Talk:Heather Higgins

good catch

good catch by dickclarkmises. --Epeefleche 21:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! DickClarkMises 03:46, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Rewrite

Hi again. Some of the more recent deletions seem to be supportable, and some of the new additions (family, date of birth, etc.) are unsourced and I cannot find on google. --Epeefleche 03:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, you are absolutely right. Some of the previous assertions were properly sourced. I cut them for right now because I just got a little frustrated trying to figure out how to rework the article with new sources that I found (more are forthcoming). It probably would have been best if I had moved the original text here and been clear about what was going on. I'll copy the text of the original version below right now for reference until I work out the reinclusion of all the previous sourced statements. As for non-controversial biographical information, I emailed Ms. Higgins per Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Using_the_subject_as_a_source. She provided non-contentious information like her birthday, education history, etc. I also requested a headshot, which I'll be uploading shortly once I convert it from .bmp format. I've got sources for the other, perhaps more contestable assertions which I'll be adding over the next day or so. I am definitely going to reintroduce the sources from the previous version (other than the legalmomentum source that seemed to have a mistaken replication). If you don't mind, bear with me here for a day or two and if things aren't shaping up by all means be bold! DickClarkMises 04:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I've gone back and reinserted some of the sources from the previous version. I'm calling it a night here in a minute, but I plan to get back to work on this once things slow down at work tomorrow. DickClarkMises 05:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

pre-rewrite version

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'''Heather Richardson Higgins''' is Chairman of the [[Independent Women's Forum]] [[Board of Directors]].[http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:zK0Lm-gy1UIJ:sec.edgar-online.com/2006/07/26/0001209286-06-000192/Section6.asp+%22heather+r.+higgins%22+randolph&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10] 

She is perhaps best known for being a guest on [[Bill Maher]]'s show ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' on [[HBO]].

She has been President and Director of the [[Randolph Foundation]] (a [[charitable foundation]]) since [[1991]].

She is a member of the Board of [[Overseer]]s of the [[Hoover Institution]] (a [[neoconservative]] and [[libertarian]] [[public policy]] [[thinktank]]), serving on the Executive Committee.[http://www.hoover.org/about/board][,[http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:zK0Lm-gy1UIJ:sec.edgar-online.com/2006/07/26/0001209286-06-000192/Section6.asp+%22heather+r.+higgins%22+randolph&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10]]  

Higgins is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] (a [[foreign policy]] [[think tank]]).

Higgins also serves on the Boards of Directors the W.H. Brady Foundation and The [[Philanthropy Roundtable]] (established by the [[Bradley Foundation]] to help facilitate conservative grantmaking), of which she is Vice Chairman.[http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:zK0Lm-gy1UIJ:sec.edgar-online.com/2006/07/26/0001209286-06-000192/Section6.asp+%22heather+r.+higgins%22+randolph&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10]  

In addition, she is a trustee of the [[Committee for Economic Development]] (an independent, [[non-profit]], non-partisan think tank based in [[Washington, DC]]). 

Higgins is a [[Federalist Society]] (which began as a student organization that challenged the perceived orthodox American liberal ideology found in most law schools, and which serves as a parent organization for conservatives and libertarians who are interested in the current state of the legal order) Senior Advisor.[http://legalmomentum.org/legalmomentum/programs/sexualityandfamilyrights/2006/03/independent_womens_forum.php]

On February 3, 2006, she was elected to the Board of Directors of '''Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc.''', managed by [[UBS]] Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc.[http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:SQoJTV3OASEJ:www.ubs.com/2/e/us_library/closed_end/hyf/annual.pdf+%22heather+r.+higgins%22+randolph&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=12]

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==Past employment==

Previously Ms. Higgins was a portfolio manager and vice president at U.S. Trust. 

Prior to working in finance she was an editorial writer for the the [[Wall Street Journal]], and assistant editor at the [[Public Interest]].

She was a member of the [[International Trade Commission]] from [[1991]] to [[2000]], and before that was Assistant Attorney General of the United States from [[1989]] to [[1990]].[http://legalmomentum.org/legalmomentum/programs/sexualityandfamilyrights/2006/03/independent_womens_forum.php]

==Family==

She is married to James Higgins.

== External links ==
* [http://www.acreform.com/news/wsj.html Death by Bureaucracy], ''Wall Street Journal'', April 4, 2005.

