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Talk:The Honest Courtesan

message: Much of this stub article is directly copied from the University of Chicago Press website (http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo3684241.html) so this constitutes plagiarism. A revision for original wording might be useful. I've not time to do this myself at the moment, but will return to take care of it if no one else does in the meantime.
111.233.61.71 (talk) 05:48, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Turkey Brook

message: As a child growing up in the area, I was always told that this 'brook' was the water where Sir Walter Riley layed his cloak down for the then Queen.  Exact location being Maidens Bridge.  True or Not?
Pat Whelton  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.102.55.48 (talk) 10:49, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Turkey Brook
Talk:The House of Dies Drear

message: I updated this article to reflect an adult writing style, as I think the previous version was written by a child reading the book for school. Even so it still needs a bit of an overhaul with regard to the plot points of the book, but as I haven't read the book in fifteen years, I'm probably not the person for the job.
Please note this article page is not the place to discuss the merits of the book; it's simply for objective information about the book. Dblanchar (talk) 22:12, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates
Talk:The Hungry Hercynian

message: The magazine illustration adorning the article seems to be misattributed. The magazine itself simply lists "Lawrence" among the issue's artists. ISFDB identifies this as Lawrence Sterne Stevens rather than the Don Stevens chosen here. Idontcareanymore (talk) 19:30, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Correction made. BPK (talk) 16:01, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illustration
Talk:George Carlin: Again!

message: The article refering George Carlin Again, arguably Carlin's most famous performance, should be expanded. I am currently reviewing the DVD to highlight this memorable performance.
Also the sentence refering to On the Road was deleted because the only full routine from On the Road that appears on this broadcast is "Death and Dying," and small parts of "Headlines." The sentence was inaccurate.
Hey, what's the name of the Irish jig at the end? Are you sure it is Irish? I'm from Sicily and it reminds me of some traditional Sicilian folk music but unfortunately I don't know the name of it, so please excuse me if I'm wrong. Datamosh (talk) 00:26, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Route 66

message: I've restored the dab template to this page... don't know why or when in the long history of the page it was removed, but I can't think of any good reason, and none was noted here. Comments welcome of course. Andrewa 17:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: dab template

message: I guess being bold has gone out the window on Wikipedia. Everything needs discussion and approval? Anyways, the term Route 66 is synonymous with the historic US route, and other Route 66's are very minor. The second most significant use is a song which is written about the highway, further signifying its significance. This is one of the few highways that is undoubtedly a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 16:43, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. The former US Highway is still known as Route 66 in popular culture, and it the subject of many travel books. A comment above on this page further amplifies the Route 66 = US 66 connection. Route 66 should redirect to U.S. Route 66, and  the content of Route 66 should be moved to Route 66 (disambiguation), with the appropriate hatnotes added. Imzadi 1979 →  16:49, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rationale behind move 
Talk:The Imaginary (Sartre)

message: Provides an answer Descartes' existential dilemma of whether we are manipulated by an evil demon that makes all of experience to be a dream, via the observation that perception throws up unknown observations while dreams are a-priori known (in the sense that a chair, in a dream, has 4 legs) Bhattacharjee Amit (talk) 14:07, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sartre's psychology of the imagination
Talk:The Immortal (short story)

message: I am currently working on improving this article.  --Survivalism (talk) 01:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the summary here is pretty woeful. What happens is that the narrator leaves the city and finds, outside the city, the troglodyte who had followed him. After that, there are three more chapters (the troglodyte reveals himself to be Homer, we learn that the stream at the foot of the troglodyte tribe's city is the same river that gives immortal life, Rufus skims over the rest of his life, comments on the bits of Homeric text that have been woven in the text, and the postscript speculating on the authenticity of the document) that are never mentioned. The analysis seems a bit flaky to me as well. For as long as this article carries a notability tag though, I'm not going to be inclined to spend time fixing either section, since it seems there's a chance the article might be deleted or merged eventually anyways. Dindon (talk) 00:28, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

message: Wasn't there a video game by EA Games that has the same title? Sierraoffline444 (talk) 06:20, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  EA Video Game 

