Talk:Ichabod Crane

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The contents of the Ichabod Crane page were merged into The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on 12/5/23. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history.

This article was nominated for merging on 11/25/23. The result of the discussion was merge under WP:SILENCE.

The idea that Crane's most distinctive feature is his mode of worship (rather than, say, anything at all mentioned in the first paragraph of "Role in story") and that he is the "most celebrated Covenanter in all of literature" is a bit much. It is verifiable that Caleb Stegall wrote this, although just barely (the journal is held in just four libraries according to WorldCat). The question, however, is whether stating an attorney's opinion on a piece of literature, published in an obscure venue not known for fact-checking statements about literature, gives that opinion undue weight. The fact that Stegall is notable as an attorney doesn't mean that his opinion is appropriate for this article. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 14:53, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's hardly undue weight when there are no other sources indicating Crane's role in the story. Who is to say that Stegall's idea is a bit much? In any case, according to his WP article, Stegall is not just an attorney, but also a writer who work appears in a bunch of magazines and journals. StAnselm (talk) 20:57, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the word "covenanter" does not appear in the story, nor does it say that he approved only of psalms as prayer. Meanwhile, you can say that Irving focuses more on his vanity, his ungainly appearance, his sniveling personality, etc. I am saying that this article is too minor to warrant a mention. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 01:10, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The essay (which I've read, of course), bases its argument in part on the fact that Washington Irving was raised in the Covenanting tradition. This is missing from the Irving article on WP, but David Jayne Hill says there was "Scotch Covenanters' blood in his veins." StAnselm (talk) 02:04, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, we're getting into the question of whether the claim is true. The question of whether Irving's having Covenanter blood in his veins suffices to establish that Crane was a Covenanter, let alone that he was celebrated for being a Covenanter, let alone that he is the most celebrated Covenanter in all of literature, despite there being no mention of his being a Covenanter in the story, is admittedly beside the point. My point is that such a claim, in such a small venue, does not warrant a mention in this article. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 04:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]