Talk:Arthur Golden

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The Baylor School is a relative of the owners of the New York Times? I don't know whether this is meant to say that Golden is related to the owners of the Times, or if the Baylor School is somehow connected to them, but can someone who does know please fix this?

Year of birth
According to the article the year of birth is 1957. According to the german article de:Arthur Golden and several websites the year of birth is 1956. -- 80.132.121.188 21:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, according to the article in the english wikipedia the year of birth is 1956 too. -- 80.132.86.51 20:55, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I found many references online to both 1956 and 1957, but the only source that I found that I would consider authoritative was the Library of Congress, which says 1957. So I'm going to change it to that.  If anyone has a better source--a verifiable source--change it back.ShelfSkewed 04:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It is in fact 1956. There are many verifiable sources, predominately any public records database.68.166.235.2 17:19, 18 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I have no reason to doubt you, but because there is conflicting information out there from a usually reliable source, it would be worthwhile if you provided a specific reference for the 1956 birthdate.ShelfSkewed 03:36, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Edit by 98.216.153.130
I have reverted the removal of text by this user as he did not explain it in his edit summary. Personally I think the text removed is very important to the article and removing it has made a one-sided account of his methodology, completely changing the meaning of the text as entered by previous editors.

For something like this consensus should be obtained through the talk page. Blanking without discussion or explanation is vandalism in my mind. John Smith&#39;s (talk) 20:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Prostitution
I have removed the line claiming that Golden fictionalized aspects of the geisha's life including ritualized prostitution. In fact, by 1935, there was virtually no difference between geishas and prostitutes. For verification, I can site "The Geisha Reader", compiled by Miyake Koken and published in 1935. There is also numerous references to the modern geisha's link to prostitution in the book "Geisha" by Liza Dalby, published in 1983. Fairbanksfancygoods 11:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

That's not entirely true. There were prosititues who dressed up and pretended to be geisha that weren't, contributing to the confusion which exists to this day between authentic geisha and prostitutes. I am not familiar with your sources, but it is possible that is what they meant. Aside from the money paid for their virginity, geisha were forbidden to have sex with their clients. That being said, the removal of the sentence is justified for contributing to the confusion. 12.46.106.78 (talk) 20:31, 13 June 2013 (UTC)