Talk:Marvin Meyer

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Marv Meyer is a scholar who is highly regarded in the field of religion for his research and writing in the areas on Gnosticism, Mystery Religions, and ancient magic. He translated the Gospel of Thomas and the recently re-discovered Gospel of Judas. For these reasons alone, he should have a Wikipedia entry.

I'll try to improve the sourcing on this.

In the meantime, though, I'd like to know: are *all* website impermissible as sources, or only some? I looked at the page about verifiability at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability. Some of the language is a little vague: It states: "Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy."

But how do you define those key terms: reliable, third-party, published? What is the standard for reliability? So long as the person hasn't written the piece themselves, is it third-party? And does "published" only refer to print sources, or can it refer to items published on the web?

I think the source I cited fulfills the first two requirements: It would be against Chapman University's interest to post inaccurate information about this scholar. And the article I cite is third-party isn't it, since it isn't Marv Meyer's first-person account? However, how do you determine the reputation of a source for fact-checking and accuracy -- is there some bright line test?

I'll see if I can find info on him in print resources, while I await an answer to that question!

Hyperion357 21:06, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Newspaper Print Sources
I'm doing some digging, and trying to supplant the statements from his official bio with information available from such major newspapers as the New York Times, LA Times and Washington Post. Hyperion357 22:23, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Marv. Meyer can turn water in wine, just like Jesus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.211.148.66 (talk) 05:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC)