Talk:Gilles (stock character)

Problems
As currently noted at Wikipedia talk:Did you know, this article, and the DYK hook, have serious problems. I will post an adapted version of what I wrote there.

This article contains didactic adjectives, with an editorial voice and WP:SYNTH present throughout the article. Consider: "As for the Watteau portrait, it should be clear by these observations that a 'definitive' identification of its subject—as either Pierrot or Gilles—is not possible. As Francis Haskell has pointed out (and the remarks above imply), not only did Gilles 'wear the same costume' as Pierrot, but both generally 'had the same character' throughout the 18th century: Pierrot, like Gilles, 'was a farcical creature, not a tragic or sensitive one'.[35] (Pierrot will become tearful and tragic only in the middle of the 19th century, in the hands of Paul Legrand.)[36] The conclusion is irresistible: that 'the consumptive Watteau has invested the figure of Gilles with some degree of self-identification, and Mrs. Panofsky has also pointed out that on many other occasions when painting Pierrot figures Watteau not only gave them a predominance which was absolutely not justified by the nature of the parts they were called upon to act, but may even have hinted at something Christ-like in their role.'[35] The quibbling over the identity of the figure in Watteau's portrait (encountered everywhere in related sites on the internet)[37] is, in short, misguided [note: there is no citation for who finds it 'misguided', and note 37 is entirely WP:OR: it states the wikipedia editor's own cursory search through a site that disagrees with their opinion, and disagreeing with the editorial voice is, of course, 'quibbling'!]."

The contributor did a decent job at writing an article, but not by wikipedia standards. This needs to be addressed in future edits, preferable sooner rather than later. Dahn (talk) 21:32, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Problems addressed
I have negotiated with Dahn over the necessary changes (see my talk page under DYK nomination of Gilles (stock character)), have made the changes, and have removed his tags with his permission. Beebuk 14:09, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Footnote 17
I would like to remove the error tag from this note, but I don't know what is wrong, exactly. (I've gone to the help page in question and left an explanation in defense of my multiple uses of the note, but I've had no reply): apparently I don't understand the problem. Can anyone help me out with this? Many thanks. Beebuk 09:39, 18 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Problem solved. Beebuk 14:17, 21 January 2016 (UTC)