Talk:Death of Edgar Allan Poe
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[edit] Title
Best. Article Title. Evah. (Well, at least for today. :) ) Avt tor 16:53, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, thank you... it was a fairly obvious one. Midnightdreary 14:52, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Alcoholism theory
The theory of Poe's alcoholism, both as cause of death and throughout his life, is being disputed and is beginning to be dismissed. Poe had a severe weakness to alcohol and became drunk even after one glass of wine. Poe has gone several months at a time without alcohol and seemed to have no attachment to it. According to this theory, the only reason Poe drank was because of unfortunate events in his life, which there seemed to be no end.
I removed the above addition because it desperately needs citations for it to be useful here. I'm certainly not saying it's not true, but "this theory" could be made by a second grader, for all I know. I suspect weasel words. But, if a source is found, it can be re-added. I'm also adding this to the talk page of the user who added it. Midnightdreary 19:57, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image moving
I moved the images around a bit for a couple reasons. First, his portrait is great, but it's also the first picture on the main Edgar Allan Poe and I think we need to differentiate. It's also his grave, which makes sense as a main image on a Death of Edgar Allan Poe page. Also, the image of the large memorial was next to the Poe Toaster section which may be a bad move - I'm not 100% sure, but I thought the Toaster visited his original grave. Lacking full info, I'm leaving that section image-less. Midnightdreary 17:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Featured article!
How do we nominate this for featured article? I think this is a pretty slick article! Then again, I'm pretty biased. :) Midnightdreary 01:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- It's too short for Featured Article - but it could be nominated for Good Article. They might think the 'Character assassination' section is a bit biased, though, as if the article is calling Griswold a meanie. -Malkinann 08:57, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, if the shoe fits... I'll get some sources that give a little more info on Griswold, maybe? There's a great quote I found once, along the lines of, "Griswold will one day be known only for those he has insulted." Midnightdreary 16:32, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- As a side note, by the way, feel free to take a look at the article for Rufus Wilmot Griswold. I did a lot of work on that page too. Midnightdreary 05:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
