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Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

The largely unsung Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is first publisher of an American comic book containing exclusively original, non-newspaper-reprint material. The company he founded evolved into the major media corporation DC Comics, yet he was forced out by business partners and went into obscurity until the last decade or so. This is one of the few available articles anywhere on Wheeler-Nicholson, and this article also exemplifies the use of print sources, which many Wikipedia articles do not use, relying instead solely on online sources. -- Tenebrae 18:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Object. The lead section is not of sufficient length, for one thing. Other problems include, but are not limited to: too few footnotes, no explicit references section, and doesn't seem comprehensive. The section concerning the man's life seems terribly short, if there really is such a poverty of information about his personal life, an explanation as to why there is so little to mention is needed. Should be referred to WP:Peer Review. RyanG e rbil10 20:00, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There actually is an explicit References section, at Malcolm_Wheeler-Nicholson#References -- Tenebrae 20:20, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Under-referenced. Has stub sections ~~(including the lead)~~. External links in article text. ~~WP:DATE not followed.~~ Suggest Peer Review. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 20:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another observation. Please explain what "Ibid." stands for. I think its a shortening of the name of some book. Atleast expand the first occurance. Suggestion to get my support (I thought it would be no-brainer): Convert the external link within text to inline reference as footnote. Merge "Other works" into any other section. Explain the meaning of "Ibid."; and you will get my support. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the support offer. "Ibid." is a standard footnote reference, widely used in all types of research writing, meaning "in the same place". It serves to keep a researcher from typing out an entire citation repetitively time and again whenever one quotes more than once from the same source. Thanks for the opportunity to clarify!-- Tenebrae 13:24, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In response to Ambuj's point about WP:DATE not followed: This task is easier with the aid of a 'dates' tab in edit mode. Simply copy the entire contents of User:Bobblewik/monobook.js to your own monobook. Then follow the instructions in your monobook to clear the cache (i.e. press Ctrl-Shift-R in Firefox, or Ctrl-F5 in IE) before it will work. You will also get a 'units' tab. Hope that helps. bobblewik 18:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think I should have been more clear. The point that I raised is that why are lone years wikified? And that too inconsistantly. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're right; there's wikidate overlinkage. I wasn't watching the article carefully enough for edits. Removing them now. THANKS! -- Tenebrae 19:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. If you want to delink lone years, feel free. The 'dates' tab tool described above will make it easy. bobblewik 19:39, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]