Talk:Kirk Smeaton

Amendment to the Kirk Smeaton page
Dear All Users,

In regard to the academic paper entitled, Robin Hood, The Origins and Development of the Legend, please note that this work was initially an undergraduate dissertation research paper, and thereafter became a postgraduate Master of Arts Research thesis. The dissertation paper was acclaimed by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Leeds, and in addition to receiving a 1st Class Honors degree, was described by Professor Graham Loud of the School of History, at the University of Leeds as being 'ingenious..and in regard to the matter of identifying the origins of the legend of Robin Hood, it is at least as convincing as anything which has preceded it'. The postgraduate research paper, a 30,000 word thesis, was successfully peer reviewed by Dr Emilia Jamroziack of the School of History, Faculty of Arts at the University of Leeds, Professor Graham Loud Faculty of Arts at the University of Leeds and Professor David Crouch of the School of History, Faculty of Arts at the University of Hull, all of whom are leading medievalist historians teaching in UK institutions of Higher Education (a list of their credentials can be found online with a simple Google search).

The Research Administration Department at the University of Leeds has a hardbound copy of the original document, entitled, La' Chance, Scott A, The Origins and Development of the Legend of Robin Hood (Leeds: The University of Leeds, 2014) which has been published and copyrighted by the university in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. In due process, The Origins and Development of the Legend of Robin Hood will be transferred to the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds, where it will be made available for all UK users via requested inter-library loan. Likewise, full citation details of this work will be made available to the public when this paper is eventually electronically listed on the University of Leeds library website.

The University of Leeds is itself a leading Russell Group University, and the Russell Group

'UK research base is highly productive and has a global reputation for excellence: with less than 1% of the world’s population, the UK earns 12% of international citations and 16% of the most cited papers. This is seen as the acid test of whether research is being taken seriously'.

So, as a result of having been both peer assessed by leading medievalist historians working for Russell Group Universities, and of having been published and copyrighted under the terms of UK law by the University of Leeds Research Administration Department, the academic paper entitled, The Origins and Development of the Legend of Robin Hood is, I would suggest, fit for reference purposes on Wikipedia.

What follows is a balanced review of that academic paper, written in the third person, picking out the key points that are of relevance to the listing that it is headed under. I have listed the article on the following page because it is deemed to be of importance to the history of the township, as one will discover if one takes the time to read the article. Moreover, a full and accurate citation has been provided to the work under the heading of La' Chance, Scott. A The Origins and Development of the Legend of Robin Hood (Leeds: The University of Leeds, 2014). In consequence, the article can in no sense be considered as being malicious, and I would therefore be very grateful if you would kindly stop removing it. However, if you have an issue with either the style of the listing or the accuracy of its content, and would care to formally discuss these issues with me in a personable manner, I would be delighted to hear from you.

Yours,

Scott A La' Chance

BA Hons History, MA by Research History — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siggasonswein (talk • contribs) 11:30, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

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