Talk:Frank E. Tolbert

President pro temp

Please note that "president pro temp" is common usage in Liberian English; reading through printed Liberian sources, I virtually never encounter "pro tem", and "pro tempore" is less common than "pro temp". Please be careful to ensure that changes reflect WP:ENGVAR. Nyttend (talk) 02:42, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I searched books that mention "Frank E. Tolbert", and didn't find any "pro temp" at all, but those are probably not written in Liberian English. —Ben Kovitz (talk) 13:10, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Linking the facts to their sources

I tried to position the ref tags to make clear which facts come from which sources, but apparently I failed. (Well, in a couple small cases like the degree from Liberia college, I didn't bother.) Here are some facts that got removed from the article, and the sources they come from. I'll leave it to you (Nyttend or anyone else interested) to restore whichever facts you deem worthy, in a way that is clear, gracefully worded, and properly indicates each fact's source.

Sources:

• <ref name="Dunn">{{cite book | title=Liberia and the United States During the Cold War: Limits of Reciprocity | publisher=Macmillan | author=Dunn, D. Elwood | year=2009 | isbn=0230617352 | page=[http://books.google.com/books?id=1Czqej4aH9wC&pg=PA228 228]}}</ref>
  
  
• <ref name=Tolbert>Tolbert, Richard. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200905280621.html Liberia: William R. Tolbert - 'In the Pantheon of Great African Leaders']. ''[[AllAfrica.com]]'' 2009-05-28. Accessed 2012-06-22.</ref>
  
  Please note that this version of the ref includes the author. The author is the son of the subject and therefore not an independent source. I think that's OK for the facts we're sourcing and because we have other sources, too, but we shouldn't hide this.
  
  
• <ref name="thousands">{{cite news | url=http://barrysgovsites.blogspot.com/1980/04/liberian-firing-squad-executes-13.html | title=Liberian Firing Squad Executes 13 Officials As Thousands Cheer | work=New York Times | date=April 22, 1980 | accessdate=June 23, 2012}}</ref>
  
  Please note that the source here is the New York Times, not Blogspot. The URL goes to a freely available page (though that page might be a copyright violation). The NYT article is not freely available, but you might have access to it here.
  
  

details on moods and temper: Dunn

Frank's temper likely influenced Tubman to choose William for VP: Tolbert

date of birth: Dunn

date of death: thousands (This fact is obvious from the execution, so it probably doesn't need a separate in-line ref.)

degree from Liberia college: Dunn

elected to Senate in 1953: Dunn

served as Grand Master of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Liberia from 1961–1968: Dunn

ousted Isaac David as president pro temp of the Senate in 1976: Dunn

his father was William R. Tolbert, Sr. (not Daniel Frank Tolbert): Tolbert

Samuel Doe led the coup, 13 officials shot by firing squad: thousands (these facts are well known and sourced all over the place, so I think it's OK to omit in-line refs for these)

A military tribunal found him guilty of "high treason, rampant corruption and gross violations of human rights.": thousands

U.S. and other foreign govts pleaded not to execute him: thousands

executed by firing squad at a Monrovia beach: thousands and The Liberian Inaugural (I don't have access to the latter)

thousands of soldiers and civilian onlookers cheered: thousands

—Ben Kovitz (talk) 12:59, 24 June 2012 (UTC)