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The page as it is now shows everything that's wrong with Wikipedia articles with text dumped from outside sources. In this case, the text is dumped from two outside sources, with different perpsectives, different tone, and different content. Much of the article right now is simply irrelevant to the article itself. The point of an encyclopedia article, a tertiary source, is to clarify, encompass, and explain the secondary sources, at which this article right now utterly fails. It is outdated, unfocused, untidy, and rambling. My version isn't perfect, but it's a start. zafiroblue05 | Talk04:49, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
welcome to Wikipedia. About half the historical articles have serious problems. Look at those worked over by 25 different people! :) Rjensen04:57, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand what the problem is... I did rewrite some of it, I made it easier to read, and the "removed" information, which doesn't have to do with the article's topic, is in a more appropriate place — and this article links to the other information. zafiroblue05 | Talk02:08, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have been reworking this article. It still included complete sentences copied from its sources. Yes, these source are out of copywrite, but that does not mean plagiarism is a good thing. Also, those sources are from the 19th and early 20th century. The prose style is stilted and overly generous in biographic narratives. They are good sources, just need work. Hopefully, I am getting there.Rublamb (talk) 09:42, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
