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Far too long
editWikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia, not a collection of biographies. At least half of this article should be edited away. Joreberg (talk) 18:48, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- I agree it is too long and detailed. People have used his memoir to construct a blow-by-blow account of days, weeks, and months in his spiritual journey. This is inappropriate to the goal of the encyclopedia.Parkwells (talk) 13:52, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
scores?
editReally just scores of young men were influenced by his book to join monasteries? A score is 20, so scores sounds fairly paltry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.171.57 (talk) 17:47, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
changed views of his work?
editThe Seven Storey Mountain is the work of a man I have never even heard of." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Storey_Mountain Later Life and Criticism. 58.96.236.60 (talk) 13:21, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
Martyrdom?
editHas the 2018 book by Turley and Martin been discussed much in academic circles? I notice it was self-published through Amazon's CreateSpace. While it's obviously possible for a book to struggle to find a conventional publisher because of inflammatory content, but I'd like to know more about how it's been received. Is it self published because it's controversial, or because it's crankery? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:22:4000:105:1f98:781:5e07:1e8f (talk) 12:50, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- The work does appear to be self-published but I don't know the answer to your question. I do think it would help if we had stronger independent, secondary sources that refer to their work. Barring that, it probably should not be included in the article. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 19:46, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Removal of references
editI removed two references, one which is from an apparent blog (usually not seen as reliable) and the other from a fringe magazine (typically have POV issues). Please find stronger references to cite content. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 19:26, 19 July 2024 (UTC)