Thanks for your excellent work! Me and User:Wikidea are going to really spruce up English contract law over the summer, so I hope you can chip in :). Ironholds (talk) 19:21, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
Just saw it in your userspace - nice start! You'll need to add references in, of course. Want to collaborate on the article? I can pull out all my textbooks/journal archives and we could see if a case article can go to GA :). Ironholds (talk) 09:57, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I own four or five, latest editions (treitel 11th, McKendrick 7th, so on) - the rest are journal articles, which I have access to. I'll try and shove some more stuff in those articles this evening. I just ordered a text on contract theory, which should come in use. Apologies for the lackluster tone, I'm currently up to my knees in shitty, bastardly, idiotic clients at the firm I'm currently working at. Ironholds (talk) 10:01, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
BorgQueen (talk) 21:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
First of all, it is a very nice article, and I think its really close to being B class (and from there then GA), which is the highest class it can achieve without going through a formal process, in case you are not familiar with the classifications. The reasons I went with C class deal with what is a common problem with the law articles. They are great for publication in a journal, but a little too legal for a general encyclopedia. For instance, "prima facie" is more of a legal term, and should either be explained or replaced with more general usage terms. Same with "onus of proof" and a few other terms that people with legal backgrounds surely know, but many in the general public may not know (see Wikipedia:The perfect article; Wikipedia:Make technical articles accessible; and criteria #6 for B class articles ((Grading scheme))). Next, a few of the footnotes need to be fixed (5 & 16) as the footnotes come after the punctuation. As to content, "intoxication": drunkeness only, or would this include intoxication by drugs, and does this apply to both voluntary and involuntary intoxication? Lastly, the biggest issue is that outside of two main sources (I am assuming they are text books) all the other sources appear to be primary sources. Primary sources (cases, statutes) are fine for writing for law school, but per WP:NOR articles: "Wikipedia articles should rely mainly on published reliable secondary sources". Using them here and there is fine, but I would look to add some law journal sources, or other textbooks to either supplement what is their or replace some of the existing primary sources with. Remember that these are all minor issues, and alone would not drop it to C class, but combined they make it more C class than B. Again, the article is in good shape and conveys the general idea, however the classification scheme goes beyond just the content and covers more Wikipedia specific criteria. Now, if you are looking to get to GA, it would not be that far from GA once the above are addressed. Here are a few other items though that would need to be addressed:
Hopefully this all helps, let me know if you have more questions or would like me to re-evaluate the article after you have addressed these items. Aboutmovies (talk) 21:50, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
((User0|Candlewicke 23:56, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Wizardman 18:01, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
BorgQueen (talk) 18:08, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi RichsLaw,
I'm asking Wikipedians who are interested in United States legal articles to take a look at WP:Hornbook, the new "JD curriculum task force".
Our mission is to assimilate into Wikipedia all the insights of an American law school education, by reducing hornbooks to footnotes.
What you can do now:
Regards, Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 05:41, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Actually, prenuptials are not considered legally binding. A recent Court of Appeal decision allowed the enforcement of a prenup made between two citizens of countries where they are valid, where it had been made in a country where prenups are valid, but there's nothing in England and Wales. Ironholds (talk) 10:41, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
Just saw this - want some help? We can turn it into a tasty DYK and GA :). Ironholds (talk) 17:50, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Just saw this! Very impressed :). I'm just rewriting the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 at the moment; once I've done that and added what I can to Vicarious liability, want to send that off to GAN? I'm sure it would be passed :). Ironholds (talk) 22:14, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for taking the time to read this message.
As you may know, the United Kingdom Supreme Court has been hearing cases for about 18 months now, taking over from the House of Lords as the Court of Last Resort for most appeals within the United Kingdom.
During that time, the court has handed down 87 judgements (82 of which were on substantive appeals). Wikipedia covers around 11 of these and rarely in any detail. Some very important cases (including Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42 (prenups) and Norris v USA [2010] UKSC 9 (extradition)) are not covered at all.
I'm proposing a drive to complete decent quality articles for all, or at least a good proportion of these cases as soon as possible. If we can eliminate the backlog then a small group of editors might want to stick around to ensure articles are created relatively speedily for new cases. Since the Court process, on average, one case a week this shouldn't be too great a task.
I'd like to ask you to help with this drive, and help make Wikipedia a credible source for UKSC case notes.
How you can help
Thanks for reading!, Sincerely Bob House 884 (talk) 23:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I have copied User:RichsLaw/Expert witnesses in English law to Expert witnesses in English law and User:RichsLaw/Redundancy in English law to Redundancy in English law I have credited you in the edit history. Cheers. Mais oui! (talk) 08:58, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
These articles have now been deleted because they were incorrectly copied and pasted (unbeknown to my good self, you are meant to use the "Move" button to move draft articles into main space, in order to retain correct attribution). Another User has therefore suggested:
Please consider this as the due request. If you have not responded on your Talk page within a week, we will use the Move function to initiate the articles in Main space. Please respond if you are unhappy with this proposal. --Mais oui! (talk) 11:24, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
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