Talk:The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The book I'm reading has Love's Labours Lost and The Two Gentlemen of Verona in it as well as Merry Wives, and they are labeled "Shakespeare's early comedies". Should that be mentioned? Mike H 04:58, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Ancient Pistol?
I'm just wondering why typing in "Ancient Pistol" seems to redirect here? Torpov 19:54, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, if it was my call I'd redirect to Henry IV, Part 2, in which he is a more prominent character. Is that what you had in mind? AndyJones 19:10, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, my mistake. I was actually just looking for the band Ancient Pistol. I didn't know that he was a character in the play. Torpov 20:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- I'm afraid I haven't heard of them. Are they notable? If yes and if someone creates an article on them, we could turn Ancient Pistol into a disambiguation page. Or, since the character is unlikely ever to need a page of his own, we could make Ancient Pistol an article on the band, with a "For the Shakespearean character see Henry IV, Part 2 and The Merry Wives of Windsor." message at the top. Nothing to do unless/until someone decides to write an article for the band though, I think. AndyJones 09:03, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Themes OR
The section needs to be verified. This has been discussed several times on several play pages (especially the Hamlet page). Wikipedia needs to guard against anyone being able to put their own interpretation of Shakespeare on the page without a citation. The themes section is especially vulnerable to OR, because people frequently just add whatever they feel is a theme without looking at what scholars have said about it. Wrad 23:54, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lots of POV
The Themes and Criticism section real like bloviation from a high school sophomore. Uucp (talk) 02:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
