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Talk:Robert Croft

message: I've taken out the reference to Croft being run out on 10th August 2006 for failing to run his bat in. This is not so unusual an occurence in cricket and not note-worthy enough to merit a mention in the article, it is just one minor incident in a long career. Jules1975 16:23, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

message: I've reverted his infobox to say "English". I know full well that he's Welsh, of course, but cricketing nationalities aren't the same as ordinary ones (see West Indies, for example) and he represented England at the highest level. In any case, at Test level (which is what matters as it's the highest standard Croft has played at) England incorporates Wales (hence England and Wales Cricket Board). Loganberry (Talk) 14:32, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Shivnarine Chanderpaul would doubtless say much the same about his Guyanese nationality - and he has played for Guyana at first-class level many times - but Guyana don't play Tests, and so for cricketing infobox purposes his nationality is West Indian. Cricketing nationality, legal nationality and "heartfelt" nationality can be three different things (after all, nobody can be a "British" cricketer, however pro-UK they may be) and it's the first of those that matters for the infobox. I suppose it would actually be more accurate given the jurisdiction of the ECB to say that his cricketing nationality is "England and Wales", but none of the governing bodies or reliable sources do this, so we can't either. As far as the ICC, the ECB, Cricinfo et al are concerned, Croft's cricketing nationality is "England". Loganberry (Talk) 23:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Excactly. I agree with what you say. My point is that we should state the nature of this info (as I stated above) i.e. to make it clear that "This box refers to information provided by ICB regarding Test play rather than the player's own personal answers." Llywelyn2000 (talk) 23:31, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be a substantial change to the agreed position on these things, certainly for cricket and I think for other sports too, so I doubt it will happen. You can raise it at WT:CRIC of course, but I doubt the current position is going to change. Apart from anything else, the top level at which a player has played isn't always Test cricket, even if he or she is an international. Ed Joyce, an Irish cricketer listed as English, is an example. Loganberry (Talk) 14:41, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality
Talk:Robert D. Hales

message: I think it would be interesting to add to this article Robert D. Hales residence.  Did he most always live in New York?  Did he move around a lot as he accepted new positions at various companies. -98.246.236.183 (talk) 19:02, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting it might be, but relevant? I'm not sure. Where a person lived throughout his life is not nearly as important as what he did while he was there. If you could find some sourced examples of what you mean and present them in this section of the talk page, maybe then they could be included in the article. Until I see what you have in mind, I cannot be sure it would be relevant to the article. One tip that might be helpful to you. Your edits might be taken more seriously and would carry greater weight if you were to create a user account with Wikipedia. Just a suggestion for you to consider. --Jgstokes (talk) 22:42, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Residence 
Talk:Robert Darnton

message: When was Robert Darnton president of the American Historical Association? The second paragraph said it was in 1999 and the last paragraph says 1997-1998.--Lainem499 (talk) 21:10, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the AHA website, Darnton served in 1999. The position was held by Joyce Appleby in 1997  and Joseph C. Miller in 1998. I amended the text today. SteveStrummer (talk) 18:14, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: American Historical Association

message: I have just looked at my Wikipedia page and have found some errors, and I also can supply some missing information.
--My wife is Susan Darnton (not Nina Darnton as appears on the page)
--I received the Gutenberg Prize in 2004.
--I was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows from 1965 to 1968. 
--I was president of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies from 1987 to 1991.
--I was a trustee of the Oxford University Press from 1994 to 2007.
--I received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1984 for The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History.
--You list Marie-Alyx Revelat as co-author of Gens de lettres, gens du livre.  In fact, I wrote the book in French as sole author.  Mme Revelat translated one of my earlier books.
--You mention an honorary doctorate from the University of Uppsala.  That is accurate, but I have received 15 honorary doctorates and don't understand why Uppsala has been singled out.
--Correct: I was president of the American Historical Association in 1999.
--My latest book will be published next year: The Revolutionary Temper, Paris, 1748-1789. 74.104.132.127 (talk) 19:11, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert Darnton
Talk:Robert David Hall

message: Lynden David Hall is not Lynden David Hall's son. Hence I removed the information. --Zureks 09:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Lynden David Hall]]

message: In 1978, Robert David Hall was involved in a life-changing or near-fatal crash. He was in the car when a semi-trailer slammed into it. Hall was critically injured in the crash and almost died. He was sent directly to hospital for treatment after the crash. His legs were amputated afterwards in the hospital. Hall was 30 then. 74.135.6.88 (talk) 12:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of this is already detailed in the Live and career section. It is unclear what change you want to make. Peaceray (talk) 18:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert David Hall’s 1978 car crash
Talk:Robert DeLeo

message: At last! My work is complete! Behold! MWAHAHAHAHA! (*faints) --Mynabull 00:56, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Robert Downey Sr.

