Talk:Theodore Parker

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[edit] External links

This article currently has nine external links; only the two from the University of Nebraska represent quality textual resources and they are quite limited extracts. A Gutenberg Project link appears, but these works are unpaginated and so cannot be cited. For many decades The Slave Power [[1]] represented the basic edition of Parker writings. For this reason, it will be useful to revert the primary source deletion on 21 June 2007 by User:Requestion.--Jlockard 06:21, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

→ See also: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#EServer.org

A link to a page with a dozen or more links and a single paragraph authored by Jlockard would not improve the well referenced Parker article. — Athaenara ✉ 00:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I disagree, and find the link to The Slave Power a useful and encyclopedic reference which is otherwise unavailable on the Web. Any reader who is interested in learning more about Parker will want to read some of his work, and this is as good a selection as any, and better than any other I can find on the Web. I can find some scattered early editions of Parker's work on Google Books, but The Slave Power is apparently not available there or anywhere else besides antislavery.eserver.org. It seems a bit beside the point to focus on the fact that the page directly linked contains only a single paragraph of text, when the point of the link is to give access the book, which is available in three different formats there. I understand why Jlockard's edits have set off some people's spam radar, but let's not be blinkered about what makes a better encyclopedia article here. -- Rbellin|Talk 00:12, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

The use of unpaginated and unreferenced text resources, too common in Wikipedia article links, severely limits their usefulness. This means that they cannot be cited by users. Seven of the nine links are not citable primary text resources and/or do not meet a standard of verifibility. That is not well-referenced. Due care should be taken in selection of links providing text resources. The external link proposed has one introductory paragraph (by Jlockard) and three (XHTML, PDF, Word) versions of Parker's Slave Power for reader convenience.--Jlockard 00:22, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I am formatting the existing references for the article and looking into this link matter further. If, as now seems likely, the link you offer is the only existing link to the text of The Slave Power in xhtml, pdf and word on a single page, I will format and add it also. — Athaenara ✉ 02:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, Athaenara. It is appreciated.--Jlockard 03:11, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

You are welcome. — Athaenara ✉ 05:04, 1 July 2007 (UTC)