Talk:Clerihew

message: the external links on this page link to different sites, but both sites have the same article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.168.108.191 (talk) 03:57, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good call. I left the link to that article's author's site and removed the other one. Platte Daddy 19:35, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Congratulations on your fine article on clerihews. 
A section on my website is distinctive in that its numerous clerihews cover not only biography but also mythology. 
For that reason, I am submitting this section for your consideration as a proposed link, www.benandverse.com/writings/index.htm
This is from a section I have just added to my website, a literary miscellany, called “Phony Pearls of Fictitious Wisdom”. 
My original website, “Ben and Verse,” is devoted to Ben Franklin. It received the A+ award from the www.englishwebteacher.com (together with a link from the Franklin Institute).
The original website has persisted for years; I have instructed my executors that both the original website and this new addition shall remain unchanged until long after my death. 
I’d consider it an honor to receive a link from the Wikipedia.
Sincerely,
John McCall
Mccall63@aol.com
:I've added a link to the above site. 62.136.143.124 22:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, linking to personal web sites is inappropriate, as stated in Wikipedia's external links policy ("Links to blogs and personal web pages [should be avoided], except those written by a recognized authority"). --McGeddon 09:15, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clerihews on and under Mt. Olympus 

message: Ladislao Josef Bíró
Is writing’s great hero;
He did not disappoint 
When he invented the ballpoint.
60 years ago. Bog 18:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Respectfully submitted

message: Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg has accepted a large section of my website for the collection of classics available for downloading.
This will be a rare honor for a website not in print.
It would be ridiculous to claim that my website is of the same literary value as the classics in that collection. However, given this recognition,I request that you consider restoring the link to my website. (Persons raising the objection would need to consult Michael Hart at this time since the title does not now appear in the Project's listing.) 
Can a website be merely "personal" when endorsed by an internationally acclaimed institution? 
I submit this inquiry with the greatest respect for Wikipedia, which, I believe, like Project Gutenberg, is one of the prime contributors to the advancement of knowledge and understanding.
John McCall
PS Clerihew lovers! Please forgive the somber tone here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.250.127.18 (talk) 17:07, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project Gutenberg Accepts Ben & Verse 

message: I'm asking someone -- with the authority to do so -- to delete my statement on Project Gutenberg. I feel that this kind of name dropping is not in my own best interests -- and even though I am not profiting commercially, it may prove embarrassing to Project Gutenberg. 
I would like to remove any statements of mine on Wikipedia that mention Project Gutenberg. However, in my burst of enthusiasm over my acceptance, I mentioned the fact a number of places I cannot recall. Perhaps those who are editors would be kind enough to detect and delete those statements as well. Sorry for my poor judgment.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.205.29.116 (talk) 22:03, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please Delete Statement on Gutenberg 

message: See Talk:Balliol_rhyme#Difference_from_Clerihews TinaFromTexas (talk) 17:47, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference from Balliol Rhymes?