User talk:Legal Economist

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Andres Gifford
I presume that you are User:The Economist Magazine who has set up an individual account. Welcome back.

I have done some tweaking of the article to add "wikilinks" and put references into a better form; but more are required. References are needed for two reasons:
 * the Verifiability policy that "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source",
 * the inclusion criterion called Notability which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject."

The three references you added do not help with that. One shows that the law firm exists, but does not mention Mr Gifford; the other two do not mention him either, and are cross-references to Wikipedia, which I have replaced with wikilinks. What is needed is references that confirm what the article says, and provide the significant coverage of Mr Gifford required to establish notability.

I have removed two words (broad and renowned) which in Wikipedia terms are "peacock terms" - unsupported adjectives of praise. A Wikipedia article needs to preserve a neutral tone and should not read like a CV or appear to be "selling" its subject.

I have also added some WP:Categories at the end of the article. I am not sure whether I am right to have added Category:Colombian lawyers - if that should be Category:American lawyers, please correct it.

If you have any questions, you can ask them below here - I will watch this talk page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:17, 7 April 2014 (UTC)