OK no reordering But can we give them designations like this I m calling it List A so we can start a new list later without confusion If you don t like it we ll work something else out but we really need some way to refer to issues without saying Hey getting back to that thing we were talking about the bit where it says that Gage was traveling not the bit about the time when he blah blah blah One point we absolutely can not refer to Note X and Ref 22 and so on These designations shift around as the article is edited and we will go completely crazy In the below I ve substituted permalinks instead Issues list A A1 Background A1a He may have gained skill with explosives on his family s farms or in nearby mines and quarries Speculation from Macmillan Attribute it A1b Gage s date of birth in the infobox is not covered here when it should be covered and noted in proper context of its sourcing A2 Gage s accident A2a Does not address numerous theories presented or Gage s actions prior to accident EEng knows all too well this subject I think Ratiu and Van Horn s material needs to be pointed out because the evidence shows that Gage had his mouth open and was speaking at the time the rod passed through his skull I do not know why this is absent I have issues with the section but I ll hold off on the excessive quoting and measurement issues for now A3 Subsequent life and travels A3a bt February he was able to do a little work abt ye horses barn feedg ye cattle c that as ye time for ploughing came he was able to do half a days work after that bore it well Paraphrase A3b Would Gage s mental impairment belong here I think it would be helpful A3c Missing Gage s time in New Hampshire prior to Chile A3d Chile and California is missing the account of Gage s doctor and missing some other tidbits not too bad but everything related to his mental improvement and the regaining of normalcy in his life is absent without reason A3e This is also the key section that Macmillan s research becomes quite useful as a case argument A4 Death and subsequent travels A4a Still glaringly missing the details surrounding his return home illness and death A4b Also the exhumation details which was in Fleischman s book is entirely absent This little episode in the Gage story is something which is important A5 Other matters A5a Analysis and actual examination of the claims and details surrounding Gage and his role in science has been well mostly avoided by the article Instead of proper detailing of the injury and Gage s role in history A5b Only a few hundred words on Gage s mental impairments were written yet lengthy quotes are used A5c Using passim and other issues in citing Macmillan is also a cop out and would merit a verifiability failure A5d Not even that it doesn t even credit Macmillan when it should A6 Notes A6a A substantial part of the text is hidden away in these notes These complex rambling and citation filled messes that only make verification more tedious A6b A note like which reads See Macmillan Lena 34 9 Harlow 12 332 345 Bigelow 11 16 17 Harlow 9 390 Macmillan 1 86 is just improper A6c Note Macmillan s book provides one of those rare occasions on which one can truly say that further research is not necessary the definitive account 57 is just the type of note we do not need A3c For Gage s time in New Hampshire didn t he spent 18 months in a horse stable The article says Gage subsequently worked for the owner of a livery and coach service in Hanover New Hampshire Harlow says this began sometime in 1851 and He remained there without any interruption from ill health for nearly or quite a year and a half This fits with JMH s JHM John Martyn Harlow information that PG went to Chile in August 1852 How about if we change it to For about eighteen months he worked for the owner of a livery and coach service in Hanover New Hampshire Thoughts A4a missing details surrounding return home illness and death but he was in Chile for about 7 years correct Then he returned and rested for awhile before becoming a farm laborer I m not sure if this is on one or several farms but wasn t the convulsions following a day s labor on the farm The seizures