# Talk:Anthony Eden hat

Picture of hat added IXIA 21:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

This is a charming and generally well-written little article that, in my opinion, richly deserves GA status. There are only a couple of improvements necessary. There are a few too many parenthetical statements that make the article flow less smoothly than it could, and it would be good if the text could be rewritten to eliminate these. Also, while citations are present, they aren't as full as they could be. Do Brief Lives, Anthony Eden and The Eden Legacy have authors, for example? You may find Wikipedia: Citation templates of use in fixing this.
Once these issues have been dealt with, I will be happy to pass the article. MLilburne 10:36, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I must sadly concur. In the single section that I've just twiddled with, Vicky's characterization of Eden isn't made more striking by our knowledge that it was Vicky who invented Supermac: this is the kind of aside that's entirely right in a printed book but rendered unnecessary here by the hyperlinking of "Vicky". Also, Betjeman's couplet about Edward VIII is, well, about Edward VIII and not about Eden: there's something worth saying here about the fact that the famously hatted Eden was actually unhatted back in the days (or three years after the days) when such an act merited mention in a poem, but the article overdoes it a little. However, I must add that like MLilburne I greatly enjoyed reading this. -- Hoary 11:05, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
It also seems to me that there might be a little more about the fall from popularity of the Anthony Eden hat. As it is, the article ends with a quote from a Kinks song. I like the Kinks as much as the next person, but the article just trails to a halt rather than being concluded properly. MLilburne 11:10, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Have tried to improve the flow and have added some context, while remembering that this is primarily about the hat, rather than the man. I think the Betjeman ref, which I have amended, is relevant as the best known observation about hatlessness in the 1930s - relevant too because Edward VIII was another man with perceived star quality. Don't like the large quotation marks too much and so have removed. Hope this doesn't cause offence. IXIA 13:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

No, that's fine, the large quote marks are a matter of taste. The article is looking really a lot better--excellent work. However, I've noticed that there are still a lot of parenthetical statements floating around. Do you think you could do something about those? Cleaning up the parentheses would give it that final push into GA status. MLilburne 13:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
I confess I tend to take a differing view. If you don't have the quotes, it's difficult to pin thoughts on anything. There is no really objective view about much of this, but, in my view, the observations of individuals offer do offer some insight and impressions: for example, Thorpe's comments about the Moscow photo seem to be to create a real image. I'll think about it! I'm intruiged how an article that started almost with an element of tongue in cheek has aroused such interest. Many thanks. IXIA 14:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Just checking--were you replying to me? Because I agree that the observations of individuals are excellent and very interesting. What I was after were all of the phrases in the article that are in parentheses (like this) and just read awkwardly. MLilburne 14:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, yes, you and the world. Is this any better? Forgive me, I do understand what parentheses are, but somehow got the wrong end of the stick. (Long air flight yesterday!) IXIA 16:20, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Looking better, but the removal of the parentheses has still left a few sentences that are run-ons. (I know, I'm being picky, but the article deserves to be as good as it possibly can!) The worst examples are:
In one episode, when Wilson was told by Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), who, as manager of a bank, wore a bowler, that his hair was too long, Wilson replied that "Mrs Pike [his lover] says it makes me look like Eden".
and
In the period after his resignation from Neville Chamberlain's Cabinet in 1938 and the outbreak of war in 1939, when he returned to Government as Dominions Secretary, Eden and his acolytes, who, broadly speaking, favoured a tougher stance against Hitler and Mussolini, were often referred to as “the glamour boys”.
Once these are taken care of, I think we'll be there. MLilburne 22:13, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, I've had another go. Maybe this is better. IXIA 21:59, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Right. I think that's do. Congrats. MLilburne 18:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. IXIA 19:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Anthony Eden Hat.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:51, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Anthony Eden Hat.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
The removal of this image, which is fairly esential to illustrate what has been judged a "good article" is frankly bizarre. Why does Wikipedia so often shoot itself in the foot? IXIA (talk) 06:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I'm specifically going over all of the "Culture and Society" articles. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. I have made several minor corrections throughout the article. Altogether the article is well-written and is still in great shape after its passing in 2006. Continue to improve the article making sure all new information is properly sourced and neutral. If possible see if any related external links can be added and try to find a couple of free images for use in the article. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 19:18, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

This article cites The Long Weekend: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge. I have a copy of this book and I can find no reference in it to Anthony Eden's hat. It would be helpful if the relevant footnotes could include page numbers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.206.233 (talk) 14:43, 10 March 2012 (UTC) 
It's page 376, though curiously there is no reference to that page in the index. I have inserted this information in a few places.IXIA (talk) 10:13, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Re the tag, I think much of this material is relevant in that the hat was part of Eden's overall image. Most of it was there when the article was accorded GA status. However, there is lengthy, but interesting, footnote about Eden's private life that possibly would sit better in the main biographical article about him. Will consider this further. IXIA (talk) 18:08, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Per the comment here, tag removed. ΣανμοσαThe Trve Lawe of free Monarchies 15:43, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Um, how can we have an article on a specific style of hat and not show said hat?Sedimentary (talk) 22:28, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

This article needs at least one close-up of the hat that the article describes. Lashdown1 (talk) 01:40, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Added one on top of Churchill (and removed the other of him - an Eden hat needs to be black I think). Johnbod (talk) 03:07, 12 December 2021 (UTC)