User talk:Genesiswinter

On CA
Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your recent edit to Chinua Achebe, where you attempted to improve the tone of the article. However, it was unnecessarily conversational in its tone, and unfit for Wikipedia's purpose, so it has been reverted. Because it is a Featured Article, the prose on such a page must be kept strictly professional and top-quality. Thanks for your contribution, however, and welcome once again.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment on my talk page. – Scartol  •  Tok  21:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, I can see your point (and I vaguely remember such a mention being made in passing while working on that sentence during the FA process). I can't think of a way to make the transition, though; I agree with you that a transition is useful, but none of the ones I've tried really work for me. I've rephrased it for now as: "The Nobel Committee has been criticised in the past for overlooking other important writers, such as...". I won't be offended if you want to add something to the front (but I still think "but then" is too laid-back). Thanks again for your attention to it and your patience with me on the wording. – Scartol  •  Tok  16:33, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The accusations of "unjust" aren't any more specific than for other great writers; I'm sure some folks feel there is Eurocentrism, but given the wide variety of nationalities among award winners, I can't imagine such claims hold much water. I agree that the wording will be awkward however we proceed, so I suggest we just leave it as is. Cheers. – Scartol  •  Tok  23:18, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

December 2008
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Regarding prestige format
Please don't arbitrarily remove templates or tags from articles. I added the template:prose tag for a reason. That article should not be a simple list of random GNs. I don't know whose idea it was to make it such, but I know it's not what's best for Wikipedia. Now, granted, the prose tag doesn't perfectly address the problem, but it at least brings some attention to it. In the future, please try to address these kinds of issues on the talk page (as I did, in this article's case). Ace Class Shadow; My talk. 22:20, 30 December 2010 (UTC)