Talk:The Riddle of the Sands
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[edit] Using "Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science" as a section head
User:Kevinalewis has reinstated "Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science" as a section head. Apparently (and I didn't know this) it comes from the Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels, contributors who "define a standard of consistency for articles about novels". However, it seems that the project members are not wholeheartedly behind this particular form of words (see here) and the option "Historical context" is also considered as a suitable header, a point conceded by User:Kevinalewis. (I hope I'm interpreting the discussion correctly.) Furthermore, they enjoin: "do not forget the spirit behind these guidelines. If they make editing or reading more difficult for a particular novel or for novels in general, change them or ignore them, preferably with some explanation on talk or meta pages." Additionally, of course, the Wikipedia manual of style has "special characters such as the slash (/), plus sign (+), braces ({ }) and square brackets ([ ]) are avoided" in titles and headers. I propose using here the alternative "Historical context", which would keep within the style guidelines of the project, yet not overwhelm the article. Other comments, please? --Old Moonraker (talk) 10:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- It strikes me as a particularly ugly construction. I would suggest that while it may be useful as a hint or guide to article writers, as a heading should be avoided if at all possible and replaced by something more relevant to the article being written. Dabbler (talk) 11:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- The disfiguring header replaced by the project's shorter alternative, "Historical context", as discussed above. --Old Moonraker (talk) 10:37, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Edward Frederick Knight
I am a new user and do not know how to add this, but there perhaps needs to be a link to the Wikipedia article on Edward Frederick Knight, to whom Childers refers in chapter xx page 172 using only his surname as the author of "Falcon on the Baltic" which Knight published in 1888. I have been trying to track down Childer's references and it took me a good bit of work to discover this reference listed in Wikipedia but no link provided. ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumjal (talk • contribs) 10:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
