Talk:Jane Alpert

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Thank you for the information. Although Jane was not a direct member of the Weatherman Organization it is interesting to lean about how her actions effected the group. The Weathermen should have responded to her criticism, this might have boosted the publics confidence in them. Lalalajane (talk) 09:17, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The article refers to the WUO by abbreviation, but might be clearer to a wider readership if that abbreviation is spelled out in the first such reference [something like "Weather Underground Organization (WUO)"], and then subsequent references could be by abbreviation.--Historytrain (talk) 20:18, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I suggest that the in-text references to "Sam" be shifted to either full-name ("Sam Melville") or surname ("Melville"). This approach works more closely with scholarly conventions or reference.--Historytrain (talk) 20:21, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I agree with the in-text reference to the subject,referring to the subject with Alpert or Jane Alpert would be helpful. But I do apreciate the information that was found on this person and her contributions to the Weathermen/Weather Underground Organization. Tjcjaj (talk) 02:33, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cited material restored

I have restored cited and verifiable material recently removed from the article, and the entire lead section. The cited material comes from reliable sources; please do not remove it without good reason and discussion on this talk page.

According to WP:LEAD,

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The lead should be capable of standing alone as a concise overview of the article, establishing context, summarizing the most important points, explaining why the subject is interesting or notable, and briefly describing its notable controversies, if there are any. The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic according to reliable, published sources.

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– that's what I've tried to do. Without the bombings Alpert (and for that matter Sam Melville) would not rate an article on Wikipedia. The bombings and what ensued are facts, they are what make her notable, all else is secondary.

IMO this article still needs a lot of work; I hope people will add additional cited (and accessible online) material from "reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy". --CliffC (talk) 21:04, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]