User talk:24.18.98.89

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Jack Abramoff
I noticed that you added the paragraph about Susan Ralston back under the eLottery heading. This fact is adequately covered within Internet Gambling Prohibition Act (and is based on the same Washington Post source) which is prominently linked. Ralston was Abramoff's assistant at the time, so I'm not sure how significant the email from her is. (The fact that the money came from eLottery and was laundered through non-profits is significant to the legality). The main article, Jack Abramoff, doesn't need to contain all of these details, just an 'appetite-whetter' to allow interested readers to click through to the various detailed articles.

Also, I noticed that you seem to use the external links to SourceWatch within the text for certain individuals. (Tony Rudy, eLottery). This is generally discouraged. Per When should I link externally:


 * "Not very often. If the site you are linking to is an article, history or timeline, then wikipedia should have its own article on that subject, not just an external link. The web is already full past capacity of sites composed of links to other sites."

Wikipedia should have it's own articles on these individuals (and preferably, even better than SourceWatch).

Other than that, thanks for the positive work, and you should consider creating an account! KWH