Talk:Bibliography of works on Jehovah's Witnesses
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Not an article edit
Lists of sources about a topic are not article content. If you want the list, save it to your own computer.
Consistency edit
While a balanced list with authoritative entries is the first priority, having all the publications in a consistent format is something that should be done. Probably best to use the {{cite}} template family. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 19:39, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
By or about edit
The articles title is somewhat diffuse, as it isn't clear if it is a bibliography by or about JW, unless you're actually reading the article. Grrahnbahr (talk) 13:20, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
References for list edit
Alan Liefting removed my citations, stating that "A biblio entry does not need a ref." True, it does not need a reference to prove that it exists, but there are other concerns. First, a list must satisfy the notability criteria for stand-alone lists, and one way (perhaps the only way) to demonstrate notability is to provide reliable third-party references that establish the notability of this list as a list per WP:LISTN. Also, the manual of style for stand-alone lists requires that a list should have selection criteria; otherwise it is indiscriminate. One common form of selection criteria for topic bibliographies is to require that each entry be in more than one of the third-party references. That is why I provided the citations. I am going to restore them, and anyone who wishes to remove them should clearly state how they intend to satisfy the notability requirements and avoid being indiscriminate. RockMagnetist (talk) 18:21, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
The selection criteria should be explicitly stated in the lead. I have made a suggestion above (each entry found in multiple bibliographies), but I have not added it yet because I don't know how well it will work. I added the Bergman bibliography to the citations for the list, but I don't have access to its contents. RockMagnetist (talk) 18:39, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Separate Identity edit
There are two authors for this book. The second author is R. M. de Vienne. I do not know how to add her name. Can someone help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.95.122.5 (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
Annotations edit
I would like to discuss this issue of annotations. User Dianna recently deleted all annotations indiscriminately. They made the note that book reviews are not appropriate. I suggest we add back annotations but leave out reviews. This is an annotated bibliography and it is destructive to remove all annotations. MomLife (talk) 13:22, 8 February 2020 (UTC)