Talk:Fanny Cradock

Memory
I removed the phrase that said that Cradock "seemed to be having problems with her memory" when she listed her age on her last marriage certificate as 55 instead of 68. The cited source (http://www.scotsman.com/news/fanny-cradock-1-1139496) doesn't make such a claim. Another explanation could have been that Cradock was simply trying to make herself seem younger than her actual age, as many people (both celebrities and not) have been known to do. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:18, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Telegraph dates
< a column under the pen name of "Bon Viveur"[13] which appeared in The Daily Telegraph from 1950 to 1955 >

but the column was still going strong in the 'seventies; it made frequent references to Chateau Belair 1970!

When did the column finish?

86.148.153.255 (talk) 18:14, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Works of Fanny Cradock
As people can see, I've split off the various works of Cradock (all books, television appearances etc) and hived them off to a new and separate article. This means that this article can be better developed to cover her life in prose form, without the long lists that break up the texts in several places. I'll be re-working much of the article over the coming few weeks to ensure it actually covers all aspects of her life, rather than focusing on a narrow area. - SchroCat (talk) 07:16, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
 * . Can you explain why you keep putting in the information that is now all at another page - Works of Fanny Cradock? There is no point in having it in two places, particularly when this is incorrect, incomplete, poorly formatted, and unsupported by reliable sources. If you don't wish to discuss, but just keep reverting, or if you keep referring to this as "vandalism", I'm happy to open an RfC for wider community input. - SchroCat (talk) 07:58, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

RfC on the placement of her television appearances
Is it preferable to have a long list of every programme Cradock appeared in (as it appears in this version, or even this version), or is it preferable to have the information separated into Works of Fanny Cradock, along with all her other professional work? – SchroCat (talk) 08:07, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Remove lists and keep them on the Works page As it stands (with this version), readers are left to wade through too much pointless listy dross. it's badly done, poorly sourced, awfully formatted and leaves the reader completely bemused as to what "Score with the Scaffold (28 August 1970)" actually is (much less to they care). I have taken all this out and put it all into Works of Fanny Cradock (properly referenced and formatted), and hoped that would leave the article clear to be re-written with the reader in mind. I have been reverted in my changes, with the steps being referred to as "vandalism" (on several occasions). I have asked the editor concerned, to actually look at what was done, and to comment on the talk page, but further accusations of "vandalism" have made, with no effort to discuss on this page. I am now opening this up to a wider RfC for community comment. - SchroCat (talk) 08:16, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Remove lists and keep them on the Works page. I agree with User:SchroCat that the more concise version is better, with the works moved to their own sub-article. This is what summary style is for.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 09:11, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Remove lists to their own page. This would be compliant with WP:SS and remove an eye-glazingly long list from the text of the main article. As well as respecting WP guidelines like WP:SS we also ought to consider our readers and not just dump a ton of unsorted information, much of it trivial: is a reader likely to be interested in the fact that Cradock once appeared on Larry Grayson's Generation Game or Juke Box Jury? If any one is, he or she can go to the sub-article: if it turns out to get a massive number of hits we might reconsider, but that's for the future. For now, let's be rid of this huge list from the biographical article.  Tim riley  talk   14:12, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Remove lists and keep them on the Works page, even though I generally tend to love pointless listy dross and find it quite intriguing that Cradock once appeared on Larry Grayson's Generation Game! (... Juke Box Jury, not so much) Martinevans123 (talk) 16:00, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Remove lists per WP:INDISCRIMINATE; and report filed at WP:AN/EW 107.190.33.254 (talk) 18:35, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Remove lists per Ssilvers. Ali Ahwazi (talk) 20:03, 11 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Remove lists and keep them on the Works page per SchroCat Idealigic (talk) 20:23, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Pizza Claim
I notice the claim that she popularised the Pizza in the UK following her book Common Market Cookery: France in 1973. I am a little worried about that claim since Pizza Express opened in 1965 and the mass market Pizzaland opened in 1970. Indeed, the first Pizza restaurants opened in the 30s. Also, I am trying to find her actual recipe. If anyone has the book I would be interested to see it. But I suspect it might be for Pissaladière, which is made with a high-fat pastry rather than a bread dough. Joss (talk) 20:18, 20 September 2020 (UTC)