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::The first two paragraphs of the article can be verified. --] (]) 21:14, 16 January 2010 (UTC) ::The first two paragraphs of the article can be verified. --] (]) 21:14, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
:::"The first two paragraphs of the article can be verified" ... with the book, not to mention various other websites that do not promote sales of the book. A link is not needed. It is not the responsibility of Misplaced Pages to provide links to sources. Thousands upon thousands of sources throughout Misplaced Pages are cited ''without links'', and those citations are ''perfectly legitimate''. Misplaced Pages ''does'', however, have a policy against spam when that spam can be reasonably avoided, and that is the case here. I have tried to ] in this matter, but your insistence that a citation must have a link when, in fact, it does not and when, in fact, that link is to a website that promotes sales of the book leads me to suspect whether you have some vested interest in the sale of this book. I don't believe Dr. Harris-Lacewell would (or needs to) stoop to such tactics, but at this point I wonder if you have some relationship with the publisher or other sales outlet. The fact that you are pushing this so hard when there is no need to do so raises my suspicions even more. Continue to make an irrational demand for a link in the citation and I'll be happy to seek other opinions on this matter. That's not a threat; it's a promise. ] (]) 00:07, 17 January 2010 (UTC) :::"The first two paragraphs of the article can be verified" ... with the book, not to mention various other websites that do not promote sales of the book. A link is not needed. It is not the responsibility of Misplaced Pages to provide links to sources. Thousands upon thousands of sources throughout Misplaced Pages are cited ''without links'', and those citations are ''perfectly legitimate''. Misplaced Pages ''does'', however, have a policy against spam when that spam can be reasonably avoided, and that is the case here. I have tried to ] in this matter, but your insistence that a citation must have a link when, in fact, it does not and when, in fact, that link is to a website that promotes sales of the book leads me to suspect whether you have some vested interest in the sale of this book. I don't believe Dr. Harris-Lacewell would (or needs to) stoop to such tactics, but at this point I wonder if you have some relationship with the publisher or other sales outlet. The fact that you are pushing this so hard when there is no need to do so raises my suspicions even more. Continue to make an irrational demand for a link in the citation and I'll be happy to seek other opinions on this matter. That's not a threat; it's a promise. ] (]) 00:07, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
::::According to ], "An article about a book, a musical score, or some other media should link to a site hosting a copy of the work." The About Melissa Harris-Lacewell link does not satisfy this policy. --] (]) 01:04, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

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This article should be deleted

I am not convinced that this individual is important enough to have a Misplaced Pages article. Unless notability is established, this article needs to be deleted. Tkurt (talk) 04:24, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

It was helpful to me. I just saw her on TV and came here to learn more.

Also, "Associate Professor of Politics and African American studies at Princeton University." is a sentence fragment. It should be corrected.

72.153.198.223 (talk) 02:02, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Reference link

The link to http://books.google.com/books?id=vEEZyx4ebhoC for "Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought" is not spam; it is provided so that the material in the article can be conveniently verified by a WP reader. The google link does not meet the definition of WP:LINKSPAM; viz. it is not a link "to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product." Please desist your deletion of this link. --Dr.enh (talk) 06:23, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

"Verified by a WP reader"???? What needs to be verified about the title of the book. Citations do not require links unless there is dispute about the information, in this case the title of the book and authorship. If links were required for citations to books, that means that an editor can't go to a library, find a copy of the book, and cite it. Absurd. Look around Misplaced Pages. It's loaded with citations to books -- legitimate citations -- that have no links. All that's needed in a citation is the title and other publication information, not a link to a website that promotes sales by its partners. If you want to "verify" that the title of the book is correct and that Harris-Lacewell wrote it, use this this webpage, which does not offer to sell the book. Please desist your irrational demand for a link when a link is not necessary and is, in fact, spam. 71.77.20.26 (talk) 18:33, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
The first two paragraphs of the article can be verified. --Dr.enh (talk) 21:14, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
"The first two paragraphs of the article can be verified" ... with the book, not to mention various other websites that do not promote sales of the book. A link is not needed. It is not the responsibility of Misplaced Pages to provide links to sources. Thousands upon thousands of sources throughout Misplaced Pages are cited without links, and those citations are perfectly legitimate. Misplaced Pages does, however, have a policy against spam when that spam can be reasonably avoided, and that is the case here. I have tried to assume good faith in this matter, but your insistence that a citation must have a link when, in fact, it does not and when, in fact, that link is to a website that promotes sales of the book leads me to suspect whether you have some vested interest in the sale of this book. I don't believe Dr. Harris-Lacewell would (or needs to) stoop to such tactics, but at this point I wonder if you have some relationship with the publisher or other sales outlet. The fact that you are pushing this so hard when there is no need to do so raises my suspicions even more. Continue to make an irrational demand for a link in the citation and I'll be happy to seek other opinions on this matter. That's not a threat; it's a promise. 71.77.20.26 (talk) 00:07, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
According to Misplaced Pages:ELYES, "An article about a book, a musical score, or some other media should link to a site hosting a copy of the work." The About Melissa Harris-Lacewell link does not satisfy this policy. --Dr.enh (talk) 01:04, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
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