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Most of the biographical section is plagarized from an article by Gidske Anderson found at the following URL: http://www.reisenett.no/norway/facts/culture_science/sigrid_undset.html [[User:Haddison|Haddison]] ([[User talk:Haddison|talk]]) 20:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC) |
Most of the biographical section is plagarized from an article by Gidske Anderson found at the following URL: http://www.reisenett.no/norway/facts/culture_science/sigrid_undset.html [[User:Haddison|Haddison]] ([[User talk:Haddison|talk]]) 20:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC) |
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This page is loaded with original research and commentary. The writing style also is in need of a serious overhaul, as well as the layout (ex: the divorce section mentions nothing about a divorce). I wouldn't be suprised if this page needs a complete overhaul. |
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immaturely written
The biography section is immaturely written; it sounds like a high school paper. Note awkward use of the first person plural.
Agreed. This is horrible. How do we put a flag on it?
Seconded. Not saying I can do much better, but somebody can. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.211.59.123 (talk) 20:45, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
WP:POINT violation
As per: http://www.helium.com/tm/124237
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On the morning of 8th January, 2007 I made the following two changes on Wikipedia: 1. On its page for existentialism, I changed the first sentence from "Existentialism is a philosophical movement that deals with human freedom" to "Existentialism is a philosophical movement that deals with human existence". 2. On its page for Sigrid Undset, in the first sentence I changed the year when she got Nobel prize in literature from 1928 (correct) to 1927 (incorrect). Both changes were reverted on January 12. The first change is certainly more involved. As far as I know, it is misleading to say that existentialism deals with human freedom. It deals with human freedom also. But this is not the first sentence one writes on the topic. (Indeed, the whole article in wikipedia is unsatisfactory. I would definitely prefer this article on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.) Of course, what I wrote is more misleading. But surely, thousands of people since 8th January have read the first sentence and retained only that confusing piece of information.The second is more straightforward. It alarms me that no one has corrected it yet. A Google search on Sigrid Undet returns the Wikipedia page as the third result. Many people would click on this ahead of the first two results. It is conceivable that lots of people have looked at this page in the last five days and went away with the wrong information. A little bit of checking (indeed, even reading the Wikipedia page till the end) would correct them. But of course few people would actually check. This is the crux of the Wikipedia phenomenon: it pays no attention to the matter of expertise.[1] |
The changes were made by anon 128.206.48.17 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)[2]
signed: Travb (talk) 17:28, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
The biography is plagarized
Most of the biographical section is plagarized from an article by Gidske Anderson found at the following URL: http://www.reisenett.no/norway/facts/culture_science/sigrid_undset.html Haddison (talk) 20:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Original Research/Very Poor Quality
This page is loaded with original research and commentary. The writing style also is in need of a serious overhaul, as well as the layout (ex: the divorce section mentions nothing about a divorce). I wouldn't be suprised if this page needs a complete overhaul.