Talk:Tom Vandergriff

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[edit] DraftJuly07

I've drafted a replacement article but I need some help before I copy it over:

• I need info on predecessor as County Judge, need more accomplishments as County Judge and Congressman, need a free photo, and need the date of his political party switch from Democrat to Republican.
• Should the 3 infoboxes be stacked as a single 3-row box? They are not related so I left them separate.
• I need someone to review this for WP:BLP compliance. In particular, I may be biased and it might show. Also, some of my sources may not be of the highest quality. For web sources it is difficult to tell if a source is self-published as described in WP:BLP.
• I want outside input on whether I should add personal information, such as marraiges and parentage. Other than the family businesses, such information is not notable and not widely reported for this subject. I left it out for that reason. One of the references leads to information about the family, that should be enough for researchers. davidwr (talk) 23:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New article 7/17/2007

Having heard no objections I copied the draft over with minor changes. I still need some help:

• Need info on predecessor as County Judge, need more accomplishments as County Judge and Congressman, need to add a free photo, need to put in date of and reason for political party switch.
• Should the 3 infoboxes be stacked as a single 3-row box?
• I need a fresh pair of eyes to verify WP:BLP compliance. I'm probably biased in favor of the subject.
• Does the article need family and other personal information? Other than the family businesses, such information is not notable and not widely reported for this subject.

davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 00:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)