Talk:Sue Townsend

message: ("The first two books in the series appealed to ...")
This reads to me as if implying that the latter books are bad/unrealistic/uninspired ... (Of course they are not literally about an "adolescent boy" anymore).
ChKa 19:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Critique in last paragraph 

message: Mrs. Townsend is categorized as a "British Republican". Is there any source for it or is it based only on the fact that The Queen and I (and Queen Camilla) takes place in a republican Britain? Because The Queen and I can hardly be considered an advocacy of republicanism - the book ends with [SPOILER ALERT] the British Republic being bankrupt and sold to the Empire of Japan (and then Her Majesty wakes up, thank the Lord).
--88.101.236.53 (talk) 18:34, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Possible source INTERVIEW / Secret passions of a republican mole: Sue Townsend explains why she killed off the Queen Mother in a council house --Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 22:47, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks, I think that will be a useful source. Fills in some other gaps in Townsend's biography too. Philip Cross (talk) 23:05, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "British Republican"? 

message: Could people please stop editing (and reverting the edits) of Mrs. Townsend's (rumoured) death, until a credible and trusted source announces it.
Dale Hay 22:25, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unconfirmed Report 

message: There has been a minor difference between myself and another editor and I have reverted the change back to my own version. I prefer "Successful writer" because this section is about Townsend's eventual successful career rather than solely about her texts. Philip Cross (talk) 00:32, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  "Successful writer" has now been changed to "The success of Adrian Mole" on the grounds that Townsend was a successful writer before Adrian Mole. This is not quite true. On first meeting John Tydeman, according to one article, Tydeman had to pay Townsend's fare back to Leicester because she did not have sufficient funds. As it stands, the section refers to her being made a Freeman of Leicester which is not directly about Adrian Mole, so the content is not matched by the heading used currently. Being made a Freeman of her home city is worth including, but not something which most users will be keenest to access so a separate heading would thus be inappropriate and is not a solution. In due course, the section will include more about Townsend's other work, such as The Queen and I, so the title will become more inaccurate over time. Philip Cross (talk) 13:28, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: "Successful writer" => "Writing"

message: The sources about Sue Townsend are in conflict over the number of daughters born to her parents, and this has caused a minor edit conflict in the last few hours. The obituaries in The Guardian, Independent and Scotsman say she was the eldest of five sisters while the BBC News article has the earliest of three sisters. As the Telegraph obituary goes with Townsend being the eldest of her siblings, without an indication of gender or number, this might indicate a variation in the sources professional writers can access. So the BBC News article might actually be correct but, for the moment, we only have the number of reliable sources indicating five as an indication of veracity. For the record, the Express and Mail in their articles also go with five, but they are not considered credible sources. In my view, five should stand. Philip Cross (talk) 12:54, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Since I typed the above, two users who credibly identified themselves as being closely connected to Sue Townsend have altered the number of Townsend sisters to 3. This is likely to remain an issue with the article until a biography or memoir appears, so for the moment, it seems appropriate for the variant evidence to be mentioned in the text. Philip Cross (talk) 11:41, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Number of siblings

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