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:Actually, you are the one starting an edit war rather than observing ]. Any competent professional copy editor can tell you that the active voice is generally preferred to passive voice. You do not own this article. ] (]) 13:53, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
:Actually, you are the one starting an edit war rather than observing ]. Any competent professional copy editor can tell you that the active voice is generally preferred to passive voice. You do not own this article. ] (]) 13:53, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
::Misplaced Pages isn't "staffed" nor is it comprised of professional copy editors. If you have something specific to prove in the way of why this content is superior over what has been there for a long time, please feel free to present it here so we can discuss and work toward consensus. But the edit warring on your part needs to stop. -- <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #0099FF, -4px -4px 15px #99FF00;">]</span> ● <span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 15px #FF9900, -4px -4px 15px #FF0099;">] ]</span> 15:28, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
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Its copyright status doesn't matter. That is not an authenticated image of Billy the Kid. It has zero provenance to prove it. The caption, "This undated photograph shows who is thought to be the famed gunslinger Billy the Kid near the age of 18", itself should be a red flag, and does not constitute a provenance. Carlstak (talk) 15:19, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
How is that any different than the croquet picture displayed in the biography? The Associated Press and the New York Times believe it is him, and the text has the appropriate caveats. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:31, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
Neither the New York Times and the AP are experts in photo authentication and just because a newspaper says a photograph is of somebody doesn't necessarily make it so. Mistakes happen all the time with wrongly identified photos in the media. Apparently the photo was sold at auction in 1994 for $50,000 by somebody named John Ray de Aragon who has a reputation of finding supposed Billy the Kid photos. In this September 2014 article about a completely different possible Billy the Kid photo claimed by Aragon, a Santa Fe Gallery owner who claims to know the anonymous owner of the 1994 photograph says that further tests are planned to try and authenticate the image (on pg. 4). Libertybison (talk) 06:31, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
New article, "Legend of Billy the Kid"
I have created a new article, Legend of Billy the Kid. I had written a "Legend" section for the "Billy the Kid" article, and realized that I had enough material for a separate article. I will write a synopsis for a corresponding section (using harvard refs) on "Billy the Kid" with a link to the main article when I get a chance, unless someone else wants to do it. Carlstak (talk) 21:49, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
Death - how many lawmen in the room?
Text says Garrett had two deputies -- two sentences later "the pair sat in the room" --
so was only one with Garrett in the room? If so, it should say that before the pronoun "pair." 72.200.20.62 (talk) 16:24, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
I think they are not improvements. Another editor is choosing to edit war rather than observe BRD. Comments on the changes? -- WV ● ✉✓13:41, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
Actually, you are the one starting an edit war rather than observing WP:BRD. Any competent professional copy editor can tell you that the active voice is generally preferred to passive voice. You do not own this article. Carlstak (talk) 13:53, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
Misplaced Pages isn't "staffed" nor is it comprised of professional copy editors. If you have something specific to prove in the way of why this content is superior over what has been there for a long time, please feel free to present it here so we can discuss and work toward consensus. But the edit warring on your part needs to stop. -- WV ● ✉✓15:28, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
