Talk:Henri Murger

message: I have just stumbled across this "article". Obviously it is not written in keeping with Wikipedia standards, in fact is not "encyclopaedic" in our present sense. However, it is certainly good reading, very interesting not to mention enjoyable, and yes, informative too. So, I expect it will eventually be replaced by something more "wiki-like", but I would like to make a special plea that some use be found for the material presently here, whether as part of Wikipedia or elsewhere on the internet (unless it is already accommodated elsewhere, which would be excellent). When that is sorted out, then there absolutely most definitely should be a link in the Wikipedia article to it. My thanks to the person who OCRed this and placed it here, even if only temporarily. --A R King (talk) 20:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is not a proper Wikipedia article, but... 

message: This article needs to be reworked.  The extensive quoted passage from Nuttall is valuable information but it doesn't belong here. It should be restored to its original form (before edits) and placed somewhere else, perhaps on a Wikisource page, and then linked from here. The article here should be a more modest biography of Murger.  The current first paragraph is fine as a start, and perhaps it could be expanded using some of the information in the Nuttall article.
We also need to address the question of how to spell his name. Murger used a variety of spellings in the course of his career, probably as an affectation of exoticness. His most famous work (the Boheme stories) was published under the name "Henry Murger" spelled with a "y" not an "i", and that's how his name appears in most other reputable sources. Wikipedia is going against the grain by insisting on the French spelling. I think it would make more sense to title the main article "Henry Murger" with perhaps a note about the spelling.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iglew (talk • contribs) 23:45, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Clarification: English language catalogs generally call him "Henry Murger" since that's the name he published under. French catalogs tend to call him "Henri Murger", his given name (actually Louis-Henri Murger), but then note that he published under the pseudonym "Henry Murger". I'm not sure what that means for Wikipedia.  I still incline toward "Henry", but I'm open to persuasion. Iglew (talk) 00:34, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs Work

message: I'm going to remove the vast swathes of verbatim material from the 1907 Nuttall Encyclopedia article and the introductory essay to Henry Murger, The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter (New York: Société des Beaux-Arts, 1888) until it can be properly edited for style, tone, clarity and relevance, and checked for accuracy).  The removed material can be found at:
Talk:Henri Murger/Draft Material 
Note also that all the sections specifically relating to Scènes de la Vie de Bohème should be edited and incorporated into that article, not this one. They are:
*The Character of Rodolphe 
*The Character of Schaunard 
*The Character of Marcel 
*The Character of Colline 
*The Character of Barbemuche 
*Minor characters 
*Mimi 
*Musette 
*Phemie 
*Setting in the novel 
*Cafe Momus 
*Incidents from the Novel
If there is agreement amongst other editors to restore the material "as is" to the article until it can be properly edited, please feel free do so. Voceditenore (talk) 11:38, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: *Update After removing the old text to the location above, I've expanded the article somewhat and added references. Obviously, there's still much room for improvement. Voceditenore (talk) 14:13, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removing vast swathes of quoted text

message: I thought Jouy was a tenant in the building and it was Jouy who got him the clerk job.  Not sure if I can track down my source for that, though. Iglew (talk) 19:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biography