Talk:Steven Jay Russell

What happened to Phillip Morris?
How long did he get? Is he out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.79.214.224 (talk) 01:48, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Probable disorder
His life pattern seems to fit the classic diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, particularly as outlined in the book "The Mask of Sanity.

Untitled
The part about his early life seems to say that being homoseksual made him criminal.. 81.205.145.79 (talk) 20:49, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you stupid? 128.211.198.168 (talk) 08:48, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * It was illegal based on the sodomy laws. Being outed meant getting fired back then/the anonymous sex doesn't ever really look good. 199.8.13.1 (talk) 06:07, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

photo
Can we find an old mugshot and crop it? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Infobox: Criminal
If I'm reading the article right, he's in prison. Shouldn't we change the infobox and occupation to "former..." or "inmate"? Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:06, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

How can you Regard his escapes as 'successful' if he was always recaptured. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.96.91.85 (talk) 22:40, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Because his recapture was because of subsequent actions, not as part of the escape. 93.107.28.240 (talk) 23:46, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Because getting caught again wasn't related to the escapings?

link 9
footnote link 9 doesn't work can anyone find the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.156.10 (talk) 04:01, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Unsourced Material
Article has been tagged for needing sources for over a year, and is a BLP. Please feel free to reincorporate below material into the article with appropriate refs. Thanks! Doniago (talk) 14:31, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Location?
The main article begins by stating he was a business executive who was then fired, then sent to the Harris County jail. Shouldn't that say Houston, Texas? I see in the talk section that this information was removed. Any objection to restoring it?Marzolian (talk) 00:50, 8 October 2014 (UTC)


 * @Marzolian I agree. Steven Jay Russell was released from prison today, July 16, 2024. 2600:100C:B007:28E:0:4D:42AD:3F01 (talk) 03:00, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 07:05, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Steven Jay Russell. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20061002015218/http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=1394 to http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=1394

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 13:33, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

WRONG LINK?
It seems the page on the TDCJ website does not exist anymore. I have found another Steven Russell whose info. seems to match this Steven's. Here's the link (what say ye?): https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=05138971

Short description update
This was obviously wrong, and the additional context is more than important enough to warrant an exception to the observation that most articles only need 40 characters. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 08:36, 30 July 2023 (UTC)


 * From WP:HOWTOSD - "Editors should keep in mind that short descriptions are meant to distinguish an article from similarly-named articles in search results, and not to define the subject." The shorter description seems sufficient to accomplish that task. DonIago (talk) 14:10, 30 July 2023 (UTC)


 * It is not an exercise in brevity. Uses such as annotated link massively benefit from ever-so-slightly longer entries. I've seen utterly no arguments to the contrary save for robotic rules recital. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 19:41, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Let's see what other editors have to say on the matter then, especially since you can't seem to discuss this without being insulting about it. DonIago (talk) 23:34, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I will request a third opinion on this matter as we have not reached a consensus. DonIago (talk) 03:54, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Third opinion: both factors are important. He's only notable because he kept escaping, but 60 characters is long, and there are multiple shorter options:
 * American con-artist with multiple prison escapes (48)
 * American con-artist w/ multiple prison escapes (46)
 * American con-artist with many prison escapes (44)
 * American con-artist w/ many prison escapes (42)
 * Con-artist with multiple prison escapes (39)
 * Conman w/many prison escapes (28)
 * ~ Argenti Aertheri (Chat?) 14:06, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. My preference would be for something that's under 40 characters in keeping with WP:SD40, but in the interest of moving along over a fairly minor issue, I'd be fine with anything up to 45 characters. Over 45 seems excessive to me. DonIago (talk) 17:05, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Fine. I've gone with the 39-char option. I still think that blindly following a guideline which specifically permits a wide variety of exceptions is silly, but this should square that circle (and to be honest I've never been a fan of the way we make nationality so eternally prominent in biographies). Thanks to for an amicable resolution here. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 09:29, 20 August 2023 (UTC)