Regarding the picture of Roy DeMeo with Joey Testa and an unidentified third person, does anyone know who the third individual is? I doubt that he is Anthony Senter. In fact I wish there was more information on their exploits.- Rawoyster ( talk) 02:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC) Reply Compared to all the other books about mobsters and the mafia, the Demeo saga is by far the most exciting, terrifying and above all-well told. LoverOfArt ( talk) 20:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC) Reply Eventually, there will be a movie about him and when there is, people will know him just as they know names like Genovese or Gotti. While Roy DeMeo may not be in the "household recognition" category like other "pop culture" New York Mobsters, he was an unquestionably key figure that played a central role in some of the mobs most infamous killings. This guy was anything but a "minor criminal". Who wants to read a major opus on a minor criminal? Rogermx 21:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Reply This article needs some serious editing - it is much longer than articles on much more important mob luminaries such as Vito Genovese, John Gotti, Lucky Luchiano, or even Al Capone. There are rewrites underway in this article with the intention to eliminate many errors as well as to add more information. Also keep in mind that much of the information used was taken directly from court records, police files and testimony from witnesses who worked with DeMeo for years. Also keep in mind that a good deal of the information used for Murder Machine was taken directly from old neighborhood friends, business associates, as well as relatives of DeMeo, none of whom were paid for the information they provided. Put it back in if you still feel the article is not neutral, however keep in mind Albert DeMeo's book contains factual errors and has just as much, if not moreso of an agenda than the book Murder Machine. Posted by Dugrad: I am removing the NPOV tag on the article. None of the people interviewed were given any payment for their help. It should also be noted that, aside from Roy's immediate family, a number of sources used in the book Murder Machine were in fact DeMeo's close friends and family, such as his uncle Albert, who was a famous prosecutor in New York. While it is difficult to trust Jerry Capeci to be 100% neutral in the telling of Roy DeMeo's life, it is even more difficult to expect the son to be completely honest (or even know much about) the darker side of his father's life. An example of this is his numerous remarks of his father being a mafia 'capo', when in fact Roy DeMeo was never an official capo, his highest rank achieved was soldier. Cleanup can be done on this article to make it comply with wikipedia standards relating to Point of View.Ĭounter-Point to above: Keep in mind however, the son of Roy DeMeo would not be a fair viewpoint, especially considering he gets facts about his own father's status in the mafia wrong a number of times in his book. It would be helpful to read his sons book For the Sins of My Father when editing this article. This page seems to have an obvious point of view that does not take into account testimonials of close friends and family of Roy Demeo. To fill out this checklist, please add the following code to the template call:Īssessing the article against each criterion. This article has not yet been checked against the criteria for B-class status: Crime Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography Template:WikiProject Crime Crime-related articles If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Crime, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Crime on Wikipedia. This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Organized crime Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized crime Template:WikiProject Organized crime Organized crime articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject Organized crime, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Organized crime on Wikipedia. This article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. Biography Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography Template:WikiProject Biography biography articles For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
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