Talk:Paul Demayo

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Demayo or DeMayo

Demayo or DeMayo? Certain puplications vary... anyone? Glen Stollery ^{(My contribs) (talk)} 04:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

His obituary states DeMayo, that's what I'm going to go with. Freikorp (talk) 12:19, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

According to various sources DeMayo was calling up old friends in the sport in the last few days before his death to ask if they could loan him some money. I've heard this too and beleive it to be true, generally bodybuilding message boards might not be credible enough for Wikipedia however. Can you provide a legit source? Yankees76 17:31, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I was thinking the same - I didn't write it but obviously I didn't delete it either. I can dig up the MuscleMag where Valentine's article was written as I believe that was the source for the original writer... I can't find it online unfortunately. Until then I'll remove that line... edit as you see fit of course :) Thanks mate Glen Stollery ^{(My contribs) (talk)} 18:48, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the final days before his death Paul was calling friends and asking anyone he could to loan him money. He was also promising Guest Posing's for free "After he got back in shape" to those who promoted shows. I was a long time friend of Paul's who did in fact "lend" him a substantial amount of money over several months. Paul was back in Boston and I was in Florida at the time so I had no idea this money was going to support his habit. I was told that he was purchasing "Supplements" and was going to make a return to the stage, That was the reason he needed the funds. Unfortunately, we all know what happened next. All that having been said, I knew Paul in better times and we were close, Very close... and I miss his friendship tremendously. And just in case anyone doubts my friendship with Paul or the validity of this posting, I have many pics of Paul and I that can provide ample proof. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.100.88.7 (talk) 06:59, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Verify credibility

Someone has requested we verify the credibility of the website "bodybuilding.com". Obviously it's not an established media source, however it is a leading body building website, and as this is an article about a bodybuilder I consider it to be reliable for this topic. Any objections? Freikorp (talk) 12:35, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removed verify credibility tag as per no objections. Freikorp (talk) 04:04, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's generally not considered a WP:RS by Wikipedia standards (it's an online retailer, that posts "value added" content to help boost sales) I wouldn't use it as a source for anything that is likely to be challenged, and would definitely not cite it for any WP:BLP, other than those of it's key officials (DeLuca brothers). As a side note the bodybuilding.com URL itself is on Wikipedia's external link blacklist, which gives you an idea of the low regard that that site is held here.--Yankees76 ^Talk 15:32, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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