Talk:John Gay

message: My CD of Britnica ready reference says "The Beggar's Opera" with a "The" and a singular Beggar, not several Beggars. Needs looking into, I think -- Tarquin 18:40 Dec 28, 2002 (UTC)
As far as I can tell the current correct title is "The Beggar's Opera," as you state. BTW, biographical info I added is from the 1911 Encyclopedia, edited and at least partially brought up to stylistic date. -- Dreamword 21:26 Jan 17, 2003 (UTC)
:Yes, investigation suggests that "Beggar's" is the way Mr Gay wrote it.  Presumably it's meant to be for "a beggar" to enjoy, rather than being about several "beggars", which is what I originally thought (never having seen it - shock horror...) Deb
::As I understand it, it's called The Beggar's Opera because it's presented as having been written by a beggar. --Paul A
I have found a picture of a chair in a book English Chairs by Ralph Edwards, picture 57, which is said to be Gay's writing chiar, dated about 1720.  is this relevant?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.181.143.3 (talk) 22:43, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
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message: John Gay is related to the French playright of the early 1800's France = Sophie Gay Girardin and myself. For a full Gay genealogy if any one is interested can be found on my website http://wayneray.ca WayneRay 02:33, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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message: Hello, I was wondering if anyone here might be able to contribute to the article for John Gay's poem, Trivia? I've put some ideas on the talk page. Thanks. KZF 14:31, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Trivia (poem)]]

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 04:11, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
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message: Much of the text in this article appears to have been lifted directly from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed., Vol. VII. , which is excerpted and credited at: http://www.luminarium.org/eightlit/gay/gaybio.htm 71.145.128.77 (talk) 08:44, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Dated 1910. Isn't that out of copyright? --Kleinzach 09:20, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure - in some cases it's life of the author plus 50 or 70 years, I don't know how it works with Encyclopedias - it seemed like it was worth raising the question.  At the very least, I feel that the origin of the text should be credited regardless of the formal copyright. 71.145.128.77 (talk) 10:16, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm not entirely sure what Wikipedia's outlines for citing are, but regardless of copyright issues, shouldn't it be properly cited, if not paraphrased? I mean, that seems to be good scholarly practice to begin with, regardless of public domain. Stevewatson91 (talk) 14:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
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