Talk:George Eliot/Comments

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This is a good beginning to the Eliot page, but I believe that it could stand with some reorganization and additions.

• The biography section should be split into subsections so that it is not so long (this is a wikepedia convention).
• I would argue that the section on her works should be greatly expanded; perhaps even a subsection on each major novel or perhaps a subsection on each genre in which she wrote.
• The article has an excellent list of sources but is not itself footnoted - please do so.
• The lead should reflect the rest of the article; right now, it is oddly focused on her name.
• Also, she should be referred to as "Eliot" throughout the article. I don't want to get into a big feminist debate, but seeing her referred to as Mary Ann, etc. rankled. I have a feeling the Dickens article does not refer to him as "Charles."

Awadewit 09:45, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Last names are encyclopedic names. I've switched most of the "Mary Anns" and "Marians" to "Evans", as it seems her career under "Eliot" is already covered. -- Yamara 14:38, 12 May 2007 (UTC)