User talk:Clotten

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Your edit to Globe theatre

Couldn't find your reference for "totus mundus agit histrionem" on the page you supplied. Am I missing something (not totally unknown)? Apologies if so. --Old Moonraker (talk) 13:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My source is James Shapiro's book 1599. However I no longer have it in my possession so I cannot give you his reference for it. I'll update the page with a reference the next time I go to the library I guess. Clotten (talk) 05:26, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --Old Moonraker (talk) 12:58, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

George Bernard Shaw

What's the problem with the "Eugenics" section (apart from WP:IDONTLIKEIT, of course, with which I might have some sympathy)? --Old Moonraker (talk) 23:32, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I posted my arguments on the talk page. As far as I can tell, only people who link Shaw to eugenics are either proponents of eugenics or fascism themselves, or American conservatives trying to paint Shaw as a violent socialist. If it has any place on Wikipedia, it's under a controversy page that correctly contextualizes the claims. Clotten (talk) 23:56, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree regarding the need for context. I have replaced one "Stone" reference, as he seems to be something of a bête noir for you, with a couple from Daniel Kevles, Harvard. Many respected commentators hold the view expressed in the section; our job is keep it balanced, as an accurate representation of what's out there. If you have a minute, take a look at what the section used to say about Shaw before concerned editors tried, softly softly, to tone it down. --Old Moonraker (talk) 09:52, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

March 2011

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Read your terms (why do you assume I hadn't already? you trifling editors lol if you think my edits are categorically wrong then THIS is why I say YOU need to stop using this website, not me!)

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