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"I am Tom Laidlaw. Someone is continually writing negative comments about me on my page. I have edited them in the past. I tried to edit some comments today but it appears I can't because I am not the administrator." So apparently sometimes the subject has been editing as an IP or under some other name. --Orange Mike | Talk19:16, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Sorry didn't see this discussion but I just removed the tag. I had a look through the history and someone has indeed been adding unsourced negative information, from what I can see from the history it looks like the subject's edits have been to remove this. January(talk)19:22, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
He says all he's done is edit negative comments. I have had a look through the history and the only negative infomation that has ever been added to this article has been unsourced. All he seems to have done is revert BLP violations. WP:COI#Non-controversial edits lists deleting content that violates Wikipedia's BLP policy, so he hasn't breached WP:COI. January(talk)19:45, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Punishing the subject with a COI tag for what looks like twice removing unsourced negative content seems like a gross overreaction to me. It is us who have failed the subject by allowing such material to remain so long in the first place. I am removing the tag, and will continue to do so unless someone shows me some clear evidence of the supposed ownership issue. Kevin (talk) 06:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Okay; but keep an eye on it. If he starts removing sourced negative information, I'll be able to say "I told you so"; if nothing of the sort happens, then you'll clearly have been right and I wrong. --Orange Mike | Talk16:42, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There is an inconsistency in the statistics: The table states that Laidlaw scored 4 goals in playoffs across his career. However, if you add them all up, it is 5 goals.
