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Laminex[edit]

Laminex Industries, which built the Gary Mull designed Pocket Rocket, was located in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada, not the USA as indicated in the article. Overdraft611 (talk) 18:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The cited ref says it was in the USA, but of course it is possible that the ref is wrong. To change this we will need a better ref that contradicts it. What refs do you have? - Ahunt (talk) 19:00, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately my epistemology doesn’t necessarily fit with with your template as it is based on personal knowledge, not written references. I live about an hour’s drive from the town of Duncan. Back when these boats were being built I was in the market for one was in contact with Laminex to arrange a test sail. I knew one of the guys who worked at Laminex. Although I didn’t buy a Pocket Rocket at that time I did buy a used one a number of years later. So although I can’t point to something in print I can assure you Laminex was in Duncan, BC! Hughcga (talk) 23:50, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, we cannot accept original research as there is no way to verify it. - Ahunt (talk) 23:58, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That’s hilarious. You’d rather have something incorrect supported by printed misinformation than first have knowledge. Why on earth would I waste my time trying to improve the information about this boat if I wasn’t genuinely interested in it. I had a Pocket Rocket for 13 years and raced it very competitively at a club level. I have fond memories of the boat and that’s why I made an effort to try and correct the misinformation. Oh well. By the way the article says it is both a fractional sloop and a masthead sloop. Those two configurations are mutually exclusive. It’s a frac by the way, not masthead. You can verify THAT by looking at the picture in the article and knowing about sailboats. Hughcga (talk) 04:50, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for point out that error. The cited ref shows it is a fractional rig, so I have fixed it. Otherwise Wikipedia is not a blog, so as noted, we can't accept unverifable personal research. We don't publish WP:THETRUTH, we publish what is verifiable in reliable sources. The problem we always run into with original research is that someone will claim they visited the plant and bought a boat there and then someone else will turn up and claim that is all wrong, that there was never a plant in that city or country. Verifiable sources are all we have to sort these out, which is why we require them, as a policy. If you can find a source for that we can add it. - Ahunt (talk) 12:27, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]