Talk:Jimmy Breslin

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[edit] Self-Hating Irishman

"He is a self-hating Irishman" looks and sounds really weird. It's not substantiated. Is this here as a colloquial reference to something Breslin has said about himself? Is it an idiomatic expression? This sentence should either be removed or converted into a direct quote, don't you think?

[edit] Links to Amazon?

I am questioning why the Breslin works all link to Amazon.com pages? I don't think an encyclopedia should be in the business of endorsing one commercial site over another. While I recognize that the amazon.com website has a lot of useful information about each title, such as reviews, etc., I think its appearance here is coercive. Would like to know what others think, or if there's a Wikipedia policy on this. Bruxism 19:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I threw the linksin there. I figured since some of those books were pretty rare that no one would be writing on them. I can see how one can get the impression that they are an add for Amazon. Not my intention. If you want to remove them, no worries. Maybe one reference to an amazon page listing all of his books would be more appropriate?--Looper5920 05:30, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I checked on the policy, which can be found at Wikipedia:External_links#What_should_not_be_linked_to. They recommend just linking to the ISBNs. It's a pain, but that's what they say. Incidentally, I don't think his books are that rare. I'd love to work on this page more, if I had time. He's a great writer. I'd love to read more of his work too. Bruxism 21:37, 13 December 2005 (UTC)