message: Don't know what's in dispute here. The mother's name or the father's name? I think there's a typo and it should be "Robert Joseph Elias Jr." son of Robert Joseph Elias and Betty Mcloughlin. I know their names from a distant family member of Downey Sr's but I'm pretty sure it's available at any biography page. I found one here: . Mother was pretty famous in the 20s, though I can't find much on her online expectedly. I did guess however that Robert Joseph Elias was completely Jewish, only because Robert Downey Jr always says his father was Jewish, so it had to come from somewhere.
:IMDB isn't a reliable source, having info in it submitted by the layman (like Wikipedia), and a "distant family member" wouldn't be considered reliable either. I Googled it but couldn't find any reliable source for their names. But if one can be found, it should be restored. (The same for their ethnic desginations) Mad Jack 17:03, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Parents

message: In the filmography section, I believe you have missed out a movie that he was in. "To Live and Die in L.A." (1985)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.181.230 (talk) 02:16, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filmography 

message: I find it so odd there is no mention anywhere of Robert Downey Sr's birth place ?!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.165.104.84 (talk) 17:16, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Place of birth for Robert Downey Sr is no where to be found

message: The article omits the fact that during his career, he sometimes had employment as a 2nd Unit director.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.166.156.250 (talk) 16:01, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Career as Director

message: I'm deleting that inclusion because there's no official source or proof that he was indeed in the film.68.45.110.5 (talk) 20:11, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tower Heist acting credit source? 

message: Wouldn’t Sr. be the eponym of Jr. and not namesake? Jr. would be the namesake of Sr. Scottydude talk 02:19, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  “Eponym” vs. “namesake” 

message: I have removed the longstanding assertion that Robert Downey Sr. is the half brother of Illinois Saturday Night Live writer James Woodward Downey.
Despite some published sources stating such, this appears to be incorrect; the actual familial connection is New York writer James Buchanan Downey, who died in October 2022. This obituary maps out the familial connections, and this New York Times article on J.B. Downey describes him as an actor, copywriter and uncle of Robert Downey Jr.—by extension brother of Robert Downey Sr.—and not an SNL writer. If anyone can find a reliable source to counter these, please continue the discussion below. Rift (talk) 22:10, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  SNL writer James Downey as half brother
Talk:Robert Dutton

message: I recently used a reflinks tool on this page to fill in all of the bare urls that are prone to linkrot. However, afterwards I received a notification on my talk page from a bot warning me about my edit containing "unnamed parameters". I read up on the unnamed parameters page and the instructions on how to fix it but can't seem to get it right. I've made a number of edits and none of which are working correctly. Does anyone know how to fix this minor mistake? Thanks for the help! Meatsgains (talk) 02:59, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Unnamed parameters
Talk:Gharlane of Eddore (pen name)

message: I'm sorry to be grumpy, but while the "next plane of existence" bit is a lovely bit of phrasing, it's hardly WP:NPOV.  Can we change it to something a bit less loaded? --86.128.139.22 17:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a phrase used commonly in the Lensman novels, and considering this Gharlane's affinity for those books and authorship of the "Lensman FAQ", not at all non-neutral; it is a phrase he quite likely would have picked for himself, if only to stay in character. It may not be strictly "encyclopedic" but I doubt Wikipedia will be harmed materially in that regard by retaining a small bit of whimsey here and there. Jeh 19:03, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slight Concern 

message: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gharlane of Eddore (character) Andy Dingley (talk) 12:36, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  AfD
Talk:Robert E. Allen (telecommunications executive)

message: was Allen the worst ceo of all time or something else. It would seem the old AT&T is now 4-6 companies.  Did he forsee this. He was the author of the breakup plan as a corporate VP 70.107.200.71 (talk) 16:48, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Role of Bob Allen in breakup of AT&T.
Talk:Robert Fagles

message: He's recently died
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/books/29fagles.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
Someone who isn't me should probably fix this.
By which I mean the wiki entry, not raising him from the dead.
Although that'd be nice.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.148.56 (talk) 19:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Robert Fahey

message: Mr. Fahey apparently also holds the "Penthouse Dash" world record at 6.83 seconds, run at the Hobart Real Tennis Club, around 1988.  The "dash" is to run the full length of the top of the three sides of the penthouse from one end to the other.  At Hobart (based on Noel and Clark) the distance would be between 157.5 feet (48 m) and 181.5 feet (55.3 m) — depending on how close to the edge (bandeau) he ran (and not counting jumping the corners).   He did it barefooted and injured himself in the process (as is common).  — Eoghanacht talk 20:41, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Penthouse dash record 
Talk:Robert Fano

