Talk:John Horton Conway

message: According to this Twitter thread by Colm Mulcahy, John Horton Conway has died. Does anyone have a better source? 70.172.136.61 (talk) 19:03, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Please watch also the disambiguation page John Conway. I've just reverted an edit. Litlok (talk) 21:49, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

text: Note: based on this tweet. Vincent Lefèvre (talk) 11:18, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

text: Articles & Talk Pages have different guidelines.  Please read Template:Talkref.  My use is also supported by the Wikipedia guidelines.  So this template in each section with 's is what is desired on talk pages.  — Lentower (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

text: One way to think about this is that on a talk page each section is a separate article. Another is that Articles & Talk pages are very different.  It's one of the reasons they are in separate namespaces. — Lentower (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

text: I suggest in the future, when you don't understand a template or WP feature, you read the documentation.  Granted the discussion is past, I will spend my time improving our encyclopedia elsewhere, rather then reverting. — Lentower (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: You don't need this section, the reference list is enough. Multiplying sections with the same title across the talk page makes them useless because the link in TOC becomes ambiguous. The section makes sense in articles only, where there is just one such section per page. --CiaPan (talk) 09:52, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Articles & Talk Pages have different guidelines.  Please read Template:Talkref.  My use is also supported by the Wikipedia guidelines.  So this template in each section with 's is what is desired on talk pages.  — Lentower (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

text: One way to think about this is that on a talk page each section is a separate article. Another is that Articles & Talk pages are very different.  It's one of the reasons they are in separate namespaces. — Lentower (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

text: I suggest in the future, when you don't understand a template or WP feature, you read the documentation.  Granted the discussion is past, I will spend my time improving our encyclopedia elsewhere, rather then reverting. — Lentower (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: The xkcd comic honoring Conway has been added and removed several times from the article.  I don't have a strong opinion either way, but it looks like discussion would be called for before adding or removing it again. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 17:53, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: ... and I just reverted removing it again.  Let me open discussion.  Perhaps a mention of the comic would fit better (and be less controversial) under "Awards and honours"?  Such a tribute is a sort of an honor. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 10:00, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I say remove it as trivia and WP:UNDUE weight. Opencooper (talk) 21:20, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

text: I agree with Opencooper. —Emil J. 20:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

text: I don't know how prominent it was before, and a prominent showing of it doesn't seem appropriate, but an understated mention (e.g. in awards and honors, or popular culture or something) would be good and I'd support that.  It comes down to asking whether it is something readers will appreciate, and I think that it is. 2601:648:8202:96B0:3567:50D5:8BFF:4588 (talk) 11:45, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

text: Oppose. I like the comic, and I would like to have it displayed somewhere, but rather outside Wikipedia. I don't think the encyclopedia bio article is an appropriate place for linking it. --CiaPan (talk) 16:26, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: xkcd

message: I have started a requested move discussion at Talk:John Conway#Requested move 14 April 2020. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:03, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move on John Conway