Talk:Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy/Archive 1

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Created

Created new article on this book about freedom of speech and censorship.

Still in the process of additional research.

Exhausted sources from database archive NewsBank, next on to LexisNexis.

Cheers,

— Cirt (talk) 08:43, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Notices posted

Posted notices about this new article creation, to the following talk pages:

— Cirt (talk) 09:00, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Nominated for GA

I've nominated this article for review at WP:GAN as a candidate for Good Article quality.

Cheers,

— Cirt (talk) 10:48, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Drive-by comment

I was perusing through the GAN list like I normally do, and the last sentence of the lead really confused me: "American Book Review criticized the author's objectivity and her absolute take on the freedom of speech rights afforded U.S. citizens by the First Amendment."

What I take that sentence to mean is that American Book Review criticized the author for being objective, rather than criticizing her for not being objective. I don't think that's what you're trying to say here. How about "cast doubt on her objectivity", "questioned her objectivity", "criticized the author's lack of objectivity", or something along those lines?

Also, I'm also confused by what her "absolute take" on the First Amendment means. I assume the review in question thinks she indiscriminately believes that the First Amendment is sacrosanct in all circumstances. Perhaps something along the lines of "American Book Review criticizes her for believing that the right to free speech is always more important than the public interest" would be clearer. AmericanLemming (talk) 07:59, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Done, copy edited, per above suggestion, thank you. — Cirt (talk) 15:57, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Additonal book reviews

Book reviews

Buck, Richard M. (January 1994). "Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy". Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom. 43: 9–10. ISSN 0028-9485.
Greenberg, Cory (1993/1994). "Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy". New York University Review of Law & Social Change. 20: 684–686. ISSN 0048-7481. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Kalman, Judy Zeprun (September 1996). "Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy". Massachusetts Law Review. 81: 136–137. ISSN 0163-1411.
Karlin, Oliver (December 1993/January 1994). "Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy". SIECUS Report. 22: 25–26. ISSN 0091-3995. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Riddell, Jennifer L. (October 1994). "Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy". New Art Examiner. 22: 52–53. ISSN 0886-8115.
Sennett, Richard (July 1994). "Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy". Contemporary Sociology. 23: 487–487. ISSN 0094-3061.

Might try to track down text of some of these above book reviews. I was able to find the full citations for them, but not the actual texts of the reviews, yet. — Cirt (talk) 09:12, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Of the lot, the only one that appears to be digitized is the last one, on JSTOR (link). Give the rest a go in your library and I'll bat cleanup for those you can't find

czar ♔ 06:45, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Okay sounds good, thank you! — Cirt (talk) 06:46, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Promoted to GA quality

This article had a GA review and was successfully promoted to WP:GA quality. Review is at Talk:Sex, Sin, and Blasphemy: A Guide to America's Censorship Wars/GA1. — Cirt (talk) 03:24, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Requested Copy Edit

I've requested a copy edit for this article from the Guild of Copy Editors, more info at WP:GOCE. — Cirt (talk) 19:11, 2 May 2014 (UTC)