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Talk:Georgy Porgy (story)

message: The last sentence ("The same thing happened to household name, Peter Zebedee.") doesn't seem connected to the story in any way.  I suggest deletion. Thanks, V. 24.222.117.35 01:04, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://www.roalddahlfans.com/shortstories/geor.php. 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.  Dpmuk (talk) 18:27, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed
Talk:EMD GP10

message: world be nice if it said what specifically they changed or even just to what standard they are all now built. I don't see anything like that, just an exhaustive list of what models from which roads were "updated". How? New prime movers? New motors? Digital controls? Modern trucks? It doesn't say what a GP10 is. Idumea47b (talk) 14:25, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  So what were the actual updates made?
Talk:Man from the South

message: The "notable quote" seems quite unnecessary and is actually kind of a spoiler. Considering how many of Dahl's short stories (for adults, at least) are meant to have surprise endings, how much sense does it make to give away the very last sentence of this story? Perhaps it should be removed. Terukiyo 02:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoiler 

message: "However by the 8th light a woman comes in the room, claiming that he is mentally disturbed."
He who? The sentence implies it is the man making the offer, but the current object of "he" is the American boy. Never read the story so I can't confirm. --129.33.49.251 18:29, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronoun 

message: Currently says: "Dahl's story was also the basis for the Quentin Tarantino-directed segment of the 1995 film Four Rooms starring Tarantino and referred to as "The Man From Hollywood." 
--I haven't seen Four Rooms in a while, but I recall the dialogue being pretty clear that the plot of The Man From Hollywood is based not on Dahl's book, but, rather, on the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode (which is, of course, based on the book).  A subtle difference, but it would be more accurate to say that the Hitchock episode was the basis for the segment.  But, only if I'm right about the film dialogue.  Can anybody confirm my recollection?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunshipballoons (talk • contribs) 23:46, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Four Rooms 

message: It would be interesting to note that John Huston, who played Carlos in the 1985 television adaptation, had  directed the two actors who portrayed the role in the 1960 adaptation (Peter Lorre in “The Maltese Falcon”, 1941) and the 1979 adaptation (Jose Ferrer in “Moulin Rouge”, 1952). Gdr263418 (talk) 07:20, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Carlos connection
Talk:Norman Claxton

message: Afew sources for anyone interested and adopting this article:
*1986 Claxton Shield program extract
*Australian Dictionary of Biography entry
*Full Points Footy on Norman Claxton
*Cricinfo on Norman Claxton
*baseball.com.au listing his Hall of Fame inductation --Dan027 12:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources of information
Wikipedia talk:Not every page needs a tag

message: ...it's extremely confrontational. There are pages on similar points that are much less brash and assumptive and, IMAO, get their points across and don't provoke reactions. 68.39.174.238 03:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ENC though does say at the bottom "... IS NOT NEARLY THIS IN YOUR FACE MOST OF THE TIME". 68.39.174.238 19:50, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Useful, but... 

message: Funny thing is, I opened this page and the first thing I automatically thought was, "where's the essay tag?" NTox · talk 22:03, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quite instinctive
Talk:Skin (short story)

message: There has been some difference of opinion regarding the optimal balance of quotation vs paraphrase in describing how the story ends.
My preferred approach (see e.g. edit of 22 December 2009) involves a short paraphrase followed by a short quotation followed by another short paraphrase as follows:
*Paraphrase: [the narrator says that the evidence]
*Quotation: "causes one to wonder a little, and to the pray for the old man's health, and to hope fervently that wherever he may be at this moment"
*Paraphrase: [Drioli is indeed living the rich and comfortable lifestyle he was promised.]
Here, paraphrase is the dominant tool, with just enough direct quotation to convey the style and subtlety of the narrative.
A couple of editors (see edits of 8 November 2009 and 25 April 2010) misunderstood that blend of paraphrase and quotation, and assumed that the final paraphrase is meant to be part of the quotation. In my opinion, making such a presumptuous edit without reference to the story is a failing of common sense, but at least they probably acted in Good Faith.
The current version (see edit of 28 June 2010) circumvents the problem by including a longer direct quote, as follows:
*Paraphrase: [the narrator says that the evidence]
*Quotation: "causes one to wonder a little, and to the pray for the old man's health, and to hope fervently that wherever he may be at this moment, there is a plump attractive girl to manicure the nails of his fingers, and a maid to bring him breakfast in bed in the mornings."
This might be more stable, but comes at the cost (I would argue) of a greater-than-optimal amount of direct quotation.
What do you think?
125.168.127.32 (talk) 16:00, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paraphrase vs Quotation
Talk:The Great Automatic Grammatizator

