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Dubious Image[edit]

The image supposedly of Austin Roe is not verifiable to be actually of the man and therefore is not includable. This image is from a self-stated "unknown source". It's unclear if the image was made of the actual man at the time or if it's an invented image. "Artistic rendering" suggests it's not an image of the actual guy, but just something made up. If so, including it here is the the equivalent of posting a picture of an actor who played Christopher Columbus and saying it's an "artist's impression" of Christopher Columbus. Including a made-up image is laughably unencyclopedic unless it's source is made much more clear.

As far as can be verified (and even then only weakly), it's just a drawing of a guy with a horse made long enough ago to be public domain. Somehow the unverifiable source was overlooked when the image was moved to "commons". I added a remark along these lines to the text for the image there. I'm removing it here until sources can be found.

72.74.19.224 (talk) 06:16, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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This article seems to be very broad, providing limited information. It lacks specificity in different topics such as little or no details about his early life (birth place, family history, etc.), explorations before, during, and after his time as a spy, his political views, what led him to join the spy ring, or if he had a life or history in Britain. This page only provides an overview of the man without giving depth to the character.

There are only three references cited and used, which is understandable considering how short the article is. Yet, sources utilized are unreliable because they did not consist of academic articles, journals, or books. These websites finish with .com or .net; finding primary or secondary sources could strengthen the value of the information in the article.

I think some viewpoints in particular are underrepresented because there is no British perspective on Austin Roe’s exploits as a spy or how they finally arrested him. There is also no details regarding Roe’s discovery as a spy for the Americans or whether or not he was executed for being one. There is nothing expressing the ideologies of the spy ring, how they operated, or how Roe joined their ranks. The information, events, and people he spied on are not mentioned in the article and there is no evidence to suggest he provided any useful information to the Continental Army during his time as a spy. Ana22gb (talk) 01:38, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]