Talk:Son of Scarface/Archive 1

NPOV/Ad

The book itself might be notable, so I’m not ready to have the article speedily deleted. Yet. But with a whimsical prose style and phrases like “dark secrets” and “a courage to face the truth” the article intro and author bio read like something from a dustjacket, not a scientific or critical analysis of the work. Not to mention that the publisher’s and distributor’s websites are directly linked in the text. One of the major references at the time I added the tags was the author’s self-published website( I removed it). The only current references are a single positive freelance review in an online magazine from someone who had a prior acquaintance with the author, and an interview with said author. Not likely the most impartial sources in the world. And the so-called “critical analysis” is just a collection of three positive review blurbs, like publishers use for advertising. The definitely qualifies as POV, and kinda spammy to boot.
You know, the more I write my reasons for adding those tags, the more I’m thinking I should just db-spam it. It would probably “require a fundamental rewrite to become encyclopedic”. Well, I will give a little time for the tags to be addressed, but until then, they should not be removed unless the issues are fixed.--2Wikid (talk) 21:07, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Edited for neutral language,verified 3 major sources (added two miami herald articles, chicago sun times article) and added direct link to a review. I was reading the history of edits for this article. Why is this guy attacked so much? Cause he's gay? Chunky? Rich? Because people watch too many mafia flicks are are jealous? I'm arguing for the neutrality tag for his reviews to be removed. Lots of Wikipedia entries have unverified reviews (no online links). After major news media has seen the reviews (and the reviewers themselves are famous), I'm pretty certain that chances are someone didn't just make invent them. StewartNetAddict (talk) 14:26, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Why? Have you met the man? It’s his personality, not his stereotypes. Also the kind of behavior you ran into with the dubious blurbs from his website, which you quoted causing people to think you were being less-than-honorable in your editing. --2Wikid (talk) 23:59, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

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Charlatan

Chris Knight adding "Capone" to his last name is clearly an insult to the family and thus proves how delusional he really is. There is no written proof to back up his claims that he's related to Al Capone's family. Also, if he were truly Al's grandson then he would not have to request a DNA test to prove it plus Chris Knight is gay and it was suggested that Al was gay, although he wasn't. Sonny is Al Capone's only biological child and Chris Knight's father was not Al's secret love child. Cynder40 (talk) 23:22, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Proof

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7957993/Family-at-war-over-tales-of-Al-Capone.html Cynder40 (talk) 19:55, 4 December 2016 (UTC)