Talk:Know-it-all

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Contents 1 Sources 2 List of fictional Know-it-alls 3 A know-all 4 Armchair philosophising or Armchair theorising 5 "K-I-A" - acrononym 6 Why not, instead of polymath, we call it humbleness? 7 Sources

[edit] Sources

Unless there is a source which calles the charater a "know-it-all" then it fails the verification policy to include them in the list.
brenneman ^{L} 06:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of fictional Know-it-alls

I see someone has started the list of fictional Know-it-alls again. These lists don't end - people keep adding to them, until there is eventually a list of know-it-alls so long no one would read it. You have to ask yourself "Does anyone really find this information useful?" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gary2863 (talk • contribs) .

i do Jeroenemans 12:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't agree that Lisa Simpson is a know it all - she's is genuinely intelligent.

[edit] A know-all

In British English this type of person would be called a "know all". Perhaps someone could make "know all" redirect to "know it all"? Thanks. 81.104.12.13 22:55, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Hermine Granger is not a know-it-all simply because she dont claim to be an expert at things she lacs knowledge of. However she is unusually clever, and is almost always right simply because she is very intelligent and skillful.

[edit] Armchair philosophising or Armchair theorising

It would be nice to have articles on these related topics - where people get their firm opinions from speculation without bothering to investigate the facts.

[edit] "K-I-A" - acrononym

I am going to insert the acronym "K-I-A" in this article, plus in "this" article that has a listing of articles with the same acronym. This is not to be confused with the car maker "Kia Motors" Thanks, --Webmistress Diva 10:50, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why not, instead of polymath, we call it humbleness?

Why not, instead of polymath, we call it humbleness? I thought it was more of that than polymath. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Punkymonkey987 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 3 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Sources

Sorry folks, I've removed the unsourced bits (i.e., pretty much all of it). Reliable sources are needed to sustain a topic's claim to be encyclopedic, and it's not clear that this can ever be more than a dictionary entry. — Matt Crypto 21:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)