Talk:The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

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'Mixed reviews' vs. 'mostly positive reviews'[edit]

Could we have a discussion here on which is appropriate to describe the book's reviews? From the reviews I looked up, the majority appear to be positive; however, they seem to come from ideologically similar organizations. Any thoughts? Michipedian (talk) 21:31, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To avoid original research, the ideal thing is to repeat an assessment from a neutral secondary source about the character of the reviews. Unfortunately, that isn't likely to be available anytime soon, if ever, for a book like this. (Maybe if Epstein becomes really famous, some future academic will write an overview of his works.) In the absence of that, we should be cautious. If the mix of reviews is really obvious as being overwhelmingly positive or overwhelmingly negative, then we could venture to state an overall direction. If it isn't that obvious, then the best thing is not to summarize it. Just say this review said X and that review said Y; or say these were positive reviews, those were negative reviews. Looks like something along those lines is the current state of the article (as of this posting). --RL0919 (talk) 20:53, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense. Thanks! —Michipedian (talk) 23:45, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]