Talk:George Lowden

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I just don't see how its any different from the entries for other world famous guitars makers like Del Langejans or Dana Bourgeois. Maybe my user name is clouding the issue, but, I'm just one of the thousands of fans of his work. delete if you wish, after all, its is your choice.

The problem is the lack of sources to verify the claims. Corvus cornix 23:41, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 18:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copy vio?

This page seems awfully close to the company's website. I hesitate to put the big scary copyvio template on the page. Any suggestions? --AndrewHowse (talk) 20:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is a straight lift from http://www.georgelowden.com/. Surely it's time for copyvio. Stephenjh (talk) 09:23, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The text resembles the life story as it is mentioned on the website www.georgelowden.com: "THE HISTORY OF GEORGE LOWDEN AND HIS GUITARS". However, I do not see why this should be regarded as a copyright violation, since no copyrights seem to appear on the information. IMHO it can be interpreted as public information, which is off course not the same as objective information.

Entry in breach of NPOV rules.

This entry was probably written by George Lowden. In it, he references several matters of a legal nature including receivership of his company and disputes with a company called Sarcon 54 Ltd. (He incorrectly states that Sarcon 54 is now called Avalon Guitars Ltd.)

As a party to some of the legal disputes he refers to, I am aware that matters he presents as fact are allegations that formed part of his litigation against the Lowden Guitar Co. Ltd. and its directors. There is an inference that his allegations had merit based on the outcomes he outlines when he is merely expressing a subjective opinion.

A significant part of this entry is a biased and unbalanced account of these proceedings which is not in the spirit of the NPOV guidelines. Stevemac3 (talk) 00:21, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]