Talk:Joseph Heller

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of the following WikiProjects:

Contents

[edit] POSSIBLE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Since this page might be blatant plagiarism, I listed it under WP:CP. Jumping cheese Cont@ct 07:44, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I searched the page history and I believe I found the original copy and paste. [1] An anon user added all the info all the way back in Sept. 24, 2005 all in one edit. Highly suspicious...
It's a bummer, since this was a really nice page. =( Jumping cheese Cont@ct 07:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

It is dreadful that this has happened, I looked through the history and this did in fact happen in one of the first edits, really unfortunate. I moved whatever I could and wrote a not very good header which you can find in the temp location as instructed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Joseph_Heller/Temp.

Jumping_cheese, if you could put your discussion of such a thing under a specific heading and not just put in the middle of a discussion page it would be helpful/useful, I have moved it to above my entry here. dwxyzq|T 12:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that...I was replying to comments below that indicated that the page was plagiarized. Thanxs for giving this section it's own heading. I'll see what I can contribute to the new temp page. =) Jumping cheese Cont@ct 23:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

It is really bad that this had happened. What are we going to do? Start from scratch? I read this article and the plagiarism is trully evident.

Regards: Painbearer 17:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I have reverted the page back to the last good version-September 16 2005, the version before the addition of copyrighted material from the Bulgarian IP.

The link to the 'temp' page isn't working. I'd like to take a look at the plagiarized information. Maybe we can rewrite the information so that the words aren't plagiarized but the facts remain. Gavroche42 18:58, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
OK, I see the link to the plagiarized website in the Death section. Gavroche42 19:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] M*A*S*H

This should probably read that He influenced Richard Hooker's novel M*A*S*H and thus the Robert Altman movie adaptation and the long running TV series of the same title.

[edit] Death

Does anyone know anything about his death?

Basics added, cause and place. Something else you were looking for? Beanbatch 20:01, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Note: a fairly similar article exists here:http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/heller.htm

It isn't fairly similar: it's exactly the same. Who plagiarized who?

I don't know the answer, but his death is marked as 12/12/99 at the top of the page, and then he is described as having died on 12/13/99 below. ConDissenter 13:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Bond who?

I've heard his work on "Casino Royale" was uncredited; can anybody confirm & include? Trekphiler 15:55, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] catch 22 controversy

Added the section on the controversy surrounding catch 22 best reference: http://www.th-record.com/1998/04/04-28-98/catch22.htm

it is unclear from the references I was able to find (much reference material pre-2000 (including the original works from The Times and The Washington Post) are not available online or they require payment e.g. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C1FFD3D5A0C7A8EDDAD0894D0494D81) but it seems Heller never specifically said he did not plagiarise the content, can someone verify this? Dwxyzq 17:03, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inaccuracy

"in which the bomber crews were required to fly a minimum of 18 missions, rather than 22."

Can people read the book before contributing, please? The phrase "Catch-22" has nothing to do with the number of missions. --62.255.236.11 21:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

It's true. The number of missions is raised from (I think) thirty-five to eighty over the course of the book, and nowhere other than in the name of Catch-22 is the number 22 ever mentioned. Wangoed 13:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

  • In an interview on Terry Gross on "Fresh Air" (npr) with Joseph Heller , he stated that Catch 18 referred to the fact that Draftees were conscripted at 18 years of age, yet were not entitled to full civic participation, i.e allowed to vote; this was the CATCH. (There is no longer a text archive at WHYY-npr)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Something Happened.jpg

Image:Something Happened.jpg 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 this Wikipedia article 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 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 21:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removing "Trivia" Section

I've removed the trivia section for two reasons: First, and most importantly, it is incredibly non-notable -- so a fishing pole sold for $2,800? It's a lot for a pole, I suppose, but it certainly isn't anything particularly remarkable. (Now, had it sold for $2.8-million, it could be a different story.) The second reason is that there's no reference. --Todeswalzer|Talk 02:12, 29 March 2008 (UTC)