Talk:John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

message: (Ratagonia (talk) 19:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plaigerism - NOT! 

message: One of the most interesting aspects of Wilmot's life is his reputation for some of the most epic fornications that the literary world has ever seen.  Unfortunately, it is not reflected in this article.  Where are his men?  Where are his poems?  I find this to be a decidedly incomplete and uninteresting version of the 2nd Earl of Rochester's biography, not to mention quite a lackluster list of his works.
Rubbish! Rochester was not just a polymorphos pervert & drunk & the article is meant to be a biography, not an edition of the poetry.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.73.163.135 (talk) 17:06, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where's the Rake? 

message: Whilst the article may have been copied from "Mym's Website", the text originally comes from the 'Everyman's Poetry' edition of ROchester's poems. If I get time I'll re-write it, but for now I thought it should be pointed out....
:Therefore, the incorrect attribution has been removed from the article proper pending verification. 81.107.46.167 20:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the wikipedia article is almost cut-and-paste copy from the "Biography at druidic.org".  Shameful.
Idiot, the poster of this article fully acknowledges their indebtedness & the Everyman edition of Rochester is probably one of the most woefully inadequent, & just plain bad, pieces of scholarship (so called) ever produced.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.73.163.135 (talk) 17:00, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ADDITION: Copyright Problems 

message: In the film The Libertine, Rochester is portrayed as shunning political involvement, until, during his final illness, he makes a dramatic speech in Parliament, essentially saving the English monarchy. 
Can anybody please add at least some sketch of the facts to the article? Thanks. -- 201.78.193.119 14:30, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Political activity: The facts?

message: Recently, I've added some citations. I've also altered some of the text. I've removed the comment on Rochester's History of the Insipids as an attack on Charles II, because Vieth, the main editor of Rochester, argues it not to be his work. As an aside, if someone wants to reintroduce Rochester's criticism of the King, A Satyr on Charles II ("I'th'isle of Britain, long since famous grown"), is the most famous and most important lampoon, for Rochester had to flee the court after mistakingly handing it to the king. JoeBlogsDord 13:33, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Works and influence

message: Feel free to adapt, and insert into the main text.
Rochester's poetry displays a wide range of learning, and a wide range of influences. These included imitations of Malherbe, Ronsard, and Boileau. Rochester also translated, or adapted, from classical authors such as Petronius, Lucretius, Ovid, Anacreon, Horace, and Seneca JoeBlogsDord 21:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Influences

message: The bottom of the page, External Links, has the following:
    "Ynys-Mon, Mark, ed. Poems and a short Biography at 
     druidic.org. (The biography is the source of this article.)"
The first words of this article state that Rochester's mother was a Parliamentarian by descent, and inclined to Puritanism.  Yet this article states that his mother was a Royalist by descent, and a staunch Anglican.  Some research needs to be done to determine which (if either) is the correct statement.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.71.177.78 (talk) 20:47, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The latter part doesn't particularly contradict. Puritans ARE Anglicans; they never broke with the Anglican Church like the Dissenters did. All Puritans are Anglicans, though the reverse isn't necessarily true. "Staunch" Anglican in fact implies puritan. - Sestet (talk) 02:03, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The acknowledged source of this article contradicts what's written here...

message: The person who marked this page as possible copyright infringement failed to mention why here on the talk page, as the message itself clearly instructs. So... What's the problem? - Sestet (talk) 04:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The message itself does not even remotely instruct that. The template self states the link where I think the copyvio is from. In casu  or google cache at . Garion96 (talk) 11:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect that permission probably was granted way back in 2004 (see top of this page). I'm not sure what the procedure was then for confirming permission, but I've asked the copyright holder again. If I don't get a response from him, I'll try contacting Bishonen.--DO11.10 (talk) 18:39, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The copyright holder has confirmed permission, and I've removed the tag. OTRS should be along shortly.--DO11.10 (talk) 23:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've confirmed that the copyright holder has released the text under the GFDL. Mr.Z-man 00:27, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright?

message: There is a representation of Lord Rochester in the film Plunkett and MacLeane. Granted, the representation isn't wholly historically accurate (probably), but the reference is missing in his historical context. Rather than add it out of hand, thought that I'd check to see if there were a reason why it wasn't added already?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wutho (talk • contribs) 08:14, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plunkett and MacLeane in Cultural Reference? 

message: There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages. 
The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion. 
Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 07:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion|Request for Comments]] 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Not moved. (non-admin closure) Adumbrativus (talk) 01:50, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester →  – Going by pageviews, the Earl of Rochester appears to be the primary topic. Векочел (talk) 02:33, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

text: Oppose per WP:NCBRITPEER. The existing primary redirect is sufficient. estar8806 (talk) ★ 02:54, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 23 June 2023