User talk:Rogermx

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Paxse 15:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Gambino crime family, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Dougz1 20:22, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Warning given in error. My apologies. Dougz1 (talk) 14:23, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of just marking articles as lacking in citations, perhaps it would be more helpful if you were to take a moment to google the people in question and add citations.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I have copy edited a number of these articles, correcting grammar, restructuring sentences, adding links, fixing references and also researching the subjects and adding content. I simply mark the articles so that they will appear on lists and gain attention. If you feel I have unfairly marked anything, please go ahead and unmark it.Rogermx (talk) 04:10, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As far as the Gambino edit, I frankly don't even remember what it was. My guess is that it was something minor. If someone would care to explain why it was reverted, I would be pleased to listen.Rogermx (talk) 04:16, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay in responding. I've been away from Wikipedia for a while due to work pressures. I looked back at the history and did not find a reversion of your edits. I also looked at your edits and they looked fine. My conclusion is that I made an error when I left you a warning. I am sorry for that - I don't remember the circumstances but I do apologize. I struck out the warning above. Dougz1 (talk) 14:23, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Roger, hope I'm using this feature appropriately. Just reaching out re your edits (BLP, Unreliable sources, Additional citations needed) to the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Doherty I've been in and tried to improve citations and add new sources. Not sure what the process is for having these changes reviewed - can you please advise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gordopolis (talk • contribs) 14:14, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test on the page Peter "The Killer" Abbandante worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Hmrox (talk) 20:45, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I had made a mistake and I have reverted my own edits. Sorry about that Hmrox (talk) 20:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, dude. I am sorry for not writing it before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlir91 (talk • contribs) 18:53, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlir91 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi

I'm sorry for bothering, but I really need your help. User:Doc glasgow has reverted the Bonanno crime family page that I've written countless times, due to the fact that he/she means that there are no sources confirming the information I've written on the crime family's bosses and caporegimes, however, I have given up my sources from where I got the information, both from Jerry Capeci's Gangland, as well as the New York Times and the Federal Burea of Investigation news pages on organized crime. Although letting him/her know about this, User:Doc glasgow has not only reverted the Bonanno crime family page, making it seem undone, but also made abusive threats about blocking me from Wikipedia, when really it should be User:Doc glasgow who should be blocked. This person can not be reasoned with, as he/she has been reverting both the Bonanno crime family page, as well as the Colombo crime family page, in addition, the person can not be reasoned with. Please, I need your help!

Roger, there has been a recent change in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style: date linking is no longer a part of Wikipedia style. See MOS:SYL for more information. Also, it is inappropriate to link plain English words in most cases. Please see WP:OVERLINK. Thank you. Ground Zero | t 03:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you help me? This page and the Jimmy Hoffa page are being edited by a Stephen J. Anderson. He is deleting information that was found during an investigation by Charles Brandt and I. Please check out the Jimmy Hoffa page, the Frank Sheeran page also. The information is for public use. Anything you can do to help will be appreciated. --Spectre7277 (talk) 04:02, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that there isn't a bio/entry for Greg DePalma. Do you know enough about him to start one? Seems sort of strange that this guy doesn't have an entry. Would be particularly timely right now given the recent publication of "The Making of Jack Falcone".81.129.156.184 (talk) 16:30, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roger, thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

I'd just like to point out that the Wikipedia style for capitalizing headings is to use "sentence case" instead of "title case", e.g.,

Important things to know about this subject

not:

Important Things to Know About This Subject

This may be unfamiliar to many editors who believe that or have been taught that "title case is the right way to capitalize headings". It isn't the "right way", it is one style. Wikipedia has, for better or worse, chosen to follow a different style, i.e., capitalize the heading the same way you would capitalize any sentence:

• capitalize the first word,
• capitalize any proper nouns (people, places, organizations), and
• begin all other words with lower case letters.

See WP:MSH for more information. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 21:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, there are some (relatively bizarre) oddities about how we use the DEFAULTSORT keyword (and the Lifetime template, which in turn uses DEFAULTSORT).

Sadly, the database software doesn't do the "right thing" in some cases, especially names that have less common capitalizations, e.g. begin with a lowercase letter or contain more than one uppercase letter. We also do not sort on punctuation, such as the "apostrophe" (the ' character we use, since the WP:MOS says not to use the "real" apostophe).

In summary, such names as "D'Amico" and "LiCastri" get sort keys of "Damico" and "Licastri", respectively.

See Wikipedia:Categorization_of_people#Ordering_names_in_a_category, especially Categorization_of_people#Other_exceptions. Studerby (talk) 18:18, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted. I've speedily deleted them all under the BLP policy. Uncle G (talk) 02:39, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article Adrian Harpham has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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You made a mistake in this article referring to Nicholas Corozzo being father to Blaise and Anthony, they are in fact his brothers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.109.43.253 (talk) 00:46, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you upload this image of Lucchese in 1958 showing three fingers.

