Talk:William Colgate

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"His sons Samuel Colgate and James Boorman Colgate were beneficiaries of the seminary..." - Beneficiaries or benefactors ?

Cutandpaste[edit]

I've reverted to a previous version, removing a paragraph which appears to have been cut-and-pasted from here, which leads to copyright questions, if nothing else. Cheers, Lindsay^Hi 17:16, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cut and paste #2[edit]

In the history section, it says "he gave the following account to the writer of this sketch". Colgate died in 1857 and this is in fact coming from the first external link of the article. I guess it should be rewritten.85.1.37.174 (talk) 12:26, 27 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the external link may have, in turn, copied the text from Everts's 1883 The Baptist Encyclopaedia. That would make the text public domain. We should credit the original source, but have no obligation to rewrite it. Pburka (talk) 13:45, 27 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. What do you think of removing the words "to the writer of this sketch"? This is to not surprise the reader as to the author/date of the article.85.1.37.174 (talk) 23:51, 28 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead. I have no opinion on the quality of the article, just on its legality. Pburka (talk) 01:01, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism?[edit]

Most of this article seems to have been copied from this web page: http://www.reformedreader.org/colgate.htm

I would suggest that the article needs a complete re-write, with large sections deleted due to copyright violations. Much of the (copied) text is rather archaic in tone in any case. There is an air of hagiography about it, too.

Marchino61 (talk) 04:10, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Biblica Inc[edit]

I cannot find mention of Colgate's founding of Biblica. I think that is noteable. Nikolaih^☎️📖 20:50, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

When to New York?[edit]

The anecdotal quote in "Personal life" states that he went to New York City at the age of 16 looking for work. That would have been in 1799, but the "Career" section has him going to New York in 1804, when he would have been 21. I also agree with Marchino61 on the hagiographical bent of the "Personal life" section -- I understand Wikipedia articles are supposed to be objective and neutral as concerns religious or political matters but this sounds like a sermon. Death Bredon (talk) 20:06, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]