Talk:Timothy Tow

Publication list
I agree that it needs to be pruned. I looked him up on Worldcat, but I don't know if those results (sorted by "relevance") are ordered in any particular way. The top seven are: The top cited results on Google Scholar are The two "Theology for every Christian" books seem to be the same, by the way? Are they merely different editions? StAnselm (talk) 04:25, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Has God a plan for your life?
 * 2) Son of a mother's vow
 * 3) Theology for every Christian
 * 4) The story of my Bible-Presbyterian faith
 * 5) Disciples of McIntire
 * 6) Prophets of fire and water
 * 7) William C. Burns 1815-1868 : grandfather of Bible-Presbyterians
 * 1) John Sung my teacher
 * 2) The Asian Awakening
 * 3) The Law of Moses & of Jesus
 * 4) A Theology for Every Christian
 * 5) William C. Burns 1815-1868: Grandfather of Bible-Presbyterians


 * Just curious, is there a rule in Wiki that says the full list cannot be displayed? Or is it a heuristic to display only the more famous works? In any case, that is an interesting search you did there. Although I don't think Google's citation counts are accurate, it seems to be pretty close to predicting the popularity of the books. The 2 are similar but the 2007 theology book would be a better one. Perhaps you can put Google's 5 under publications and Son of a mother's vow (his autobiography) as further reading. Bpc.sg (talk) 08:28, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Including a complete list of somebody's works is usually only done if the person is so important, that anything he ever wrote is considered notable (for example: Nobel Prize for Literature winners, Einstein, Darwin, etc). Tow is not in this category. Hence, for all other biographies, we include a selection of the most important works. To make a selection, we need some independent criteria (i.e., something better than "I think these are the most important"). That can be the number of libraries holding a copy of a book (rarely done and Worldcat is often unreliable) or, more often, the numbers of citations to a book (as determined by using a citation index, often GScholar or GBooks for convenience). Including an autobiography under "further reading" is absolutely appropriate. --Randykitty (talk) 08:49, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks good now. Well done to all of us. StAnselm (talk) 19:01, 22 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks User:StAnselm and Randykitty for the advice! Bpc.sg (talk) 23:40, 22 September 2015 (UTC)