Talk:Susanna Centlivre

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[edit] Biography assessment rating comment

WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive

"Start Class"? You have got to be kidding me. I've changed the assessment to "B" class. A "Start class" article is supposed to need "Substantial/major editing" or to have "most material for a complete article" added. Fer Gawd's sake. This article is comprehensive, well illustrated, and well written. "B" doesn't fit that well either, as it's by no means true that "Considerable editing is still needed, including filling in some important gaps or correcting significant policy errors," but it's the closest I can do. Bishonen | talk 19:39, 19 July 2007 (UTC).

It would be nice if one of the B.A.D. people were to answer honestly why they think everything is "start" or "stub." I can only assume that they look for superscript numbers. If there are none, it's "start." As for "stub," I assume that, to them, is merely a question of number of screens. It hardly needs pointing out that this is stupid, that a -bot can (and, comfortingly, does) simply count bytes and even find a superscript, and humans are supposed to possess intelligence that has been trained into reason. Geogre 21:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Hello

Hello again! I'd like to include information (in no particular order) from the DNB in a slightly revised version of the entry:

- Centlivre had two biographers who disagreed on some points (a brief outline of the disagreement would be an interesting addition to a "biography" section) - Centlivre remained consistently popular for 150 years after her death (perhaps a statement that some authors "claim" that she was one of the most popular playwrights of her age could also be added?_ - Centlivre was best known for her comedies (see Geogre's comment above)

I think that categorical divisions are useful as well. Biography (early life/marriage), Plays, and Contemporary Reception might be useful headers.

Any thoughts? Eh Elle Dee 16:15, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Be bold in updating pages, Eh Elle Dee. Feel free to edit. Bishonen | talk 16:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC).


I've added a little more biographical information (~2 sentences), slightly altered the "criticism" section - the fact that SC was criticized by Pope seems more interesting than general comments on her appearance - and provided more information on the portrait at the top of the article. I'm going to add three categories - Early Life, Works, and Contemporary Reception - and a few external sources. Eh Elle Dee 18:56, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

  • I haven't the first negative word to say about it. What had bothered me in the past was the introduction of typos and what seemed to me to be somewhat wide-eyed incorporation of some suspect criticism. No doubt the web needs more criticism and appreciation of Centlivre, but we should be as confined, as strict, and, ultimately, bland as possible in an encyclopedia article. Geogre 20:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I completely agree with you, and I'm glad that there's now a version of the entry that both includes a bit more information and is acceptably neutral. I've included links to pages that are more critical and less biographical in scope, but haven't included any of the criticism in the entry proper. As soon as I figure out how to create a table of contents, I'll be satisfied. Eh Elle Dee 20:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
    • The TOC is one of those wiki things that are too easy and thereby become impossible, I know..! Create headings in the text, of the form ==Criticism== When there are three of them, I think it is--possibly four--a table of contents will be autogenerated. Bishonen | talk 21:02, 6 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Image

Added an image and made a few small edits. This is shaping up nicely! — scribblingwoman 13:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Complaint

I've never done this before, so if i am doing something wrong in my execution, i apologize. I wanted to point out that the line "The Gamester and The Basset Table were great theatrical successes" is false. The Basset Table only ran for four nights and was never revived, according to http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=9997. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.2.175.87 (talk) 20:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)