Talk:John Steinbeck/Archive 1

message: Someone is adding irrelevant and chat-room like text to the page.168.169.90.135 13:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Somebody wrote stuff about Steinbeck being married to "Ryan Seacrest", "Derek Jeter (ex husnabd of A-Rod)". This is ridiculous. Somebody ban those people. The librarians at my school found this, and I was trying to get on to fix it. A nod to whoever got there first. T.z0n3 18:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rampant Vandalism

message: I think the introduction needs to be reworked. It's too scattered. Suggestions, anyone? --Todeswalzer 15:57, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
:Why don't you propose something here? --Guinnog 19:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 

message: Interesting that this is the biographical collaboration of the week--I just wrote an article about his longtime editor and publisher. The article, now however, seems hard to navigate. Do you think we could squeeze in a link while mentioning his move to Viking? Tfine80 04:01, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Pascal Covici]] 

message: the link on this page to 'cannery row' links to a page about the town/community that also mentions the novel, it does not link to a page about the novel itself - this should be fixed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.91.198.6 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 28 December 2005   (UTC)
:Since the Cannery Row article has referred to the location since it was created in 2002, I updated the links about the novel to point to the surprisingly absent Cannery Row (novel). — RandallJones 00:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  link to cannery row 

message: I find no definition for the word 'christhealthy' in the section on 'Critical success'Johnor 10:08, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Christhealthy?

message: The article does not discuss his death at all, could someone please add it? I've heard a (not very trustworthy) claim that he committed a suicide while someone else claimed that he died because of a heart attack. Thanks, Pasky 21:14, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: It might just be me, but it seemed to me when I was reading this article that this section seems more like an outline of his career after The Grapes of Wrath and isn't given the attention seen in the rest of the article. Therefore, I put up a sectstub notice. Gershwinrb 09:53, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  1940's-1950's 

message: I question the POV of this section. Make amends to his sons for what? This is an encyclopedia, not a political screed.--Buckboard 08:08, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree; this sentence requires an explanation, a source, and a POV (and grammar) clean-up; alternatively it should be removed. Ron g 18:42, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  1960's-1970's 

message: I tagged this for cleanup because it seems very sparce, especially considering that it is about one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.  The article reads like a laundry list of factoids, rather than a biographical article.  It's also incomplete, it doesn't even make mention of how he died.  I don't know much about Steinbeck, so any help here would be appreciated.  -- Fogelmatrix 16:45, 06 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Cleanup 

message: I removed this from the early life and works section: "John Steinbeck also was an advocate for gay marriage in the early 1900's. Many deny this alleged focus, but numerous cite that this was factual." because it was uncited and is poorly-written. Doonhamer 00:28, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work, I missed that in my last revert. --Guinnog 01:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gay Marriage Advocate? 

message: Are there any good images out there that are either licensed or public? It would be great to have something more than a sculpture of his bust. − Twas Now 09:54, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need images 

message: I am a kid doing a report on John Steinbeck, and it would be nice to know where he lived after he moved to new york.  I had to do tons of other research to discover that he went back to california in the mid 30s
Wassuppeople 05:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where did he live 

message: The current article reads: "Steinbeck, who was born to John Ernst Steinbeck II (a first-generation American of German and Irish descent)..."
From where on earth did that statement come? John Ernst Steinbeck II was born to John Ernst Steinbeck, of FLORIDA, and Olive Hamilton, of SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. John II most definitely was NOT a first-generation American. His grandfather, John Adolph Grossteinbeck, was a native of Germany. His paternal grandmother, Almira Ann Dickenson, had ancestors in Massacusetts back as far as the early 17th century. His maternal grandparents may have been Irish; they may have immigrated to Ontario, Canada, where Olive's older brother was born.
A simple search of census records or John II's death record will provide these same facts about his parents.
Watbull 10:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Since you've clearly researched this, you should just Be Bold and fix it. I've done so for you. --DrGaellon (talk | contribs) 16:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steinbeck was NOT a First-Generation American 

message: According to Thom Steinbeck, the older son of the author, the motivation for Travels with Charley was that Steinbeck knew he was dying and wanted to see his country one last time.
"older" should read "elder".
--Purple Aubergine 09:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor grammatical error 

message: May I bring up an idea to incorporate the trivia section into the article?
Some of it seems irrelevant to Steinbeck.
Dwnts 13:03, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia Issues

message: I think you should add things like the Red Ponys full name, the full name of John Steinbeck, what type of work it is, the genere, the book's language, the time and place, the date of publication, the publisher, narrator, and the setting facing time and place.
These things are all for the book "The Red Pony."
I would really apreciate it if this could be added with haste.
Thanks a lot. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 200.106.204.143 (talk) 21:51, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  more things 

message: I found the same sentances and words on another site. The person who wrote this oviously copied it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.125.35.40 (talk) 23:33, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copying 

message: :Image:Cup of Gold (book).gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 23:24, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Cup of Gold (book).gif

message: Substituted at 20:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment