Lonalee
RE: Edgar Smith
editDear editor. Firstly, as to not referencing your name (though the article is fully referenced to on at least 7-10 occasions in footnotes) I apologise, and can only cite my relative lack of experience in article writing at the time, I have fixed this issue by adding your name to the citations from the top of the document. (I can only assume it is Manning, from what it says at the top.)
Secondly, if, as you say, you do not intend to write a NPOV article but something entertaining for a reader, then why do you take offence when I make that same observation? Stating that a source is not NPOV is not a criticism of your article, it is merely an observation that for wikipedia, the source is not ideally "dictionary-like". It is akin, shall we say, to saying that Silence of the lambs is not the best source for a dictionary definition of serial killer or cannibal, or, indeed, sheep. Nevertheless, it remains an excellent book.
An "entertaining true story" you did indeed write. You should not be so quick to anger over what some hyper-analytical, overly-critical wikipedia editors who would see POV in an off-colour whitewash think of your work.