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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article and/or finding more information/references. Quotes should be moved to Wikiquotes. -- Psychless 18:30, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article appears to be about a child. Which is a shame, from an encyclopedia point of view, as Jack Abbott is also the killer Norman Mailer freed who then killed again.Phuego 14:00, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted it. Uucp 14:04, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Supporters?[edit]

The Wiki page and discussion for Susan Sarandon indicate there's debate as to her actual support for Abbott, noting that while she attended his trial, she never came out and said anything definitive about her attitude toward him. There's also no evidence that the name of her son is more than coincidence, according to her page. Someone have an attribution for the assertions on this page? Pergish1 (talk) 20:34, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Influences" list seems...dubious[edit]

I think it would be appropriate to remove all of the "influences" listed, as they're pretty clearly somebody's idea of a joke. I read Abbott's book and I sure don't recall any references to W.V.O. Quine (to pick just the most ridiculous of the purported influences).

In the absence of any citations for these, would it be OK to just remove them? 173.228.85.158 (talk) 10:48, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article Title Incorrect.[edit]

The subject is known as Jack Henry Abbott. This is both his author attribution as well as the bulk of references dating back decades. The few examples of dropping the Henry for brevity's sake do nothing to extinguish the reality of the documentary sources as well as the author's chosen name convention as displayed on his books. I'd also quibble to a degree with the (author) identification. This is not what the references find him infamous for. I would suggest that Wilbert Rideau's page is a better titling example, it leaves out the "author" title-suffix. This article should be titled, "Jack Henry Abbott". 64.53.252.125 (talk) 23:43, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Buckley[edit]

My recollection is that William F. Buckley, Jr., a political conservative, was also a defender of Abbott as a writer and wrote about him in his newspaper column, including regret after the murder of Adan. I don't have a source, but it's likely available. Buckley's politics would make his support significant. Nick Levinson (talk) 02:23, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Pop culture references[edit]

I removed a couple of these: “the belly of the beast” is a widely used idiom, and the Anthrax song is not about Abbott but the Nuremberg trials. That “Micky” [sic] Rourke’s character in the remake of “The Desperate Hours” “may have been inspired by Abbott” should be confirmed and sourced if it’s to make it back into the article. PacificBoy 09:35, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 3 June 2022[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved. Number 5 7 23:04, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Abbott (author) → Jack Henry Abbott – The name had elicited a comment over four years ago above at Talk:Jack Abbott (author)#Article Title Incorrect. The pen name as it appears on the covers of his books is the WP:NATURAL form — Jack Henry Abbott. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 22:02, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support, the full name user on his book covers is what he is known under. Randy Kryn (talk) 18:22, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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