Talk:Winnie-the-Pooh

Incorrect hyperlink in section 1.5 Sequel
The section 1.5 Sequel contains a hyperlink to sequel author Paul Bright. This link is incorrect, and links to the wikipedia page of American film writer Paul Bright, instead of British poet and picture-book author Paul Bright (who does not currently have a wikipedia page). I have previously corrected this error, however the error has been reinstated, and the page is now locked against editing. Please can this be corrected. Thank you92.158.130.90 (talk) 17:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 August 2017
Winnie is a female not a male 2600:1:D11F:8D0A:A647:BABA:3B78:1770 (talk) 20:20, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — nihlus kryik   ( talk ) 20:37, 23 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I found a source that verifies this statement. Kaylac8215 (talk) 21:10, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

True XXCHoodXx9 (talk) 02:53, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Unprotection
Protected long enough. It appears vandals are gone. Super Mario Guy (talk) 17:04, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

adaptions
I think in the adaptions sections it makes more sense to group Disney's Winnie The Pooh together since its the best known version of Winnie the Pooh and franchise onto its own. So Think its unfair to drown out those few none-Disney Winnie the pooh adaptions in between various incranations of Disney's Pooh. DoctorHver (talk) 17:28, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2018
Gender change Male to Female 180.148.74.210 (talk) 08:05, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

❌ - not supported by sources in article. -- Euryalus (talk) 08:55, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Information
There’s more information for the story of Winnie the Pooh, where it actually came from and the gender is wrong. Most of it it’s wrong and it’s actually real. XXCHoodXx9 (talk) 02:53, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

"By November 1931, Pooh was a $50 million-a-year business" seems improbable
There is a citation for this claim referenced to a book (or maybe an article - not clear) but it doesn't appear to be available online so I can't verify it.

In any event, the idea that the licencing of this story was worth $50 million a year in 1931 seems wildly improbable given:

1. In the same sentence it is claimed that the original licence had been bought for $1000 a year previously and

2. $50 million a year in 1931 is a vast amount of money, approximately $500 million in today's terms. To put it in context, the GDP of the whole of the UK in 1930 was GBP 5 billion which would mean that the Pooh licence was worth c 1% of everything produced in Britain.

I suggest that this claim is implausible and should be removed, but would welcome anyone who has the original source to comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcc84mcc (talk • contribs) 21:47, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

The real-life Canadian story of Winnie-the-Pooh
external links http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/the-real-life-canadian-story-of-winnie-the-pooh Wlodek111 (talk) 15:10, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

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Pooh Shirt Was a Jacket
The one where we talk about the jacket. Regarding this statement, "Shepard had drawn Pooh with a shirt as early as the first Winnie-The-Pooh book, which was subsequently coloured red in later coloured editions. "

The early drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh with a shirt was a particular drawing of Pooh and Piglet following footsteps in the snow. Piglet happens to be wearing a scarf, and Pooh wearing a jacket, and even Christopher Robin sitting on a tree branch bundled up in a long coat, hat and boots, because it was cold and there was snow on the ground. (You can easily search this on the net.)  Logically, this was never meant to be a shirt, as Pooh was normally not drawn with any shirt. Later, the red shirt was a misunderstanding of the scene with the jacket. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:5CE:300:A9F:64FE:90FD:F451:CB47 (talk) 20:11, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Comment
this is fun but winnie the pooh was also named beacause he was in ww1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.38.83.85 (talk) 15:40, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Merger proposal

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a Merge Proposal and / or Redirect.

Please do not modify it. The result of the request for the Proposed Merger of {requested article} into this talk page's article was:

Not Done—No Consensus to Merge —    —     —     —     — Formal request has been received to merge the article Winnie the Pooh (song) into Winnie-the-Pooh; dated: November 2018. Proposer's rationale: The song was made solely for the franchise and no evidence of independent notability. Discuss here. Richard3120 (talk) 18:20, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose. No good rationale for merging and and its notability is evident. This is one of the most famous theme songs there is. That the song was made for the franchise means nothing — so was every song from Mary Poppins, etc. —МандичкаYO 😜 04:41, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose The song is part of the franchise but is independently notable in its own right. JOJ  Hutton  01:45, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Better target destination Winnie the Pooh (Disney character). Mannanan51 (talk) 17:30, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

— —  —  —  —  The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a WP:PM. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. GenQuest "Talk to Me" 13:33, 26 March 2019 (UTC) A copy of this template can be found here.

Regarding the newer adaptations of pooh
I dont know if this is talk-page worthy, but im wondering: Should there be images for Disney winnie-the-pooh and for "Xinnie-the-pooh(Xinnie is just a pormanteau of Winnie and Xi Jinping)"? they are rather important so i'd assume so, I just dont want to be killed or something for doing something wrong CEO Yatagarasu 4567 (talk) 16:22, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

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Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh
Why did Playcas replace Winnie the Pooh with Xi Jinping as an alternative name for him? Winnie the Pooh is a fictional character while Xi Jinping is a real-life Chinese politician who is the President of China and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. 41.42.120.85 (talk) 14:54, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Censorship in China doesn't belong here
I think this section is redundant because there is a main article about censorship in China and the subject of "Winnie-the Pooh'' is not related to any controversy as it is abstract. For example:

