User talk:Swigeus

Carl Vigeland
Hi Swigeus. You deleted all of the dates from this article, indicating in your comment that they're confusing. Can you elaborate on why they're confusing? Pburka (talk) 22:41, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

misleading was perhaps a better word, as in the abundance of dates in such a relatively short item overwhelms the actual content--to which, btw, I made several corrections that have since disappeared Swigeus (talk) 14:49, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Swigeus. I reverted all of your edits as they did not appear to be constructive. I don't see how removing dates makes the article better. Surely precise information is preferable to vague information, and isn't misleading in any way. Furthermore, this article is very poorly referenced. The references don't support any of the biographical information, only the bibliography. If you wish to correct misinformation, I strongly advise you to include references to WP:reliable sources to support your changes. As it is, most of the biographical information should simply be deleted as it isn't verifiable in the references provided. Pburka (talk) 16:33, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

ok, thanks, I see what you mean about the dates, though there seems no reason to repeat twice the date of the author's birth; I will go back and check and then cite better sources, but there is no reason not to accept my change in the first paragraph about the subjects of this author's work, which is certainly verifiable from the list of books already cited; what had been written before and is still there, since you reverted to it, was I believe redone by someone in your office and is at best an incomplete gloss. Swigeus (talk) 15:40, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Someone in my office? I don't work for Wikipedia. I'm an unpaid editor, just like you. Pburka (talk) 17:00, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

my bad, am still new to this; but back to my two points--no reason to give birthdates twice, it seems to me, and the changes i had made to describe his writing were an improvement, and all attributable in his books Swigeus (talk) 15:49, 10 July 2012 (UTC)