message: Well, actually the author , Roald Dahl, is a Welsh, not British.--60.51.89.21 13:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Welsh is British ethnically - in fact more British than the English. - check your facts. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong races of UK 

message: Well, it does site one source, doesn't it?
Martin Jee 04:14, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations
Talk:The Visitor (short story)

message: It is possible that neither Orsborne nor Dahl invented the basic story.  Alfred Hitchcock told it at least twice when he appeared on talk shows.  He might have gotten it from Orsborne, but he certainly told it before Dahl published his version.  Kostaki mou (talk) 02:48, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: As they say, "citation needed." At any rate, Hitchcock's appearance on The Tomorrow Show was in 1973, which was *after* the 1965 publication of Dahl's story. Orsborne claimed in his 1949 book (pp. 58-60) to have heard the anecdote in an "FOAF" manner, and said it happened in the "Barawi Islands". A quick online search turns up nothing to confirm the existence of these alleged islands, except in newspaper articles quoting Orsborne as saying they were somewhere "between the Indian and Arabian Seas". When Hitchcock told the story on  The Tomorrow Show he said it happened in the Australian outback (where leprosy is not common, one might add). Muzilon (talk) 02:20, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Earlier Version

message: Write a story on the visitor make as 
interesting  as possible 2409:4089:CE8A:70A1:0:0:18C9:920A (talk) 17:14, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid this is not the place to ask for help with your school homework - see WP:NOTFORUM. Muzilon (talk) 23:47, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  English 1
Talk:The Way Up to Heaven

message: Why is somebody deleting the plot???  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.198.53.236 (talk) 23:14, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

message: In his autobiographical sketch "Lucky Break: How I Became a Writer", Dahl tells an anecdote which obviously refers to "The Way Up To Heaven", although he doesn't mention the story by name: "I was once driving alone on a country road and an idea came for a story about someone getting stuck in an elevator between two floors in an empty house..." Perhaps that information could be incorporated here. Muzilon (talk) 06:05, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Story behind the story
Talk:Halsnæs Municipality

message: 1 January 2008 Frederiksværk-Hundested municipality changed its name to Halsnæs municipality. I am not proficient in the use of templates, but this article needs a redirect to an article with the correct name.Bornsommer (talk) 13:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New name for this municipality
Talk:Copyright law of Spain

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:United States copyright law which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 12:46, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress
Talk:List of companies of Portugal

message: Nos,TAPAir,combios de portugal,EDP group,
Sacoor brothers,Altise 95.180.90.152 (talk) 20:18, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Companies of portugal
Talk:Central de Cervejas

message: "Super Bock brand is the most popular beer in Portugal (42% market share, September 1998)" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bock
"Sagres is the biggest selling brand in Portugal." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagres_%28beer%29#Brands
Sagres also supports bullfights.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.83.104.164 (talk) 18:20, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Popular / Market Share 
Talk:Leakey (surname)

message: This is starting to look like a family tree, including non-notable people. The objective of this disambiguation page is to list and link to notable people named Leakey. --Ezeu 12:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: None of the leakey family listed there are not notable. They do not all yet have articles. Some are more notable than others that is true. Some are notable more by their connections to the notables, such as Frida. There are plenty of non-notable or not yet notable leakeys not listed there. Two of the notable leakeys turned out to be in the Leakey family, Rea and Nigel. As for Phil Leakey, I don't know either whether he is notable or in the Kenyan family. The utility of the page as a quasi-family-tree is accidental. It is not really a family tree, just a logical organization. It was there prior to my moving people around. What would you have us do, scatter them around again just because the accidental organization might be useful? Another possibility of course is to alphabetize. I vote for the logical organization on the grounds of its utility.Dave 04:41, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Organization

message: Whoever does the article on Major General Rea, here is a useful link for you to use if think fit: Dave 04:41, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: this is bullshit  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.125.166.30 (talk) 18:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The above link may be useless, but Rea Leakey does appear to warrant an article. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:07, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Rea
Talk:Real Madrid C

message: Does anyone know who are the captains for Madrid C? I just took the players who were returning and used their birthdates as to who was senior. Raul17 13:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captains 

message: In this year
Thanks for your help me with this year  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.231.239.114 (talk) 07:35, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  News players
Talk:Simon Waley

