Talk:Thomas F. Byrnes

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I was pleased to see an article on Inspector Byrnes. He was an interesting person and well worth an article. I am concerned, however, that the sites liked to are not really all that great. Just some guy's website selling a copy of a reprint of a book is not a good idea at all for a reference, and some blog saying someone coined a term isn't an encyclopedic reference either. A number of the other external links sprinkled through the article are similar. It'd be nice if someone cleaned that all up. 172.128.225.40 03:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I wrote the article. References on Byrnes are hard to find.  I did a lot of googling to find what we have.  I did realize the problems with the references, which is why I do not say flat out that he coined the phrase "the third degree".  This is unclear.  The phrase, though, is clearly closely associated with him.  Similarly, lacking publication history for Professional Criminals of America, I merely noted that it has been reprinted, and linked to a site selling the reprint.  Anyone who thinks they can do better is free to.--Wehwalt 03:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Page move
Just renamed the page, but if anyone disagrees with it, I'm willing to discuss. In my opinion, I don't think "policeman" is needed. He was more than just a policeman, but was a detective and had other roles. Also, references to him often include his middle initial, including numerous books, NY Times and other newspaper articles. --Aude (talk) 23:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Fine by me. He is certainly the most prominent Thomas Byrnes, with all due respect to the Aussie politician.--Wehwalt 00:41, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Coined term
"which was apparently coined by Byrnes". This isn't a referenced, and I have a contradictory reference. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:49, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There are also a lot of contradictory references when it comes to word and phrase origins. We'd have to balance the weight to see if the claim is even worth mentioning and the cite the claim to a source so we don't give people the idea that it's something everyone says. In the meantime maybe it should be deleted from this article. (Incidentally, what does your ref says?) DreamGuy (talk) 14:10, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

External links modified
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