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Washington v. Texas
Hi, what you could do while waiting for me to look over the article (if you haven't done this already) is check out US court case articles recently promoted to FA (and their FAC noms while you're at it) -- I'm sure there have been some this year, e.g. Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:51, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, had a quick read through -- interesting case. I can't really comment on the coverage/detail, as it's not my area of expertise, so most of what I've got to say relates to prose, referencing, and style:
 * Per my comment earlier, I'd check that the formatting of the infobox is in line with other legal cases articles at FA-level (it may well be, but I haven't checked myself).
 * We need to see "Jackie Washington" in the second sentence of the lead, not just "Washington".
 * At FA-level I'd expect to see every paragraph end in a citation. A number don't at the moment, e.g. last one under Washington's trial, but check the rest of the article.
 * "The Court's due process jurisprudence was expanded with the 1948 decision in In re Oliver which revised the breadth of the 'fundamental fairness' right." and "Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the unanimous opinion of the Court which reversed the decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals." -- this is pedantic but generally a comma should precede "which", and if that doesn't work then "that" should be used instead; in the sentences I've quoted, probably a comma before the "which" works best, while in the second you could either insert a comma before "which" or replace it with "that".
 * Don't think you need to link majority opinion in the Warren image caption -- it's linked in the paragraph next to it.
 * Prefer not to see one-paragraph subsections, e.g. Harlan's concurrence, although I don't think there's a law against it... ;-)
 * "Justice Harlan wrote a separate concurrence which only disagreed to the reasoning of Chief Justice Warren's opinion" -- aside from switching "which" to "that", it should be "disagreed with", not "disagreed to".
 * I'd try to keep things all in one tense, at least per paragraph, if possible. For instance, Subsequent developments begins "An article in the Georgetown Law Review, by attorney Martin Hewett, was critical of the decision [past tense]. Hewett's main criticism of the Supreme Court's decision in Washington is based on on the Court's lack of a standard in which to evaluate whether certain evidence is "material" to a defendant's case [present tense]. Hewett noted that in a post-Washington decision in 1973, the Court applied a 'case-specific' decision rather than a "general constitutional standard" [past tense]." -- the second sentence could just as easily be made past tense.
 * "...the "actual reliability of the evidence" in cases..." -- consider putting "(italics in original)" after the quote (assuming the italics are in the original); I only bring this up because you employ italics yourself in "states of other procedural guarantees", where it's not a quote, and so it might appear you've added the italics to the "reliability of the evidence" quote as well. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:38, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Five
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Criminal law in the marshall court
Thanks again for the review and sorry for the delay. Ive finally gotten around to it. Savidan 17:20, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

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Talkback
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Wikipedia Takes Atlanta photo event in September
I thought you would be interested in this photo event, too: Wikipedia Takes Atlanta (tentatively for September 15).--Pharos (talk) 00:42, 12 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note! Lord Roem (talk) 02:36, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

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Bulgaria Info Boxes Dispute
Hi Lord Roem,

Any update on the dispute. Again, I've added tons of references, why am I being neglected? Isn't WP about the correct content? Please, help bring this forward or advise on next steps. Ximhua (talk) 01:01, 14 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I haven't been following the recent changes to the Bulgaria topic articles, nor am I knowledgable in that area to make such a determination. However, I can advise you on future courses to take in terms of dispute resolution. I think the best option is to start an RfC to gain broader community input on the debate. If that fails, have another go at DRN, but always try to keep regular lines of communication open. Best, Lord Roem (talk) 06:02, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

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No rush :) Hope you are enjoying your wikibreak! SarahStierch (talk) 06:18, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

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DRN needs your help!
Hey there Lord Roem, I noticed that you haven't been very active at the dispute resolution noticeboard lately where you listed yourself as a volunteer - I was hoping if you had some spare time if you could take a look there and offer some assistance. Thanks again for your help :-) Steven   Zhang  Help resolve disputes! 11:34, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * Proposal: It's time to close the Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts noticeboard. Agree or disagree?

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Invitation to comment at Monty Hall problem RfC
Because of your interest in dispute resolution,, I am inviting you to comment on the following RfC:

Talk:Monty Hall problem

This dispute has been going on for over ten years and there have been over 1,300,000 words posted on the article talk page (by comparison, all of the Harry Potter books together total 1,084,170 words). Over the years the dispute has been through multiple noticeboards, mediators, and even the Arbitration Committee without resolving the conflict, so a lot of wisdom is needed here. --Guy Macon (talk) 00:52, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Daria Khaltourina
Lord Roem, please check the recent history of this article and the attendant AfD. You approved this for DYK (this version or thereabouts, I suppose) so you may have an opinion on it. I found nothing in the article or its history that independently verified the claims to fame, and I note that most of he work referred to in the article (and cited in the hook) wasn't even done by herself alone. In short, the article struck me as vanispam, a pretty clear example of it, and after pruning and searching I saw no option but AfD. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 03:55, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks!
Not sure how I screwed that up twice in a row--Tznkai (talk) 04:26, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries. -- Lord Roem (talk) 04:27, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * It was an some sort of edit mistake: see this: Xxanthippe (talk) 05:49, 23 October 2012 (UTC).

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Friendly reminder
Lord Roem, I'd like to take the opportunity to remind you (or perhaps make you aware of?) Arbitration_Committee/Clerks/Procedures point #16. In particular, "If the decision includes the use of restrictions on the editing of an individual editor, list the details at Editing restrictions". You recently closed the clarification request on civility enforcement, but did not post the restriction to Editing restrictions. Thank you for your attention, --Hammersoft (talk) 20:23, 25 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, I am aware of that point, but I see where the confusion is. That specific note - going to the Editing restrictions page - is just on the 'closing cases' section but is not duplicated in the WP:AC/C/P section on amendments, which I had in front of me while enacting the motion. -- Lord Roem (talk) 22:04, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I should think an ArbCom enacted topic ban should be on Editing_restrictions whether it came through from a case or a motion. It's still a topic ban enacted by ArbCom. There's plenty of other topic bans in this list. --Hammersoft (talk) 00:14, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah! I agree. I'll put it on there in a moment. I was just explaining why I didn't put it there in my initial cross-posting of the notices. -- Lord Roem (talk) 00:30, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

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