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Renowned novelist Philip Roth corrected a mistake about the book written on Wikipedia. To his surprise, in terms encyclopedia is not source enough

What does he know about the source of inspiration for the book. Philip Roth
American novelist Philip Roth is well known throughout the world, in part thanks to Famous Books Portnoy 'what goes on' and 'be peaceful, Columbus. " But it turns out the online encyclopedia Wikipedia think he does not know all - so good himself.
Wikipedia has an article about the book "The Human Stain" Ruth encountered an error that "inspired the book is the life of the writer Anatole Breuard", when in fact the inspiration came from his biography of Professor Melvin Tomini, a friend of the writer. Ruth did not waste any time, in a state of preparation of the moving narrative and corrected that piece of information. He hardly knew Breuard While writing the book, so that it may be inspired by. Surprise - his amendment deleted when its administrator of Wikipedia gives the reason that the facility is not a reliable source of the issue. This is not a lack of understanding who they are, for the reason given is "I understand the point the author is the greatest authority on the work, but we require a second source."
Frustrated surreal events, Ruth wrote an open letter to Wikipedia's site New Magazine - Yorker. Public reference did the trick - the real inspiration grade of school Add value - with reference to the same open letter to New - Yorker - turns out it is enough to be considered as two. However, Wikipedia editors insisted further noted critics saw similarities between the novel and the life of Anatole Breuard. "