Talk:Anna Kavan

Son's death
Currently it merely says "In 1944, Kavan’s son from her first marriage was killed". I appreciate that the article is about Anna not her son, but a little more detail would be in order if it can be sourced. At least whether he was killed in action, accident or foul play.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  17:06, 1 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I found the required details and have published it on the page. Hope that is enough. Nickjohndoe (talk) 16:02, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Bazooka
while the word was invented in the thirties for a musical instrument, it probably didn't gain its forceful meeting until the forties and its use for an anti tank weapon. so it looks odd to me to describe her using it from years before the word was known to have been coined. Would later call her "Bazooka". sounds more plausible to me. Anyone have the sources to check?  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  23:34, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Including the Archival discussion
I’m afraid I have to disagree with you about this. There is a link at the bottom of the page to the website that this information is taken from, which can be followed by those who have a specialist interest in archival research. This type of information is not included on wiki pages for most other authors. If you look at the page for Virginia Woolf, for example, archives are included in the links at the bottom of the page there. I really feel that including too much irrelevant information is off-putting for readers and I am genuinely keen to make this page as interesting and exciting as possible for anyone with a general interest in Anna Kavan. The research is obviously useful – in fact I compiled that information and wrote the original page it was lifted from, but I think 99.9% of wiki readers will not want to see it. Can I persuade you to think again about this? It would be great if we could agree or find a compromise here. Thanks VCWalker (talk) 18:50, 15 October 2015 (UTC) 15 October 2015
 * I am still not understanding why we shouldn't be supporting that 1+% of readers who are coming to Wikipedia to figure out how to start research on a topic. Its not like the information is being forced on anyone early in the article: most readers stop reading in the first couple sections anyway. Wikipedia is becoming the first place for experts to start their research: and it would be a real shame, that they didn't figure out where the archival materials are in that first stop. There are plenty of articles that include this kind of material: for example, Gordon_Parks, and we even have whole articles that include this kind of information: List of Australian WWI diarists, and Shakespeare_Apocrypha.
 * Moreover, there is a whole body of research on how Archives have added links, citations and discussion of their collections to create increased public interest in those collections (see the articles here, for example). There is no reason not to bring the articles towards a scholarly level of review of the relevant source material: including the archival material. Remember, WP:Wikipedia is not paper, so there are no limits on the way in which we expand this information. The problem is that we haven't had enough experts (like yourself or myself) who have spent the time collecting this information for our public, much less organizing in a useful format. I think there is room for disagreement on how this information is represented, but there is no question that it fits our scope and should be included in the article. Sadads (talk) 15:58, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to reach out to you and make sure that you got a chance to review the feedback/response. I would be very happy to work with you to make the information more accessible for outside readers, and hope you keep contributing about both Anna Kavan and other topics, Sadads (talk) 16:04, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

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help with non-sensical sentences
The article says "An inveterate traveller, Kavan initiated a long journey at the outset of World War II. From September 1939 to February 1943, she spent six months in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in 1940" This makes no sense. Perhaps this should be "An inveterate traveller, Kavan initiated a long journey at the outset of World War II, from September 1939 to February 1943. She spent six months in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in 1940." Can someone with access to sources fix this? Thanks! Doctormatt (talk) 03:10, 30 July 2020 (UTC)