05:3905:39, 31 January 2020diffhist+1,744
John Ashcroft
→U.S. Attorney General: NOTING A LACK OF CARE IN SOURCING THIS SECTN. I checked one paragraph, ¶4, found that much of its content was not in end of paragraph citn (pancreatitis, Stellar Wind, last sentence NOT there). I corrected paragraph to the citn, adding ((cn)) tags where the content could not be covered by that source. The sentences with the two other inline citations still need to be checked. Also, added presence of Philbin, to make article consistent with other related WP articles.
02:4002:40, 31 January 2020diffhist+48
Patrick F. Philbin
→Academics: Making content of article reflect the appearing source. I still stand by the contention that better sourcing is needed. But odds are, he is not lying about his credentials at his earlier law firm's Partner page.
02:1302:13, 31 January 2020diffhist+192
Patrick F. Philbin
Calling for expert attention to deal with (1) very limited information in lede, and regarding his experience and career hallmarks, and (2) and the self-published and reiterative sources (Kirkland, Bloomberg, etc.) and poor track record I've experienced of finding support for text in the inline citations that are appended at the ends of sentences.
02:0002:00, 31 January 2020diffhist+671
Patrick F. Philbin
Copy editing, source checking, 2. Finished the rest of the author formatting. Moved GWU / Natl Security Archive citation to Further reading, because all points where it was used were inappropriate—supporting biographical information through its list of memos (i.e., not even as a primary source, but as a linking catalog of primary sources). Moved John Yoo Wikilink from <ref> markup into clear wikilink form in text.Tags: possible unreferenced addition to BLPreferences removed