Talk:Walking (Thoreau)

Original research cleanup
This article appears to contain a lot of original research, and no citations. It may even have been copied wholesale from a student essay; the "(Thoreau 1)" MLA style references left in the body text are rather suggestive of this.

I'd like to help cleanup this article when I have time. Suggestions welcome.

68.117.245.236 (talk) 08:35, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Too long?
The entire entry is too long and too subjective, especially the Historical Setting section.David notMD (talk) 15:49, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Having written on this essay, I entirely agree with your comments. As someone else has commented, this has many marks of being a student's essay or research paper, or the like. But I do not know the etiquette for shortening a piece. I have done edits before, but here, several sections need major work. Who decides when major surgery is necessary and then does it? Thanks for any guidance or comments. Richmilne (talk) 05:54, 17 January 2018 (UTC)