Talk:William Golding

message: 47 Mount Wise is in Newquay, not St Columb Minor. He was therefore born in Newquay.Donkfest1 (talk) 19:58, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference we have, from the ODNB says he was born in Mount Wise, St Columb Minor. We have to go with what the citation actually says. DuncanHill (talk) 20:55, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Cornish Church Guide Newquay became an ecclesiastical parish in 1918, however the civil parish is what is relevant for the place of birth. Mount Wise is a road in the western part of Newquay.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 09:02, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

text: According to [Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Newquay/] the date of the ecclesiastical parish is 1882 so 1918 must be wrong; establishing the civil parish could have happened at a later date which would tend to corroborate ODNB's statement.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 09:09, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

text: As indicated above the reference we have is St Columb Minor so we have to go with the references regardless of the truth. Keith D (talk) 21:09, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I do not agree with that I'm afraid. He was born in Newquay (which was so named in the late c15. Therefore the article should reflect that. Donkfest1 (talk) 15:34, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Articles should reflect the references or it is original research, also see WP:TRUTH. Keith D (talk) 17:27, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

text: If that is what the reference indicates then yes we should state what the reference uses regardless of that the truth is unless there is a more reliable reference that states differently. Keith D (talk) 00:47, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a cop out in my opinion. I have looked at other articles and most state the place of birth as St Columb Minor, no doubt as a result of the ODNB reference. One even states he was born "in the small village of St Columb Minor", which shows how ridiculous it is to perpetuate the ODNB reference. How about a compromise here - St Columb Minor Parish, Newquay, Cornwall? Donkfest1 (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

text: Congratulations, by removing the reference to the ODNB, which is used for several other citations in the article, you have broken the refnames used. Would you care to mend it please? DuncanHill (talk) 08:54, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

text: I'd also like to know if Donkfest1 = Socialgolding = Terrellcarver? DuncanHill (talk) 08:55, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

text: Problem with O/S maps is that you need to look at maps of the time as if you use current maps the house numbering will probably have changed with houses built in between existing houses causing house renumbering to take place. Keith D (talk) 17:06, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Early Life

message: A quick look at "What links here" confirmed that most people know him under the name "William Golding".  It would be different if there were lots of William Goldings, but there was no disambiguation page, therefore a move to the simplest form of his name, which is also the best-known and most commonly-used, seems uncontroversial. Deb 23:20, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Article name

message: Why does golding at the end if his essay return to the three statuettes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.159.65.125 (talk) 00:10, 8 May 2006
Also, there's no evidence anywhere else on the internet that Golding did have a fixation with the Loch Ness Monster. Any evidence for such claims in the article?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.185.63.180 (talk) 05:38, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thinking as a hobby 

message: +++Vernon White (talk) 16:39, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Link Broken to site detailing his burial

message: It says British but has an English flag, this should be changed either to: British with a Union Jack, or list him as English and keep the England flag BritBoy 00:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been done. DuncanHill 01:44, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

text: His mother's family was Cornish, with the very Cornish name of 'Curnoe' and his grandmother's home, where he was born and spent a great deal of his childhood, was called 'Karenza' which is the Cornish language word for love. Golding was very much in touch with Cornish culture, using Cornish wrestling moves and Cornish dialect terms and having been brought up on Cornish fairy tales and ghost stories by his mother. A number of his works revolve around Cornishness and Cornish characters, including the work for which he won the Nobel Prize. Bodrugan (talk) 15:33, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: William Golding was also prominent among Loch Ness Monster theorists and wrote articles for Popular Science about the nature of this purported phenomenon. Some argue the intentions of these articles, and others claim the tone was even mocking of the phenomenon.
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:I do not think it should be reinserted until/unless some reliable sources can be found to support it. DuncanHill (talk) 20:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cryptozoology

message: the section on lord of the flies reads like (and might well be) a high school literature essay. It's just a plot summary with some simple character analysis - surely it should detail the impact of the novel on golding's career and why it was so successful?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.229.151.52 (talk) 23:46, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it fails. I've unprotected the page now so feel free to improve it. Flowerparty☀ 08:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A little late, but I've removed the book report. --jpgordon::==( o ) 16:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "lord of the flies" 

message: How come there isn't a mention of the fact that at age 18 Golding tried to rape a 15 year old girl? Or that he orchestrated psychological experiments on his classmates? I'll provide a source if you want but I thought this was all pretty common knowledge.86.156.51.15 (talk) 00:05, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/16/william-golding-attempted-rape82.71.30.178 (talk) 12:25, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Strange Youth

message: Is Golding the source of the "Lifeboat Test"?
As in "When one man meets another in a bar, each is thinking if I'm in the water and he's in the lifeboat will he pull me in?"
I think I read this once in an interview, maybe Playboy a long time ago.
Thanks.
Mark S. Tuttle (talk) 14:24, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes ... ? 

message: There are some page said that he went to Marlborough Grammar School and he was born at Cornwall not Allington, Kent. I'm just curious about this.
203.162.3.167 (talk) 13:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: He was born in Cornwall, and went to Marlborough Grammar School, the false information about Allington and maidstone Grammar School was added by a vandal. I have now corrected this. DuncanHill (talk) 16:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  where he was born and school he went to 

message: According to the current review of Carey's book, WG had written some four books before LotF, which was his first PUBLISHED novel.  I think this is worth mentioning,but a more direct source (Carey, presumably) is needed.Kdammers (talk) 23:13, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I just got a copy of Carey from the library and hope to improve this article in the next few weeks. --Diannaa (Talk) 04:18, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  early writing 

message: ←   ZScarpia   01:49, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert McCrum article in ''The Guardian''. 

message: Is there any evidence this book or books exists? I found a Google Books link but absolutely nothing else. And why two dates, if it's the same book the second would be republication and should be omitted. See also comments on the Pincher Martin page. ProfDEH (talk) 08:50, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Anglo Saxon 1959 and 1970