Talk:Louis F. Budenz

Citation on reliability of testimony
Can someone provide a citation on this statement:

The reliability of this testimony was questioned, as on two previous occasions Budenz had specifically stated that he had no knowledge that Lattimore was a Communist.

Thank you. Jtpaladin 16:20, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

You might find the following book interesting "Owen Lattimore and the "Loss" of China." Diosprometheus 09:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Question about opening paragraph
Budenz became known because of his anti-Communist testimony, yet that is not mentioned at all in the opening, main paragraph of his article.

May I suggest an opening sentence like this? :

Louis Francis Budenz (1891-07-17 – 1972-04-27) was a Soviet espionage agent who renounced Communism and became an informant for the FBI, testifying (often paid) before numerous Senate and House committees during the 1940s and particularly the 1950s.

Aboudaqn (talk) 13:51, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Replaced non-working link
I could not access the original link used at the first ref in this article:

Nor was I successful tracking down whether it might simply have a new url. I think the following url supports the claim, so I am replacing the ref:
 * -- SPhilbrick  (Talk)  21:19, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Quote in footnote removed
It is common, in some places, to use a footnote to add a colorful anecdote, or additional explanatory material, not fitting into the flow of the main document. That practice is generally not encouraged in Wikipedia, as far as I can tell. I posed the question here. While the full community has obviously not weighed in, the consensus appears to me that quotes should be revered for two related classes of use: This article did have a quote in a footnote, and it is my opinion that the quote does not support either use listed above, thus I have removed it, or truncated it. Should anyone disagree, or feel that there are other examples of allowable quotes, feel free to start a discussion. I suggest here, if you disagree with my conclusion that this quote doesn't fall into one of those two examples, or at Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content if you feel there should be other allowed uses.-- SPhilbrick  (Talk)  21:23, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
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