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This article is within Category:University book publishers and listed at List of university presses but what university is this press affiliated with? Moody Bible Institute according to its lead is not a university but "a Christian institution of higher education". If it is not a university, MP is not a university press. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 20:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
That's more like it: we're talking about whether Moody is a university. I already said, right at the start, I don't know what counts as a university in the US. I just notice that Moody's Wikipedia page doesn't mention that it is a university, as opposed for example to MIT's page. In fact there's a box at the bottom, Colleges and universities in metropolitan Chicago, which clearly categorises Moody as "College granting bachelor's degrees and above" but NOT a "University". Is that box wrong? If so, it should be corrected. If not, then Moody Publishers is not a university press. I'm not really sure what the confusion is. Quietbritishjim ( talk) 17:55, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
It doesn't have a liberal arts college, it has a college that has some courses in some liberal arts, focussed towards religion, as is its urban studies work. We can't call it a university, which is what I thought you were trying to do. Now I don't understand - you seem to be both trying to say it qualifies as a university and that it doesn't have to be a university to be a university press. Dougweller ( talk) 20:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
The second paragraph of the article, making an unjustified use of the passive voice, says that the "vision" of Dwight Moody founded the subject firm.
Indeed? How did that "vision" found anything? Did Moody himself found it? Or did someone else do so with the encouragement or inspiration of Dwight?
The attached page is supposed to be an article in an encyclopedia, not a piece of marketing fluff containing dreamy expressions and fuzzy generalities.
Already I have enough items on my do list, and I'm not intensely interested in the Moody world, so I prefer not to start researching that matter myself.
However, since others do care about that subject, I strongly encourage one of you or them to find out and fill in.
Also I likewise strongly encourage the use of the active voice, following a simple template: "Blank founded blank by ...."
Please recall that the active voice is usually much more preferable than the passive voice.
Best wishes,
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This article is within Category:University book publishers and listed at List of university presses but what university is this press affiliated with? Moody Bible Institute according to its lead is not a university but "a Christian institution of higher education". If it is not a university, MP is not a university press. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 20:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
That's more like it: we're talking about whether Moody is a university. I already said, right at the start, I don't know what counts as a university in the US. I just notice that Moody's Wikipedia page doesn't mention that it is a university, as opposed for example to MIT's page. In fact there's a box at the bottom, Colleges and universities in metropolitan Chicago, which clearly categorises Moody as "College granting bachelor's degrees and above" but NOT a "University". Is that box wrong? If so, it should be corrected. If not, then Moody Publishers is not a university press. I'm not really sure what the confusion is. Quietbritishjim ( talk) 17:55, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
It doesn't have a liberal arts college, it has a college that has some courses in some liberal arts, focussed towards religion, as is its urban studies work. We can't call it a university, which is what I thought you were trying to do. Now I don't understand - you seem to be both trying to say it qualifies as a university and that it doesn't have to be a university to be a university press. Dougweller ( talk) 20:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
The second paragraph of the article, making an unjustified use of the passive voice, says that the "vision" of Dwight Moody founded the subject firm.
Indeed? How did that "vision" found anything? Did Moody himself found it? Or did someone else do so with the encouragement or inspiration of Dwight?
The attached page is supposed to be an article in an encyclopedia, not a piece of marketing fluff containing dreamy expressions and fuzzy generalities.
Already I have enough items on my do list, and I'm not intensely interested in the Moody world, so I prefer not to start researching that matter myself.
However, since others do care about that subject, I strongly encourage one of you or them to find out and fill in.
Also I likewise strongly encourage the use of the active voice, following a simple template: "Blank founded blank by ...."
Please recall that the active voice is usually much more preferable than the passive voice.
Best wishes,
Doc –
DocRushing (
talk) 18:11, 22 March 2014 (UTC).