User talk:Bulawdude

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[edit] Pete Laney citation differences

I'm wondering about the "Tex. Monthly" vs. "Texas Monthly". Can you point me to what source calls "Tex. Monthly" correct (per your edit summary)? Thanks. — Bellhalla 22:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Bluebook Rule 16.4 (Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals and Magazines): "Consult tables T.10 and T.13 to abbreviate the names of periodicals." Table T.10, Geographical Names, abbreviates "Texas" as "Tex." - Bulawdude 02:32, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Van Taylor

Looking at the history of the "Van Taylor" article I noticed you apparently have some sort of dispute over the record of Van Taylor, an Iraq war veteran who ran for U.S. congress. Well, don't you think if Captain Taylor had lied or embellished anything the news organizations would have found out and reported it. Besides details of his biography have appeared in other places other than his official campaign site. Here's one and here's another. -- Crevaner 14:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

  • All I ask is that people follow the rules, which includes reviewing and understanding the rules for Wikipedia biographies. A Texas Senate resolution is hardly proof of any fact, since they are designed to be puff pieces and are not reviewed by individual senators before adoption -- in fact, the Texas Legislature passed a resolution honoring the Boston Strangler for his efforts at "population control." Further, campaign websites are not sources: "Personal websites, blogs, and other self-published or vanity publications should not be used as secondary sources. That is, they should not be used as sources of information about a person or topic other than the owner of the website, or author of the book." [1]. At first glance, the GIJobs website is basically a job service, not a reputable journalistic publication that has objective reporting as its primary purpose. "Wikipedia articles should rely on reliable, published secondary sources wherever possible." [2] Also, certain people keep removing the link to the Hardball video; this was discussed and agreed that it was relevant to his bio. [3]

[edit] American Heraldry Society

With all due respect, I don't think that an image of a coat of arms on the page clearly demonstrates the fact that it was used by an organization. The image simply makes it clear that someone at sometime painted the arms with the fimbration. A citation would be nice to prove that it was actually ever used by the group in question.--Eva bd 20:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

  • I can see your point, although I believe the pictures were uploaded with permission of the society. I'll look for a citation. Thanks.