• Lucchese 1958

I found it also on Corbis images With all the copyright information: here

• Image enlarged here
• Image: Bettmann/CORBIS (Bettmann Collection)
• Date Photographed: July 03, 1958
• Location: Washington, DC, USA

Thanks --JoeyBR (talk) 15:33, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading the image of Lucchese --JoeyBR (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Roger I came across 116th Street Crew page and saw its up for deletion, wondering if you could join in on the discussion. --JoeyBR (talk) 20:06, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Roger, there was a redlinked discussion in the Afd logs for Joseph Allegro. I've fixed it now, but you may want to visit the discussion page to give your reasons for deletion. Cheers. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 10:38, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found this image of a chart of the Persico faction during the 3rd war. Can you upload it i found it here Thanks --LibertyZip (talk) 23:19, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I came across some pages that should be proposed for deletion they are not well referenced, they are only known associates to the Vario crew involved in hijacking from the airport. I don’t understand how to propose an article for deletion.

Can you add these pages up for deletion

• Peter Morales (mobster) - referenced used is Nicholas Pileggi Wiseguy book (no match see)

• Charles V. Errigo - has deadlink references and In Nicholas Pileggi Wiseguy (no match see)

• Remo (mobster) - referenced used is Nicholas Pileggi Wiseguy book (there is a match see) but not enough to have the page.

• Frank Sorace - Nicholas Pileggi Wiseguy book here, page is to small could be added into The Vario Crew.

Thanks --Vic49 00:34, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, for the help I proposed Peter Morales (mobster) for deletion, and left my reasons on the Talk:Peter Morales (mobster) is that it? --Vic49 23:52, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article Charles V. Errigo has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

unsourced biography

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By the way, I realize that you did not create this article, but you are the last registered editor to have made any substantive edits to it. Metropolitan90 (talk) 08:11, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Roger, you're using your page to work on the bio of an apparent mafia figure, and you're not including any sources. This is not in compliance with our policies on WP:BLP; if it's not cleaned up in 48 hours I'm taking it down. DS (talk) 01:18, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, then: although we do grant broad leeway for article preparation on userpages, we still have to take BLP concerns into account -- especially since userpages can and do get mirrored. You cannot claim someone is a mafioso, or otherwise involved in illegal activities, without substantiating your assertions. Okay? DS (talk) 04:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, would you mind if I merge the information from the Eugene Castelle and Rocco Vitulli articles into the Lucchese crime family article. I was going to propose each articles for deletion, but first I wanted to ask you if you mind. Castelle and Vitulli both dont meet notability and fall into the WP:BIO (Crime). Vitulli is only known for one mafia hit. Castelle is only known for being arrested on drug charges. --Vic49 (talk) 14:31, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found this free image from the Library of Congress here its the poster of Joe Bonanno's kidnapping. The image is much larger here can you upload it. Thanks --Vic49 (talk) 19:58, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I made two comments on the Discussion page for Louis Facciolo. He is the brother of Bruno Facciolo who was whacked by the "Mafia Cops", i.e. the Facciolos are notable (although somebody who didn't know anything about the mafia took down the Bruno Facciolo page because, to them, he was "NN gangster"). Wikipedia is becoming less and less useful because of all these stupid nitwit games that people are playing (mostly by teenagers who have found something to do in life by posting/deleting on Wikipedia all day). Anyway, what is the relationship between Louis and Bruno Facciolo, and Carla Facciolo? Thanks in advance to anybody that knows. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.11.20 (talk) 16:30, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came across the Vincent DeMartino article you created its well written but he does not meet notability. I merged the important information about DeMartino and his crimes in the Colombo crime family#Imprisoned soldiers section. I also think that Eugene Castelle redirect should also be deleted. As the creator of both articles you can tag them with a G7 speedy deletion (which is a author requests deletion). What do you think? --Vic49 (talk) 15:04, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just fixing up the article and have a few question, how is DeRoss related to the Persico family? I only found one reference supporting DeRoss's relationship to Persico's. I found this it states John DeRoss is an uncle of Alphonse "Little Allie boy" Persico. --Vic49 (talk) 21:37, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good, Ive made the changes to the article. Did you find any references other then the one I found, that says DeRoss is related to the Persico's? --Vic49 (talk) 16:57, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help on the DeRoss article. --Vic49 (talk) 00:25, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I known you didn't create the article but you did work on fixing the article. --Vic49 (talk) 23:10, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I known you didn't create the article but you edited the article in the past. --Vic49 (talk) 18:21, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found this Anthony "The Doctor" Corallo image it looks like an FBI mugshot which would make it a free image. view the mugshot I found it on this website. Its similar to the Anthony Salerno mugshot already upload on Wp Salerno mugshot --Vic49 (talk) 18:32, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good I don't have a commons account, can you upload the image. Thanks --Vic49 (talk) 19:42, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came across the Salvatore Aparo article you created and just wondering if you can tag it with a (Speedy deletion) {{db-g7 which is an Author requests deletion? It would be easier then having to put the article up for AFD. I added the important information about Salvatore Aparo, to the Genovese crime family#Soldiers section. Thanks --Vic49 (talk) 21:07, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've declined that, author request is something we can do, but not something we must do, and in this case it was my judgement that it was not warranted. However, if the content has been merged elsewhere converting the article to a WP:REDIRECT is an option. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:54, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick clarification on Aparo. I have no problems with that. Rogermx (talk) 19:05, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, thank you for your great contributions to articles on the American Mafia. Your articles are very well sourced. I just wonder if you are familiar with this tool: Wikipedia:refToolbar 2.0. Personally, I think it makes formatting references a lot easier. Especially for books, because all you need is to copypaste the ISBN, and it will add all other fields except page number. Equilibrial (talk) 21:32, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the compliment. Also, I did not know about the refToolbar - I will definitely check it out!Rogermx (talk) 21:40, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

