Talk:Jozias van Aartsen

Latest comment: 16 years ago by Doortmont in topic Question about letter

Question about letter edit

Would it be appropriate to quote from this letter, even though there is no official translation, or is that original research:


Thanks for answering. This article is terrible at the moment, it really needs a lot of work. Jozias van Aartsen is one of the most important figures in Dutch politics in the last decade... he definitely deserves a better article. 217.117.170.243 22:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Question about letter edit

Hi unknown,

I do not think Wiki is served with a copy in Dutch of the letter or extensive quoting from it. I think it is important to include in the article the key points with a reference to a Dutch text for fact checking V8rik 22:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

PS typing 4 tildes (~) in a row prints your name and time-of-edit.

To the anonymous user: please go ahead and improve the article if you feel it is not good enough, just make sure you keep the Wikipedia:Manual of Style into consideration. Regarding the letter, I think if the article was expanded substantially then it could play a role, but to add a lot of information about it into this stub doesn't seem like a good idea to me. jacoplane 22:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)Reply
The letter is an interesting political document. Why not translating it into English and putting it on Wikisource? In that way it becomes a reliable published source from which you can quote or to which you can refer. Michel Doortmont (talk) 14:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)Reply