message: It looks like this article was originally written during Fano's life; I think it could be expanded with more robust sources that were likely created in memoriam after his death.
BKM22 (talk) 04:52, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continued development 
Talk:Róbert Fazekas

message: This article seems completely biased and is taking a clear stand for the athlete and against the IOC. this should be corrected. Leav (talk) 21:16, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Diuresis was not mentioned in the athlete's defence. I have rewritten the information to present a more accurate depiction of events. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits) 22:10, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Bias
Talk:John Karr

message: ----
This page was originally a redirect to John Mark Karr, then a dab mentioning a horror fiction author by the name of John Karr.  Since the author was a red link with no links pointing to it, I have restored the redirect. Raggaga 00:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This was discussed on the John mark Karr page and a number of people felt that it was important that there be a disambiguation page - so right now we have about three for it, and one against it. If you want we can argue over it, or someone can take 2 mins to create the stub for the scifi author (name, date of birth and occupation should get it going). -- Stbalbach 02:23, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Why should we create a stub on a non-notable person just because he shares the name of a notable one?  The author is not at all notable; he seems to have had only one book published, by a tiny publishing house.  No one would care about the redirect if John Karr's alleged crime were not so infamous, but alas, thousands of people share unfortunate names. That doesn't mean that anytime someone searches for, say, "Joel Rifkin", they shouldn't be pointed to a dab page that mentions a different Joel Rifkin who currently waits tables in Peoira.  Think about it: would you create the article on John Karr the author had you never heard of John Karr the alleged murderer?  Raggaga 03:53, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Talk:U.S. Route 13 in Virginia

message: The following major changes happened to US 13 and the Norfolk area SR 13:
*1926: US 13 designated over all of SR 34
*1933: SR 34 dropped
*1938: SR 13 created, Little Creek to Northampton Boulevard, replaced part of SR 165
*by 1941: SR 13 extended west to Norfolk along US 460, south to Gilmerton along SR 27/SR 170, and west to Bowers Hill replacing SR 299
*by 1944: US 13 extended over SR 13 south and west to Military Highway, south on Military Highway to Gilmerton, and west over SR 13 to Bowers Hill; old SR 13 from Military Highway west to downtown Norfolk becomes SR 13Y (SR 166 in 1956)
*1951: US 13 rerouted from Cape Charles to Kiptopeke Beach over part of SR 186, old route became US 13 Alternate (SR 184 in 1958)
*1952: US 13 extended west along US 58 to Suffolk, south on SR 32 and south replacing SR 37 to NC
*1964: CBBT opens, US 13 swaps with SR 166 (ex-US 460) south of the CBBT
So the following redirects should exist:
;To here
*State Route 4 (Virginia pre-1923), State Route 34 (Virginia pre-1933)
*State Route 13 (Norfolk, Virginia)
*State Route 299 (Virginia 1930s)
*State Route 506 (Virginia pre-1933), State Route 53 (Virginia 1933), State Route 37 (Virginia 1940)
*State Route 525 (Virginia pre-1933), State Route 186 (Virginia 1933) (maybe)
;Elsewhere
*State Route 13Y to State Route 166 (Virginia)
*U.S. Route 13 Alternate (Virginia) and U.S. Route 13 Alternate (Cape Charles, Virginia) to State Route 184 (Virginia)
--NE2 00:16, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:UV stabilizers in plastics

message: 'Subtitution' of what?  'Concentration' of what?
UV light does not exist.
It should be UV radiation.
(light is the part that is visible by the human eye, and thus excludes UV radiation)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asterladybug (talk • contribs) 21:43, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Robert Flower

message: This article is about a player that retired in 1987 and for most of his career played in a losing side. Only games that involved leading teams tended to be broadcast or replayed in those years so very little "vision" exists of this player.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.74.129.27 (talk) 17:18, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The issue is more one of copyright infringement than promotional - they are copies of old TV programs, where the copyright would still be owned by Ch7/ABC/the VFL/AFL.The-Pope (talk) 23:47, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Referencing
Talk:Bob Bennett (politician)

message: Bob Bennett was primaried by his own party. While it's mentioned in the article summary, I'm surprised that there isn't  a section about it in the actual article, someone should make one.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.151.154.206 (talk) 23:02, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The article should also make it clear that he came in third in his primary because he voted for TARP.   In this day and age, all the gay-bashing and drug war rhetoric in the world isn't going to save Republicans who fail to do the right thing when it comes to fiscal matters. 76.103.102.240 (talk) 07:27, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  A section about his being primaried? 

