Talk:Samuel Smiles

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del Arte, Alonso. "FUSION : Although current, Wikipepedia not always reliable source of information". The South End Newspaper. March 2, 2005. [1]

History Professor Eric Ash, of Wayne State University, stated that he had looked at this article for some general information:

"Ash recalled that one time, before giving a lecture on a novel by 19th century author Samuel Smiles, he turned to Wikipedia to see if he could find some supplemental information.

"Ash said, 'Wikipedia had one screen of information. I learned he’d written other books' besides the one he was lecturing about."

Which John Rennie?

In the Biographical works section, there is the following listing:

Lives of the Engineers, Vol 2, Harbours, Lighthouses and Bridges - John Smeaton and John Rennie

Question is, which John Rennie? The link points to a disambig page, and I can't tell which one to link to: John Rennie (engineer), who designed London Bridge, or his son, John Rennie (railway engineer), who built London Bridge?

Or is it both?

Kevyn 21:10, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Its John Rennie (1761-1821), designer of the London Bridge. There was also George Rennie (1791-1866) son of John amd brother of Sir John Rennie (1794-1874), builder of the London Bridge Apwoolrich 06:45, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! Kevyn 21:11, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Self help writers category

Wikipedia has a category for "Self help writers" and also a category "British self help writers" - do people consider it appropriate for this to be placed in one of those two categories? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 23:20, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

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