Talk:Stephen Leacock
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[edit] Copyvio
Most of the (now mis-titled) section "Early life" is lifted from http://www.collectionscanada.ca/leacock/t5-211-e.html, submitted anonymously by 142.167.139.240 back in November. If the submitter is reading this (or anyone else who can spare the time) perhaps they would care to reword it rather than have it deleted? Flapdragon 13:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] British-Canadian
Not too sure about the reference to Leacock being a "British-Canadian" author in the article intro. Yes, he lived the first 6 years of his life in Britain, but he has always been celebrated as a Canadian writer. What do others think about this? Skeezix1000 13:33, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
I agree. I've never seen him referred to as such elsewhere. Victoriagirl 19:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Canadian Collaboration
As the banner at the top of the page suggests, this article has been nominated as a Canada Collaboration of the Month (not sure why it says 'of the week'). To quote the website, "The Canada Collaboration is an effort to improve Canada-related articles in Wikipedia, with an aim toward creating a feature-standard article during the month-long cooperative editing process." Stephen Leacock is one of the most important Canadian authors of the early 20th century, and he deserves a great article. So get out there and vote to make 'Stephen Leacock' the Canada Collaboration of the Month for July 2006! --Gpollock 20:55, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Political Science & Economics
The article says "Although he did write learned articles and books related to his field of study, his political theory is now all but forgotten. Nevertheless, Leacock was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal in 1937, nominally for his academic work."
This seems very dismissive of his entire career as a political scientist. All but forgotten? Nominally? I don't know a lot about Leacock, but every other biographical source I've seen emphasizes the fact that his most profitable book, most popular, and perhaps most admired work was his textbook 'Elements of Political Science' (translated into 17 languages according to his M&S bio). Is it true that this book that seems to have been so important in his field at one time is all but forgotten?
Maybe someone who knows something about Leacock and/or the field of political science can work on that section?--Ibis3 22:27, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
