Talk:Brian Lenihan Snr

message: I think that this article, though interesting and informative, is seriously flawed.
The flaw is that it presents journalism as history.
Where, for example, would one find in a serious historical work such impossible-to-prove assertions as "all of whom are generally regarded as the major parliamentary intellectuals in modern Irish political history" ?
The use of the passive tense, as well as the word "generally" makes the phrase worse than useless in the context of an attempt at historical accuracy. Regarded by whom ? The "generals" ( and privates ?) of the media ? The people ? If there was a definitive opinion poll, it should be quoted.
There seems to be an "edit war " going on here
    * (cur) (last) 17:58, 12 September 2006 Djegan (Talk | contribs) m (rv-inappropriate "ref" usage)
    * (cur) (last) 09:24, 12 September 2006 194.46.247.56 (Talk) (rv to wiki style)
    * (cur) (last) 07:36, 12 September 2006 194.46.165.122 (Talk) (?Presidential candidate - 
Wiki style)'''
    * (cur) (last) 07:33, 12 September 2006 194.46.165.122 (Talk) (?Liver transplant - Wiki styl not tabloid)
    * (cur) (last) 06:45, 12 September 2006 Djegan (Talk | contribs) m (rv-inappropriate "ref" usage)Bold text'''''''
The reversions by Djegan serve to render the article as tabloid story telling journalism, rather than the mandatory wiki neutral factual style. Accordingly to improve on tabloid presentation we must revert.
Tayana 22:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
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message: This article needs citations if it is to be taken seriously. Right now, it has footnotes, but these are not citations. As it stands, the footnotes are merely uncorroborated statements in smaller writing than in the main article. 174.16.34.183 (talk) 00:30, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article has hardly any citations 

message: There is no mention of Lenihans third term as Minister for forgein affairs. (1987-1989) Iirimaa (talk) 00:52, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minister for forgein affairs. (third time) 

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