Michael Shackleford Wikipedia

Quote: pacomartin

I need an external reference.

Try this: http://www.bjinsider.com/newsletter_134_ball.shtml

I couldn't find any reference to Michael winning the prize on Max Rubin's site.

I'll let the Wikipedia article settle down for a while. Once you make changes certain people go through the article and find all kinds of little things to change.

For instance less than an hour after my changes someone changed a phrase that's been there since 26 July 2009.
Before becoming the Wizard of Odds, Shackleford worked ...
Before changing careers, Shackleford worked ...

Of course, anyone is free to add stuff.

Quote: pacomartin

I couldn't find any reference to Michael winning the prize on Max Rubin's site.

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Here's confirmation from Bodog.



http://beat.bodog.com/casino/blackjack-ball-2011-celebrates-the-secret-blackjack-society-48353.html

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Quote: pacomartin

According to Wikipedia 42 people worked on your entry over a 5 year period. I know that I changed a few things back in 2009. Michael added a list of your clients when it began. I recently updated a dead link.

Posting stuff in Wikipedia can be frustrating, because people have firm ideas about what you can say or not say. For instance, the entry in your article that your explanations are mathematically correct was flagged as unprovable.

You could never prove that they are all correct; as a matter of fact although most are, a few are mathematically incorrect ;) We are all human after all.

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I don't see anything wrong with correcting facts on your own article, as long as you don't violate the "neutral point of view" guiding principal.

The idea that you should unconditionally place your trust in whichever random unstable person wants to edit your Wikipedia page is misguided. Of course you need to pay heed to the rules of the game (obviously boosting your own page will annoy them, whereas complaining to the media/lawyers that you are being libelled will get you kid gloves treatment), but if it's wrong it's wrong and there's no reason you should pay heed to the rules of the Wikipedia game at all.

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The idea that you should unconditionally place your trust in whichever random unstable person wants to edit your Wikipedia page is misguided. Of course you need to pay heed to the rules of the game (obviously boosting your own page will annoy them, whereas complaining to the media/lawyers that you are being libelled will get you kid gloves treatment), but if it's wrong it's wrong and there's no reason you should pay heed to the rules of the Wikipedia game at all.

That's not really ever an issue. If you are the subject, or just have a unique perspective, speak up and everyone will support you correcting information. This is supported by the "rules of the game" as well.

The only thing a person shouldn't do is write his own entry (other than on the user page or in userspace). However, you are in full right and even expected to correct anything that you find in error. As long, of course, as it's correction and not shameless self-promotion, but the difference between them is clear enough.

Could someone provide a video reference for Michael on the Travel Channel.
I looked at Big In Vegas May 2009 but I think that is a newer video.

There are some interviews with American Casino Guide
- Interview with gambling expert Michael "Wizard of Odds" Shackleford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwARnurpM3A : All about Video Poker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkUsN-GNCSY&feature=related : How to win at blackjack (21)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Tu0K7A2NU&feature=related : How to win at slot machines

Quote: pacomartin

For instance less than an hour after my changes someone changed a phrase that's been there since 26 July 2009.
Before becoming the Wizard of Odds, Shackleford worked ...
Before changing careers, Shackleford worked ...

Actually, that probably would have been OK if it said:

Before changing careers, and adopting the nickname "Wizard Of Odds," Shackleford...

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Quote: pacomartin

For instance less than an hour after my changes someone changed a phrase that's been there since 26 July 2009.
Before becoming the Wizard of Odds, Shackleford worked ...
Before changing careers, Shackleford worked ...

Actually, that probably would have been OK if it said:

Before changing careers, and adopting the nickname "Wizard Of Odds," Shackleford...

You mean he wasn't bit by a radioactive spider and changed into the Wizard of Odds??