User talk:Calvinerd

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Happy editing! - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:38, 18 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Calvinerd (talk) 19:51, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Christianity and Liberalism
Welcome to Wikipedia! I see we share many common interests, and I look forward to working with you. I note that you started an article on Christianity and Liberalism but your edits got reverted. Don't be discouraged - it is certainly a notable book, it just needs to be demonstrated. This can include some quotes about it as well as responses to it. These articles might help: StAnselm (talk) 16:39, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the encouragement! I'll try to take a look at these articles and see if I can expand the entry a bit more. :) Calvinerd (talk) 17:24, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * How do you recommend using these articles? SIs the idea to work though them looking for ways to further describe C&L (naturally citing them as sources)? Calvinerd (talk) 18:28, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I'd love to hear your thoughts on the updates I've made now. Unfortunately, they're not very structured. Preferably, the article would be a more systematic analysis of the book, but I threw together notes on a couple areas of intrest. Thoughts? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Christianity_and_Liberalism#A_form_of_Lewis%27s_Trilemma Calvinerd (talk) 18:39, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * First of all, article talk pages are not for drafts. You should be drafting it in User:Calvinerd/sandbox. Secondly, while you have demonstrated the connection between Machen and Fosdick (using the Todd article), you haven't cited anyone to support the connection between Machen and Lewis. Thirdly, I tend to start my articles off small: it needs some secondary sources proving its notability, but a discussion of the similiarities and differences to the Trilemma are best left to a more advanced stage of the article's development. StAnselm (talk) 21:33, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @StAnselm ah. ok. unfortunately now I can't move my draft out of talk right now, but I will do that soon. Calvinerd (talk) 21:57, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * In terms of a citation connecting Machen an Lewis, I thought the quote from the book clearly related them. I don't have another source that points that out. I could look for a connection between the two though. Calvinerd (talk) 17:42, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, we need a secondary source connecting the two, otherwise it is "original research". This book review does so, but as a blog post it is not considered a "reliable source". StAnselm (talk) 22:28, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It looked like you gave up on it, so I wrote the article for you. StAnselm (talk) 20:24, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @StAnselm ok. cool. I took a look. Nice work! Calvinerd (talk) 21:55, 12 June 2023 (UTC)