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J. P. Morgan

I've been working on this article a bit to improve its quality and expand it. I would like to see this featured eventually. Any suggestions for things to add and ways to improve it are appreciated. Thanks. — Wackymacs

Things I would like to see:

• Can you attribute some of the references specifically to statements in the article? For example, if I wanted to read more about (or confirm) that JPM gave $62m in 1895 to float a bond?
• The early life & education is a bit thin for covering 20 years of his life (career to 1870 starts in 1856).
• How did he die?
• More prose needed. There are a lot of dates and names mixed in there and reading them one after another makes it harder to read, IMHO.
• What other issues are there in his personal life? Was he a good family man? Any friends?
  • One image caption mentions rosacea, can you include discussion on that and being photographed?
• What's the relationship with JPMorgan Chase?
• Were there any major/notable pieces in his art/book collection?

Hope that helps! :) Cburnett 23:42, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

• • Thanks for the feedback. Two references now given for the $62m statement. Looked all over, couldn't find the cause of his death (doesn't seem it was ever reported). Expanded 'personal life' section - now describes his physical appearance and his rosacea. More to come... — 00:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

aviper2k7

• Please put references after a sentence or punctuation mark per WP:CITE. All inline refs should look like this, and not like this or this. There shouldn't be a space after the period.
• "He was also famous for a 1911 Magic Lantern slide show; The Indian Picture Opera [9] which used his photos and original musical compositions by composer Henry F. Gilbert." The reference in the middle doesn't source Morgan at all. I thin this statement needs a citation.
• I think more on his Legacy could be added. Should be sourced too.
• Try to keep the see also list down. Generally if a name is mentioned in the article, it shouldn't go in a see also list. I think his sons or inheritors shouldn't be in the list.
• See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Currency for listing currency. Link to US$ in the first use, but after that just use the "$" sign.
• The links to the years are rather distracting, but there is no conformity on whether years should generally be linked or not.
• The paragraph about him writing to France really needs a citation. It's a rather bold claim.
• Is there any criticism of this man?
• I don't think "Career to 1870" is a good title. What is significant about 1870? Can you define the section by an accomplishment?

Those are some things I could think of. More could be added to the article as it's not very long. It's written pretty well, but it could use some more inline citations. The lead could probably use a bit more information if you add to the article as it's on the short side right now.++aviper2k7++ 04:30, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for the feedback. I have fixed the references per WP:CITE (I still need to add the citation templates, though.) - The part about Indian Picture Opera is talking about Curtis, not Morgan (the reference mentions Curtis). See also section has been fixed per your suggestion. Both career sections have been merged. There was criticism of Morgan, but nothing I could source from a look around the web (the books about him probably describe the criticism). Thanks again for your feedback. — Wackymacs 10:19, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

From Yannismarou

• "He was unpopular at his high school owing to his arrogant manner." Arrogant manner? What does this mean? And says who?
• Fix all the in your article. Otherwis, you will have problems in FAC.
• "Early life and education" is stubby and not so comprehensive. Something about his parents and family? And maybe you could also find something more about his education.
• Career looks a bit long IMO. I would split it in at least two sub-sections.
• Some paragraphs in "Career" are uncited. Try to have at least one citation in each paragraph.
• "Morgan entered banking in his father's London branch in 1856, moving to New York City the next year where he worked at the banking house of Duncan, Sherman & Company, the American representatives of George Peabody & Company." I don't like this sentence. It looks long, odd ... I don't know! And this participle ("moving") is badly placed IMO. Mayvbe you could split it.
• "From 1860 to 1864, as J. Pierpont Morgan & Company, he acted as agent in New York for his father's firm." I'm missing something here? As J. Pierpont Morgan & Company? What does this mean?
• "In 1895 it became J. P. Morgan & Company". What is "it"? You start a new paragraph. You should be a bit more specific, without being afraid of being repetitive.
• Wikilinking of single years (1979) is inadvisable per MoS. Only full dates, e.g. May 1, 1985.
• I see many typos. I fixed some.
• "Legacy" is stubby. I think it could remain a seperate section, enriched with more infos.
• The formatting of the online references is not proper and not consistent. Check Template:Cite web and Template:Cite news.
• When you cite printed sources, you should also mention page numbers.
• Are your "References" all used in citations? If not your "References" section is actually a mixed References and Further Reading section. Clean the references and create, if necessary, a seperate "further reading" section.
• Some recent books ("Strouse, Jean. Morgan: American Financier. Random House, 1999.") do not have ISBNs.--Yannismarou 13:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)