message: I know the character of the Wandering Jew is pretty controversial these days (it is pretty antisemitic) but I'm pretty positive that the main immortal character Joseph Cartaphilus is implied to be the mythological Wandering Jew, or at least uses symbolism of that figure. Two of the earliest attested names for the Wandering Jew are "Joseph" and "Cartaphilus", as the page from this very wiki points out, and both are immortal figures which generally seem to resent their immortality, both of which I doubt are coincidences. Additionally said Wikipedia page actually mentions that the main character in this story is named after the Wandering Jew legend. Surely this is enough to mention the inspiration from the Wandering Jew somewhere on the page, or at least link the first instance of the name "Joseph Cartaphilus" to the page on the Wandering Jew? The story elements of immortality causing separate people and identities to blur together (rather like with mythological characters) over vast expanses of time seems to tie into this thematically, at least, even if he isn't the actual Wandering Jew of legend himself (as being a soldier under Diocletian places him a few hundred years after Christ, unless identity switching/merging trickery is at work). Zombiecrab (talk) 10:29, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cartaphilus as the Wandering Jew
Talk:The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science

message: The article currently says:
Asimov was first contacted by Leon Svirsky of Basic Books in 1959 about the possibility of writing a book that would provide an overview of science....  By 27 January 1958, Asimov was able to deliver the first half of the completed manuscript.
Looks like Asimov didn't just write science fiction, he lived it. His time travel ability must be what explains his remarkable productivity. --Mr. Billion (talk) 20:46, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs a dates correction
Talk:The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

message: I noticed several things I would like add to this article. First, under the section entitled "Reception" I will add how both African Americans and White people perceived his narrative. I will also add how many estimated copies were printed and sold. Lastly, I will create a whole new section for summaries, so it is not mixed in with themes. I will also contribute to the summary section by adding summaries to chapter 3,4,5,6, and 7 because I am most familiar with those.
Zem Mitchell (talk) 01:21, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions  

message: Are these universally accepted "themes" of Equiano's Narrative? Only one includes a citation from Gates--the others do not include any citations. Maybe a citation per each theme should be included, and the section could possibly be expanded? I may try to do this (cite and expand), but am curious about what others might think.
It might also be useful to include a "critical reception" section, which might absorb and expand on the "themes" section. Equiano's Narrative has been and is studied pretty widely. Any thoughts?--Hobomok (talk) 17:46, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Themes Section
Talk:The Invisible Detective

message: The article says
: detective Brandon Lake, who is known as "the Invisible Detective" as no one has seen more than his silhouetted figure in a darkened room. In fact, Brandon Lake does not exist; he was invented by the four children, who investigate all his cases themselves.
This leaves too much ambiguity to be encyclopedic. It could instead say
: an imaginary detective, whom they call "Brandon Lake" and believe they have seen as a silhouetted figure in a darkened room, and who seems to be advising them, when they interpret noises that seem to be responses to their conjectures
if that gets the facts right. But maybe it's wrong, maybe they are psychics channeling Sherlock Holmes, or one of them is a delusional psychotic. Someone who knows more needs to fix that passage before it gets replaced by something even vaguer, but less confusing. --Jerzy•t 04:41, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  B Lake 

message: I propose that the articles for: Faces of Evil (Justin Richards novel); Shadow Beast;Legion of the Dead and any other books in this series should be merged into this one.  As individual books, they do not meet  the notability guidelines for books.--CharlieDelta (talk) 09:09, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Furthermore the "plot summary" sections that appear in some of the articles are actually just marketing gloss/teasers from the book jackets or publicity material, and do not contribute encyclopedic value. mooncow 19:30, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: List of The Invisible Detective characters has pretty brief descriptions of characters, and some of them seem of extremely limited value in the context of the whole series; the previous merger seems to indicate that the individual books aren't notable alone. Neither it nor this article are large enough to necessitate a spinoff; let's merge the character list here. I'll clean up the formatting so there aren't a jillion sections involved. --BDD (talk) 17:21, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 2
Talk:The Invisible Intruder

message: One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s). The material was copied from: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A4xbYvAclCYC&pg=PT2&lpg=PP1&ots=4bGFgMaopW&dq=The+Invisible+Intruder. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  MER-C 03:39, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: Shells mentioned in the book
*Astronaut Argo (octopus eggcase) p29
*Murex brandaris p46
*Epitonium scalare (Fraud Shell) p74
*Cypraea aurantium (golden cowrie) p115
*Tridacna gigas (man-eating clam) pp146-7
*Conus Gloria-mario (rare shell) p159
*Xenophora p159
*Blue starfish p160
--NoSnakesInIreland (talk)  23:37, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shells
Talk:The Irish Republic (book)

