Talk:F. Lee Bailey

message: I am at a loss to understand Centrust as a satellite of BCCI.  Can this be truly documented?
Late in the Centrust game came BCCI and it clearly did not cause the Centrust troubles but bought into Centrust securities delaying its exposure.  Hardly the same, but maybe such that this statemetn is tru "Centrust which in 198x of 199X became a satellite of BCCI, if that happened but this was after Centrust was in big trouble.
Some of your quotes come from several blogs which may go overboard in their exposure of consipiracies and appear to be wrong.
Someone should look and maybe change that phrase or elimminate BCCI out of it unless properly rephrased to reflect what is truly known.Chief.Scribe 06:25, 3 October 2005 (UT
Honestly I don't know that much about Bailey but I am sure he is more well regarded than this article makes him appear to be, isn't he?- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 07:53, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article needs cleanup; use of one consistent citation style; added templates; can't figure out what notes go with what statements due to formatting problems.  Whoever added those notes originally needs to correct their errors and to make clear what source citations go with what statements.  Sorry that I have to exit Wikipedia; leaving this matter to those who have worked on this article to try to correct.   Thanks.  --NYScholar 15:45, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations format a mess

message: It is not clear to me how you can be member of the class of '54 then drop out in '52. Somebody please clarify; might be an USoAism.
85.178.84.249 (talk) 16:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If one enters school with a projected graduation date in 1954, that's frequently used as one's "Class of" year, even if one does not graduate with that class. /Bruce/ [aka Slasher] (talk) 13:40, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Time sequence? section Education and military service

message: Starting w/ second sentence, the "Boston Strangler" section is a mess.  Not sure what the author was trying to say.  Maybe something got deleted or messed up since then? 65.0.199.156 (talk) 03:42, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "Boston Strangler" section is a mess

message: Bailey is described in the opening paragraph as a "disbarred attorney" in FL and MA.  Are there places he isn't disbarred?  If so, why are we stressing this aspect of his career in the opening paragraph? Isn't he currently practicing law? Co149 (talk) 01:29, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It should read "former attorney."  "Disbarred attorney" is an oxymoron; once disbarred, a person is no longer an attorney.  You can be disbarred; you can be an attorney; but you cannot be a disbarred attorney. TJRC (talk) 22:22, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  one can only be disbarred in states where one was admitted to the bar in the first place. The practice of law in the US is on a state by state basis.  In any other state, he would have to take the bar exam as he did in Maine.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.72.159.156 (talk) 00:01, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Did you mean "Mass." rather than "Maine"? TJRC (talk) 01:01, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Disbarment

message: According to this entry, F. Lee Bailey is a polygamist for he was married to Florence Hart from 1972 tom1988 and to Patricia Shiers from 1985 to 1999.  Maybe that was the real reason why he was disbarred!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.123.139 (talk) 02:48, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  F. Lee Bailey, polygamist? 

message: I've been asked to comment on the suitability of this article for GAN. I've not reviewed at GA for some time, although I regularly do so at FAC, and I don't claim to be an expert on US law. That said, here goes
*Some refs are bare urls, others are dead or incomplete (50 isn't attributed to AP), I haven't checked them all, but perhaps a link-check 
*The lead should summarise the text, and therefore refs should be used here only if unavoidable. I'm not sure that is the case here 
*A couple of sentences are uncited, not all marked as such , at least I added some more.
*Some inconsistent practice such as wikilinking some US states, but not all., as much as I saw.
*It's a bit underlinked, I've added a view, but not systematically , as much as I saw.
*I'd be inclined to shorten the first heading to just "Early life" 
*I don't like "Further reading" sections. If they aren't used as refs, don't use them. Several are dead links too 
The text looks OK, but the referencing needs a fair bit of work. link check report
Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:07, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I've marked one the list the ones that have been completed. (talk page stalker) CrashUnderride 08:40, 22 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: , apart from a couple of typos, which I've fixed, just one query. I wonder if the O J heading should be just his name for consistency with the earlier headings, which just give the names? other than that, I'd suggest taking it to GAN and see what happens Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:42, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

text: I've renamed that section as well as the Claude DuBoc section. Do you think the article would need a picture to pass? If so, do you know where I would be able to find one and get the proper clearance to use? (talk page stalker) CrashUnderride 07:41, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  For images to be usable here, they need to be out of copyright or public domain. Any images of him won't be out of copyright, you can't invoke Fair Use for a living person, and there is nothing on Commons, so your only hope is a US Federal government website such as the FBI, since they are normally PD. Failing that, you could use images from the cases, :File:PattyHearstmug.jpg seems suitable. I don't know if images are mandatory. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:48, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments