Talk:James McParland

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[edit] Jenkins commentary

Concerning the bit about Sherlock Holmes:

Philip Jenkins, Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University comments that, ...by common consent [The Valley of Fear is] the worst of the Sherlock Holmes novels...[12]

As this stands it creates a very NPOV impression VoF is a bad SH novel. I would add that the professor curiously fails to provide any sources for his claim - "by common consent" would hardly pass as a source here at Wikipedia. I feel such a claim should not remain uncommented, or Jenkins clear anti-Pinkerton sentiments (which you need to read the whole article to understand) will have been sneaked into the Wiki article.

Adding a npov tag until this is cleared up. 85.227.226.149 08:13, 1 July 2007 (UTC)