User talk:Heartattack4400/Anti-Federalist Papers

Revisions to article lead
For the lead section, the changes could make this introduction stronger, but you need to cite sources.

Ghamilton5000 (talk) 17:59, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Legacy addition
Citations are needed.

The wording for the Massachusetts Compromise is misleading. The Anti-Federalists did not stop Massachusetts from ratifying the Constitution. Regarding the Bill of Rights, the current wording sounds like the individual states drafted additional amendments which was not the case. The House of Representative sent seventeen amendments to the Senate on August 24, 1789, these were revised and edited into 12 that were passed by both houses. When they were sent out to the states, the first two were not ratified by the states, but the others were. When you review this section add citations and edit for clarity/ tone. The last sentence for example, is not neutral in tone. Ghamilton5000 (talk) 18:25, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Authorship
Creating a separate section for authorship might improve the article, but you need to be able to explain how it does so. In any case more elaboration and properly formatted citations are needed. For example, you state that a number of prominent figures were involved in writing the Anti-Federalists papers, but you list their pseudonyms. In the original section you are improving, it lists the real life person behind the pen names. You mention Thomas Jefferson, but you need to support your claim that some historians believe he was one of the main authors behind the Anti-Federalist papers. The source you cited is one of his letters expressing his opposition to the Federalist Party. It was written in 1810, long after the Constitution was written. Ghamilton5000 (talk) 18:36, 27 April 2023 (UTC)