Wikipedia:Peer review/Jesse Macbeth/archive1

Jesse Macbeth
I just reorganized this article trying to make it as verifiable, neutral, and easy to read as possible. But as I'm only an occasional wikipedia editor, I'd like input from other wikipedians. (I used so many citations because the article is about a living person, and I want to avoid libel issues.)

I am also curious about the use of blogs as references or exernal links. In many cases, much of the information used to refute Macbeth soon after his video was posted. Mainstream reports followed later.

The version of the discharge papers I (and most others) believe to be authentic is posted at a blog. The U.S. government does not post the information online anywhere, but anyone is free to request it. Bugmuncher 21:08, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Why is Category:Hoaxes piped with an asterisk?


 * Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:BTW, years with full dates should be linked; for example, link January 15, 2006, but do not link January 2006.


 * Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at WP:LEAD. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.


 * There may be an applicable infobox for this article.


 * Images with fair use tags need fair use rationales - please see WP:FUC.


 * As is done in WP:FOOTNOTE, for footnotes, the footnote should be located right after the punctuation mark, such that there is no space inbetween. For example, change blah blah [2]. to blah blah.[2]


 * Please alphabetize the categories and interlanguage links.
 * Thanks, AndyZ t 22:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


 * AndyZ - I uploaded two of the images; they are derivative works of a work not protected by copyright - Should I have marked them differently? Thanks... will work on the rest of the suggestions now.. Bugmuncher 02:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I've addressed some of the issues, but I am running out of steam and need to sleep. Will get to the rest tomorrow. Bugmuncher 05:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


 * In response to AndyZ's bullet point about date links. This can be done easily using a 'dates' tab in edit mode. Simply copy the entire contents of User:Bobblewik/monobook.js to your own monobook. Then follow the instructions in your monobook to clear the cache (i.e. press Ctrl-Shift-R in Firefox, or Ctrl-F5 in IE) before it will work. You will also get a 'units' tab. Hope that helps. bobblewik 18:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * * Hoaxes is no longer linked at all - "impostors" is a subcat of "hoaxes" so there's no reason to link both, AFAIK.
 * * The lede has been expanded to cover the scope of the entire article.
 * * Years with full dates are now linked.
 * * I don't have enough information to fill the biography infobox. But I am using Persondata.
 * * Images don't use fair use tags anymore (as copyright on source material was never claimed)
 * * Footnotes now appear after punctuation (unless they're in the middle of a sentence).
 * * Categories are alphabetized. There are no interlanguage links.
 * * Thanks! Bugmuncher 01:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * AndyZ also said do not link non-full dates. You can delink these easily using the monobook tool described above. bobblewik 19:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)