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 @.  I notice that, back in April 2013, you placed Faust navboxes on a lot of articles, including this one.  Speaking specifically of this article, that navbox doesn't belong here.  For one thing, nothing in the article mentions the Faustian story.  And even if a reliable critical source did make the connection between Faust and the instant story, the better approach would be to quote that source in the article and blue-link the word ""Faust"" (thus allowing the interested reader to click through to learn more).  There is no question that Bloch's story is a pact-with-the-devil story but, as things stand right now, it is nothing more than unsourced opinion that links the instant story to Faust.  I intend to delete the navbox and to modify the lead paragraph to state that this is a pact-with-the-devil story (and blue link that adjective to the article on Deal with the devil).  But before I do that, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on the matter.    "