Talk:Mary Lou Bruner

Brief note
This is a very interesting and extensive article. I have made some updates (Ms. Bruner was defeated in the runoff election yesterday evening) and also some a number of edits (some adds, some removals, and some copy edits).

The article has a number of good sources (Washington Post, New York Times, local Texas newspapers, etc.), and there are other high-quality sources out there. However, there were some sources that I didn't think are sufficiently reliable:
 * Patch.com - this is a "hyperlocal" website that I think this is borderline user-generated &mdash; they appear to rely mostly on freelancers with little editorial control. Also seems to be a news aggregator, rather than an original reporter of news, with respect to Bruner.
 * DailyKos - a (partisan) blog; user-generated content
 * Russia Today (RT) - it's Russian government state-sponsored media, and quite dubious; not really high-quality
 * Gawker - a gossip blog
 * Breitbart - a (partisan) blog; not reliable
 * AtlantaBlackStar.com - unreliable, user-generated; website identifies itself as "a narrative company" rather than a journalistic outfit
 * Inquisitr.com - news aggregator. Same problems as Patch.com.

I've gone through and replaced these lower-quality sources with some of the higher-quality ones (either new or already cited), or when the cite was duplicative in any case, simply deleted it. (There may be a few lingering out there that I've missed). I do think the article looks substantially improved now.

Thanks --Neutralitytalk 15:34, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks Neutrality, it's always good to get many eyes on an article. I'm glad you culled the sources; I added several at article creation (in part to help stave off the warward AfD nomination) and knew we needed to remove the worst ones. I see you added some sources including some of that I was about to add; thanks. I may go in and make further changes. A citation format already established in the article. We probably shouldn't have a section contain a single sentence. Bullet text is ignored by scripts that calculate page length. Best, —Prhartcom ♥ 19:56, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

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