Talk:Taus v. Loftus

Sourcing concerns
I'm concerned about the sources used in this article: although the article superficially appears well sourced there are quite significant problems. Of the seven sources used, four are articles written by Loftus, one of the two parties to the underlying dispute. Another is by Tavris, described as a "longtime friend" of Loftus. Yet another is a primary source. This seems to me to be quite inappropriate for an article which is in essence a BLP. I would be grateful for any thoughts on these points. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 21:50, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * This is a legal article, primary sources are not only acceptable, but are encouraged (along, of course, with secondary sources), see WP:MOSLAW. It needs work though.   GregJackP   Boomer!   15:33, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Part of the problem is that although this is supposed to be a legal article almost the entire content (before our intervention) was written by a single author, a psychology student, who created it as part of a class assignment. Anyway, the infobox is great. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 17:18, 9 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I also reformated the refs. I'm not sure what style they were in, so I used Bluebook since this is a legal article.  I may do some additional work on the article.   GregJackP   Boomer!   18:59, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks again. My most serious remaining concerns are with the two final sections, which (1) seem to be full of SYNTH, and (2) present opinions of Loftus as facts. My personal inclination would just be to delete them, but given your obviously greater familarity with legal articles you probably have a much better idea than I do what is acceptable here. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 21:21, 9 November 2013 (UTC)


 * No, I agree with you, the last two sections are OR, so I deleted them. I've found some good sources, and will rework the article.  I'll probably gut and rebuild quite a bit.  Bear with me - it may take a bit.   GregJackP   Boomer!   23:23, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

It's looking so much better. Many thanks for taking this on: I knew it was bad but very little idea of how to fix it. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 08:57, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Victoria University of Wellington supported by WikiProject Psychology and the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2012 Q1 term. Further details are available on the course page.

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