Talk:Frank Melton/Archive 1

Controversy
Some of the items recently added to the "controversy" section (which I created) have citations pointing only to www.jacksonfreepress.com. This isn't an adequate form of citation. I deleted one item which had neither a specific citation nor a date. Several of the items need to be fixed so that they refer to specific news articles. GMcGath 22:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

02:52, 30 September 2006 bias/a potential revert war
This is a very contraversial article, and the language of the current version (02:52, 30 September 2006 Djames041) seems to be very biased in favor of Melton from my perspective. There is certainly a huge potential for a revert war concerning this topic, but hopefully it won't get to that. Once I have some free time, will try to add info in each of these "contraversies," rather than simply reverting them to their previous versions. However, I only intend to use the citations previously used, so if these works are clearly either negative OR positive, I will be forced to mirror such in each respective case (in the case of the "April 2006" incident, a preliminary look at the article cited seems to indicate that it may not be saying specifically that Melton was "jeopardizing the safety" of the school children, etc.). I will take a closer look soon.

Correction
I meant to say that the significant changes originated in the Djames041 revision (02:52, 30 September 2006). --Chad Donnachaidh 16:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Removed citations
Upon adding the new flowery language which favors Melton (02:52, 30 September 2006), citations for the "July [19,] 2006" and "August 30, 2006" incidents were removed, presumably because either these sources appeared biased (which is quite possible) or because the new, less critical (and perhaps, less accurate) language could not be supported by these sources. The latter case would borderline upon vandalism, and the simply fact that this newer revison lacks citations where the old version had them seems to be grounds enough for a revert. --Chad Donnachaidh 16:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Revert
Because of the errors and bias in the current version (stated above), I intend to revert the page to the last point which contained all of the citations of the "controversy" section. Having read these sources a bit more thoroughly, I've noticed that the current version is very meagerly supported by the sources cited. The paraphrases in this article are not supported by most of the sources that have remained (its as though the latest biased author edited the article without even considering the possibility that people would look at these sources). However, I intend to transplant the new material in the introductory section to this older version (except for that material which is quite clearly biased); even so, none of the info in the current introduction has citations, in either version. If someone wishes for this data to remain for very long, they would do well to cite the sources of this information (both new and old). I will do the revert, etc. this evening (unless someone beats me to the punch). [Woops, I don't think I was signed in while submitting this addition]>> --Chad Donnachaidh 00:13, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Melton's firearms convictions
From http://www.nssf.org/BP2/search/disp_BAK.cfm?Iyr=2006&Bissue=112006.htm

"ANTI-GUN MAYOR CONVICTED ON GUN CHARGES . . . Frank Melton, mayor of Jackson, Miss., and member of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" coalition, was convicted last week on two misdemeanor charges for carrying a weapon into a church and a park. In a third charge, reduced from what had previously been a felony count, the mayor pleaded no contest to carrying a gun on a university campus. Melton excused his criminal acts by stating, "I'm not another citizen. I am the mayor of Jackson." NSSF senior vice president and general counsel Lawrence G. Keane called upon Bloomberg to kick Melton out of his coalition. "Sadly, he's just another politician who believes he's above the law. If he had a shred of dignity he would resign." Melton will be allowed to stay in office."

Anyone want to stick mention of this in the controversy section? Maybe with a less POV source, like an MS newspaper); NSSF is certainly opposed to Melton due to his firearms policies. scot 20:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Melton's background
The sections from the mayor's resume need to be checked carefully, as he has been accused of falsifying some points on his campaign resume. Not saying that is the case, but it is worth a factcheck.