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The list was promoted by Crisco 1492 06:29, 9 August 2014 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of works by Leslie Charteris[edit]

List of works by Leslie Charteris (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): SchroCat (talk) 12:36, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Leslie Charteris was a tireless writer between his first foray into writing in 1927 and his final 1980 introduction to a re-print of one of his earlier works. He is, of course, best known for his creation of Simon Templar—aka The Saint—a "born buccaneer" who span off into comics, films, television shows, on stage and elsewhere, always identified by the stick man drawing with the halo. Charteris had more to him than this though, and developed Paleneo, a pictorial sign language, produced a guide to learning Spanish and translated the autobiography of the bullfighter Juan Belmonte. – SchroCat (talk) 12:36, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Quick question, how does the infobox square with the article? For instance I see "Non fiction 2" but yet four are listed in the article. There's also something missing here: "Charteris also three works of non-fiction"... More soon if I get a moment this weekend! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:50, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi RM, and thanks for looking this over. The IB breaks things down a little more, with 2 non-fiction, 1 translation and an introduction all linking down to the one table. I've tweaked the lead para about it too, which may help explain (and gets rid of the typo problem too). It may still need something of a further tweak to be completely spot on, and I'll mull that over today. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 07:33, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support – I leave the arithmetic to others but the prose of the lead and the contents of the tables are first rate. The page is evidently comprehensive, and is reader-friendly and pleasing to the eye. Tim riley talk 13:10, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • Ive added the commas, and removed the Dr, despite deeply disagreeing wight the MoS on the latter point. - SchroCat (talk) 11:11, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why are the American publishers' locations given in parenthesis? (Which you don't repeat in "Other Works")
  • I'm presuming that you give the publishers location as a short of shorthand as to whether the work was originally published in the UK or America, but 1) Why not just have a column that says that rather than jamming in the city the publisher is physically located in (it's not like the London publishers didn't sell the books in other cities in the UK, after all) and 2) in either case you don't have a location for Juan Belmonte, Killer of Bulls: The Autobiography of a Matador.
  • I think that's the standard for all biographies or source lists: you show the location of the publisher by city (and state/country, if necessary) – see WP:BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • It's Charter Communications, not Charter
  • Screenplay heading should be "Co-writer(s)", since one of them had two
  • Why does one of the screenplays get a redlink, but no books do?
  • Looks good besides that. --PresN 21:37, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi PresN, Sorry for the delay here, for some reason this dropped off my Watchlist and I didn't pick up on your comments. I've got a day with the family I front of me, but will go though these shortly. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 09:01, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi PresN, all now sorted, except the one point commented on above. Many thanks for going over this one: it's much appreciated. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 16:31, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments ii

  • If the table captioned "The books of Leslie Charteris" is initially in publication order then alphabetical order, something's not quite right, Knight Templar shifts up when sorted by publication year.
  • You have "emphasizing" but then "Novelisation". Would stick with one variant of English.

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:37, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Both schoolboy errors – both now fixed. As always, many thanks for taking the time to go over these: it's much appreciated. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 20:02, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 10:03, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comments Looks very good in all. These are my edits, please revert if you don't agree with any of them.
  • Nope: they all look very good to me, thanks. - SchroCat (talk) 08:18, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • How old was he when he began his education in England?
  • I've dated it (as per the sources) as the year is given, rather than his age. - SchroCat (talk) 08:18, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Might be worth using the |edition= parameter for the The Saint Goes West source, if you have it to hand. Presumably it wasn't a first edition if it was published 20 years after the author's death.
  • It doesn't state the edition, but I think as you've added the original publication year in the sources, that should suffice. - SchroCat (talk) 08:18, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's just a personal preference, but do you think the Year columns would look better centre-aligned?
  • I blow hot and cold on this (as I look at the other similar lists I've done) and think sometimes it would be better to the left and then better to the centre...! I've left it to the left as a sign of my fluctuating mind, and if anyone wants to step in and centre them, I won't make a fuss! - SchroCat (talk) 08:18, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 20:36, 6 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Many thanks ATD: very much appreciated. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 08:18, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks ATD: your time and effort going through this is very much appreciated! Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 15:25, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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