Talk:A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

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[edit] Massive cleanup required

Great job on starting this article... I was thinking about submitting it for WP:DYK but (as tends to happen with new Wikipedia editors in writing their first article), most of what is here is in need of clean-up. Much of the article looks like original research and, without footnotes, is not verifiable. The entire section on Themes (besides being repetitive) is a candidate for complete removal as it stands. The lead also includes ridiculous claims, such as it's lack of being anthologized (I have six anthologies next to me right now and it's in five of them) and lacking significant analysis compared to other stories (I have read plenty of scholarly work on this story). If the original editors drop by again, I hope they take some time to learn how this project works and not just add what I presume is a personal essay for a class. I'm here to help. --Midnightdreary (talk) 12:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] First-timer

Thanks for helping to make the article better than before. I do appreciate the help and I need to learn the wiki codes to make the page even better. Much of what is written would definitely benefit from footnotes. Fortunately, I do have the footnotes and the sources handy, it's just a matter of adding them in when I have time. As for the ridiculous claims about its lack of being studied as vigorously as his other works, just look to the Edgar Allan Poe page on wikipedia - there is no mention of the story anywhere. It's not even listed in the Edgar Allan Poe Tales list.

Dashfast (talk) 18:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Is there any way that you can do me a favor and upload the RM.jpg picture to this page? I am not a 4-day user yet and therefore cannot do it. I uploaded it to the wikimedia commons, and it can be found here: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/Gallery.php?wikifam=commons.wikimedia.org&img_user_text=Dashfast

That's very, very good to hear! Footnotes automatically lend credibility to this site (which, as you may know, is often questioned). As the primary author of the Edgar Allan Poe page, I'd suggest that the story isn't listed on that article because the list of works is kept as minimal as possible (the comprehensive list is at Bibliography of Edgar Allan Poe). Besides, that certainly doesn't mean it lacks any scholarly work! I'll see about taking care of that image for you. If you need anything else, let me know. --Midnightdreary (talk) 18:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)