Talk:It (novel)/Archive 4

It's vs. its
The current consensus is as follows.

The character's name is "It", a proper noun.

Anything belonging to It, is "It's".

The possessive form of the pronoun it remains "its". The contraction of it is remains "it's".

I know writing this way is a challenge and feels like it violates everything your third grade teacher, Mrs. Marsh, taught you. Try this: Write whatever you are writing as if the monster's name is "Shecky Greene". Then, immediately before saving your changes, search for "Shecky Greene" and replace with "It". (Thus "Shecky Greene killed them in the Catskills" would become "It killed them in the Catskills".) - Sum mer PhD v2.0 22:48, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Its vs It's
There is no rule in English concerning the possessive form of "It" as a proper noun. Previous discussion (archived here) settled on using "It's". - Sum mer PhD v2.0 02:29, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Reception and Legacy - Inappropriate use of source
The 'Reception and Legacy' section seems overly biased against the book. Of especial note is the Publishers Weekly link, which the article states "expressed particular indignation". However if you actually go to read the article it's much more balanced in its review. For example, its final paragraph states: "It’s an amazing book, a flawed book, and sometimes an embarrassing book, but it can’t be summed up in a synopsis or a thesis statement or even in a long, boring article like this. It’s a book that captures something, some slice of time, some intangible feeling about growing up and saying goodbye."

How you get it "expressed particular indignation" from this review is beyond me.

https://www.tor.com/2013/09/25/the-great-stephen-king-reread-it/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.28.108 (talk) 00:56, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

It's vs. It's
Please see the discussion at Talk:It_(novel)/Archive_3.

The consensus was to use "It's" as the possessive form of "It". In this usage, "It" is a proper noun. The English peculiarity of "its" as the possessive form of "it" is irrelevant. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 21:53, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Remove references to the indian tv series
could somebody/or an editor please remove the reference to the indian television series. it's irrelevant and not even close to the novel in many ways. possibly planted there as a marketing shtick. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.7.12.85 (talk) 02:13, 19 September 2019 (UTC)


 * While an adaptation -- even a loose adaptation -- would be relevant here, I see no source for the claim. (I also don't see much to support that this was "marketing shtick", but that's irrelevant.)


 * There was no source at all here. The target article had two "sources". The first said nothing about It. The second was a link to an IMDb page about It that says nothing about the other production.


 * I also removed the unsupported claim at Woh. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 02:36, 19 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the edit. Sometimes, "marketing shtick" just means people or "culture" who wants to be known. As you can see, "reason" and some such sensibilities might be elusive and far from the planter(s) mind. It's annoying enough to see "Woh" everywhere on "IT" entries besides the recent film series. Guess the editors there probably yonked it off. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.7.12.85 (talk) 04:54, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

"List of It characters" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Semi-protected edit request on 15 September 2021
" too intelligent for his own good" -> "too intelligent for his own good" (extra space) Maxyra (talk) 20:04, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:21, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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Plot Summary
In the plot summary, it says that Georgie's arm is ripped off and he disappears. However this is only true in the film, in the book plot Georgie is left to die in the street. 134.226.214.246 (talk) 13:32, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Illusion Flame (talk) 15:57, 4 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The direct quote from the book featured on Goodreads.com https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/119805-want-your-boat-georgie-pennywise-asked-i-only-repeat-myself 78.19.28.44 (talk) 20:37, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * What would you consider a direct source if not a quote from the book? While yes Goodreads is not a peer reviewed website, there's not really a source to post a quote from the book that isn't just using the books own publication pages. 134.226.214.213 (talk) 15:44, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The source for the plot summary is the novel itself, so usually no additional source is required. But if you wish to challenge what's in the article, you do need a reliable source that unequivocally supports your suggested change. The section of the novel that you link only provides a description of the immediate aftermath of his encounter with Pennywise. I've read the novel, but I don't have it available to me right now. I think at issue here is what is meant by "disappears". We certainly don't see any more of Georgie after his death. Does that mean he "disappears"? I changed the plot to read "Georgie dies". No one can dispute that. But if someone wants to give us a quotation from the novel supporting the word "disappears", my edit can be reverted. Sundayclose (talk) 16:21, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Upper case title?
Isn't the official title all upper case? See https://stephenking.com/works/novel/it.html 99.110.182.49 (talk) 00:41, 21 July 2023 (UTC)