Talk:Peter Maxwell Davies
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He was knighted some years ago, becoming Sir Peter. --(The preceding unsigned comment was made by 203.37.77.1 at 23:03, 7 December 2003)
The sentence about him being gay keeps being deleted by anonymous. I took it that he was open about his sexuality and that it was worthy of comment. If you think otherwise please explain why here so we can reach a decision on the matter. -- Billlion 08:44, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Re: reference to Sexuality and unverified quote
I fail to see the relevance of the 'gay ' comment since PMD has not used his sexuality in any way to define his work as, say the writer Edmund white has done. Are all composers to be defined by their sexuality, or only gay composers? What about bisexual ones? . The remark about AIDS seems strange and could be viewed as malicious . It is also unverified.
I strongly recommend that this sentence be deleted, or at least set in the context of PWM's work. Andrew Lowe Watson 01:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the sentence and done a bit of re-jigging to get the professor of composition in elsewhere. Until the quote is verified, it should not appear, I think. DDS talk 14:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Explanation of name
Why does the artice explain his middle and last names? "His surname is "Davies", and "Maxwell" is his middle name." It just seems rather unnecessary and condescending. I've removed it for the mean time, if noone has any objections. 82.9.63.237 14:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- I reverted as it was pretty clear as it stands. The point is the he uses his middle name as his usual form of informal address (or rather its contraction Max), consequently he gives his full name as Peter Maxwell Davies, rather than say "Peter Davies" or "Peter M. Davies" consequently many people mistakenly think that his surname is "Maxwell Davies", in the tradition of double English surnames that are not hyphenated (like Ralph Vaughan Williams or Iain Duncan Smith) . Billlion 17:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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- This information is useful, but shouldn't be part of the lede. WP:LEDE is a good guideline for this. Also, once the article begins referring to Davies as "Davies" and not "Maxwell Davies", I think it's pretty clear that Maxwell is not included in his last name. The part about what his friends call him doesn't really seem relevant for an encyclopedia article. It would be great if we could write a lede that would summarize the entire article. Many readers only read that far and it would be great to give them the most important information regarding his life and music, rather than just talk about his name. Best wishes! MarkBuckles (talk) 04:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- Maybe its wrong to say Max is just what his friends call him, he is pretty much universally known by as Max, even the website about him is called maxopus. We need to have some way to say 'commonly known as Max'. It certainly should be mentioned. Its not that his friends call him `Max` in private as a pet name! Suggestions? Billlion 07:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, 'Max' is something more akin to 'Josquin' with respect to Josquin Desprez. It's not just what his friends call him. 90.205.92.125 21:12, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Maybe its wrong to say Max is just what his friends call him, he is pretty much universally known by as Max, even the website about him is called maxopus. We need to have some way to say 'commonly known as Max'. It certainly should be mentioned. Its not that his friends call him `Max` in private as a pet name! Suggestions? Billlion 07:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- This information is useful, but shouldn't be part of the lede. WP:LEDE is a good guideline for this. Also, once the article begins referring to Davies as "Davies" and not "Maxwell Davies", I think it's pretty clear that Maxwell is not included in his last name. The part about what his friends call him doesn't really seem relevant for an encyclopedia article. It would be great if we could write a lede that would summarize the entire article. Many readers only read that far and it would be great to give them the most important information regarding his life and music, rather than just talk about his name. Best wishes! MarkBuckles (talk) 04:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Inappropriate move
SSomeone moved this article to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Please not that Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(names_and_titles)#Other_non-royal_names states that "Titles of Knighthood such as Sir and Dame should not be included in the article title: use personal name instead". Can anyone figure out how to revert this? Billlion 17:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