With Google Books, it's a great combo. When looking for a source I usually search GB first and pick out the books I find and reference the page. For example, here are the results for William Cutolo: [1]

This book has an interesting part where Billy Jr. talks about his father: [2]

Thanks again!Rogermx (talk) 01:37, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the late response but I was working 66 hours this week. I saw you uploaded the Corallo pic thanks, I'll added it the Lucchese family and Corallo articles. Thanks for trying with the Asparo article, I'll put it for AFD. Thanks for your help. Vic49 (talk) 23:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vic, am glad to help.Rogermx (talk) 01:47, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Good on ya for your work with Michael Franzese. At the rate you're going you'll probably beat me for the first American Mafia GA.

Anyway, I checked Flickr for pictures, figuring that there was probably one from all his apperances, and I found this. I'm 99% sure it's not a wash - the user looks fairly legit and this article credits PtG as well. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 18:10, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lenin, thanks for the feedback - if you see other areas for improvement, go for it. I would try that picture - looks good to me. I appreciate the work that you and Vic are doing to clean up these Cosa Nostra stories and dump the non-notable ones.Rogermx (talk) 00:24, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you have any info or opinion pieces regarding Persico's impact on the Colombo family? I know with Gotti everyone blames him for ruining the Gambinos through too much publicity and his refusal to let anyone take plea deals, and with Amuso and Casso they ruined everything by trying to kill everyone, but what do people think Persico did? --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 20:06, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lenin, am still looking for article. Personally, I think Persico's attempt to run the Colombos from prison all these years has kept the family destabilized and caused the third Colombo war. Of course, Persico is only concerned with what happens to Persico.Rogermx (talk) 02:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all your contributions. Edit summaries are very helpful to other editors. CheersSpan (talk) 12:25, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The New York Times digital subscription sounds good, thanks for offering your help; I wanted to thank you for all your work on the Colombo crime family articles. P.S. you can check out Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martin Krugman and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parnell Edwards both are Lufthansa heist related articles up for deletion now. Thanks for the help. --Vic49 (talk) 17:20, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I found this mugshot of Ralph DeLeo (the former street boss in Colombo family) from here the mugshot enlarged here it could be an FBI mugshot which makes it free. --Vic49 (talk) 23:01, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks --Vic49 (talk) 20:44, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I found these pronunciation for "Lucchese": (1) Lou-kay-zee (in Tommy Lucchese's artilce) (2) Loo-KAH-se (in the Lucchese crime family article) (3) Lu-K-C (found on Lucchese Boots website (4) Lu chay z (from pronounce names.com) (5) loo-kay-zee (from pronounce names.com) Which one would be the best to use? --Vic49 (talk) 22:49, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found out this when the gov't went to denaturalize Lucchese they arrived at his home in Malba, Queens ref is it in the NYT reference aswell?

Can you send a copy of the M'Granery Acts to Deport Luchese to His Native Italy; M'GRANERY MOVES TO DEPORT LUCHESE I dont have a New York Times subscription.

