Talk:Touching the Void (book)

message: A note to editors of this and any similar articles: When referring to a person by one name, please use their last name, per usual encyclopedic style, not their first name. - dcljr (talk) 05:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last names, please 

message: The second paragraph of the "Controversy" section is total bunk.  It is not based on fact, it is based on opinion; why then is it is an encyclopedia?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by LightingNerd (talk • contribs) 02:18, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The ideal thing to do for a knowledgable person would be to supplement the other side of the argument as well, so that both stand balanced. -- Syzygy (talk) 06:52, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opinions? 

message: Content in the following box should be merged into the accompanying article if not redundant (with talk page & edit summary notations that it was previously part of Touching the Void), or a record made on this talk page about the judgment of redundancy being made. Please treat the box as accessory material, rather than an individual contrib, and feel free to strike thru (as i have) material already added or covered, preferably indicating in your corresponding (talk-pg) edit summary whether your strike thru is for previously added coverage, or addition at the time of striking thru.--Jerzy•t 07:11, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material from "Joe Simpson (mountaineer)" page & request for its review here; my strikethrus indicate material retained, in modified form, in [[Joe Simpson (mountaineer)]] 

message: Really?  Why use this pseudo-erudite obscure synonym for "rappelled," in an article about two British mountain climbers.  Writer either trying to impress with his vast command of European languages, or forcing clicks to link - rappel.
Dumbass.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.8.5.105 (talk) 15:16, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: 'Abseil' is UK usage. We might well ask, "Why use 'rappel', a pseudo-erudite obscure synonym for 'abseil'?" Have a look at the abseiling page to help sort this issue out for yourself. Ericoides (talk) 08:47, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: @IP: Believe me, it looks / sounds as strange for a native German. But indeed "abseil" is the term used by the people in question - mountaineers, rescue personell etc. I don't really know how this came to be, historically, but there you are. -- DevSolar (talk) 17:20, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abseiled?  Really? 

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