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BAn RfC: Which descriptor, if any, can be added in front of Southern Poverty Law Center when referenced in other articles? has been posted at the Southern Poverty Law Center talk page. Your participation is welcomed. – MrX 16:49, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

source issue

Footnote 5 can only support the population, nothing indicate "about 10% of students are black and roughly 90% are white".--Jarodalien (talk) 13:35, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed that. I haven't done much work on this in recent years.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:39, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Justin Barker

I understand that this is an article about the Jena Six, but shouldn't we get at least one sentence about what later on became of their victim? 2003:DD:DF15:D7E5:440F:C613:3B67:98E9 (talk) 20:53, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]