User talk:Lestrade
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In regards to your comment "Greatest?" on the Emerson page: As a scholar and book collector, to my knowledge this is true in 2 of such collections of the "100 Greatest Books of All Time Collections" done by 2 publishing companies, both the Franklin Library and the Easton Press. Hope this helps. colinrcummings
I notice that you've edited a few philosophy articles. Have you considered joining the Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy? It is an effort to coordinate the work of Wikipedians who are knowledgeable about philosophy in an effort to improve the general quality and range of Wikipedia articles on philosophical topics. Banno 21:25, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Forum discussion
I think the issue sufficiently interesting to get outside opinions. This forum is predominantly idealist, so Perhaps the idea will get a sympathetic hearing[[1]].
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[edit] italicization of titles
Hi, thanks for the message. Book titles should be italicized. I think it's because links get underlined, so underlining titles would often be superfluous. Essay titles should be within quotation marks, as you know. Good work on German Idealism! --goethean ॐ 16:56, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] HH
"Can Hefner be largely responsible for the epidemics of genital herpes and AIDS, as well as the destruction of the institution of marriage?Lestrade 16:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)Lestrade"
The answer of course is yes, reagdles of what this anonymous sleaze and guys like Robert <erkel think.
[edit] Lichtenberg quote
Hello. Could you provide the original German of the Göttinger Taschen Calender quote, as you did for the Waste books quote? I try to find it out myself, but my Promies edition seems not contain it. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 12:50, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- I see... so what's your source of the English? It might give us clues to trace the original. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 14:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article creation
An article you recently created, Schopenhauer's criticism of Kant's schemata, has been speedily deleted because it gave no context. Also, since it consisted almost solely of quoted text, it may have been a copyright violation. When creating articles, please be sure to provide enough context to be informative to general readers. Citing sources as you did is strongly encouraged, but please do not simply copy large blocks of text, even with attribution, as the sole content of the article. Thank you. --Ginkgo100talk 20:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re:Gender-neutral language
Regarding use of "guys" – I don't know why people don't object to the word. Maybe because it's more informal? ... discospinster talk 22:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] McCarthy, McCarthyism
I am inviting all recent editors of Joseph McCarthy to comment on a current dispute. User:KarlBunker, in his stated view out of concern for WP:NPOV#Undue weight, has reverted, deleted, and selectively reinstated factually accurate sourced information that I have added. I contend he is in error. Please see the discussion at Talk:Joseph McCarthy. Thank you. Kaisershatner 17:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
