Talk:Lord of the Flies

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2022
a “[j]olly good show. Like the Coral Island."

should be “[a] jolly good show. Like the Coral Island.” Fortifiedfruit (talk) 23:18, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ &#128156; melecie   talk  - 23:54, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've reverted this, because that's not the quote. The quote from the book is (as pointed out by Fortifiedfruit) "I know. Jolly good show. Like the Coral Island."  If we want to use this quote in a readable sense, then we have to modify it by losing the "a" and clarifying that the "j" is lower case to signify that it's now part of a sentence, not the beginning of a sentence, as it is in the original quote.  This may seem trivial, but it's exactly the same level of trivia as requested to change it from "a jolly good show, like the Coral Island" to "[a] jolly good show. Like the Coral Island."
 * If we're going to use quotes, we have to use them correctly, and as per MOS:CONFORM although there are other intepretations, square brackets to indicate a change of capitalisation is how to do it. Chaheel Riens (talk) 10:18, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Just a note that, as MOS:CONFORM makes explicit, it is absolutely not necessary to put the small J in brackets to indicate it's been decapitalised from the source. It's acceptable to do, but it's nonstandard and shows a pointless fussiness that can make the reader distrust the editor. I'd submit there's no reason for any brackets here at all; it would be best as a "jolly good show. Like the Coral Island." Binabik80 (talk) 18:48, 15 December 2023 (UTC) Binabik80 (talk) 18:48, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Many sections are poorly written
This page is very poorly written once you get past the plot. Feels like it needs a full overhaul. 47.20.150.228 (talk) 23:46, 30 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Tagged for cleanup. Jahaza (talk) 17:05, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree. Some of it almost reads like it was written by a robot. 81.170.31.163 (talk) 21:44, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * This entire page needs to be burned down Jove108 (talk) 14:38, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 September 2023
Change " the cooperation of children without adult authority can quickly escalate to disorder and chaos," to " the cooperation of children without adult authority can quickly descend into disorder and chaos," AyrtonNorris (talk) 18:49, 16 September 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅—Anita5192 (talk) 19:23, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 October 2023
It would be best to change "However, Charles Monteith decided to take on the manuscript[7] and worked with Golding to complete several fairly major edits, including the removal of the entire first section of the novel, which had previously described an evacuation from nuclear war" To say something along the lines of "However, Charles Monteith [goldings editor] decided to take on the manuscript[7] and worked with Golding to complete several fairly major edits, including the removal of the entire first section of the novel, which had previously described an evacuation from nuclear war." To help the reader understand quickly just who Charles Monteith is without having to go to his page. While a small edit I think it would help greatly. Thanks if you agree Jove108 (talk) 13:20, 10 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your interest, but the link elaborates on who Charles Monteith is, and the rest of the sentence explains his relevance to Golding.—Anita5192 (talk) 14:01, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes I understand that but it's just two to three extra words and it wouldn't ruin the rest of the sentence or anything if put there. Also thanks very much for responding so quick Jove108 (talk) 14:41, 10 October 2023 (UTC)