Talk:Grady McWhiney

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[edit] Weak article

This is a weak bio because it seems to reflect bias against McWhiney with unreferenced negative assertions about his work. I'm only going to attempt to improve the format for now and leave the referencing to others, but may tone down or eliminate the most gratuitous ones. If this strikes anyone as "weasel wording" it will be an attempt at bettering what is there, at least. Rlquall 19:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The beginning paragraph sounds like an ad campaign

"These are words easily applied to one of the South's most prominent scholars, Grady McWhiney. For over three decades his writings have been discussed and debated but never disregarded." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vanguard587 (talk • contribs) 23:09, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

I moved the quotation to the end in order to reduce that problem. -Will Beback · † · 00:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)