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It's a rare case isn't it? Maybe it's helpful to compare this with painting. The template for
Rembrandt or any other old painter probably includes works that have now been stolen or have been destroyed (one Rembrandt was stolen from a Boston museum in 1990). These works would still have to be listed
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Too bad we can't get together over a cup or glass of the liquid of our choice -- or maybe a bowl of fish chowder! But I think we on this page have reached a working consensus. I will go ahead with the changes in the
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But you are surely right that this is fuzzy and maybe even fussy. So would it be ok to add Travel to the
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I agree with MackyBeth that it might be appropriate to put Isle in some other category than "Novel," but the category is already is "fuzzy," (as noted in the discussion above, "Edit Template Herman Melville"). Of those in the category, Moby Dick is the first which which can be unequivocally
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just the working title of a short piece that was published under a different name. The template wrongly suggest facts where there is only assumption and suspicion. "The works of Herman Melville" should really only include the works we are sure of.
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Hi CH. Wow it does my heart good to see some real interesting discussion generated in the Melville wiki-world. To the point: please define Travel Literature for me. Does it have to be a true depiction of things that actually happened? If not,
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The template is for navigation and people looking for works by Melville are likely to also want a way to navigate to this article. The word "lost" might be amended but we shouldn't break the navigation by entirely removing the link.
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procedures could disappear from either. To make matters worse, I now have read a little more and think that even "purported" is too strong and that "possible" more accurately reflects the range of Reliable Sources.
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