Talk:History of modernisation theory

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Rjensen in topic Essay like

Sources for the lead section and first two paragraphs edit

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had any credible sources for the lead section of this article as well as the first two paragraphs under the first section titled "Earliest expressions of the theory"? Thank you. Biancaromulo (talk) 08:13, 25 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

Awhile ago I added the citation for Gilman into this article, does it fit well with the piece as a whole? It is about Condorcet and his influence on economic and social development Andydettinger (talk) 06:41, 7 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Essay like edit

This appears to be a reflection on one or more authors' ideas about Modernization theory. Perhaps it could find a home in that article? Otherwise, perhaps it could be written to describe an established idea in (and not to synthesize a new idea from) literature in sociology. Cnilep (talk) 03:32, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

In Wikipedia "essay like" means a lack of citations, which is not the case here. Rjensen (talk) 04:07, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
In Wikipedia {{no footnotes}} or {{refimprove}} mean lack of citations; {{essay-like}} means "written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic." In my opinion, that is the case here. You may, of course, disagree, but in principle you should not remove maintenance templates until the issue is remedied. If there is general consensus that this article has no problems, that is fine. If it is just the two of us disagreeing, though, there may be more work to be done. Cnilep (talk) 05:21, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
please specify what are the original ideas included in the article that are not connected with published scholars who originated them? Rjensen (talk) 19:52, 12 May 2021 (UTC)Reply