Talk:MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

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Contents 1 Plot 2 Requested move 3 Subtitle 4 Fair use rationale for Image:MASHBook.jpg

[edit] Plot

This plot needs work. It lists things that happened in the movie, but not the book such as the football game. It leaves out things that were in the book but not the movie. For example, it doesn't mention the part where Trapper dresses as Jesus, strapped to a cross and dangled from a helicopter so that they can Hawkeye and co. can sell photos to the religiousl inclined.

I agree that the plot section needs work, but I disagree about the nature of work needed. Errors aside, this section is a complete re-telling of the entire story. Is that really the way to go in book articles? Seems like overkill to me. --63.25.236.17 (talk) 19:27, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

The title of the novel, as can be seen on the cover of the original 1968 edition reprinted in this article, is MASH, not M*A*S*H, which was created for the poster of the movie. — Walloon 09:06, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

• Support per nom and WP:MOS-TM: "Avoid using special characters that [...] are included purely for decoration" - Cyrus XIII 10:40, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

This article has been renamed from M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors to MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 09:20, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Subtitle

This is the first I've ever heard of the subtitle. I have a paperback edition from the 70s with the film poster (peace sign on female legs) on the cover. I just checked, and nowhere in the entire book does the phrase "A Novel About Three Army Doctors" appear. --63.25.236.17 (talk) 19:43, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MASHBook.jpg

Image:MASHBook.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)