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[edit] Christianity, Astrology And Myth
Welcome to Wikipedia. A brief note: you have added a book titled Christianity, Astrology And Myth to the References section of a number of articles. Please be aware that you should therefore add an item to a References section only if it has been used as a source in editing the article.
Other works which a reader of the article could find useful may be added to a "Further reading" section. However, if a user adds a work in this way to multiple articles without making other constructive edits, this may lead to suspicion that his/her intention is to promote the work in question rather than to inform readers. This is frowned upon. See also Wikipedia:Spam.
If you believe that a work is a reliable source and contains relevant information, feel free to use the information it provides to expand and improve articles. EALacey 18:14, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- I have just noticed your postings. The book in question is essentially the text of my MA thesis entitled, 'Pagan Ritual And Myth, In The Early Christian Church'. It does indeed cover many aspects of the Jesus Myth, Christian festival et al...As an example, the first eight chapters are headed: (1)Rebirth of a Myth, (2)Christianity And The Sun God, (3)The Dying And Resurrected Saviour God,(4)Stars And Their Portents, (5)The Virgin Mother Of The World, (6)The Cave And Stable Myth, (7)Slaughter Of The Innocents, (8)Miracles...................etc. There are 16 chapters, 230pp, inc' Bibliography, and index.The work is therefore accademically sound, and relevant to many diverse aspects of Christianity. However, I will cease making further entries: and you must delete what you feel is inapropriate.As an act of contrition I am willing to rewrite, re-edit your entry on James Frazer; you seem to have some problems with it(?).
Larry Wright
- Hello, and thank you for the response. I'm sorry if I've seemed hostile, but it does look like advertising if multiple IP addresses add a book to a large number of articles. I should make it clear that you're very welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, particularly in areas that you've studied. I would suggest that rather than mentioning your book briefly in multiple articles, you begin by choosing one or two articles where you think material from your book ought to be included, and explain on the relevant Talk pages why you think this would improve the article. That way other editors will know that you're trying to work with them to improve Wikipedia. You might also consider registering an account, so that all your contributions appear under a single name. EALacey 13:46, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
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