Nice work on the Carmine Tramunti‎ article and all the Colombo family articles. --Vic49 (talk) 02:03, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I dont know you can try and send the pdf url? Did you find out Tom Lucchese wife's name? I think they only had two children: Robert (he went into the military) and Frances (she married Tom Gambino) --Vic49 (talk) 21:48, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I sent you an email, thanks for the help. --Vic49 (talk) 22:05, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks buddy it worked. --Vic49 (talk) 22:47, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help out - let me know if you need others. By the way, Robert Lucchese actually went to West Point and became a lieutenant. Rogermx (talk) 01:23, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found these FBI surveillance photos from this website here

• Vic Amuso, Anthony Casso and Frank Lastorino
• Frank Lastorino, Anthony Baratta and Peter Chiodo
• Vic Amuso and Sammy Gravano --Vic49 (talk) 17:35, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great find, Vic. I especially like Chiodo's outfit. I will upload them to WikiCommons.Rogermx (talk) 19:39, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Found two more

• Louis Saccenti, Thomas Carbonaro, John Gammarano, Salvatore Gravano
• Frank Coppa and Joe Massino --Vic49 (talk) 17:08, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I think you've got the wrong source in the lead, or at least have it in the wrong place. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 05:26, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know! I will fix it today. Let me know if you have any suggestions or spot other problems!Rogermx (talk) 17:47, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the Costello shooting came before the Anastasia hit. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 20:31, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Damn, you're right! I will have to fix that too. Thanks again!!!Rogermx (talk) 20:46, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently they did find Panto. I figured I'd leave you this and let you figure out how to work it in with the NYT archive sources. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 22:20, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Buried in a chicken yard! Thanks, Lenin, will add this too!Rogermx (talk) 22:24, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You don't happen to have Havana Nocture? I could've sworn Anastasia's approaches on Cuba were in Mafia Dynasty, but all they've got is that in a conference other bosses thought he was greedy. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 22:26, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I don't. By the way, I have a digital subscription to New York Times if you need any old articles at any time. Also, thanks for your help in upgrading this article!Rogermx (talk) 22:28, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm actually getting into the idea of pushing it to GA.

Oh, and what's with the Genovese conviction dates? Was it separate cases? --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 22:30, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another thing - if you use Google books, could you throw in the page number? --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 02:35, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I dunno if you've thought about adding to the John Gotti article, but I'm not sure how much more I can do with it right now. My main hurdle is I don't know how to explain the nature and scope of his celebrity.

You think maybe you could take a crack at it some time? --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 22:02, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, will be glad to look at it and see what I can add Rogermx (talk) 00:07, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think you could still have a look? There any part I could get started for you? --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 01:58, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While I was looking for sources for Gotti, I found the other book that Landers "wrote" - turns out it was plagarized from Crime Library.

Looks like the same for the Sammy book. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 02:01, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it did look suspect. I will swap it out. Thanks!Rogermx (talk) 04:11, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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This can help cite some of it --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 20:32, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Lenin - good to hear from you! Rogermx (talk) 03:20, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't know if you have a Gangland subscription too, but if you do could you find the original info for this article? No one else picked up on it. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 16:23, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lenin, unfortunately do not have Gangland subscription. I enjoyed reading Massino's take on the Bonventre hit. If you need any archived NY Times articles, I still have that subscription. Rogermx (talk) 17:59, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think I might have hit my general NYT cap for the month, but I got two articles on the talk page if you want to take a crack at Joey. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 18:31, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to add the Gerlando Sciascia murder to the Joey Massino article discussing his dealings with other families (apparently it ticked off the Rizzutos, but I'm not sure exactly what George's role was with the Rizzutos and why it got them so angry. Five Families is no help because it seems to just treat the Rizzutos as a Bonanno crew (p 641).

I saw you worked on George's article, so I wondered if you knew. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 22:23, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think the Rizzutos were originally a crew, but as they became richer and more powerful from the heroin trade, Vito Rizzuto started viewing himself as the boss of a separate family. Massino expected Sciascia to support him in Montreal, but Sciasca was actually more sympathetic with Vito (they came from same place in Sicily). I also think Massino distrusted Sciascia because he was Sicilian (going back to Galante and his Sicilians). Some of the books on the Canadian LCN might give some help.

Humphreys, Lee Lamothe & Adrian (2008). The sixth family : the collapse of the New York Mafia and the rise of Vito Rizzuto (Rev. & updated. ed.). Mississauga, Ont.: J. Wiley & Sons Canada. ISBN 0470154454.

Hope this helps. Keep up the good work!Rogermx (talk) 00:17, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Vic49 brought it up on Google Books when he found a cite for Joey's original crew. There doesn't seem to be too much about George in the preview, however. I'll see if I can a copy for cheap somewhere. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 00:29, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Some new guy created a bunch of mediocre, poorly sourced articles. This one in particular might actually be noteable if cleaned up. Thought I'd give you a heads up. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 19:26, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looked him up, nothing of real interest. Put comment suggesting deletion. Thanks for heads up!Rogermx (talk) 19:40, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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