Talk:Nixon's Enemies List

The list was illegal, right? because its never mentioned in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.252.81.63 (talk) 01:04, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Page thought

Maybe the names shouldn't be italicized, only the descriptions. --RobbieFal 02:39, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Getting close

Through judicious use of the 'requested articles' on the recent changes page, I've made sure that all but 5 of the people on the list have articles :) →Raul654 12:54, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

I got three more, but two of the ones I did are substubs. Jokestress 23:58, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Got the last one today! Jokestress 00:10, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Yay! :) →Raul654 00:13, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

What??? Did Nixon try to kill them??????

--4.154.123.40 21:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)MARLO bag40

No, he ordered the Department of Justice to harass them with trumped up criminal charges, the IRS to give them severe audits, 'etc. Nixon *did* give orders to firebomb the Brookings Institute though. And remember - that's just what we know about. He resigned rather than turn over his tapes (most of which have never been released), and you can bet that's a goldmine of evidence of other crimes he got away with. Raul654 21:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, we know pretty solidly about some even nastier stuff, like the government spreading a rumor when Nixon "enemy" Jean Seberg was pregnant in 1970 that the father was not her husband, Romain Gary but one of the Black Panthers she was working with. - Jmabel | Talk 05:30, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Leonard Woodcock

From the article: Leonard Woodcock, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Michigan: No comments necessary.

Well I hardly the phraze 'no comments necessary' is encloypedic. Prehaps American readers know why no comments are necessary, but I have no idea. Is it because he is a trade-unionist? Was he particulary militant or extreme? Is there an incident that I am not aware of? Could someone please fix this, I was going to add a 'world-wide view' tag but it is unnecessary just for one line, but could editors of this article please consider international readers. Thank-you. Teiresias84 02:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

That is the verbatim text of Colson's memo. The editorializing was part of the original memo. Jokestress 03:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Teiresias84 03:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Complete enemies list?

There's a reference to the uber-complete enemies list, with over 30,000 names. Is that list available online anywhere? While it would certainly be too long to include in an article, a link would be very useful. A quick Googling on my part turned up nothing, but I have to think someone's put it online somewhere. Jbenton 16:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

The master list of Nixon political opponents was published in the New York Times, but I'm not aware of a published source for the 30,000+ name list. We have only heard people involved make mention of it. Jokestress 17:58, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Alas. I'm working on a research project about a strange older fellow who, like many others, takes pride in proclaiming he was on Nixon's enemies list. I doubt he's correct, but I figure that 30,000-person list could include a whole lot of people. Thanks. Jbenton 18:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

References

Sources at bottom give not one but two sources of publication for the verbatim list. Please explain what else is unreferenced here. Jokestress 04:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Protect actual verbatim text?

I think maybe the actual-verbatim-text part of the article should be protected such that only administrators can edit it. The problem is, to protect just part of a page, it would need to be transcluded, and there's a guideline against templates masquerading as article content. So, firstly, do y'all agree that it would be good for that part of the article to be protected? And secondly, if so, do y'all think it's sufficiently worthwhile as to warrant violating that guideline? —Ruakh_TALK 15:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Though it might be nice to protect it, I'm not sure there's a precedent, and the number of revisions, while mildly frustrating, aren't that common. If you know of other cases where that's been done, we can look at those, but I don't know if any. Jokestress 16:58, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Verbatim text on Wikipedia?

I don't believe verbatim text belongs to Wikipedia, although I cannot find a direct prohibition for it in the policies. I do however propose that the entire memo be copied to Wikisource and that we include a {{Wikisource}}-template. Then we rewrite the list NPOV-ly and add encyclopaedic comments to the entries. The original comments ought to be removed at first, but can be brought back in as evidence. Hymyly^T@C 14:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Programmed

What does this word mean in the context of this list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.20.219.41 (talk) 00:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Bill Cosby?

Why didnt Nixon like Bill Cosby?--76.173.255.40 (talk) 22:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Horrible Article

How did this list come to light? Why do we even know about it? This article is silent on what seems like should be central to the story. Really poor job guys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.193.53.70 (talk) 17:58, 27 September 2008 (UTC)