User talk:HisTruthsetsfree

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Noah's Ark
Your contribution had some rather odd aspects - for instance, a large part of it was spent retelling the story of Noah's Ark in detail again, which isn't really "in Christian tradition" so much as a summary of the primary source. By that part of the article, knowledge of the basic story should be taken as read - if you think that it hasn't been explained in enough detail, then the details should really be added to the original description, not there. Also, you really do need to give sources for these kind of things - the works, people, and so on that led to this interpretation - just saying that "founding fathers believed" without saying which, and without naming the important works tends to lessen the amount of information. As well, "founding fathers" is, perhaps, a term not as well-known as people who know about early Christianity would think. Also, there were minor problems with tone - basically, and I hate to say this - it was obvious you thought it was really important, but for an encyclopædia, you have to balance showing why something is interesting and important with not explicitly saying so. Basically, try to interest people with fascinating facts and direct quotes from excellent writers of antiquity, and so on, but write it for a layman, and try to use a slightly more detached voice. Don't worry too much about tone, though - this is a collaborative project, and people can fix that if you get the rest right.

I think you have some good ideas, but they aren't quite ready for prime time, as they say - discuss them on the talk page (Talk:Noah's Ark, give some sources, and I'm sure that things'll get sorted out soon. Adam Cuerden talk 04:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Have a read through the whole article. I think that most of what you want to say would be better placed in the "narrative" section; the bit about the founding fathers all believing in it probably needs a cited source, as, while I have no doubt it's probably true, absolute statements do need some evidence. Adam Cuerden talk 05:04, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Note
Just a polite warning - there were several IPs - unregistered users - vandalising Noah's Ark. Unfortunately, the way that protection works, you might be unable to edit it for a day or two until you've been registered for... I think it's four days. Please realise that this has nothing to do with you or your edits. Adam Cuerden talk 19:55, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ignore that. I found a better solution that won't affect you as well. Adam Cuerden talk 20:09, 4 December 2007 (UTC)