"In the People's Republic of China, images of Pooh were censored from social media websites in mid-2017, when Internet memes comparing Chinese Paramount Leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping to (Disney's version of) Pooh became popular.[57] The 2018 film Christopher Robin was also denied a Chinese release'"When Xi visited the Philippines, protestors posted images of Pooh on social media.[58] Other politicians have been compared to Winnie-the-Pooh characters alongside Xi, including Barack Obama as Tigger, Carrie Lam, Rodrigo Duterte, and Peng Liyuan as Piglet,[59] and Fernando Chui and Shinzo Abe as Eeyore.[60]

This information already exists in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh_(Disney_character)

it can be added there if necessary
 * this info

Pooh's Chinese name (Chinese: 小熊维尼; lit.: 'little bear Winnie') has been censored from video games such as World of Warcraft, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Arena of Valor,[61] and Devotion.[62] Images of Pooh in Kingdom Hearts III were also blurred out.[63]

this info belongs to the sections of controversies of the related games


 * and this info: Despite the ban, two Pooh-themed rides appear in Disneyland Shanghai.[64]

belongs to Disneyland Shaghai


 * This info: In October 2019, Pooh was featured in the South Park episode "Band in China" because of his alleged resemblance with Xi. In the episode, Pooh is brutally killed by Randy Marsh. South Park was banned in China as a result of the episode.[65]

belongs to South Park

My point is that the "Winnie the Pooh" is an abstract subject and creative imagination by itself while use of this idea in the franchise, Disney, games and other commercial or political purpose belongs to the other creations. 2601:1C0:CB01:2660:EC4C:930F:BE32:96A3 (talk) 20:24, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It's a subheading under 4.Cultural legacy.
 * Thus, 4.1 isn't a topic Cultural Censorship in China, proper. It's understood to mean Cutural Censorship of WTP in China, and that proscription by the government of China is so egregiously different from the cultural treatment in other mentioned countries (England, Poland, Japan) that it properly needs a separate section to address the matter, which is considerable in depth and scope.
 * "...is not related to any controversy as it is abstract." This is a non sequitur at best, and a head-scratcher at worst.
 * Please leave your comments properly signed (suffixing the four tildes ~ ~ ~ ~ ), according to Wikipedia convention and courtesy. JohndanR (talk) 04:08, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

The 'Notes' tab should be removed
In my opinion, the 'Notes' tab should be removed if no notes can be added to it as in my opinion it is pointless having an empty tab within the article. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 10:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Adddition to adaptations
In 'Adaptations' the recent collaboration between Lego should be added. YonRog (talk) 19:44, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

First game on infobox?
Is the first Winnie-the-Pooh video game significant enough to be listed in the infobox? Winnie-the-Pooh isn't really a gaming icon, and I can't really name a Pooh-based video game that's really important to gaming or the Pooh franchise's history like how Battle for Bikini Bottom is important to the Spongebob franchise. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm still pretty ignorant about things relating to Wikipedia editing. MantleM (talk) 16:10, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * No, the video game is not important to the character's history. Removed. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 18:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thx MantleM (talk) 20:15, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

oh daddy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.174.24.250 (talk) 20:37, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 July 2022
Add more content related to Winnie's originally inspired bear. This page does not tell the story of the real 'Winnie', and how she relates to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 199.126.233.186 (talk) 15:34, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:43, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Suggestion for change to sequence of information in the second paragraph
At Dec 22, the second paragraph lists the books Pooh appears in. I think it would make sense to list them in the order they were published. At present, first the two books with Pooh stories (prose) are given, and then the two books with poems are listed.

I'd suggest the following sequence...

When We Were Very Young (poems, 1924) Winnie-the-Pooh (prose, 1926) Now We Are Six (poems, 1927) The House at Pooh Corner (prose, 1928)

If someone with more experience as a Wikipedia editor likes the idea, please make the changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.100.173.130 (talk) 19:25, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

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Fix vandalism
Can you fix the vandalism that was added 31 minutes ago? 154.20.213.253 (talk) 06:51, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's been done. Johnuniq (talk) 07:58, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 November 2023
Literature The Misadventures of Winnie-the-Pooh by Keith Luethke 2600:6C5D:4340:3F:40A9:DE0B:FDA1:838B (talk) 05:32, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Not seeing evidence of notability for this work or this author Cannolis (talk) 06:19, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Gender – Male
Where’s the source for this statement? 2804:14D:5C32:4673:F6CC:9DC4:1977:8316 (talk) 22:23, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Why are Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in New York?
Can someone elaborate in the article how they ended up in the New York Library? The NYL's website https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schwarzman/childrens-center-42nd-street/pooh is very vague, with no provenance. Masato.harada (talk) 15:08, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Request edit
Please remove his gender as male, it’s unsourced. 2804:14D:5C32:4673:91ED:1EE3:3D9B:A337 (talk) 17:23, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: read the article. Milne quoted as referring to Pooh using "he" multiple times Cannolis (talk) 20:46, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Huh
Why do you have the 1926 A. A. Milne depiction and not the more notable disney version? The trademark? The (R)? the (C) 2600:4040:54BA:2C00:C531:634D:EFFF:8686 (talk) 20:38, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 21:18, 5 February 2024 (UTC)