Talk:Addison Mizner

Without exaggeration
I just undid an undo of a change I had made and wanted to explain my actions.

In the article's first paragraph, the text had read: "In the 1920s Mizner was, without exaggeration, the best-known and most-discussed living American architect."

I removed the phrase "without exaggeration."

Another contributor then undid my change with the notation: "You changed a direct quote."

The text in question was not a quotation in the article. I assume the contributor means he copied it directly from the source.

The phrase "without exaggeration" is inappropriate for an encyclopedia's text. Otherwise, to be consistent, it would have to appear in every sentence in the encyclopedia (since a good encyclopedia would not allow any sentence to contain exaggeration).

If a contributor likes the phraseology used by the source and wishes to include it in the article, it should be in an explicit quotation (direct or indirect). Frappyjohn (talk) 06:05, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Strange reference naming
Why is the 23rd reference named as [1] this makes it seem like it is also a link to the Herald Tribune which it is not. 80.109.70.171 (talk) 20:46, 28 March 2012 (UTC)


 * It was an improperly formatted (bare URL) citation. As it happens, it was citing a blog in violation of WP:LINKSTOAVOID, so I deleted it. -- Donald Albury 23:29, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in Addison Mizner
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Addison Mizner's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Silvin": From El Mirasol (mansion):  From Paris Singer:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 20:44, 21 January 2018 (UTC) Fixed. deisenbe (talk) 11:11, 22 January 2018 (UTC)


 * This has been fixed. deisenbe (talk) 12:11, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Questionable edit regarding property at 100 S Osborne
A Wikipedia user, "SilkeBerlinn," added a section claiming that Addison Mizner built a house in Margate which currently is owned by "auteur-singer-poet Silkë Berlinn". No citation was provided. This is fishy. Gomer2 (talk) 23:09, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Pronunciation of his name
Could someone add a phonetic spelling of "MIZE-ner" to this article? I would do it, but the instructions are too complicated for me.

The pronunciation, in my opinion, is not obvious. I'm sure I've heard the name incorrectly pronounced "MIZ-ner." Rontrigger (talk) 21:56, 10 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Never mind. I was able to figure it out, finally. Rontrigger (talk) 22:36, 10 September 2023 (UTC)