Talk:Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson

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[edit] Citations

This page only has external links and needs citations in the text. Lalalajane (talk) 18:57, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for adding some citations but it still seems to need a few more. Maybe some references to books would be nice, instead of just websites Lalalajane (talk) 23:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


Comment: Concur regarding the need for more citations of content. It also appears that some of the discussion of the memoir is taken directly (or closely paraphrased) from the Ron Jacobs review of Wilkerson's book. If it's a direct quotation, mark it so. If it's closely paraphrased, cite it clearly. --Historytrain (talk) 00:12, 22 November 2007 (UTC)


Comment: Parenthetical citations used within this article should become endnotes.--Historytrain (talk) 00:17, 22 November 2007 (UTC)


Comment: Good start! If you could expand on the early years, other involvements, and Days of Rage sections the biography would be much stronger.Tjcjaj (talk) 03:33, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Comment: The text "Cathy Wilkerson was out on $40,000 bail on assault charges in Chicago where she struck a police officer with a club during the "Days of Rage" has no citation and seems to be questionable. There is no mention of any direct interaction with a police officer during the Days of Rage in her recent book, and she spent most of those "Days of Rage" in the local jail and wasn't bailed out until 2 1/2 weeks later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.16.86 (talk) 06:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I added a {{cn}} "citation needed" tag right after that text for you. That's the best place to ask for a citation if something seems questionable. I remember reading the phrase "four foot club" somewhere, I'll look around tomorrow. --CliffC (talk) 05:56, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Comment: Your bio has a lot of good and helpful information. It seems like there is a lot of uncited material on this page. I was able to cite 5 different direct quotes but you may want to go back and go over the bio, especially the "Flying Close to the Sun" section to cite some of your sentences. Jjs8 04:18, 2 December 2007 (UTC)jjs8

[edit] Personal Insights

There appears to be a lot of personal impressions and insights on this person within this article, which takes away from NPOV —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rationalista (talk • contribs) 15:43, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I looked up some of the definitions for places related to where Cathy Wilkerson went to school and some of the history of Greenwich Village. The history gave me a background to information that I would need To go a bit further in my paper —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blund4 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Explosion section

I would suggest moving some of the information in the Explosion section pertaining to being on the FBI's 10 most wanted list and avoiding arrest for 10 years to the Arrest section. The way it is now, breaks the flow of the information about the townhouse. This will also add some additional information to your Arrest section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.19.14.16 (talk) 05:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I changed some of the wording on the explosion section towards the bottom because I felt like it was less offensive then what was originally written. I also added some citations in that section. Jjs8 04:16, 2 December 2007 (UTC)jjs8 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjs8 (talk • contribs) 06:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] under arrest section

do you know what she was charged with and how much time she served? Crmforclass (talk) 02:26, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chicago

While her involvment in the "Days of Rage" is important, perhaps you might want to research a bit more on her involvment within the SDS during her time in Chicago. She had been there for sometime and could be possible that she had written something for SDS or even was a speaker of the Chicago SDS chapter. If time permits you may want to research that a little bit.Tjcjaj (talk) 05:39, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other Involvements

Comment:A little more background information on her trip to Cuba would be helpful. Additionally, Wilkerson made a trip to Cambodia in 1967 with a delegation of SDS members. Information about this trip can be found at <link>http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/weather.htm</link> Pgs. 72-73 and 228-229. (Willowmina (talk) 21:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Footnoting flaws

Amusingly, somebody did strange, incorrect things with three periodical articles. Instead of citing them in footnotes as sources for statements, they were listed under "Further Reading". Worst of all, each citation consisted of the first paragraph or two followed by three dots. That constitutes copying of copyrighted material, doesn't it? I have deleted those quotations, but left the entries. Somebody needs to look up those articles (or use others) and use them as substantiation for specific statements made in the Wikipedia entry, so that they will be included in the "References". The entry already contains a "References" section. Hurmata (talk) 05:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)