Talk:William H. Brackney

Speedy deletion nomination of William H. Brackney


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Tylerbennicke (talk) 00:38, 9 October 2010 (UTC) Hold up folks. I'm a just a graduate student at Acadia staking out some territory on the wiki for Brackney. Can someone please tell me specifically how I would begin to cite some of his history? For example, how can I cite his birthdate? His birth parents? The dates of his tenure as dean at McMaster? I have personal contact with him and my only source is his CV and the assumption that he's not lying to me. I have not uploaded the list of his publications yet as I am compiling the ISBNs but a brief search on Wikipedia for William Brackney will show that he is referenced by many other Wikipedia articles. Tylerbennicke (talk) 00:37, 9 October 2010 (UTC)