Talk:Heather Cox Richardson/Archive 1
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OP
What is the "OP"?
Dagme (talk) 22:17, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Dagme, "OP" stands for "Original Poster". Maineartists (talk) 11:32, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Writing Career
After a back and forth regarding a template placed on this section, it is clear that the section title: Writing Career does not have anything to do with what is the actual content for this section. There is already a Works section that lists these titles. If they were notable enough for indepth summary; they should have articles all their own. This section isn't about the BLP's "writing career" but brief summaries of the writing; which takes up nearly 85% of the article as a whole and is not correct wikivoice at times. There are no reviews, secondary source analysis, quote / page references to back claims, etc. My vote would be to scrap this section entirely and allow the "Works" section to stand. If someone wants to come along and write articles on each work; so be it. But this is not a BLP writing section. The first sentence alone needs citing; along with countless others found within. It is laden with OR and reads like a college paper and left to intrepretation. Each paragraph states what the BLP did with their approach to the work; and then the rest of each paragraph is a historical recollection having nothing to do with the BLP and their "writing career". "She incorporated the West into the discussion of Reconstruction as no predecessor had"; according to whom? Maineartists (talk) 00:10, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
- In my opinions, the article is appropriate. It is standard Wikipedia practice to summarize books. Rjensen (talk) 08:49, 15 April 2022 (UTC)