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Apparently this article has been POV-tagged before, but someone saw fit to remove it because there was "no discussion on the talk page." However an article as blatantly biased and unencyclopedic as this one scarcely needs furtehr justification for the POV tag. It's full of peacock terms and utterly one-sided, lavishing praise on its subject in almost every sentence. This sentence early in the article is representative of the whole: "No more instructive or interesting life, no nobler or more elevating character, no brighter intellect and no more unselfish devotion to duty to family and to friends, can be found in the history of Kentucky's Lawyers and Lawmakers than is exemplified in the rehearsal of the life of Solomon P. Sharp." For goodness' sake! This article requires a complete rewrite. Richard75 19:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Done. Richard75 19:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
The POV concerns were the result of a copy-and-paste job from Levin's Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Most of the bios in that work are decidedly POV. Since the work is out of copyright, I guess it doesn't qualify as a copyvio, but I'm doing the requested rewrite just the same. Acdixon ( talk • contribs • count) 19:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Was he born in 1787 or 1780? This website has it as 1780. I have left it at 1787 for now as some sites give that date, but if anyone knows of a positively reliable source then please check. Richard75 19:13, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Just a few small quibbles
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(Oops, forgot this yesterday) I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow folks to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
This article is under discussion at the On Wikipedia blog, where they have pointed out a substantial number of errors and omissions in the article if anyone is interested. HH Nobody ( talk) 20:59, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
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Apparently this article has been POV-tagged before, but someone saw fit to remove it because there was "no discussion on the talk page." However an article as blatantly biased and unencyclopedic as this one scarcely needs furtehr justification for the POV tag. It's full of peacock terms and utterly one-sided, lavishing praise on its subject in almost every sentence. This sentence early in the article is representative of the whole: "No more instructive or interesting life, no nobler or more elevating character, no brighter intellect and no more unselfish devotion to duty to family and to friends, can be found in the history of Kentucky's Lawyers and Lawmakers than is exemplified in the rehearsal of the life of Solomon P. Sharp." For goodness' sake! This article requires a complete rewrite. Richard75 19:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Done. Richard75 19:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
The POV concerns were the result of a copy-and-paste job from Levin's Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Most of the bios in that work are decidedly POV. Since the work is out of copyright, I guess it doesn't qualify as a copyvio, but I'm doing the requested rewrite just the same. Acdixon ( talk • contribs • count) 19:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Was he born in 1787 or 1780? This website has it as 1780. I have left it at 1787 for now as some sites give that date, but if anyone knows of a positively reliable source then please check. Richard75 19:13, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Just a few small quibbles
Comments
(Oops, forgot this yesterday) I've put the article on hold for seven days to allow folks to address the issues I've brought up. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, or here with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
This article is under discussion at the On Wikipedia blog, where they have pointed out a substantial number of errors and omissions in the article if anyone is interested. HH Nobody ( talk) 20:59, 16 January 2010 (UTC)