Talk:Owen Marshall

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I have un-done the edit that removed the two sentences about the status of Owen Marshall's work in New Zealand literature. (ie, as being ranked up there with Sargeson and Frame). These were removed as "unsourced POV statements". While it is true that the statement is unsourced, in my experience as a teacher of English and Creative Writing, I would say it is also a very fair and accurate description of the reputation that Marshall has in the literary community in New Zealand. I see that this statement has survived a number of past edits with no adverse comment in the talk page. I agree that the statement ought to be attributed, but I cannot immediately find an attribution. I suggest the best way to deal with this is simply to add "attribution needed" to the statement. Particularly since the article is a stub, this might be a good way to both acknowledge the need for attribution without unnecessarily shortening the article. Boxter1977 (talk) 03:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)