Talk:Christoph Martin Wieland
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Just a note on why I think the editions and literature section of these old encyclopedia entries should be pruned. I feel it's important to note the date the subject lived and compare it with the date of the article, ie. 1911. The references quoted will be the ones that were most recent in 1911. For a start, most of the biographies and old periodical articles are almost certainly unobtainable. More to the point, there will have been others published since (that's assuming the subject of the article has any true significance) that will have brought modern scholarship -- and, possibly, new research and new information -- to bear on the subject. I therefore feel it is misleading to retain all the references from the 1911 edition. Perhaps someone would like to join me in debating this. Deb 13:56, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- 1. the references aren't wrong; obsolete references can go into a separate article, though--but as long as the article isn't longer than 30kb, there is no need to split it.
- 2. some editions are still "valid", esp. the "last hand" edition (1794-1802, okay, you didn't delete it) and the Academy edition.
- 3. Writings by Reemtsma are very recent.
- 4. the biography by J.G. Gruber is still valid.
--Keichwa 20:19, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)
