopedic. I'm going to start removing images and listing my rationale below. No Guru 20:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the following images. Please don't re-add them without good reason:

Image:Snow covered park bench - a picture of a park bench (no value to article)
Image:Geno86.jpg|225px - a baseball card of Petralli (only one is required to illustrate the subject)
Image:Dr pepper can.jpg - a picture of a Dr. Pepper add (no value to article)
Image:petralli.jpg - a baseball card of Petralli (only one is required to illustrate the subject)
Image:Hough charlie.jpg - A picture of Charlie Hough (no need for an image of him a simple link to his Wikipedia article is all that is required)
Image:Clevelandstadium2.jpg - An image of Municipal Stadium (no value to article)
Image:Webster.gif - A publicity photo of the cast of Webster (no value to article)
Image:88Fleer.jpg - a baseball card of Petralli (only one is required to illustrate the subject)
Image:NolanRyan.jpg - A picture of Nolan ryan (no need for an image of him a simple link to his Wikipedia article is all that is required)
Image:Kunkel.jpg - A picture of Jeff kunkel (no need for an image of him a simple link to his Wikipedia article is all that is required)
Image:1992MCTR1.jpg - A panel of 9 large baseball cards (no value to article)
Image:1991score.jpg - a baseball card of Petralli (only one is required to illustrate the subject)
No Guru 20:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Are you serious?!

Why are you messing with the Geno Petralli page? What type of "baseball fan" are you? Do you really think you are helping anything by taking down hard found photos? Do you really think Petralli's wiki entry should be up the high standards of Einstein's or Jean Chretin? Seriously, get a life and leave Geno alone. - Jim Kern

I am serious and yes it is to be held to the same standard as other articles. No Guru 20:22, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Calm down, but clean this article up

No Guru is right: This article is ridiculous. This is an encyclopedia, not a fan site. I'm going to revert it, and then I'm going to clean out some of the trivia and fan-style commentary. Please read other articles about baseball players in wikipedia to get a sense of what they sould be like. - DavidWBrooks 20:56, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

   Do you wish you were the real David Brooks that writes for the NY Times? - Jim Sundberg