User talk:Mary weber

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Berlioz edit
Hello: Your recent edits in the Berlioz article are all very well-thought-out. I would suggest that you should consider them not as minor edits}, however, as they did materially alter content. As I say, they are all improvements, but I don't think they qualify as minor. Thanks for your input! --[[User:Wspencer11|Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 11:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Berlioz page: Biography and Publications
I have been working on the biography of Hector Berlioz. I would like to reduce some of the existing information about Harriet Smithson because it overbalances her importance within the total framework of Berlioz's life, but hesitate to do so since it is someone else's work. What is your recommendation?

Which type of publication should be listed in the "Publications" section--books by Berlioz or books about him? There are many fine biographies and other types of books in print which could be included there, not to mention his five books, all still in print, of which only the Memoirs is listed.

Then there are the New Berlioz Edition and the Correspondence genèrale and soon the complete edition of his criticism. Shouldn't the first two be listed?

Where does this all end?!! Mary weber 21:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Mary. You can definitely reduce the info on Harriet Smithson, since you are correct--having too much gives undue weight to her part in the story.  Regarding the books, you can list anything:  first priority should be given to the sources from which the article was written, but then anything after that pertaining to Berlioz can be useful.  You're making great edits; please keep up the good work!  Cheers, Antandrus  (talk) 21:21, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the information, Antandrus. I will return to the editing in a few days. I have many books to add, beginning with the ones cited in the text.