User talk:Mbarrieau

Aren't you going to respond to our comments on your changes to the Charles Knowlton page? Francis Bond (talk) 01:15, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I reverted the edits to a version that was less sensational. "While a medical student he was given a two month jail sentence for exhuming a corpse for the purpose of anatomical study." became "He supplemented his education by digging up and dissecting corpses." To me, it read like a tabloid scandal sheet. And I do not agree that this statement: "Knowlton married Stuart’s daughter, Tabitha, and his condition was instantly cured." is serious "scholarship" as one person commented on this page. He may have claimed marriage had cured his condition, but how can a scholar defend the language used to impart this information. Likewise, the comment about Reverend Grosvenor becoming an insurance agent. Why is that needed in an article about Charles Knowlton?

My revert was an attempt to return the article to a previous version, which in my opinion, was far superior to the tabloid trash it had become. The edits I reverted were not signed, and appeared more vandalism than improvements. You will note that I have not edited the Wikipedia entry further. MBarrieau (talk) 10:19, 13 May 2010 (UTC)