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Clearly www.welkshow.com is not a credible source. It is a Lawrence Welk fan page made by an anonymous author, and the page on Lin Biviano is mostly rumors mixed with inaccurate information (for an example of just how inaccurate, at one point it claims Lin was playing in Chase alongside Dave Stahl, Roger Ingram, Lynn Nicholson, and Jim Manley). There are no sources listed on the page, and one story is credited to "an online blog". The website www.linbiviano.org is just a copy of the same page. Any information that comes from these pages will be removed. The categorization of Biviano as a tambourine player because he played it once in one YouTube video is ridiculous. The claim that Biviano is a hairdresser is apparently based on information from www.licensepa.state.pa.us. From that website, one can find that a "Franklin J. Biviano" obtained a cosmetology license in 1988 and a cosmetology teacher license in 1993. Obviously not the same person, because Biviano was not only working as a touring musician at this time, but also has recorded examples of his work during that time period (most notably Buddy DeFranco's "Born to Swing") that make his successful application for a license in a completely different field frankly unbelievable. I have also removed the part about his marriage to JoAnne Castle. I hate to do it, since this could be accurate, but the only source is welkshow.com, which is not reliable. If there are any differences of opinion, please post them here. Changes made without explanation, or without referencing credible sources, will be removed. Highnotes4ever (talk) 00:02, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Agree re the welkshow website. There is no indication this is a reliable source and it should not be used to reference material in a BLP. If alternative sources could be found for Biviano ever playing the tambourine or being a hairstylist, then these might be useful details in the body of the article. But they are incidential to his actual career and should not be in the lead. And unless I missed something, the "intoxication" claim does not appear to be sourced from anything at all and should certainly not appear unless substantive sources are available (ie. not blogs, not fan websites but sources with a reputation for fact-checking).
Keen to hear from the anon editor on why his or her proposed changes should appear in the article. But suggest they have a quick read of WP:BLP beforehand as it explains what the issues are with what they keep adding. Euryalus (talk) 00:19, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