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Wow. Duly impressed. Have you emailed individuals before, for Wikipedia? I had never thought of that. Or is she someone whom you knew even before you emailed her? In any case, nice work. --Epeefleche 06:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I've found that folks almost never refuse to answer questions for their encyclopedia article. See Talk:Walter_Block#Fact-checking_with_Dr._Block for a previous example of an email inquiry made by me. Unlike Ms. Higgins, I do know Walter Block (from my time working at the Mises Institute). DickClarkMises 13:26, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

My understanding had been that she was from (born in) South Carolina ... Is it clear from her email that that is not true? Tx. --Epeefleche 03:39, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Ms. Higgins' assistant actually returned my email, and she included a c.v. among other things. Regarding my query about the place of Ms. Higgins' birth, she said "Heather was born in Atlanta and raised in Manhattan." It seems non-controversial, but if you think there is serious reason to doubt that claim we could remove that item as unsourced, since it is only acceptable to use the subject as a source for non-controversial statements. DickClarkMises 04:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

My, you are perhaps the most polite and team-oriented person I have met in these parts. Your call. You might double-check with the assistant, or (if that feels like too much trouble for either you or her) you can leave it as you like; I defer to you. Thanks. Nice working with you. --Epeefleche 06:22, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, thank you for the kind words. I'll confirm her place of birth with the assistant, and post any change to that if I am informed that it is incorrect. Cheers, DickClarkMises 16:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

GA comment

The images need fair use rationales and the lead should be expanded to better summarize the article. See WP:LEAD. I'd recommend fixing these things before somebody quick fails it. It would also be beneficial to include an infobox as well. --Nehrams2020 18:20, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe I have satisfactorily dealt with the fair use rationale issues at the image pages. DickClarkMises 19:21, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Good article nomination on hold

This article's Good Article promotion has been put on hold. During review, some issues were discovered that can be resolved without a major re-write. This is how the article, as of May 27, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: For the most part, but I am unable to pass an article with such a weak lead. One sentence simply isn't good enough.

2. Factually accurate?: For any further improvement, {{Cite web}}, among others, should be used.

3. Broad in coverage?: It's somewhat short.

4. Neutral point of view?:

5. Article stability?

6. Images?: The rationale for Image:George (magazine).jpg is unacceptable and needs to be improved. There's no reason for the latter three images to be left aligned.

Please address these matters soon and then leave a note here showing how they have been resolved. After 48 hours the article should be reviewed again. If these issues are not addressed within 7 days, the article may be failed without further notice. Thank you for your work so far. — -- Phoenix2 ^{(talk, review)} 17:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm currently AWFK for Memorial Day, but I plan to work on this tomorrow and later this week. DickClarkMises 00:58, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I have fattened the lead a bit, alluding to some of the information that is explored more completely later in the article. I think the lead now gives the reader as least some initial idea of who she is and what she has been involved with. I also removed the left-justification for two of the images per the GA review. I think the George cover looks better left-justified, though, since all the others are right justified. And I do think the cover is valid fair use, since the cover proclaims that it contains info on the "new divas of politics" which refers to the article on Higgins. It seems relevant to me to note that the George editorial staff would choose Higgins, an affluent, politically-connected yet libertarian-leaning conservative for inclusion in the very first issue of their political lifestyle magazine. Such information sheds light on both the magazine and Higgins. How would you recommend that I word that in the fair use rationale? How should I go about revising the article to reflect this? I think there is probably a fine line between making too big a deal of it (and thus likely crossing into OR territory) and the current version, which probably doesn't connect the dots well enough on this front. DickClarkMises 20:51, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

• In the fair use rationale, I'd love to see {{Non-free media}} and {{Non-free media rationale}} in addition to the non-free template that is already there. The rationale given now, I suppose, is fine; it should be added to the template.
• In the first reference, I'm not sure if Adam Platt will be notable enough to have his own article? When he does, the link can be replaced.
• Everything else if alright then, thanks for working on it. -- Phoenix2 ^(holla) 03:36, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I've inserted the {{Non-free media rationale}} template at the image page. I also dewikified Platt's name. I think that should resolve the issues raised above. DickClarkMises 14:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again for the work, passed. -- Phoenix2 ^(holla) 19:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

GA Sweeps (kept)

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Ruslik (talk) 08:35, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Heather Higgins

You reverted my edits with summary "Was fine as it was", which means that a missing period and a dead link were fine (I repaired them). I moved the image only because it interfered with 'Notes' section. As to the paragraphs, is it good to begin the article with a single-sentence paragraph? Wikipedia:Guide_to_layout says that the number of such paragraphs should be minimized, but the article in the present form has 3 of them. Ruslik (talk) 09:38, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I've moved the above comment, which I received, here from my talk page, to allow others who have interest in this article to weight in (if they have the desire).--Epeefleche (talk) 03:17, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

"Minimized" does not mean "removed in every case." I think the sentences work. I agree, though, that expanding them into more substantive coverage of the topics now only given a sentence would be great, if we can find the sources to allow it. DickClarkMises (talk) 04:07, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I have no problem with missing period or dead link corrections, but would only point out that periods and commas should come before the close quote, not after.--Epeefleche (talk) 21:11, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Dates

Should be US format, as she is a US person.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:21, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

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