Talk:Scott Soames

message: I just expanded on this article a bit.  However, it can still use some expansion, especially in the Work section, which is supposed to be the heart of the article on a philosopher. - Jaymay 20:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What you did helped, but these philosophy articles about modern philosophers are often very thin.  One really wants to know what they said that makes them famous on the topics they claim to be experts on, and to see secondary sources (aside from school newspapers) mentioning their importance.  But good on you for trying - I'm trying to, but it's very hard going.  There are about 500 articles on living academic philosophers that are in this state, while the articles to which their names are linked are often in disarray.  Let me know if I can help in any way - I love philosophy and think it deserves better treatment on Wikipedia.--Levalley (talk) 02:58, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Expansion

message: There are a lot of passive constructions claiming Prof. Soames is well-known or famous and not nearly enough citations from secondary literature showing that others in his field say the same thing.--Levalley (talk) 02:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Secondary sources and inline citations 

message: If the book is in the bibliography, but the article can't find anything to say about it, merely mentioning that it exists in the main article (or when it was written) is redundant.  Very redundant.  Adding language like "written in the middle of his career" doesn't help any.  Say why the book was important, or just leave it to the bibliography.  Content, not just redundancy.--Levalley (talk) 07:04, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merely repeating that a book has been published is redundant 

message: So let's make sure his article makes sense.  Merely listing his works again, does not make sense.  Each work must contain important ideas and concepts, which need to be pulled out and linked (on Wikipedia) to existing important ideas and concepts.  It would be better to have a section about Soames's ideas, then just put his works in the reference section, that to have sentences like "He wrote a book...." regardless of how the sentence ends.--Levalley (talk) 07:10, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soames seems to be have good notability on several fronts 

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