Talk:The Spanish Prisoner

message: I have returned to this issue because interest in the factual basis in films and literature is of growing consideration.  Some people find the background of films irrelevant.  I do not, because so many people flatly take motion pictures and historical novels as sources for history or science.  There is actually a serious academic literature about this problem.  For an example, see:  .  Therefore, I consider it important that this basis be included.  I suggest one look at other film articles to see how much background is given.  For example, the fictional "letters of transit" in Casablanca (film), the reasons for filming Doctor Zhivago in Spain, the types of Spanish locomotives used in it etc. Or for example, the sections on Scientific Accuracy in Gravity (2013 film) and The Martian (film).  --Zeamays (talk) 21:28, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The information is of no relevance to this film.  It makes no difference that people find it interesting. ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 03:12, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Your argument did not refute my examples, or the many more I could provide.  Background is of great interest to readers, despite your personal opinion. I asked you not to revert until this had been discussed.  Obviously you took things into your own hands. --Zeamays (talk) 00:49, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You're adding trivia. That there is something else with the same name is irrelevant to the subject at hand, unless you have demonstration that third-party and reliable sources have commentary on the subject. Everything else is regurgitating old arguments going back years above. Drop the stick and step away from the horse. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 02:13, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

text: I recognize your position, but I was hoping that the argument had been won by those who want to include background information, because so many other articles on films do include this type of information.  --Zeamays (talk) 23:50, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Return to the Background Issue

message: The Spanish Prisoner is the name of a novel by Arthur Train. The book was written during World War 1, and i think it should be mentioned. RocketMaster (talk) 08:06, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a reference, as requested, but the reference I found was to a short story published in 1910. Zeamays (talk) 20:08, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's fine. The con game evolved from it. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 20:17, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A novel by Arthur Train 

message: Here are some. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 19:55, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: Looking for a consensus on whether it makes any sense to archive the web address where Sony Pictures used to describe the film. Even if such information is deemed to be worth preserving, it perhaps should be presented in plain text, as the hyperlink just leads to sony's top level, which advertises whatever sony is pushing at the moment -- unrelated to this article -- which usually is regarded as spam around these parts.
I am strongly inclined toward deleting that link altogether, but first here's your chance to object to, or encourage, said action. Bustter (talk) 10:43, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there another alternative to leaving it be or deletion? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 12:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  bad external linkage