Talk:Derek Walcott

message: A clearer reference to 'The Schooner 'Flight (1979) as a well-known work?
80.177.213.144 19:09, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: In the first section, reference is made to an essay Walcott supposedly wrote in 1940.  According to the birthdate above, this would make Walcott 10 years old when the essay was published.  Something is wrong here, but I don't know what. WikiFanCMC 14:04, 18 April 2008 (CET)
I am interested in Walcott's plays. Can anyone help me find out which ones are the best out of the 40 odd he's written? ThePeg 16:22, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: PLAYS

message: The only biographical information about the man, apart from his works, is his name and the date and place of his birth.
The information on his father is semi-inaccurate. The article states he died before Derek and Roderick were born, but they were both 15 months old before he died. The source that is listed in the article says nothing on the father dying before their birth.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.13.43.19 (talk) 19:53, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not much biography, is there? 

message: Your chance to improve the article! On Wednesday 10th September 2008 at BBC Bush House at 16.00hrs, Derek Walcott will be talking about his epic poem Omeros on the BBC's World Book Club. If you would like to put a question to Derek Walcott about Omeros, email worldbookclub@bbc.co.uk. If you're in the UK, you can be part of the audience. After transmission the programme will be permanently available to "listen again" on the BBC website. EdQuine (talk) 15:27, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ask DW about ''Omeros''

message: Is he related to them?  81.159.70.120 (talk)81.159.70.120 (talk) 07:17, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Clyde and Theo

message: I amended the material on the recent anonymous distribution of details about the allegations of abuse so that it no longer has WP calling it a "smear campaign" - which really is not an NPOV term - but makes it clear that the sources referred to used the term. Kay Dekker (talk) 23:22, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Smear campaign" 

message: This was added to the article on Padel:
Padel's comportment in the affair was roundly criticized by a number of respected poets in a letter of support addressed to Walcott and published in the Times Literary SupplementAl Alvarez, Alan Brownjohn, Carmen Bugan, David Constantine, Elizabeth Cook, Robert Conquest, Jonty Driver, Seamus Heaney, Jenny Joseph, Patrick Kavanagh, Grevel Lindop, Patrick McGuiness, Lucy Newlyn, Bernard O’Donoghue, Michael Schmidt, Jon Stallworthy, Michael Suarez, Don Thomas, Anthony Thwaite, 'Oxford Professor of Poetry', Times Literary Supplement, June 3 2009, p. 6.
I removed it from there as it does not mention Padel at all in the source -   TLS Letters to the Editor 3rd June 2009 - modified, it might be for inclusion here if we accept letters to the TLS from prominents (I don't see why not, but maybe I'm unaware of a policy/guideline that says otherwise) But at the moment I see no logical place for it in the article except in the lead, which didn't garv me.--163.1.147.64 (talk) 20:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  more on this 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem 

message: the announcement is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/24/ts-eliot-prize-derek-walcott if anyone is concerned ixo (talk) 19:56, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Most of it was added by a strong POV editor last year and then tempered down, but there's still too much of it. Span (talk) 21:31, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's a half decent article (re major events and ref'ing), but yes, it could use a close working over. Span (talk) 00:13, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: TS Eliot Prize Winner

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message: This section is almost longer than that devoted to Walcott's entire career, which seems to be WP:Undue Weight. It should be summarized, as much of the controversy was more of a self-referential media storm, prompted by the topic of sexual harassment and the role played by a woman poet in challenging a man. While the story is interesting, coverage in this article is out of proportion to the artistic work and accomplishments of Walcott's career. It seems a good example to use for "media storms" related to culture and gender wars, as several journalists commented on that aspect of it.  Is there such a topic?  Parkwells (talk) 19:10, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Most of it was added by a strong POV editor last year and then tempered down, but there's still too much of it. Span (talk) 21:31, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversies: Undue Weight

message: I think this article could use an overhaul, particularly with regard to the way Walcott's career is documented. Does anyone think the article could be better organized? Also, I would like to add more organized literary criticism of his work (as well as snippets from book reviews, both positive and negative). Any thoughts?Jpcohen (talk) 04:12, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's a half decent article (re major events and ref'ing), but yes, it could use a close working over. Span (talk) 00:13, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article's Organization 

message: Title says it all.JoshBM16 (talk) 12:04, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  10th reference is a dead end, need someone who knows how to fix it. 

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