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Tag re: missing citations throughout[edit]

This article needed and still needs some work re: WP:ATTRIBUTION. It did and still in some cases does not attribute its statements and quotations from sources adequately or accurately. There was some plagiarism from some sources due to incorrectly attributed quotations or statements with missing quotation marks. See editorial interpolations in the main article itself. I've done some cleanup but have no time to do any more to it. The people who inserted the material from sources in the article initially need to document their use of sources. In some cases, I've consulted and documented statements or quotations with particular editions that I've given. They may have used other editions. It is important to cite the same editions consistently throughout an article, or if changing editions to indicate clearly what edition one is citing and, if necessary, why that one instead of another. --NYScholar 01:51, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I re-added the earlier templates marking where citations are still needed. I had supplied all of the page citations currently in the article, but others need to finish this task. Many of the quotations in the sections marked still need page citations. I started the job, but I'm leaving it to others to finish, as I myself don't have time to do that. That is why the templates are on the article. --NYScholar (talk) 00:51, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changes[edit]

Changes by editors have introduced faulty presentation of what should be quotations from Billington throughout. All need correct punctuation. The note citations need to be to the same (most recent--2007) ed. of Billington's book. Please fix. No plagiarism from sources please: quotation marks indicating exact quotations are necessary. Some of the alterations change sense of original statements in Billington. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by NYScholar (talk • contribs) 17:51, 30 August 2007 (UTC) [re-added signature; looks as though I forgot one tilde earlier. --NYScholar (talk) 19:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)][reply]

Fried bread[edit]

The words "fried bread" are linked to "French toast". Are you sure about that? When I've had French toast in the US it's been what French toast is about: bread soaked in egg and fried. In the UK "fried bread" has mostly been fried in bacon fat or similar. Am I mistaken? The Wednesday Island (talk) 19:42, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not; the "French toast" article does mention "fried bread", but I've just found a link to a more specific article mentioning both kinds and am to link to that. [updated reply]. --NYScholar (talk) 19:49, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Added link to "fried bread" in text of article. --NYScholar (talk) 19:55, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]