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Style and understanding
Latest comment: 9 years ago4 comments4 people in discussion
This sounds like it comes directly from a book or magazine article written by a U.S. author. While I don't mind at all if a U.S. author writes a book using "book style" and U.S.-specific terminology, this is the "English language Wikipedia". The English language is spoken by many more people outside the U.S. than inside, so it should not include terminology that people outside the U.S. do not understand without explanation. Things such as sophomore and major. So please, at least make it "English neutral" and at least give links to U.S.-specific terminology. But... still... any article that sounds like a book or magazine article to me and does not contain many wikilinks may be even worse than that... see Wikipedia:Copyright violations. This article sounds to me like it's a direct copy from some book or magazine. wjmt (talk) 02:20, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
I just read "In Cold Blood" and I'm pretty sure that this entry sounds like a direct paraphrasing of the portions of the book that concern Andrews; perhaps that's why it sounds like it was written by a U.S. author, namely, Truman Capote. Sarichkaa (talk) 03:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Relax. This is an article about a relatively minor US murderer who killed some US citizens and who was sentenced to death in the United States. There is nothing international about this article at all and thus it is correctly and rightfully presented in the US vernacular of the international language known as "English". It is not hard to Google "sophomore" or "Academic major" to get the gist of what is discussed. I will ensure that these terms are properly linked though to ease the reading of our brethren. If this were a major or notable case of concern to the international community then I would whole heartedly support your concern. Veriss (talk) 08:06, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
Yep. it's almost word-for-word from Capote. But Capote himself may have been citing other sources. And IMHO the language is clear enough for the average English-speaking reader, and I'm Australian. 121.44.19.209 (talk) 02:02, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Originality
Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
