Talk:The Catholic Church and Conversion
 | This article was nominated for deletion on 3 May 2025. The result of the discussion was keep. |
Contested deletion
[edit]This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement. The wording has been changed now, except Chesterton's quotes. --Terot (talk) 10:00, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
Suggestions
[edit]Here are some things I recommend:
- A background section would be very helpful here. While the book does likely touch upon Chesterton's own experiences with conversion, the book doesn't appear to be autobiographical - meaning that the book isn't about his conversion but rather his views on conversion and Catholicism in general. So to this end, a general section about Chesterton's religious upbringing, his conversion, and his general beliefs of the Catholic Church (and if they changed, how they changed) would be reasonable to have here.
- This needs more of a summary of the book itself. The article gives off the impression that you're writing this without reading the book - something I can absolutely sympathize with. Many of the book and film articles I've created or worked upon have been for things I haven't read or seen myself. If we can cobble together more of a summary, that would be good. It'd probably be long work regardless of if you pull from sourcing or read the book, so a general gist is OK here.
- A release section. Basically, when it was published, by whom, if it was republished, and so on.
- A reception section. Your comment at AfD gives off the impression that there might have been some controversy or critics of this book or Chesterton's work on Catholicism as a whole. If there has been (that mentions this book specifically) then that would be invaluable to have. If this has had an impact on Chesterton or anyone else, a legacy section could be worked into this if it's not large enough for its own section. Offhand this lecture by Dale Ahlquist would be invaluable for this one.
I'll try to add to this a bit. Offhand I'm not as big on editing in religion related topics as I once was, unless it's more fiction based, but I'm willing to chip in a bit here. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 20:18, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- That sounds very good. I listened the book as audiobook to get a general impression, and it contains some autobiographical details, but mostly it is written much like an essay, with Chesterton's usual style. (Terot (talk) 21:03, 3 May 2025 (UTC))