Talk:John Arlott

message: Should "freaker" not be "streaker"? Britmax 07:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Freaker/streaker

message: The article didn't mention that he became a cricket commentator because he was already working for the BBC as a talk producer; I also expanded the references to his wine writing and poetry/fiction.KD Tries Again 18:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanded some aspects 

message: Taking his broadcasting and his writing together, I think he merits a "high" rather than a "mid", and I've altered it accordingly. JH (talk page) 18:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: WP Cricket importance rating

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Arlott.jpg

message: There is a strong possibility that this article has moved from a fan-site to something from the obituaries section RASAM (talk) 15:57, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, but I'm not clear whether you are saying that the article reads as too "fannish" or that it's too much like a dry obituary. JH (talk page) 17:22, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm saying that the article was criticized originally for reading like a fan-site, (it was tagged to that effect); now it has a style which is more like an obituary from the Times or Daily Telegraph. RASAM (talk) 14:29, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for clarifying. I'm planning at some point on adding back some of the most famous remarks that he made in the course of commentary, so long as I can find reliable citations, which should help a bit to add some colour. There are also some other things that need to be added back in, such as his fpunding of the Master's Club. But the style of a Times obituary, as might have been written by someone like John Woodcock or CMJ, doesn't seem too bad a thing to aim for. JH (talk page) 16:57, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: copyedit - 280809

message: I think that the article is now in a lot better shape, though there is still plenty more to do. I've attempted to give it some structure, separating out his broadcasting from his writing, as I don't think that attempting to keep things strictly in chronological order would work very well. I want to expand on the start of his broadcasting career, his poetry, his awards, the books that he wrote and his love of and writing on wine. I also want to add some more of his famous remarks when commentating, properly cited. I also intend to restore the sections on his role in the D'Oliveira affair and in setting up the Master's Club. JH (talk page) 17:41, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Progress on revisions

message: Article should perhaps mention his appearances on the radio programme "Any Questions?".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_Questions
His appearances are mentioned here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8995939/John-Arlott-Crickets-Radical-Voice-Radio-4-preview.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.162.22 (talk) 20:59, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any Questions? 

message: I suggest Wiki entries use birthplace, not Birth Place. It is a real compound English word, and avoids that distracting American habit of putting a initial  capital letter on non-proper nouns. birthplace is one word, not split, even when posted in the r/h summary box panel beneath a Wiki mugshot. One for your template style guide?
91.125.90.231 (talk) 22:18, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth Place versus birthplace 

message: My memory didn't fail me – John Arlott was chairman of this radio programme 1956-57 -- Unbuttered parsnip (talk) mytime= Tue 17:53, wikitime=  09:53, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[My Word!]] 

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