ooh thanks i've been avoiding article work at the mo as i can't entirely trust that my judgment is sound and i'm happier with making unholy messes in talk space than in article space heh i think the fact that alexander's ba thesis is quoted by other rs's so alexander himself is considered to be reliable as in expert on the subject by others of similar distinction bearing in mind that his ma or at least large chunks of it is available reliably at cited by others i would think that would give sufficient oomph to his standing i can't imagine any but the most obsessively nit picking and counter productive editors would then question alexander's reliability at least i sincerely hope they wouldn't i still haven't done that painting yet though it's becoming clearer in my mind day on day talk