Talk:Charles Stimson (lawyer)

Assessment
Couldn't rate at B, because it doesn't cover much outside 2 years of his life, B needs "a majority of the material needed for a completed article." Nicely written prose, but needs even more wikilinks and a bit of rephrasing. The "These comments are in direct contradiction to longstanding American legal tradition" bit needs to be rearranged so the emphasis is on the quotes of the legal scholars; currently it sounds like we're saying that. --AnonEMouse (squeak) 17:28, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

revert -- see talk
I am reverting these edits. I found this one the most troubling. Excising wikipedian asserted it wasn't relevant to Stimson, and wasn't sourced.

I dispute that the connection to Stimson wasn't sourced. I've quoted the passage in the reference.

I dispute that the connection to Stimson wasn't relevant. Stimson was the responsible for DETAINEE AFFAIRS. His comments on this controversy, if he had chosen to make some, would have been highly relevant. And his decision not to comment was just as relevant.

I also fixed the excising wikipedian's reference to the Heritage Foundation. Please don't use bare inline references. They are very inconvenient for other wikipedians, if the bare reference is taken offline. References remain valid, and should not be removed, just because they are taken offline -- provided the reference provides information like that date of publication, title, name of publication that would provide a dedicated reader to look up a paper copy.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 23:30, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


 * As it stands, the use of the phrase "albeit equivocally" is POV language - it is Wikipedia saying that the apology was equivocal. Can you re-word the sentence so that it says that others were reported to say that they considered the apology equivocal?  The later passage about insincerity works in those terms.  FWIW, I agree entirely that the apology was equivocal - it's a question of how to present it to conform to BLP.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 08:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Edited Article
Put plainly, this article was a hack job on the subject. I have heavily edited this article to remove the more offending portions that wildly violate WP:POV and coatrack portions as well. I have left most of the cites, but I have also removed the subject's campaign contribution history (violation of privacy) and a photo.--Yachtsman1 (talk) 06:13, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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