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I have reverted your edit to Dropkick Murphys. Please read some of the above and then try again if you like. Basically the problems are 1) signing in article space, 2) use of 1st person, 3) lack of reliable sources. Your original text is posted below to help you redraft it.
Again, welcome! SpinningSpark 21:18, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
--Matthewsei (talk) 20:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)I worked for the real Dropkick Murphy in the late 1960's. It was not in Conneticut, "a hole they'd put you in" or a place they took skid-row bums from Boston. John Murphy aka "Dropkick" Murphy was a professional wrestler who invented the "flying dropkick" a move where the wrestler hit their opponent with both feet in the chest with their body horizontal. John/Dropkick was a gregarious, big irishman with a heart of gold. He was well known in the Boston professional sports world. He bought a sizeable property with an old farmhouse and barn in the then rural Acton Massachusetts. He started by bringing some of his hard-drinking buddies from the Red Sox or Bruins out to dry out in the country. Dropkick eventually turned it into a business. It was not a rehab but a drying out spot where the alcoholics would be weaned off the booze either with shots of whiskey in decreasing doses or more quickly with a drug called paraldehyde. The residents would be put in red pajamas upon their arrival to make them more noticeable when they wandered off the property. The stay was quite expensive and was home to many prominent citizens, sports figures and personalities. I washed dishes, mopped floors, served meals to the "guests" and got to thear the stories of these guys as well as get to know John. Dropkick was just a professional name and he was just John to us. John retired with a sizeable fortune and the property was eventually developed. The DKM's are a great band....but their namesake should be recognized and honored.--Matthewsei (talk) 20:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
- Spinningspark....you commented on my contribution to the Dropkick Murphys Wiki entry. You cited my use of the first person and lack of reliable source. Unfortunately, I am the reliable source and the citations anfd info in the entries from the band Dropkick Murphys is inaccurate and just plain wrong. I am trying to let the public know the real origin of the band's name, which they apparently are clueless about. I cannot come up with any more reliable resource than having known the real "Dropkick" Murphy.
--Matthewsei (talk) 22:39, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
- Well not everything is suitable for inclusion in the encyclodedia. It is ok to write write something and put the references in later, but if it never going to possible to find references then it is not verifiable and not suitable for Wikipedia. In any case the article is discussing why the band took that name, the real story is not all that relevant as the band clearly do not know it. You can try putting it back in, after taking care of the style points above - write in an encyclopedic tone, not personal reminiscences. But without a reference (such as a newspaper article) it is always possible someone else will delete it. By the way, new posts on talk pages go at the bottom in Wikipedia. SpinningSpark 23:44, 23 December 2008 (UTC)