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[edit] Christie

Thanks for your ratings for the Christie play pages - almost all of those pages being "under construction" and your excellent feedback and comments have been noted. As regards the summary for Alibi being perhaps too long, I think it's very hard to abridge Christie material (your superb summary for The Hollow proves that!) and if ever I find myself wondering if I am being too verbose, I just remember the Wikpipedia rule - quoted above - to "be bold"!! Please keep the comments and contributions coming. It's great to get feedback and not type away in a vacuum!--Jtomlin1uk (talk) 19:22, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for your latest comment! I'm trying to get further material together for other Christie play pages, especially "Towards Zero" and "Go Back for Murder" which don't have pages yet and expand some of the other pages. I've found further sources for contemporary reviews of the other plays (including "The Hollow") so it's just a matter of getting the relevant journals out next time I'm at the British Library and getting appropriate quotes. I've also obtained a copy of Herbert Gregg's slightly vituperative memoirs so I can add to the play pages where he was the director. Please keep me posted of your views through the ratings and I will amend/add/delete as appropriate - it's nice to get the peer review!--Jtomlin1uk (talk) 15:11, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Derek,

I see that you've just added Alibi to the list of Christie plays. I've deliberately not done this in the past (and reversed it when someone else did) for the simple reason that Christie did not write the play. My judgement is that if we go down the route of "written by...based on Christie's..." then we end up with a template as big as the introduction page! The alternative is that we add a section to the end of the template for plays/books by other authors based on her works. Before I wade in and reverse what you've done, I'd like to discuss. Cheers.--Jtomlin1uk (talk) 19:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Cheers! All the best, John--Jtomlin1uk (talk) 20:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar!

Wow! I've seen a few other people's pages where they'd been awarded barnstars and wondered what you had to do to get one - you well and truly have made my day! Thank you so much!--Jtomlin1uk (talk) 22:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

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