Talk:The Absent-Minded Beggar

GA issues
This article is listed as a GA, but it has no lead section. GA articles are supposed to meet WP:LEAD. I'll hold off on delisting until someone can take a look and perhaps fix the problem. Mike Christie (talk) 12:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I prettied it up a bit. Any other comments?  -- Ssilvers 13:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Dang, that was quick. Nice work.  That certainly looks nicer, and addresses my concern.  If I get a chance I'll take a look and come up with other questions; if not, it's because I'm impressed.  Thanks.  Mike Christie (talk) 13:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Lyrics
An editor suggested removing the lyrics, since they are available on Wikisource. I think we should keep them in the article. They are public domain, and they are wikilinked and footnoted (and illustrated with a contemporary image). Wikisource is nice, but for the casual reader of Wikipedia, it is far more convenient to display them right in the article. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:10, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Mmmh... yes and no. I think this is sufficiently large that they unbalance the whole thing; we end up with a poem with an introduction, if you see what I mean. Perhaps just the first stanza, and a prominent link through to the full text? Shimgray | talk | 19:25, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree with Ssilvers. The point about including the words in the article is that the article is put in context by quoting them. It's not as though the words were very long. In the case of many other lyrics this would not be so important, but without the words immediately before one this article would lose much of its impact. If the words were unavailable (e.g. because in copyright) so be it, but as they are not it would be silly to limit ourselves and weaken this article. Tim riley (talk) 19:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Shimgray, the lyrics aren't that long, but they have a lot of white space between the lines. Can anyone format them to close them up? Then the whole poem would fit in just over one screen. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:51, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * It's definitely the images, but I can't figure out how to get rid of it without removing them entirely. Shimgray | talk | 20:04, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't know much about HTML, but I know how to cut and paste other people's HTML, and I think I've got it! -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:52, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Ha! I see that you understand the HTML better than I do.  Feel free to increase width or max-width even more if it looks better.  All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:13, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Loud applause to both - this looks really spot on. Tim riley (talk) 09:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Would like to ask for some help.

reference number 6 is a reference to my research (and is linked to a slide show of a powerpoint of my talk). As this is my research, I would like an acknowledgment directly.

reference number 10 is also a reference to my research (John Cannon article is a report of my talk at Bristol). Again, I would like an acknowledgement. It seems strange to reference the report of the paper, and not the paper itself.

Thanks, John Lee — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.15.180.76 (talk) 23:05, 22 October 2011 (UTC)