User talk:R Bartholomew

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[edit] Noahide Laws in Category:Jewish Christian topics ?

There is a dispute over whether Noahide Laws should be included in this category, anyone with an opinion is asked to express it here: Talk:Noahide_Laws#Jewish_Christian_topics

[edit] George Verwer

Hi! You added some stuff on George Verwer, do you know when he was born? or can you find this information somewhere? thanks -Sucrine ( ><> talk) 19:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bathory and witchcraft book articles, etc.

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The information you added to the Elizabeth Bathory article was based upon an extrmely unreliable book, which makes false claims about her being an admitted witch that no scholarly source supports. You further went and gave the book it's own Wikipedia article and then repeated a number of claims mentioned in it as if they were all 100% true and did not mention the book's unreliability as a source.

Anything that is put into Wikipedia must meet certain standards, per our policies here. Please familiarize yourself with them. DreamGuy 11:01, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Firstly, I did not add any information to the Bathory article, as far as I can recall - I merely turned a reference to the Seabrook book that was already there into a link (By the way, I did not create the "Witchcraft: Its Power" article because of its mention in the Bathory article, as you appear to imply). If you think that the Seabrook book should not be included as a reference in that article I will not make any complaints.
As for the "Witchcraft: Its Power" article, I "repeated a number of claims" because I was providing a summary of the text, while trying to maining a NPOV. I included the material on his anaemic friend and on Bannister because they featured in the book, not because I actually believe them to be true. Extra information showing certain claims to have been false would, of course, improve the article. I thought I had included sufficient qualifiers along the lines of "he claims that" and "an alleged case of...", but if you feel the need for a few more, again, that's fine. I must add that although I'm open to criticism, you appear to have jumped to a rather unwarranted conclusion as to my motives in creating the article. R Bartholomew 20:36, 9 June 2007 (UTC)