Talk:Mr. Dooley

"[A] gesture in vain ..."
I found
 * The book's preface was signed "F.P.D." the only time he would make even a slight acknowledgement of authorship in the eight Dooley books published in his lifetime, a gesture in vain...

in which the "gesture in vain" does not refer to something already mentioned, but only to something implied but not stated. I think the gesture in question is the failure make acknowledgement, and that not evoking it more directly, while causing only momentary confusion, makes the passage needlessly awkward and distracting. --Jerzy•t 21:19, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

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Possible mention of Mr Dooley in WWI poetry book
would you have time to look over at a page I am helping to proofread on Wikisource from a book of WWI poetry that references a 'Mr Dooley'? The page in question is here. The quote in full is:"One was disposed to sympathise with the complaint of the ingenious Mr. Dooley, who declared that the bombardment of defenceless persons by 'concealed batteries iv poets' had added a new terror to warfare." See also the mention of this here. Carcharoth (talk) 21:42, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Judging by the "iv", almost certainly the same.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:07, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, I had thought that was the Roman numeral for 4, but I see from the article notes that 'iv' is a way to represent some dialect form of pronouncing 'of'. Very good. Carry on. And many thanks for confirming that. :-) Carcharoth (talk) 23:47, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

"Comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable"
My opinion of what he does mean in the sentence with the phrase (and the rest of the column) is that, when you add up the number and diversity of subjects the newspapers write about with apparent authority, someone believing it all is amusing. The reason for the last revert was "Rv, not found in source". True, but my last phrasing of the full quote as "casts a different light" on the phrase is an obvious comment.

I took out "purpose" because Dunne writes only "Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us" and mentions nothing there about purpose or intent. The only thing in the column that might indicate some kind of purpose is at the very end: "A newspaper is to intertain, not to teach a moral lesson." However, that doesn't necessarily mean the newspaper's intent. It could mean you should read the newspaper only for entertainment, or it could mean many other things. I'm not addressing what the media's intentions might be. Zgystardst (talk) 22:48, 11 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Understood, but you can't say your opinion in Wikipedia's voice. You can quote from the piece, but to do more than that requires an opinion from a reliable source. You can't interpret it. All you can do is say what Dunne wrote.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:36, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Cheers
Looking into it, I don't see exactly why Cheers is mentioned in the See also. Is it just because they both are related to bars and include political commentary? - Whadup, it&#39;s ya girl, Dusa (talk) 09:53, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Probably. I'm not sure why it was added.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:46, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Dooley and Dunne
There is quite a bit of detail in this article about the fictitious Mr. Dooley, but more about his creator. I found it hard to get through it. I see that it's considered one of the best articles, but it seems overlong and tedious to me. A lot of it is about Finley Peter Dunne instead of Mr. Dooley. I first read about the quotable Mr. Dooley years ago in a history book, which related that Congress had removed tariffs on some unimportant items and Mr. Dooley said something like, "Practic'ly iverythin' necessary for life comes in free." Perhaps more summary about Mr. Dooley (if it can be sourced) and a link to wikiquote would improve the article, because all the personal detail of Dunne and discussion of him, his life and his associates, business ventures, etc. seems somewhat irrelevant to me -- it belongs in the article about him. Wastrel Way (talk) Eric