Talk:John Richard Clark Hall

Next steps
, anything you think this article needs before being nominated as a featured article? It is, I think, about as complete as it can hope to be. I had been waiting to get a copy of Herbert Tingle before nominating the article (under the theory that the book might contain biographical information on Hall), and now that that's in hand, I don't think there's that much more to do. There are a few other things on my to-do list—track down copies of his 1923 and 1928 works, and find more information on his Ph.D.—but those are so peripheral (and the last perhaps verges into original-research territory) that I don't think they should hold up a nomination. --Usernameunique (talk) 07:25, 14 February 2021 (UTC)


 * The article looks good, and you sound confident. I can't say that I have sufficient specialist topic knowledge to say much more really, so I'll just wish you the best of luck with it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:47, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Finnsburg fragment, Finnesburg Fragment
Those points should be checked. With the first two confirmed or corrected, WP:COMMENT may be useful in the code between 1911 and 1940 listings.
 * 1) Title change from Fight at F to F Fragment occurs with 1911 revision by Hall?
 * 2) Title change from Finnsburg to Finnesburg occurs with 1940 revision by Charles Leslie Wrenn?
 * 3) 1912 (date check) review uses the 1901-only title Fight at F?
 * 4) English Wikipedia requires capital Fragment?

Yesterday I missed a hyphen at "Tingle 1855-1918". I retained lowercase "fragment" in the C.L. Wrenn list of works; we have that here for the Wrenn edited works. --P64 (talk) 18:01, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

"the standard trot to Beowulf "
In the second lead paragraph; a typo for "the standard intro to Beowulf " ?? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 00:23, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * , it's no typo; it's in the first sentence of the article here. Interestingly, however, "trot" means something different than what I had assumed. I had taken it as a colloquialism for "journey," when, it turns out, the OED offers a more precise definition: The senses may nevertheless be related; the OED's definition is placed within the general category of  We could perhaps link "trot" to cheat sheet, although it seems as if the former is a very specific type of the latter. --Usernameunique (talk) 14:30, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this; learn something new every day.  I hadn't been able to find the text so didn't edit it, instead raising my question here.  Enjoyed reading the article. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 15:02, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ditto; thanks for bringing it up, was interesting to find out the true meaning. --Usernameunique (talk) 03:27, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Date of Birth
Note that https://www.librarything.com/author/clarkhalljr gives a date of birth as January 1855. This may not be a WP:RS but do any other sources corroborate a January 1855 dob? Greenshed (talk) 01:26, 2 June 2024 (UTC)