Talk:Esme Langley

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This article has numerous problems, including the fact that it seems to be written with extreme adoration for this person. As such, it seems very POV and not encyclopedic. I have altered it to remove a few of the more obvious examples, added a cleanup tag and done some minor copy-editing. I highly recommend that someone who cares or knows more about the subject (I got here by clicking "Random article", as I often do) go through and fix up the article. 0x0077BE (talk) 19:21, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

The article was her obituary, as written by her best friend Evelyn Watts (deceased) and published in The Guardian. Vendeka (talk) 13:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Be that as it may, Wikipedia isn't a newspaper, it's an encyclopedia. My above comments strongly stand. Also, what is the rationale for a wholesale reprinting of an obituary?0x0077BE (talk) 03:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Agreed about encyclopedia. The obituary was just the starting point for an important historical figure in lesbian herstory. More to follow, when time permits. Vendeka (talk) 09:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.217.180 (talk)

I've removed the cleanup tag, as the article looks much nicer now than it did 3 years ago. I think there are still some little things that could use some editing - one quick example is at the end of "Education" is this sentence: "After passing her Matriculation (University entrance) in 1935 Esmé abandoned formal education and at the age of 16 moved to London, found a boyfriend and through necessity lived a frugal life." Seems a bit weird. Not sure what the author was going for so I'll leave it there fore now. I think the article can still use expansion but it hardly needs the cleanup tag. Good job Vendeka! 0x0077BE (talk) 17:55, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

The article is still terrible. --dab (𒁳) 13:36, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * seriously underreferenced
 * tone issues, keeps referring to its subject by her given name
 * WP:NOTBLOG, prone to random unreferenced trivia ("While grateful that her typing prowess kept her in work, she was irritated by employers who ignored her other skills", "just before her final illness at the age of 72, she was studying Russian" -- seriously?)