User talk:Scottdaidi

Nostromo
I removed your external link on the Nostromo article. The guideline on external links has a section of links normally to avoid. #11 on the list is links to people's personal websites. The link went to a subpage of http://www.crholguin.com/ This is a someone's personal website. Also the posts on the help desk also describe this as original research. Original research is not allowed in articles, I realize you didn't put original research in the article, but your personal opinions of the book should be published somewhere else first and then after others review your work then the information might be appropriate. Hope you understand, if not leave your concerns here and I will try to explain further. You can go back to the help desk and ask there again or on the article's talk page. GB fan (talk) 21:29, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, here's what I don't understand. I have done academic work that no other person has done concerning the sources of Conrad's novel Nostromo. What if some other person wants to learn of the similarities between Nostromo and its sources? How are they do do so if no link to this research exists? My "personal opinions" of Nostromo are not directly involved in this research; it is a factual comparison between novel and source. It was first published as a masters thesis at a major University(BYU-1966.) If adding this as an external link is not appropriate, then what method of sharing this work through Wikipedia would be appropriate? If I understand correctly, Wikipedia should be a resource for scholars and interested readers to obtain knowledge on specialized subjects. I am trying to provide knowledge on a subject that very few people have investigated. Scottdaidi (talk) 19:50, 20 April 2011 (UTC)