message: I'm assuming the first Waley was his middle name and the second was his surname.  Or was he actually generally referred to as "Simon Waley Waley"?  I doubt that, as Grove V has him as simply "Simon Waley", with no mention of a middle name at all.  It looks far too much like the folk song "O, Waly Waly", and should be moved to "Simon Waley".  Imo.  --  JackofOz (talk) 13:51, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: His surname was simply Waley, like his father and brother. The first Waley was obviously a middle name.  Page moved accordingly.  --  Jack of Oz [your turn] 23:03, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Waley Waley
Talk:Ronaldo Folegatti

message: A google search turned up results for Folegatti at allmusic.com, musicabrasileira.org and allaboutjazz.com. I believe AMG at least is used routinely as a source for music-related articles. LeaHazel : talk : contribs 13:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability
Talk:Maxwell Struthers Burt

message: I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section:
* Cite templates will be used where possible.
* Tables may be used to organise short stories, poems and/or book reviews. 
* I prefer capitalization and punctuation to follow the standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, rather than "title case".
* Links (either direct or indirect) to potentially unreliable or incomplete digitised copies and to booksellers may be removed. 
This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 10:56, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography
Talk:Doberman (band)

message: this is my first wikipedia page and i haven't perfected it. i intend to show this band's relevance but am still working hard to translate various articles and features from the Japanese language. i believe i can make this page meet the requirements, so please don't delete this page (yet)! Dontmakemewait 13:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Geoffrey Barraclough

message: I have two items relating to Geoffrey Barraclough.  The first is an "autobiography" covering 1908 to 1942.  I have put autobiography in quotes because it was written as a sort of love letter for his second wife to set down for her factors that influenced his life to that date.  This runs to 62,000 words.  The second is a biography written by David Hackett Fisher, a colleague of his at Brandeis (for what purpose I do not know) - this runs to 13,000 words.
Would anyone want this stuff to be uploaded for consideration - alternatively I could send it as a MS Word file to anyone who is interested.
It is probably helpful to add that I am one of Geoffrey's sons, which is why I have the material.
Finally I have never used Wikipedia before so I apologise in advance if this entry is not appropriate.
Nngb (talk) 15:32, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geoffrey Barraclough - extra material - is this wanted/relevant
Talk:Anti-copyright notice

message: This should probably be merged with Anti-copyright, which has a section that duplicates the use of this page. David Regev 13:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Added to the main article :) --Sanglorian (talk) 20:36, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

message: A merger with copyleft was proposed, and continues to head the main article. However, the two are not synonyms, or even that close. Copyleft has a narrow definition, of a free, libre and open licence/resource with a share-alike requirement. Not all anti-copyright notices are free, libre and open or have a share-alike requirement; merging them would be a bad idea. --Sanglorian (talk) 20:36, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger with Copyleft

message: What human right does a law have to automatically restrict what a creator of work doesn't want restricted?  If a work was created for example by an alien from another planet on that other planet, surely they don't need to have a copyright or anti-copyright notice - how can someone here who wants their product to be freely available for 'any' purpose including full commercialisation and non-accreditation by another party communicate that without having to create a stupid license or stupid copyright notice? --ZhuLien 116.240.194.132 (talk) 04:47, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Human Rights

message: This article says:
For example, if just free distribution is encouraged, modification or lack of attribution is still illegal, making the material ineligible for collaborative writing projects like Wikipedia.
That is obviously false: not only does Wikipedia accept content that requires attribution, but all text contributions are cc-by-sa (requiring attribution). Some may be dual licensed or originally under a compatible license. (or PD) Anyway, lack of permission for modification is a blocker for Wikipedia use. --Jeremyb (talk) 18:17, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia requires attribution 

message: "It is possible to denounce all claims to copyright in a work including moral rights in a written disclaimer." - Actually, it is not possible to denounce one's moral rights in every jurisdiction. Such article should be written considering there are other countries (and legal systems) in the world besides America. --82.131.126.168 (talk) 09:04, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legally incorrect 
Talk:Adam Keller

message: I rewrote the article yesterday starting from this version and ending up with this version.  I believe it is mostly improvements.  I did remove the claim of anti-Zionist as there was no citation, although if you find a RS to this effect please add it back to the article as also add the category :Category:Anti-Zionists.  All my changes were blindly reverted earlier today, I have undone that revision.  If you have specific issues, please address them in isolation and lets move towards model of collaboration instead of antagonism.  Thank you.  --70.48.70.210 18:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also I did remove this sentence << He has been described as part of the "lunatic fringe leftists" by Nachum Barnea, a senior correspondand for Yedioth Ahronoth >> because the citation given did not have Nachum Barnea mentioning Adam Keller in the article, thus I felt it was a stretch to make that claim.  Additionally, one has to remain cognizant of the requirements of WP:BLP which applies because calling someone part of the "lunatic fringe" can be considered defamation.  --70.48.70.210 18:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite and blind reverting

