User talk:Lovemesrd

Use of a self-published book as a source
Dear Lovemesrd,

Re this edit. Please provide more details. Where was the book by Stephen Duren published, and who's the publisher? Y-barton (talk) 21:08, 5 October 2013 (UTC)


 * This user has made a series of almost identical edits using the same ref on other pages . I can't find it by ISBN or at the supposed publisher's website and each edit has a different nonsensical sounding claim ("it means music and love are better than war", "chronicles an expedition to China from the West" etc.). It looks like vandalism to me, I've reverted all the edits. Tobus2 (talk) 04:58, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: I found the book . It's self-published via CreateSpace and appears to claim that all the proto-writing scripts are in fact Indus Script. The only "Duren" (Stephen or otherwise) I can find at USF is a biology student specialising in cancer research - probably not the same guy. Until we get further evidence/info I don't think we can treat this as an RS (WP:SPS would apply), and since the claims are WP:EXCEPTIONAL we'd need a number of sources before we'd include such claims anyway. Tobus2 (talk) 05:19, 6 October 2013 (UTC)