Talk:Discourse on ostentation

Curious as to why the link for Chambers of the Silent goes to a Harry Potter page.

So strange I don't know what to make of it
In the introductary paragraph, "'Matthew always teached a very well known song called Avec mes sabots! All the people really likes this song.'" This appears to be out of plllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllace, but I don't trust myself enough with the content of the article to know it isn't just something I don't understand. -- midorigin 19:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Great Article
waste of time saying this i suppose, but i spend a lot of time ensuring that christianity-related articles have a scholarly voice, and this one is particularly good Youdontsmellbad (talk) 21:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This is indeed a good and well researched article.86.146.197.193 (talk) 11:53, 6 December 2008 (UTC)


 * It is extremely hard to control, because it lacks inline citations. And it reads more like an essay than an encyclopedic article on a topic, see WP:NOT. The style reminds me on the social science reports we were writing in a university level Behavioral Science course, which are specifically not fit for wikipedia. I think the article is too good to kill, it might profitably be converted to an encyclopedic article while still retaining the base pattern and reasoning, but it needs to be "factualized" by attaching citations to statements primary (bible verses) to where the texts says "jesus said this", and secondary (some academic old-guy) wherever the text claims "jesus meant that". ... said: Rursus ( m bork³ ) 10:26, 9 December 2009 (UTC)


 * And also (sorry to be cruel, guys!) that flowery write-astray paragraph starting with
 * Clothing, or rather being concerned about clothing ...
 * in section Materialism, and also (before) alluding to Seneca (!!!), is far too Essayish to be nice in this desert dry encyclopedia. That kind of writing is definately not encyclopedic. ... said: Rursus ( m bork³ ) 10:36, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Redirected from Ostensibly
Why does Ostensibly redirect to this page?

Sources?
This article is full of citation needed flags - with good reason. And although some of it is good material, much of it has become free style free thought sentences. Unless someone objects, I will trim by 50% and add some sources when needed. But this is too long and too free wheeling as is - needs WP:RS sources. History2007 (talk) 20:31, 19 June 2011 (UTC)