Talk:Calvin and Hobbes/Archive 1

message: A nice page, but I changed the bit about the sleigh rides.  They do not always end in a crash and are not always on philosophy, unless you include political philosophy.  In one strip the two were having a discussion about how it seems senseless to get involved sometimes; the series of course featured Hobbes in his capacity as Ironic Observer.  But since the message wasn't blatantly obvious, I think people with opposite points of view probably both walked away saying "exactly!" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koyaanis Qatsi (talk • contribs) 06:53, 10 August 2001 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sleigh rides 

message: Why did User:Paul A remove the see also link  cartoon characters named after people ? Jay 07:16, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: He didn't. He moved it to the bottom of the article, just above "External links", which is the usual place for see also links. —Paul A 01:44, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oh ok ! I missed that one. However there are 2 kinds of "See also"s: one thats relevant to a section or para and one thats relevant to the entire article. I wonder if cartoon characters named after people is relevant to the entire article. Jay 09:26, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  links 

message: I may be crazy, but I thought I remembered that the last strip was on Jan. 1 1996, not Dec. 31 1995. And the official site does say: "The strip, first syndicated in 1985, was carried in more than 2,400 newspapers when it ceased publication January 1, 1996."  On the other hand, that might just mean it was the first day they didn't publish, I don't know. Everyking 05:05, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The last strip was a large-format Sunday strip. December 31 1995, as noted in the article, was a Sunday. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty confident the last strip was on December 31 1995. --Paul A 03:30, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you must be right, Dec. 31 1995 was indeed a Sunday, and I remember the last strip was on a Sunday. Should've looked that up to begin with. Thanks. Everyking 03:33, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  last strip 

message: The strips do not disclose Calvin's last name.
Actually, If I recall, in one series of strips where Calvin enters a contest involving safety posters, he imagines the newspaper headings and one of them is "Classmates shamed by Wunderkind's Incredible talent."  Do you suppose "Wunderkind" is Calvin's last name?
--33451 15:14, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Lol! Certainly not. Wunderkind means "child prodigy" in German. Lupo 15:18, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calvin's Last Name 

message: Is it ok to have personal pronouns like 'we' in the article ? Jay 22:36, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Changed 'we' to 'the reader' throughout when not in quotes. Alanyst 01:35, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal pronouns

message: I removed the Trivia section because it was very stub-like.  It read:
 ==Trivia==
 Calvin, Hobbes, and his parents appeared in a Superman comic book in the 1990s.
If anyone can add more information about this bit of trivia (which issue?  why did they appear?  who was the artist?  did Watterson approve of it?), it should go back in.  As it stands now, though, it's too brief to stand alone as a section.
The section could also go back in if more trivia items were added.  I'm not sure it would really add to the article, though.  I'd much rather see some discussion on social and political themes Watterson touches upon in the strip.  I'm thinking of adding some material on that topic myself... when I get some more free time.  Alanyst 20:32, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of Trivia stub section 

message: I have relocated the images to various locations in the article where they seemed to be appropriate: the book cover shown has some connection with the article text, whether it's a direct mention of the book or just some similarity between the action on the cover and the description in the text.  When I got to the end I had omitted only two books (The Days are Just Packed and There's Treasure Everywhere), so I stuck them in just for completeness.  If anyone feels that the images overwhelm the article or are too confusing in the order presented, you're welcome to try different arrangements.  I was mostly responding to the suggestions on the featured article page; many people seemed to feel that having the images crammed down at the bottom of the article didn't work very well.  If my work is no improvement, though, go right ahead and fix it.  Alanyst 06:34, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought the idea was to have the book covers close to the listing of the individual books? Mortene 08:38, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  How does actually in the table look? — Matt 09:30, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think that looks excellent, good job. Mortene 15:07, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relocated images 

message: If we use the word "is", we can at least make it unambiguous. When you write, "CH is a comic strip written by BW", the grammar of this sentence seems to imply that BW is currently writing the comic strip NOW. At the very least, most people will interpret it this way. This is why I added "which was" which makes it clear. I suppose the choice of tense maybe reflects whether the creation is a "discrete" or "continuous" (real-time) event -- i.e. most "discrete" art, (books, movies, paintings, etc.) use the present tense because it's clear once they're done, they're done. But "continuous" art (comic strips, television shows, magazines, etc.) which by nature is made over a period of time, usually use the past tense, in order (I assume) so that people don't mistakenly assume it's still going on (if it's not). Substitute any other kind of thing for "CH" and "BW" and see how the sentence reads -- it's almost impossible (without knowing the subject matter) not to interpret it in the present tense. Maybe someone from the grammar police who knows more than me on this can offer something. Revolver 23:02, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: And I like it much better the way you put it now.  Nice job.  Alanyst 03:01, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar 

message: === Calvin and Hobbes ===
(Uncontested -- Jul 5)
Self-nomination, though the best work is done by others.  Images are of book covers so they fall under fair use.  Alanyst 06:11, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Featured Article candidacy comments (successfuly promoted)

message: (Uncontested -- Jul 5)
Self-nomination, though the best work is done by others.  Images are of book covers so they fall under fair use.  Alanyst 06:11, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Calvin and Hobbes]] 

message: Substituted at 20:17, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment