Talk:For Your Eyes Only (short story collection)

Copyedit
I have made the following changes in my copy edit: // ⌘macwhiz (talk) 03:32, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Given the strong national ties between James Bond and Britain, I have standardised the article on British English spellings and date conventions.
 * I have revised the names of all short stories to be in quotation marks, not italics, consistent with MOS:ITALICS and MOS:TITLE. I have also corrected other variances from MOS:ITALICS throughout.
 * I have removed the "Publication History" section per the guidance in WP:MOS-NOVELS. That section of the MoS states that "you should briefly outline the publication history of the novel ONLY if there is interesting information to relate."  There was no such information in this section, which was a bare recounting of the publication history of the book.

Improving the article
Ah, Wikipedia, paradise for people with a certain special psychology. I'd love to know why "a bow and arrow" is better than "a hunting bow". In the story, Bond says: "Put away your bow and arrow, Robina." Native speakers of English will know he's using childish language as a joke. IOW, "bow and arrow" is not suitable for an encyclopedia. There are other changes I'd like to make to improve the article, but if they're going to be reverted (again) there seems little point. MagistraMundi (talk) 10:12, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There is no need to start a talk page thread with a personal attack on others. I willl discuss the substance of your point later. - SchroCat (talk) 10:24, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * It was not an attack: it was an observation based on experience. MagistraMundi (talk) 10:26, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * No, it was a rude, uncivil and unnecessary comment: an attack on editors. Please do not do it again. - SchroCat (talk) 16:15, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

After finding and killing the Hildebrand Rarity, the Wavekrest sets sail for port... -- Educated speakers of English, native and otherwise, will recognize that as a hanging participle. I corrected it and improved the article. It has been reverted and the article has been unimproved. Wikipedia, as I said, is paradise for people with a certain special psychology. It is not paradise for educated speakers of English. Bond finds that Krest has been murdered—apparently by having the rare fish stuffed down his throat. Could someone explain what was "apparent" about the death of Milton Krest? Could someone explain how Fleming's description -- "To pick the small fish out of its formalin bath and slip it into Mr Krest's gaping mouth" -- gets turned into the crude, inaccurate and unencyclopedic "stuffed down his throat"? I don't expect so. MagistraMundi (talk) 10:48, 9 November 2013 (UTC)


 * You've been asked to remain civil. If you can't manage that then don't be surprised if people won't discuss things with you, or if you get a solid blast of base Anglo Saxon in return. - SchroCat (talk) 11:31, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

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How to pronounce ‘Risico’
Can someone add the correct IPA spelling for ‘Risico’. Given that it has not been used in film, only in the books, it would be nice to know how to correctly pronounce this word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.119.162 (talk) 06:29, 8 October 2018 (UTC)