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::::::::* "we have to address both his writing and that he was a convicted anti-semitic traitor ..."—''non sequitur'', and just more of the bad-faith drahmah. Victoriaearle's about to give us an infobox of absurd length to "prove" it's inappropriate. For the record, I've stopped using infoboxes on the articles I've edited for the last couple years, but I find the bad faith in these ridiculous "discussions" utterly disgusting. [[User:Curly Turkey|Curly "JFC" Turkey]] <span style="color: Red;">🍁</span> [[User talk:Curly Turkey|''¡gobble!'']] 03:25, 16 July 2018 (UTC) |
::::::::* "we have to address both his writing and that he was a convicted anti-semitic traitor ..."—''non sequitur'', and just more of the bad-faith drahmah. Victoriaearle's about to give us an infobox of absurd length to "prove" it's inappropriate. For the record, I've stopped using infoboxes on the articles I've edited for the last couple years, but I find the bad faith in these ridiculous "discussions" utterly disgusting. [[User:Curly Turkey|Curly "JFC" Turkey]] <span style="color: Red;">🍁</span> [[User talk:Curly Turkey|''¡gobble!'']] 03:25, 16 July 2018 (UTC) |
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::::::::* I liked the 2016 version as well. My good-faith assumption is that this is a case of overthinking the infobox. It's not meant to be a summary of the article and there's no need to include all of the intricacies or fill every parameter. The article ''as a whole'' must be NPOV, but there is no need for every part of the article to cover every aspect of the topic. My suggestion would be to start with the basics (year of birth and death, schools attended, etc) and then have a conversation about which additional items to add. –[[User:Dlthewave|dlthewave]] [[User_talk:Dlthewave|☎]] 03:56, 16 July 2018 (UTC) |
::::::::* I liked the 2016 version as well. My good-faith assumption is that this is a case of overthinking the infobox. It's not meant to be a summary of the article and there's no need to include all of the intricacies or fill every parameter. The article ''as a whole'' must be NPOV, but there is no need for every part of the article to cover every aspect of the topic. My suggestion would be to start with the basics (year of birth and death, schools attended, etc) and then have a conversation about which additional items to add. –[[User:Dlthewave|dlthewave]] [[User_talk:Dlthewave|☎]] 03:56, 16 July 2018 (UTC) |
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::::::::*: [[User:Dlthewave|dlthewave]]: Please take a dive into the talk-page archives. You're not the first to make the suggestion and won't be the last to be shit on for doing so. [[User:Curly Turkey|Curly "JFC" Turkey]] <span style="color: Red;">🍁</span> [[User talk:Curly Turkey|''¡gobble!'']] 04:02, 16 July 2018 (UTC) |
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the Ginsberg bit at the end
I'm surprised there wasn't a bit where Ginsberg said Pound told him the only way to heal the world was to breed out the white race. Ginsberg was clearly making that up to viciously and nastily bury an 'anti-semite' and try to destroy his literary reputation by falsely claiming he himself thought his work was shit. That this is included here at all is ridiculous - that Ginsberg's obvious lies are quoted as if Pound said them directly somewhere is obscene.
Infobox?
Why is there no infobox? Harizotoh9 (talk) 06:49, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
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Infoboxes are to just have quick references instead of having to scan the lede or articles. They're boring, and on every other page uncontroversial. Literally all that's been added so far is his birth name, date of birth, and dead. That's controversial? If Erza Pound's life is "complicated", then it just means the infobox should be smaller and stick to areas that aren't up for debate. I'm re-opening this debate, and would like outside viewpoints on this. Harizotoh9 (talk) 09:12, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
@Gerda Arendt, thank you. I briefly searched the history of the page but did not have time to search every page to see that Ezra Pound had an info box and someone reverted it to nothing. @Ceoil I don't know why you mentioned how many edits I have. Is that relevant at all? Frankly not having an info box makes the Ezra Pound article look like it's substandard when it is one of the most important and best articles at Wikipedia. We are not in an edit war at all, I just wanted you to experience the feeling that Harizotoh9 must have felt when you deleted the work that he did! Have you considered that readers might think that the info box was deleted by a vandal? CryMeAnOcean (talk) 10:08, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
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Proposal: add a Pound/canto typo box: put in everything + the kitchen sink. Because there's little black & white in his life it's not the easiest box, but if we have to have a box then we should include all the gray. I'll try to make a mock up. Victoriaearle (tk) 17:49, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- Support as proposer. Victoriaearle (tk) 17:49, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- Could you clarify what exactly is being proposed?