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: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 19:03, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The Irish Republic →  – Most of the people are looking for the Irish Republic itself, not the book, so if we move the page to The Irish Republic (book), then the people actually looking for the book can just search for the book, and the people looking for the Irish Republic by typing in 'The Irish Republic' will get an article about the Irish Republic. 🌶️Jalapeño🌶️ Don't click this link! 10:06, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 6 August 2023
Talk:The Iron Tower

message: Merge mania - has shown up here - no I don't think this should happen just develop the articles, show notability, critical reviews, comment, verifablility, all the usuals. 13:39, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The individual volumes of The Iron Tower aren't, by themselves, novels.  McKiernan didn't write The Iron Tower to be a trilogy; it was the choice of a publisher to issue it in three volumes.  If another publisher brings it out in four volumes or in two volumes or in twelve volumes, should these volumes have separate articles? —SlamDiego←T 20:09, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: In what way does the origin of the Iron Tower negate the fact that it is a blatant rip-off of Lord of the Rings?  The publisher wanted to write a sequel to LotR, were denied by Tolkien's estate, so they went ahead and had McKiernan write a surrogate LotR instead.  It's still a rip-off, and criticisms of it as such are entirely valid. 82.9.241.114 (talk) 00:44, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism section is problematic
Talk:The Jewish Enemy

message: I'm a student working on something regarding this material and was mortified to see the quality of this article. Random capitalizations, spelling mistakes, and grammatical errors laden throughout. It looks like someone translated this to a foreign language in google translate then back again several times. Whoever did most of the work here should probably be tapped on the shoulder and asked to use rudimentary spell check. 121.210.33.50 (talk) 03:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quality of article.
Talk:The Jigsaw Man

message: I removed some commentary added by an anon because it seemed inappropriately biased towards a particular point of view. I'm sure we can reintegrate portions of it into the article, but for the moment it's better to leave it out. Johnleemk | Talk 08:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commentary 

message: The comment about the proposed/considered Massachusetts law may be relevant, but does it actually belong under The Reception section? There is no indication from this comment that it was in any way influenced by The Jigsaw Man (or any of Niven's other stories in this setting). Was the story brought up as context when the law was being debated, or anything similar? There is no mention in the story that convicts were ever allowed to barter organs for reduced sentences, and no indication that anyone involved with the proposed law was influenced by, or even aware of, the story. So, how is this part of the story's "reception"?
If there is some demonstrable connection, this might be better moved to a section for Legacy or Cultural Impact, with a note on what the connection was. If there is no such connection, then the comment is simply about an unrelated proposed law to which the commenter sees some similarity, and it should be removed. 2601:600:A401:83E0:85D5:2659:5851:9DFC (talk) 23:44, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reception and Massachusetts law comment
Talk:The Judgment

message: In the "Interpretation" section, it would be helpful to say who the authorities cited are or what makes their opinions notable. I see Heinz Politzer, Herbert Tauber, and Russel Berman in particular. Are they Kafka scholars? Or just the first references found by an earlier author of the article? -Phoenixrod (talk) 06:51, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interpretation section
Talk:The Kent Family Chronicles

message: I can't believe we have so little on this series. I was re-reading The Bastard again this weekend, as I have periodically over the 30 years since I first read it as a child filching books from her older brother's stash. They made a miniseries of the first two or three, as I recall; seems to me that fellow who was married to Kate Jackson (Andrew something?) played Philip Charboneau. I'll try to find more to add to this entry, for sure. For the moment, I've classed it as the stub it sadly is. Lawikitejana 21:43, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Whoa ... that's not much

message: Would anyone have a problem w/ merging all the stub artices for the different books into this page? Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 20:56, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging?
Talk:William Arkin

message: I removed some unsourced statements that had stood tagged for TWO YEARS. Don't do that "tagging" crap. If you see some unsourced crap in a BLP, remove it NOW, don't tag it. That's what you're suppose to do.
I've also removed an unnecessary section heading "Controversy". This isn't a good idea. He's a controversial guy, so the term "biography" is just fine. --TS 00:08, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits 2011-09-26
Talk:The King's Stilts

message: Ivan the Terrible "apparently walked on stilts through the fields of grain to encourage their fertility". Don't want to add it to the article, of course... just thought the discussion page would be a nice place to share this funny and unexpected connection between Ivan the Terrible and Dr. Seuss. ;)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.193.205 (talk) 03:04, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Sam Maloof

message: The birth date of the second wife is obviously wrong, as follows,
Beverly Wingate Maloof (2001–2009;his death)
: these are the dates of marriage which ended in his death. Joojay (talk) 08:26, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth of second wife 
Talk:The Koran (Rodwell)

