User talk:WGoldfarb

Please Don't Make Unjust Edits
Your edit on Treaty of Tripoli was inappropriate.

The author that you tried to edit out and discredit is described as "John Eidsmoe holds five degrees in law, theology, and political science. He currently serves as professor of constitutional law and related subjects at the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University, Montgomery, Alabama," and "A constitutional attorney and lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, he has also taught church history and other subjects in various seminaries and has produced a twelve-part video series titled The Institute on the Constitution. His other books include The Christian Legal Advisor, God and Caesar, and Columbus and Cortez."

This person is a valid source on the matter. The books produced by Random House and Oxford are also produced by world credible sources. David L. Holmes's The Faiths of the Founding Fathers is a highly regarded book, also written by another highly regarded scholar of the field.

The final book, On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding, by Michael Novak, is also a highly regarded and highly published writer on religion and its interactions with the government.

I would kindly ask for you to actually look up who you are dismissing as illegitimate sources when Wikipedia establishes them as credible as with the academic community as a whole. Ottava Rima (talk) 04:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The citations lack any page references and furthermore they claim a fact that is not, in reality, a fact. It also has nothing to do with the Treaty of Tripoli. WGoldfarb (talk) 21:51, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1. Wikipedia does not require page citations unless its a direct quote. 2. The premise of these books deal with the founding fathers and what their original decisions were, and the Treaty of Tripoli comes up in each, since that is one of the biggest issues of contention. 3. Each side of an issue must be described based on how much writing is on each side. You cannot legitimately remove those links or you are turning the back into a biased piece. They meet Wikipedia standards. Please cease before you violate the 3RRs. Thank you. 75.104.140.74 (talk) 02:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)