- I agree, please explain Work permit (talk)
- Exactly. I believe that an infobox should be an extension of the content and this article, in many ways more than others I've worked on, exemplifies collaborative editing at its best. Those who have pitched will understand the proposal. I can't get to a mock up immediately, but the central issue here has always been how to box the person who was caged for treason, while in a cage wrote award winning poetry on toilet paper, got caged for 12 years after, did horrible horrible things, was a bastard in many ways, yet mentored the best and brightest of his generation of modernist writers? The simplicity of In a Station of the Metro (i.,e no box), hasn't worked, or rather invites discord. Instead, should we consider the complexity of The Cantos? I'm willing to give it shot, will post a mock up here when it's finished (it won't be immediately because I have little time for wikipedia), and we could take it from there. Or we could continue to fight over a bog standard box on an article where people admit that they know nothing about the subject but show up to fight for the sake of the fight. I'm tired of the latter and am willing to try to make a box that will fit. It's easier to make a box for a plant, than for a man whose life was a series of intense creativity and serious disasters, but we should at least try. No? Clearly if consensus is that we can't do justice to the subject with a box (which is entirely possible), then that's the consensus. If everyone is ok with it, I'd like to try. But if consensus goes against me, I'm fine with that too. Victoriaearle (tk) 19:48, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- Victoriaearle, thank you. I only watch this Ezra Pound article because of his writing; could care less about his personal life. I support you in creating the mock up, whenever you have time. Not having an infobox makes the article look substandard. CryMeAnOcean (talk) 21:17, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks, but you raise the central problem. Because the infobox is content, focusing only on his writing is NPOV; we have to address both his writing and that he was a convicted anti-semitic traitor. This is the biography so the infobox has to give the bare bones biographical details, i.,e place of birth, though I think that's misleading because his parents left Idaho Territory when he was not yet two and he was raised in Main Line Philadelphia. There's a big difference between a western poet and an eastern one. We need to fill in "Resting place" (is he at rest?), then there are all the fields infobox writer wants, i.,e languages he wrote in. Some of the languages Ezra wrote in are English, Langue d'Oc, Greek, Latin, and some he probably made up, and, personally I prefer not to have a box that falls down below the lead into the first section. Anyway, I'll see what I can do, but it will have to include biographical details and be done correctly, because once installed it goes to Wikidata and from there any field can and will be filled and magically show up here, whether accurate, verifiable, or not. Victoriaearle (tk) 22:44, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- I liked your 2016 version. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:50, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- Victoriaearle, Thank you for your explanation. I appreciate your patience, kindness and help. CryMeAnOcean (talk) 22:56, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- I see where you are going. Looking forward to your mock-up. And thank you for doing this, sounds like alot of work. Work permit (talk) 23:26, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
- "we have to address both his writing and that he was a convicted anti-semitic traitor ..."—non sequitur, and just more of the bad-faith drahmah. Victoriaearle's about to give us an infobox of absurd length to "prove" it's inappropriate. For the record, I've stopped using infoboxes on the articles I've edited for the last couple years, but I find the bad faith in these ridiculous "discussions" utterly disgusting. Curly "JFC" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 03:25, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
- I liked the 2016 version as well. My good-faith assumption is that this is a case of overthinking the infobox. It's not meant to be a summary of the article and there's no need to include all of the intricacies or fill every parameter. The article as a whole must be NPOV, but there is no need for every part of the article to cover every aspect of the topic. My suggestion would be to start with the basics (year of birth and death, schools attended, etc) and then have a conversation about which additional items to add. –dlthewave ☎ 03:56, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
- dlthewave: Please take a dive into the talk-page archives. You're not the first to make the suggestion and won't be the last to be shit on for doing so. Curly "JFC" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 04:02, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
- Could you clarify what exactly is being proposed?