Talk:Will Bagley

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[edit] POV and lack of sources

I have tagged the article as lacking citations. I also placed several fact tags throughout the article and made some NPOV edits. User "Tinosa" reverted my good-faith edits with the cryptic description "'reciprocity'- the response of an individual to the action of another" -- whatever. Please justify here on the talk page why any one of my fact tags or npov edits were not necessary before reversing my edits wholesale. Thanks. --TrustTruth (talk) 14:10, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Too many "citation needed", in my opinion

I checked several biographies and i did not see many citations about where they got their degrees, awards ad similar. See for example the bio of Hugh Nibley. Typically, the published CV of an Author can be accepted in good faith, because his peers can easily challenge the info. After all, the major credentials for Authors are the reliability of their publishers and the level of intellectual debate generated by their publications. Degrees and similar are pretty periferal in my opinion. Adrian Comollo (talk) 11:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I say go ahead and challenge what's listed in the Hugh Nibley article. You're right, I'm sure they're correct, but by citing credentials one leaves no doubt. --TrustTruth (talk) 15:40, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Is the attack on the credibility of Will Bagley going well? Can you provide an up-date of your mission?Tinosa (talk) 01:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

In my critical writing classes in college, I was taught that seeking out and using reliable sources made a piece of writing stronger; I was not taught that it amounted to an attack on a subject's credibility. The former is the position I'm editing from. Imagine how much more credible this article on Bagley will appear when it has solid, reliable sourcing. Believe it or not, I'm actually trying to improve the article. --TrustTruth (talk) 18:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)