Talk:Evelyn Beatrice Hall

message: Where does the information that the painting "The Sword" by Alfred Agache is depicting Hall come from? The description page on Commons doesn't mention Hall at all, neither the description of the painting in Alfred Agache (painter). Gestumblindi (talk) 14:45, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I still haven't found any indication that the Agache painting is depicting Hall - also, the painting's description at the website of the Art Gallery of Ontario doesn't mention a name of the depicted person. The painting was added to the article with this edit in November 2009, and the references to the person in the painting being Hall I can find on the Web are all newer and seem to be based on this Wikipedia article, e.g.  (2011), or  (2012). Gestumblindi (talk) 18:48, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That editor has made very few contributions since that time - you could try asking them, or add a "citation needed" tag, or simply remove the image from the article.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:59, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Given that the editor was last active in 2011 with a single minor edit, I think I'm just removing the image for the time being - would be great if someone can find a source for asserting the painting's subject :-) Gestumblindi (talk) 19:18, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

text: I contacted the National Portrait Gallery in London to see if they have a portrait or photograph of Hall. Unfortunately, they don't. :( Muzilon (talk) 01:49, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portrait 

message: I noticed that for some of Hall's works, an ISBN is given here. However, there is a discrepancy: The actual editions mentioned are the original ones, e.g. The Life of Voltaire (1903), which of course don't actually have an ISBN - as the ISBN system was introduced in the 1970's. The ISBNs appearing here are referring to currently available reprints by a publisher called Intl Law & Taxation Publ - I guess probably printed on-demand; the editions are virtually non-existent in libraries, but available at Amazon etc. So, if we wanted to handle it in a bibliographically correct manner, we would have to list the reprints separately. But I feel inclined to remove these ISBNs altogether, as - although it might be seen as a bit of service to our readers - it looks more like advertising for a commercial reprinting service to me. - German Wikipedia gives also an ISBN for The Money-Spinner and Other Character Notes which is printed by BiblioBazaar - see article, "they see themselves less as publishers than as a software company" and create their catalogue "by means of an automated computerized process, using scanned text and generic stock photography for the covers". I have started a more general discussion regarding this matter in German-language Wikipedia (the general question: should we list ISBNs for this kind of reprints?), but maybe there's already an established practice here? Gestumblindi (talk) 20:16, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I'm not clear what Wikipedia's policy is for including IBSN's for reprints of old books. Muzilon (talk) 03:01, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I have now added the full bibliographical data for the original editions (publisher, place of publication, correct year of first publication) according to the British Library's catalogue, but removed the reprint ISBNs, as they're not referring to the original editions. I think, if they're considered worth keeping, they should be added as additional entries with the reprint's publisher given; although, as said above, I think these ISBNs refer rather to a reprinting service than to actual new editions. Gestumblindi (talk) 21:11, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISBNs of reprints 

message: François-Marie Arouet's article is titled not with his real name but instead his pen-name "Voltaire". For consistency, should this article correspondingly be titled with her pen-name "Stephen G. Tallentyre"? --Nanite (talk) 08:36, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You may have a point. WP:PSEUDONYM says "The name used most often to refer to a person in reliable sources is generally the one that should be used as the article title, even if it is not the person's "real" name." But in that case her initials "S.G. Tallentyre" might be more appropriate? (cf. J.K. Rowling) Muzilon (talk) 14:44, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: See also George Eliot.  I don't have a marked preference either way - I'm comfortable with the current title but wouldn't object strongly to a change!  Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:04, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: TBH I don't have a strong feeling either way, and I don't have any detailed knowledge -- just raising the possibility. At least Google trends shows that right now her real name is more popular. So that perhaps answers my question. --Nanite (talk) 21:55, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article main title 

message: Forgive me if the American I am is missing something, but as far as I can tell, Shooters Hill is not located in Kent. It is part of Greater London. Just look at the Wikipedia article to which the location is linked to on this page. Is this a mistake? Dkelber (talk) 22:43, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: No. It was historically - and at the time of her birth - within Kent, but I believe was incorporated in the new County of London in 1889.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:57, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shooters Hill Location