message: Whenever one wishes to add a bibliography, on should also add a couple more bibliography - or else it will represent only one view. I suggest that some other bibliography be added, as the on of Clay Smith, A.R. Kidwai etc. ? --Imdkzmaa (talk) 18:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography links?
Talk:The Last of the Light Brigade

message: Does anyone have access to some historical journals or documents that indicate how this poem was received by the general public? It would seem like something controversial, yet not much is written on the matter.
Dragoneye776 (talk) 03:08, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I came here to ask the same question, In this article the text is right next to the Wikisource link. Subject to other contributors' views, I'm thinking about deleting the verses, just leaving the link. Policy here. --Old Moonraker (talk) 13:07, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Bay Islands Department

message: it is beutifull  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.66.110.154 (talk) 17:28, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: *Lord, David George. (1975) Money Order Economy: Remittances in the Island of Utila. Doctoral dissertation published at AboutUtila.com -- Donald Albury 13:18, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible sources for history of Bay Islands 

message: 2012 census and correct surface area information fixed  — Preceding unsigned comment added by HonorTheIsland (talk • contribs) 19:03, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  2012 census info
Talk:Bay Islands English

message: Genetically?
Languages do not have genes, so we really need another word2A01:CB08:8BE:AA00:6411:3FA4:9056:1DA4 (talk) 09:41, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a common term in linguistics but I'll change it for clarity.  Erinius (talk) 21:33, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
Talk:Belén, Honduras

message: "latitude is 15.75 north, the longitude is 87.93 west" Not according to GeoHack, which has it 14° 30′ 0″ N, 88° 30′ 0″ W...  TREKphiler hit me ♠  05:13, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Gettin' lost
Talk:The Last Spike (book)

message: A comment from Talk:Chinese_Canadians_in_British_Columbia: 
* "That link is Berton, and it's a crappy source in many ways; there's lots more on the building of the railway out there, including the Morton book I keep on mentioning; Berton is known for many historical errors and conflations....."
What sources show/demonstrate these historical errors? Reliable sources need to be shown. They can include book reviews or other documents discussing the book.
WhisperToMe (talk) 21:42, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors?
Talk:The Last Starship from Earth

message: I just read the book and this bit does not seem to be in the book
"In this world, Jesus Christ became a revolutionary agitator and was never subjected to crucifixion. He assembled an army to overthrow the Roman Empire, and established a theocracy that has lasted until the twentieth century. He was killed by a crossbow while entering Rome, so the crossbow becomes a religious symbol similar to the cross in our time-line." Are there different versions? I read the Penguin reprint of the 1968 ed. published by Wrybright.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.51.145.16 (talk) 07:29, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Synthesis not in the book
Talk:Charles Butterworth (actor)

message: I made links to all the actors and titles mentioned here; they're all notable and worthy. However the terribly long sentence is basically all links and needs some additional verbiage and to be broken up somehow. Leofric1 (talk) 12:58, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Second paragraph

message: "Butterworth's distinct voice was the inspiration for the Cap'n Crunch commercials from the Jay Ward studio. Voice actor Daws Butler based Cap'n Crunch on the voice of Butterworth." This might be misleading because it sounds as if Butler developed a new voice specifically for Cap'n Crunch. I could be wrong, but I think he was already using the same voice for other characters at the time of "Rocky and His Friends" a few years earlier. Richard K. Carson (talk) 03:07, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Cap'n Crunch

message: This article currently shows "July 26, 1899", while IMDB shows "26 July 1896". Which year is correct?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lmk4 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of birth
Talk:Alfred Worm

message: *At the top it says he died on the 5th but at the bottom it says he succumbed on the 4th. I presume he died on the 5th but it could be confusing. Sorry to be pedantic. Cls14 11:22, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Late on the night of the 4th is the fifth. --Bejnar 19:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Death date
Talk:Law of the jungle

message: Not a Dab, dbBold textz Dabs disambiguate between articles.   --Jerzy•t 21:47, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article type? 

message: The German wikipedia article Faustrecht should be linked to this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fedjmike (talk • contribs) 13:43, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  German link
Talk:The Lay of the Land

message: This bit can't be right:
In a positive review, Richard Ford of The Observer wrote "Often in the book...
I don't want to remove it, but whoever added it should fix it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JO 24 (talk • contribs) 14:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reception?