message: There was an issue for Wikipedia:Mediation which was refused by User:RolandR under the pretext of:
"I don't see why any mediation is necessary, and I disagree with Jaakobou's summary... I see no point in entering mediation with this highly POV editor, whose good faith in this case I strongly doubt."
Censoring of 'criticism on Adam Keller' issue still in dispute. Jaakobou 15:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mediation

message: in the current format, the capitalisation of the headings is not in line with recommendations of WP:MSH. Specifically:
Political Views -> Political views
See Also -> See also
External Links -> External links
If it wasn't protected I'd change it myself. These are minor issues which should be incorportated into the next modifications to the article.Garrie 00:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyedit with reference to WP:MOS, WP:MSH 

message: I believe this to be OR and POV, a much better description would be unpatriotic but i'm sure you would revert on the basis of "OR and POV". Jaakobou 01:21, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: conscience objector

message: Adam. Thank you for your reply. In the last sentence of the article you refer to 'Tall Tales'circulating on Irish websites. Can you give me a link to any of those sites? I hope you can find time to reply, you seem to lots of things to deal with. I am intrigued as to why an Israeli would have an interest in Kevin O'Higgins in the first place and Archie Doyle in the second.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Realmcd (talk • contribs) 19:14, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archie Doyle
Talk:Bloomingdale High School

message: Is all this really notable or necessary at all? Should we remove all of this? It's not sourced either. Steevven1 (Talk) (Contributions) 13:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names of all of administration and clubs 

message: Anyone wishing to improve this article should start with a thorough review of the following guidelines for school articles here on Wikipedia -> Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools#Structure - Ageekgal (talk) 06:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs lots of work 

message: I started cleaning this article up today.  Got rid of the whole sections of unencyclopedic info, edited the fluffiness out of the athletic section.  Athletics still needs to be cited.  Anyone that works on Florida schools feel free to cite the champs.  Otherwise, I will go back and find it after I finish the cleanup. Gtwfan52 (talk) 11:41, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup! 
Talk:List of universities in Flanders

message: It needs to be clarified by what is meant by Flanders. In most cases, Flanders refers to the contemporary Flemish Region, roughly the northern half of Belgium. Under this definition, universities in Brussels should not be included, as Brussels is its own region, and is not part of the Flemish Region. Perhaps this article should be re-written to either not include Brussels-based institutions (which would then get their own page), or to have its title changed to "List of Flemish universities". What do you think?
Deregnaucourt 13:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition of Flanders -- Brussels universities
Talk:Covenant (Halo)/Vehicles

message: Augh, after some reading around, it seems like this is probably going to get AfD.  I'm not going to unsplit it, but to whoever nominates and executes the AfD, could we try to make sure this information makes it back into the main article? I busted my ass to get this done. // 3R1C 13:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you cut it down a lot you could concevably put this someone else, but List of Vehicles in Halo was already deleted. This one will too, only a matter of time. Dåvid Fuchs (talk / contribs) 16:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion

message: Added the section "Brute Prowler" and "Anti-Air" for the new Halo 3 vehicles. More info is appreciated.
Intranetusa 18:33, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Added section info

message: Rather than glass this article (as happened to Human Vehicles in Halo) why not merge it into the appropriate section in the Covenant article, as had been suggested on the Halo (series) talk page? --coldacid 04:42, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it had already been forked due to size.  In its current state, you can't c/p it back into Covenant (Halo).  If you're feeling bold, go cut the article down.  Do so at your own risk, because the Halo armada will come with a vengeance. // 3R1C 19:46, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This should be deleted or redirected, this kind of articles only serve to acumulate indiscriminated information or to be more accurate fancruft, there is no space for this on the Covenant page and if a cleanup was to take place there is hardly any encyclopedic material to include there. - Caribbean~H.Q. 09:48, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this assessment... there's nothing about the development of the Covenant vehicles, nothing about how they were received critically, nothing about their legacy to the gaming world... nothing that you have the right to expect from an encyclopaedia. Ong elvin (talk) 23:59, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Covenant (Halo)]]