Talk:Scientology bibliography
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What is the purpose of this article? The free dictionary says: A list of writings relating to a given subject: a bibliography of Latin American history. [1] and says the same about an author. Will this project be only of Hubbard's writings or is it about the topic and to include those complications made by the Church of Scientology, Ruth Mishell (How to Choose your People) and others? Will it only be books or is it to include the thousands of HCO Policy Letters and Bulletins? How about Executive Directives and Ron's Journels ? And finally, is it to include critical writings such at Jon Atack's book ? Terryeo 16:58, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
- The answers to your questions are already clearly stated in the intro: "This is an incomplete bibliography of Scientology and Scientology-related books produced within the Church of Scientology and its related organizations." wikipediatrix 17:01, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
- Okay. The reason I ask is that this is published information. It appears in What is Scientology (hardbound), chapter 48, "Complete List of all Materials" and in closely spaced text runs from page 891 to page 971. Published by Bridge Pubs, L.A. Calif. ISBN 1-57318-078-5. Will this become a partial of the published information, intended to be a reference for the Scientology and Dianetics articles ? Terryeo 15:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- A list of Scientology books is not "published information". Anyone can compile a list of Scientology books. wikipediatrix 15:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- That's right. Would you like a list, posted here, from the publication I mention ? Terryeo 15:47, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Um, not particularly, why? What is your point?? wikipediatrix 15:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- The only point I have made is that I am willing to do as I did with the Dianetic's Booklist. That is, create a list of published books as I said. Terryeo 16:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- If there are books missing from the list on this article, feel free to let me know and I'll add 'em. Likewise, if I have any incorrect info. If you're simply offering to help improve the list, that's great, but your previous posts made it seem that such was not the case. Apologies in advance if I have misinterpreted you, but you are so easily misinterpreted. wikipediatrix 16:36, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Okay. Yes, that was my intention, to be helpful. I'm unsure if publisher, publication date, and ISBN is wanted or not ? Terryeo 16:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- My thought was that this would be a simple list, as it is now, just a title and very brief comment, each with a link to the book's article (since I intend to eventually have a separate article for every book).... publisher, publication date, and ISBN would then be in its rightful place on each book's own article. Some books, such as All About Radiation, have such a complicated publication history that it would make this article unwieldy and hard to slog through if we tried to convey the info here. wikipediatrix 16:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Okay. Yes, that was my intention, to be helpful. I'm unsure if publisher, publication date, and ISBN is wanted or not ? Terryeo 16:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- If there are books missing from the list on this article, feel free to let me know and I'll add 'em. Likewise, if I have any incorrect info. If you're simply offering to help improve the list, that's great, but your previous posts made it seem that such was not the case. Apologies in advance if I have misinterpreted you, but you are so easily misinterpreted. wikipediatrix 16:36, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- The only point I have made is that I am willing to do as I did with the Dianetic's Booklist. That is, create a list of published books as I said. Terryeo 16:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Um, not particularly, why? What is your point?? wikipediatrix 15:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- That's right. Would you like a list, posted here, from the publication I mention ? Terryeo 15:47, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- A list of Scientology books is not "published information". Anyone can compile a list of Scientology books. wikipediatrix 15:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- Okay. The reason I ask is that this is published information. It appears in What is Scientology (hardbound), chapter 48, "Complete List of all Materials" and in closely spaced text runs from page 891 to page 971. Published by Bridge Pubs, L.A. Calif. ISBN 1-57318-078-5. Will this become a partial of the published information, intended to be a reference for the Scientology and Dianetics articles ? Terryeo 15:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
