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It is all a bit weasely. The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings article says it was founded by William Morris and Philip Webb, why not just say that? Morris has not been mentioned previously in the article so the reader will not know who you are talking about. Why does the Oxford Dictionary have to be in the text, it is just the reference, do we doubt what it says is true? Morris is mentioned elswhere for what? Contact between Morris and Huggins really doesn't prove that Huggins caused the formation of the society, nor does a reference to a journal that contains both their publications verify they were in contact (if that is the point being made, it is unclear, and WP:OR). What's wrong with this sentence,
SpinningSpark 00:48, 11 June 2010 (UTC) - Brilliant - add it. Victuallers ( talk) 19:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
![]() | A fact from Samuel Huggins appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
Did you know column on 10 June 2010 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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What does this mean?
It is all a bit weasely. The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings article says it was founded by William Morris and Philip Webb, why not just say that? Morris has not been mentioned previously in the article so the reader will not know who you are talking about. Why does the Oxford Dictionary have to be in the text, it is just the reference, do we doubt what it says is true? Morris is mentioned elswhere for what? Contact between Morris and Huggins really doesn't prove that Huggins caused the formation of the society, nor does a reference to a journal that contains both their publications verify they were in contact (if that is the point being made, it is unclear, and WP:OR). What's wrong with this sentence,
SpinningSpark 00:48, 11 June 2010 (UTC) - Brilliant - add it. Victuallers ( talk) 19:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)