Talk:Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
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What does it mean to "cole and hug?" It's marked off with quotation marks, but there is no citation to be found. Can anyone help clarify this? The reference is under the heading on the association between Wriothesley and the Earl of Essex.
[edit] New Earl of Oxford Paternity Theory
This section violates wikipedia guidelines on several counts, starting with its reliance on self-published material by an author with no standing in the fields of Shakespearean studies or early modern English history. Whittemore's uproven theories are presented without qualification as facts. The book is hyped as "setting forth a consistent and coherent explanation of the sequence of the sonnets as they follow events from Henry Wriothesley’s life," a description that will amaze the vast majority of readers as an overstatement entirely contrary to the principles of careful elucidation of controversial claims on which Wikipedia has built its reputation. It would be appropriate to eliminate the entire section and replace it with a more detailed but balanced account of the history of Southampton's possible involvement as fair youth of the Shakespearean sonnets as propounded by various scholars. --Twinkletoes2u 15:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. I have tagged it. If there's a more appropriate tag, please update. - PKM 17:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
