Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hugo Black/archive2

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article review. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted 20:59, 20 March 2007.

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Hugo Black

Previous FAC

This was nominated and failed before, but now it has been revised and has already gained Good Article status, so it is the appropriate time to renominate this article. Wooyi 15:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• Commentthe first sentence of early life should specify the state Harlan is in. Web refs should have retrieval dates.Sumoeagle179 19:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I just fixed the first sentence in "early life" adding Harlan is in the state of Alabama. But I don't know how to do retrieval date, someone can help? Thanks! Wooyi 19:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose Citations need cleanup per WP:CITE. LuciferMorgan 00:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. Needs citations for some fairly controversial bits. "defense of an African American forced into a form of commercial slavery following incarceration" clearly needs citation. Klan bit even has a "citation needed" tag. How does someone known for defending an African American get accepted into the Klan anyway? 85,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan needs a cite, influential over politics needs a cite. Widely regarded as one of the most influential Supreme Court justices - clearly needs a cite, if not several. Why is Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte a red link - did she do anything notable other than being his wife that would merit her an article? Similarly Dryer, Johnson - did they do anything notable other than losing an election to him? If we write what Dreisbach believes we need a cite saying that. School prayer constitutional amendment - surely we have an article on that to wikilink to. The Jackson/UMW controversy is important - not a single specific cite. some have characterized Black as an originalist - WP:WEASEL. Specify and cite. According to Black - similarly needs a cite, we can't talk for people without that. during the 1960s, the Court under Chief Justice Warren took the process much further, - that needs a citation, otherwise we're doing WP:OR by combining facts in novel ways. There are probably more things that need citation like that, this is just a large-enough and representative subset. Why is the painting captioned "often described as a "textualist" or "strict constructionist."" - is that written on the picture somewhere, is he sitting there looking like a strict constructionist? --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 16:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article review. No further edits should be made to this page.