Talk:James Merritt

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Article needs serious revision: Multiple missing elements.

To begin with, I think that an article about Merritt probably belongs on Wikipedia: He's is the past president of the largest Protestant domination in the world; he has appeared regularly on numerous national news media outlets; he has published several books; he has an internationally broadcast television show; and he has met with and advised former presidents. I don't think that anybody would dispute the notability of the individual by Wikipedia's standards.

That being said, the article has some serious flaws:

1) The article contains absolutely no citations. That's critical for Wikipedia. Without a single citation, the article is worthless.

2) The article needs to be reorganized into sections. Namely, there is no intro, there is no clear biography, there is no clear description of ministry and/or business ventures, etc.

3) While the overall article certainly meets Wikipedia's notability standards, there is definitely some information here that is questionable. Just because an individual is known does not mean that every trivial fact is relevant. For example: While the fact that he is the father of Jonathan Merritt, who is a nationally recognized freelance writer, do we need to know Merritt's daughter-in-law's name?

I'm sure someone at his techno-savvy church could spend a few minutes to update and correct these much-needed changes.72.17.246.234 (talk) 23:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]