Talk:M. R. James

message: Moved from the article:
:I think the BBC still do a James story each christmas, but I'm not certain of this
::I think the tradition of a new BBC dramatisation every Christmas ended some time ago but the BBC resurrected the "Ghost Story for Christmas" programme with a new dramatised version of A View from a Hill in 2005 (which was very good and very much in the traditional style, if anyone gets the chance to see it). I've made mention of this in the article. Zagrebo 14:52, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [BBC at Christmas]

message: AuntDaisy - you've added another title to the list of audio recordings by Sir Michael Hordern, your entry being 'A Warning To The Curious'. I don't think that this is correct - I have that title and firstly it's not released by Argo but by ISIS Audio Books. Secondly it's not read by Michael Hordern but by Nigel Lambert. Thirdly it contains six readings, not five. Please can you confirm that your entry was for some other readings released by Argo and read by Michael Hordern, or if not perhaps amend the entry accordingly to distinguish between the two? Thanks. :) Gaunt 10:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like I was wrong, my apologies - there was indeed another collection narrated by Hordern. Now I'm desperately trying to find an original to add to my collection. :)  Gaunt 10:56, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Audio books

message: The main article should be M. R. James, the name the writer is most widely known by, with Montague Rhodes James being the redirect. See WP:NAME. Nareek 18:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: Reggie Oliver is a writer whose article has only been edited by one person, the user Cyprian Webb.  While it is of course hard to say that whether or not this is a vanity article, I think it's safe to say that Oliver does not share the notability of Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell. Let us bear in mind that this is M. R. James' article; the fact that Reggie Oliver was influenced by James tells us something about Oliver, but gives us very little information about M. R. James.
Before reverting again, please discuss the change on the talk page. Nareek 13:45, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reggie Oliver 

message: My assumption is that the paragraph preceding the quote from Kneale summarizes Kneale's argument--otherwise Kneale's quote would make little sense.  It should probably say that more explicitly before being put back in. Anyway, I think that section is less essential than the preceding part describing James' work--I'm glad that we seem to be keeping that. Nareek 04:02, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Child abuse 

message: Among the writers influenced by James could be mentioned Jorge Luis Borges (with a reciprocal mention in that article) as James(and earlier still, perhaps Poe)was surely an innovator of the technique of disguising a story as an academic essay, as was Borges.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.51.152 (talk) 14:27, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  influences 

message: I am somewhat concerned that comments that I posted to the Wailing Well link were removed, as was the general text. Be that as it may, the issue seems to be one of whether the stories in the anthology are now in the public domain or not, and whether this is the case in some countries (eg U.K., Canada) and not in others (eg USA). As the full text(s) of all the anthology stories are easily available online (and, indeed, most of them are on Wikipedia), I find it odd that there seems to be some dispute. As the net is not "in" any particular country, why does the fact that work may be "public domain" in one, but not in another, have any relevance ? In any event, could someone clarify this ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.107.200.42 (talk) 16:27, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: As I understand it, James' work is public domain in most countries, including all of the EU, and as you mentioned, Canada. However, because Wikipedia's servers are in the USA, we have to abide by USA copyright law, and the stories are still in copyright there. Wikilivres, a Canadian site does host the full text of many of Jame's stories, and can be linked to from here (but we can't directly include the text here yet). DuncanHill (talk) 16:31, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public Domain 

message: Was wondering if anyone had any objections to improving the "media adaptations" to break it up into various media - tv/film, radio, theatre? Have gotten full details on most of the tv/film versions (names of productions not always identical to original stories):
*Night of the Demon (Film, Jacques Tourneur, 1957) - aka Curse of the Demon - based on "Casting The Runes".
*Whistle and I’ll Come to you (BBC 1968)
*The Stalls Of Barchester (BBC 1971)
*A Warning to the Curious (BBC 1972)
*Lost Hearts (BBC 197? - believe '73 just need to double-check)
*The Treasure Of Abbot Thomas (BBC 1974)
*The Ash Tree (BBC 1975)
*Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance (ITV Schools 1976)
*Casting The Runes (ITV 1979)
*View From a Hill (BBC 2005)
*Number 13 (BBC 2006)
Would also re-edit the current format (although not remove anything) to flow better.--Co fragment (talk) 09:28, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  **Changed my mind over this, although a list looks tidier, intergrating all the notes would look worse.  --Co fragment (talk) 10:36, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you had capitalized those titles correctly, none would have been redlinked. Canonblack (talk) 14:21, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adaptations 

message: I think the "Reception and Influence" section should come before the "Adaptations" one, as that seems to be 
the format for other writers on Wikipedia (i.e. H. P. Lovecraft). 
Also, I think there should be a differentation between works generally influenced by James's work (e.g. the
ghost stories of H. Russell Wakefield) and work specifically designed as a homage to James and his work (such as
Kingsley Amis' novel The Green Man. 176.61.97.121 (talk) 19:26, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions for article 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on M. R. James. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110412130430/http://www.crusadetheatre.co.uk/ to http://www.crusadetheatre.co.uk/
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 22:38, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on M. R. James. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20160810201532/http://www.filbluz.ca/resources/JAMES_lostapocryphaofo00.pdf to http://www.filbluz.ca/resources/JAMES_lostapocryphaofo00.pdf
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 08:33, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I have tried to add the following the 'other adaptations and it is being met with deletion each time 
In 2018,  Shadows at the Door: The Podcast began a series of full-cast adaptations of James' stories, including Number 13https://shadowsatthedoor.podbean.com/e/episode-seven-number-13/, Canon Alberic's Scrapbookhttps://shadowsatthedoor.podbean.com/e/s2e03-canon-alberics-scrapbook/ and A Warning to the Curioushttps://shadowsatthedoor.podbean.com/e/s2e08-a-warning-to-the-curious/. Episodes also featured full readings of Ratshttps://shadowsatthedoor.podbean.com/e/a-ghost-story-for-christmas/ and There Was A Man Dwelt By a Churchyardhttps://shadowsatthedoor.podbean.com/e/episode-ten-there-was-a-man-dwelt-by-a-churchyard/.
This is relevant information for M.R. James and no different to the other audio-drama links in this section. Why is it being met with deletion?   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.44.177.253 (talk) 12:57, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I think your latest addition of the material, without the citations, will probably remain in the article. It wasn't I who reverted your previous additions, but I suspect that the links to all the individual podcasts in the citations led to a suspicion that you were spamming on behalf of the Shadows at the Door site. Deor (talk) 14:58, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Shadows at the Door

message: I have expanded the introduction to give a better overview of his work and influence. I appreciate that my additions may yet need more thorough citations, though I am in the process of sourcing those and can hopefully add them myself in the coming days. FreeBard42 (talk) 22:39, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanded introduction