message: Bob Bennett purchased the Robert Mullen Company, a PR firm and front for the CIA.  What was his relationship with the CIA and E. Howard Hunt?  192.40.24.4 (talk) 20:48, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  CIA Connections 
Talk:Robert Frazier (writer)

message: Of course this is a notable poet. Frazier is one of only three people in the world to have earned a Grand Master Award from the SFPA. There's no question that he belongs in Wikipedia as an influential poet and teacher. Munchkyn (talk) 19:50, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates and tables for short stories, poems and/or book reviews. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. Feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 07:08, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography 
Talk:Robert Ghiz

message: A portrait photo is available on the Prince Edward Island government website:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/phone/makebio.php3?number=21557
Presumably this is free to use on Wikipedia, no?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jabalong (talk • contribs) 03:48, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photograph of Robert Ghiz
Talk:Robert Gillespie

message: Im surprised that noone has started a discussion re this subject.  Google appears to have been "cleansed"?
I recalll reading the NOW allegations re RG and i recall he was quoted as having justified his belief to lower age of consent.
RG appears to have left these allegations behind him.....?? 92.1.176.152 (talk) 10:21, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  1980s News of World Allegations Member of PIE
Talk:Robert Gillmor

message: I'm getting rather tired of having to restore relevant and informative content to the image caption, not least when the guidelines quoted in edit summaries removing it are being wildly misapplied. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:24, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Andy, per MOS:CAPLENGTH a full-sentence caption is appropriate when the "caption […] convey[s] the significance of the article by explaining the significance or context of the image". Please explain how your proposed caption does that? Neither Gillmor's "week as artist in residence at Nature in Art" nor his work "Birds New to Norfolk" is even mentioned anywhere in the article so they obviously can't be of the significance you ascribe to them. Robby.is.on (talk) 18:10, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: As you yourself quote: . Also, "Birds New to Norfolk" is indeed mentioned in the article. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:32, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image caption
Talk:Robert Gosselin

message: The section /Prostitution and indecency allegations/ was supported by 1 single source that has been dead since Nov 2010. WP:GRAPEVINE: "Remove immediately any contentious material about a living person that is unsourced or poorly sourced." Please stop edit warring. Thanks. MarB4 •ɯɒɹ• 18:56, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  GRAPEVINE 
Talk:Robert Gottlieb

message: The current article states:
"Gottlieb is also remembered for rejecting John Kennedy Toole's initial manuscript of A Confederacy of Dunces. Gottlieb reportedly liked the manuscript, but felt significant changes were required before it could be published. Toole refused the changes and eventually committed suicide in 1969."
It's the second sentence that gave me pause.  While authors can be quite obstinate, I felt certain that Toole had done much (including revisions) to convince Gottlieb to publish his manuscript.  This 1999 review by Karl Miller seems to confirm my suspicions.
Miller wrote:
:[Gottlieb], after putting him through the hoops of successive revisions, let him know that he had lost interest in Toole's novel, A Confederacy of Dunces. "With all its wonderfulness," wrote Gottlieb, the book "does not have a reason. It isn't really about anything. And that's something no one can do anything about."
http://www.newstatesman.com/199903050046
Gottlieb seems to have had a great career; but refusing to publish a book that went on to win the Nobel Prize for literature is surely something of a blemish.  This article thrusts the burden and culpability of not publishing "A Confederacy of Dunces" off of Gottlieb and onto Toole.  I don't think the facts warrant such a shift of guilt; and I propose to correct the article.  
If someone has any information supporting the claim that "Toole refused the changes," I'll abandon the revision.  I'll wait a few days to see if anyone responds to this post.  
JCWBB (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 12:55, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to Toole
Talk:Robert Graham (sculptor)

message: Is there a reason why his wife Anjelica Huston is not mentioned?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ElphabaKathryn (talk • contribs) 05:48, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal life

message: I started a stub on this sculpture, and now I am begining to doubt the actual title of the piece. Little help? Paul, in Saudi (talk) 07:02, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Fist of Joe Louis]]
Talk:Robert Irwin (writer)

message: Notice how so many of the people with petty problems with Irwin are unsigned and are writing from IP addresses, not under editor names.Dogru144 00:12, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Unsigned editors

message: Shouldn't the quotes, irrelevant as they are to the article as such, be included - if at all - in a seperate quotes page?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.76.55.100 (talk) 14:55, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes
Talk:Robert Greene (author)

message: I thought the blog should have its own section. Hope no one disagrees 
71.135.230.221 21:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Blog

message: I think that this page is more close to a commerical than an encyclopedia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.132.94.193 (talk) 07:26, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Maikel (talk) 20:20, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV?

message: I removed a comparison of his book to The Prince and other notable work,  sourced by a posting on what appears to be a personal website. See WP:RS, and WP:BLP, and do not add it back. DGG (talk) 22:20, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: cleanup