Talk:John Neal (writer)

message: To whom it may concern in the small world of people who give a damn about John Neal:
I'm the guy who deleted the two-sentence John Neal (writer) stub article in 2006 and published the comparatively longer, albeit poorly written and completely uncited, article in 2006. Thanks to help from others, this article has improved some over time, though it still is basically the one that my excited, young self authored, with many additions and corrections.  
Over the last few weeks I have undertaken a lot of research to prepare for overhauling this article. While doing this research and reading more on Wikipedia best practices I recently made a few edits to this article, but I will soon be adding a bunch of new sections to this article and to re-writing much of the existing content so it can better serve the public and achieve a higher grade on Wikipedia.
Expect big changes soon!
Dugan Murphy (talk) 18:07, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now completed the big changes I referred to in my 6/20/20 post. Dugan Murphy (talk) 23:08, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overhaul underway 

message: The conversation below is copied from User talk:RobDuch since it relates to this article. -Dugan Murphy (talk) 17:37, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Despite my being a bit prolific on WP, I'm not well-acquainted with many WP: policies. I'll give your article a read-through in the next couple of days. My immediate impression is that the lead section needs some citations, at least one per paragraph, though I don't know what the WP: policy is. I'm pleased that Neal was one of the few to recognize Poe early on. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 01:13, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  - Your question about citations in the lead is a valid one. Thanks for bringing it up! When I was writing the article, I was operating on something I read about how the lead needs citations only for quotes or information that is not included elsewhere in the article. Looking it up now, I see conflicting information. Wikipedia:Citing sources#When not to cite validates what I just said, but Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section#Citations says I should cite anything that looks challengeable. I think the latter is probably what I should do, which would be easy given my familiarity with the rest of the article. I look forward to hearing any other feedback you might have! -Dugan Murphy (talk) 16:27, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've read most of the article. I think overall it's exceptionally well-written and well-organized. I've just made a few edits, mostly linking various items and fixing what I thought were a couple of awkward phrases. There are alternate approaches in those cases where I "fixed" the grammar. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 06:15, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Wonderful. Thank you for taking the time to read through the article and making those changes. It is very much appreciated. -Dugan Murphy (talk) 15:11, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copied Peer Review 

message: Please have a look at MOS:DATERANGE regarding the ranges and the formatting of dates in the table in the "Editing" section (this should have been raised at FAC).  Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk)  15:16, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, SandyGeorgia! I believe that table now follows MOS:DATERANGE. --Dugan Murphy (talk) 18:38, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  MOS:DATERANGE 

message: Thank you for creating Lydia Neal Dennett! I formerly knew nothing about her but her involvement in the will of her father and John Neal's uncle, Stephen Neal. Though mentioning her in the "Feminism" sections makes sense since that was an area she was involved late in life, I haven't seen any evidence that Neal and Dennett crossed paths outside the probate issue, so I just removed what you added, but added mention of her in the "Family and civic leadership" section. If you'd like to discuss further, feel free to do so here! --Dugan Murphy (talk) 19:49, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Wherever you think the information about her fits best is OK with me. It seems like they may have crossed paths since both were involved with women's suffrage in Maine. Hopefully I'll stumble across more information as I go. :) Thanks for dropping a line. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 01:29, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lydia Neal Dennett 

message: This article is very well written and fun to read. I felt like I gained a lot from reading it. Well done. TheWikiJedi (talk) 05:25, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! I've rewritten it a couple of times. But it improved a lot going through two recent FA nominations, thanks to comments from reviewers. --Dugan Murphy (talk) 20:14, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great article