Comments on: The Wikipedia Reading Club: Jackie Robinson http://dlewis.net/2010/03/19/the-wikipedia-reading-club-jackie-robinson/ Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:29:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Remainders in Light The Wikipedian http://dlewis.net/2010/03/19/the-wikipedia-reading-club-jackie-robinson/comment-page-1/#comment-162 » Remainders in Light The Wikipedian Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:54:58 +0000 http://dlewis.net/?p=137#comment-162 [...] not, takes notes and offers thoughts for others to comment upon. His first two are John Adams and Jackie Robinson. Those are both quality articles; he’d do best to stick with top-quality [...] [...] not, takes notes and offers thoughts for others to comment upon. His first two are John Adams and Jackie Robinson. Those are both quality articles; he’d do best to stick with top-quality [...]

]]> By: Dan Lewis http://dlewis.net/2010/03/19/the-wikipedia-reading-club-jackie-robinson/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Dan Lewis Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:36:55 +0000 http://dlewis.net/?p=137#comment-140 Agreed. I'm trying to pick topics which are bigger than the one-liner<br>for which they're known, and have a bigger application to the world at<br>large. Adams and Robinson were honestly easy picks.<br><br>For my next topic? I have no idea :). But please pick one and start<br>the conversation on your blog (or somewhere). I'll be certain to<br>join! Agreed. I'm trying to pick topics which are bigger than the one-liner
for which they're known, and have a bigger application to the world at
large. Adams and Robinson were honestly easy picks.

For my next topic? I have no idea :) . But please pick one and start
the conversation on your blog (or somewhere). I'll be certain to
join!

]]> By: Chris Wuestefeld http://dlewis.net/2010/03/19/the-wikipedia-reading-club-jackie-robinson/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Chris Wuestefeld Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:33:10 +0000 http://dlewis.net/?p=137#comment-138 I have to start off by noting that I'm not at all a sports fan, knowing next to nothing about the details of the baseball history and Mr. Robinson himself.<br><br>But even without an interest in baseball, reading this makes the tapestry of history a bit richer. The way Robinson's life weaves not just through sports (touching on football and even tangentially on boxing), but also the broad civil rights movement, the national political picture, and even the world of business, makes ones view of those topics a bit more vivid.<br><br>Might I suggest that next time you diversify outside the domain of biography? I have to start off by noting that I'm not at all a sports fan, knowing next to nothing about the details of the baseball history and Mr. Robinson himself.

But even without an interest in baseball, reading this makes the tapestry of history a bit richer. The way Robinson's life weaves not just through sports (touching on football and even tangentially on boxing), but also the broad civil rights movement, the national political picture, and even the world of business, makes ones view of those topics a bit more vivid.

Might I suggest that next time you diversify outside the domain of biography?

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