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Talk pages are no more of a place for nonsense like this than the articles themselves. Since you are citing to "online editions of Newsweek and Time", perhaps you could provide a link or two? Otherwise, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate for the above to remain on this page. Cheers! -- BD2412 talk 04:01, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
The newly added personal section seems at best muddled and out-of-place in this type of article (what is the relevance of the cat story?). I also wonder about the sources mentioned but not cited. Perhaps the section should be removed or at least cleaned up. Splungist 13:01, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
I am going to research the cat story and some other personal details and re-add them to this article. I'm asking that you please not delete personal details, as the "legend" of Pat Fitzgerald is very much a part of his public identity. The press has treated him as a modern-day eliot ness, and his personal details in many ways make this an easier story to promote. The fact that the man sleeps in his office and is too absorbed by his job to be qualified to own a cat is indeed relevant. The quirks of other characters in american politics are relevant, why aren't they with this guy?
as stated above, there is an NYT article that mentions many of fitzgeralds quirks. There are others as well, but it is the major source. Question: if a media site requires registration to view a source, does wikipedia consider it a valid source?
This section is not supported by any newsmedia source. I have searched both LexisNexis and Yahoo! News and have found nothing apart from Counterpunch to support Fitzgerald's alleged involvement with the yellowcake forgery. Please provide further verification. NatusRoma 07:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I live in Illinois, and as much as we need Patrick Fitzgerald, he did not start the investigations of George Ryan. Operation Safe Road started in the mid-late 1990s. When I can find sourceable material, I will post it. However, it was under Patrick Fitzgerald that George Ryan was prosecuted and convicted. Wat Tyler 00:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone have another copyright free, fair use or government image of Patrick Fitzgerald? I added the one that I took from a DOJ website a year or two ago but the link is no longer active and so it will be deleted. -- Daysleeper47 17:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
This section is a bit weak on sources, isn't it? Just two given, both blogs, one of which (Fudge Yeti) seems to have disappeared entirely. 86.132.139.119 ( talk) 18:13, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Barack Obama's predecessor as a Senator from Illinois was one Peter Fitzgerald. A quick examination of the Wikipedia articles shows that the two Fitzgeralds are highly unlikely to be brothers: they were born a few weeks apart (in late 1960) in different states. (Of course we haven't seen the "vault copies" of their birth certificates yet, so we don't know for sure where either of them was actually born.... but I digress.) But, could they be cousins? They do have similar names and similar life stories. Timothy Horrigan ( talk) 18:29, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
A new profile from The Telegraph. -- Padraic 03:49, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- problem recupated
Oh I see, now that the shoe is on the other partisan foot, the Fitzmas article disappears and is replaced by a re-direct to this article? Har! What a scam. Even so, the term "Fitzmas" is currently is use. Here's a current WSJ article with it in the title. [1] the "Fitzmas" article should be restored. 216.153.214.89 ( talk) 23:51, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
"Fitzmas" is not substantial enough to stand as its own article, and never has been. When the only usage related to the Plame Affair, it redirected there. Now there are two usages, so the appropriate redirect is here. This article should have a section on the term, however. bd2412 T 04:34, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Seems like a bit of useless information, although the term could possible be put in a "See Also" section.-- 68.51.72.144 ( talk) 17:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
I just trimmed the infobox which included laugh lines such as " Height = Classified" and "Place of Death = N/A". There really should be some sort of consensus on what does and doesn't go into an infobox.-- Duffy2032 ( talk) 07:25, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
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Talk pages are no more of a place for nonsense like this than the articles themselves. Since you are citing to "online editions of Newsweek and Time", perhaps you could provide a link or two? Otherwise, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate for the above to remain on this page. Cheers! -- BD2412 talk 04:01, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
The newly added personal section seems at best muddled and out-of-place in this type of article (what is the relevance of the cat story?). I also wonder about the sources mentioned but not cited. Perhaps the section should be removed or at least cleaned up. Splungist 13:01, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
I am going to research the cat story and some other personal details and re-add them to this article. I'm asking that you please not delete personal details, as the "legend" of Pat Fitzgerald is very much a part of his public identity. The press has treated him as a modern-day eliot ness, and his personal details in many ways make this an easier story to promote. The fact that the man sleeps in his office and is too absorbed by his job to be qualified to own a cat is indeed relevant. The quirks of other characters in american politics are relevant, why aren't they with this guy?
as stated above, there is an NYT article that mentions many of fitzgeralds quirks. There are others as well, but it is the major source. Question: if a media site requires registration to view a source, does wikipedia consider it a valid source?
This section is not supported by any newsmedia source. I have searched both LexisNexis and Yahoo! News and have found nothing apart from Counterpunch to support Fitzgerald's alleged involvement with the yellowcake forgery. Please provide further verification. NatusRoma 07:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I live in Illinois, and as much as we need Patrick Fitzgerald, he did not start the investigations of George Ryan. Operation Safe Road started in the mid-late 1990s. When I can find sourceable material, I will post it. However, it was under Patrick Fitzgerald that George Ryan was prosecuted and convicted. Wat Tyler 00:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone have another copyright free, fair use or government image of Patrick Fitzgerald? I added the one that I took from a DOJ website a year or two ago but the link is no longer active and so it will be deleted. -- Daysleeper47 17:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
This section is a bit weak on sources, isn't it? Just two given, both blogs, one of which (Fudge Yeti) seems to have disappeared entirely. 86.132.139.119 ( talk) 18:13, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Barack Obama's predecessor as a Senator from Illinois was one Peter Fitzgerald. A quick examination of the Wikipedia articles shows that the two Fitzgeralds are highly unlikely to be brothers: they were born a few weeks apart (in late 1960) in different states. (Of course we haven't seen the "vault copies" of their birth certificates yet, so we don't know for sure where either of them was actually born.... but I digress.) But, could they be cousins? They do have similar names and similar life stories. Timothy Horrigan ( talk) 18:29, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
A new profile from The Telegraph. -- Padraic 03:49, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- problem recupated
Oh I see, now that the shoe is on the other partisan foot, the Fitzmas article disappears and is replaced by a re-direct to this article? Har! What a scam. Even so, the term "Fitzmas" is currently is use. Here's a current WSJ article with it in the title. [1] the "Fitzmas" article should be restored. 216.153.214.89 ( talk) 23:51, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
"Fitzmas" is not substantial enough to stand as its own article, and never has been. When the only usage related to the Plame Affair, it redirected there. Now there are two usages, so the appropriate redirect is here. This article should have a section on the term, however. bd2412 T 04:34, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
Seems like a bit of useless information, although the term could possible be put in a "See Also" section.-- 68.51.72.144 ( talk) 17:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
I just trimmed the infobox which included laugh lines such as " Height = Classified" and "Place of Death = N/A". There really should be some sort of consensus on what does and doesn't go into an infobox.-- Duffy2032 ( talk) 07:25, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
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