Talk:John L. McClellan

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Ark30inf, I have a minor suggestion for improving this article. As a general rule, It is useful to indicate in the opening paragraph what is notable about the subject of the article. I had never heard of McClellan, and in this piece, I have no sense of what was signficant about him; why there is an encyclopedia article about him. For example, gleaning from sentences further down, you might say:

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 * McClellan was best-known for investigating numerous cases of government corruption including numerous defense contractors and Texas financier Billie Sol Estes.

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 * McClellan was a participant of the famous Army-McCarthy Hearings and renowned for leading a Democratic walkout of that subcommittee in protest of Senator Joseph McCarthy's conduct in those hearings.

or something else. Please see the intro to J. William Fulbright for an example.

Obviously, what you say here may reflect your POV, but that is ok; offer the information. If someone finds it too egregious or knows better, it will be modified or an alternative POV will be added. I know NPOV is something we all strive toward, but a certain amount of POV is inevitable, and articles with none at all have no soul. -- Viajero 09:24, 6 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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"However, in 1986 the local paper ran a series of articles suggesting that she was killed as she was obstructing the attempt by another partner in McClellan's law firm to subvert the will of one of her clients. It is unclear whether McClellan would have been aware of this matter although, since it involved matters of legal ethics and a $15m will it is probable that he was at least aware of the dispute. If so he was complicit in hiding this matter until his death."

The sloppiness of this passage is remarkable. "The local paper"--WHAT local paper? "...suggesting that she was killed..."--WHO? The woman (finally) identified in the link as Maud Crawford was an attorney in Senator McClellan's law firm, but nowhere in the link does it suggest that McClellan was involved in Crawford's disappearance, or that he was suspected in any way. The inclusion of this material in an article on the Senator cannot possibly be justified. Rontrigger (talk) 20:08, 3 September 2023 (UTC)