User talk:Macspaunday/Archive 2014

W. H. Auden
I saw your recent edit undoing the edits of an IP editor who had changed "Britain" to "England", etc. Since I am a U.S. American, I have no vested interest, but I would like to understand the reason for your edit. To me, England has always been the country, Great Britain includes Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (I think), and a person from England is English, British, or an Englishman, and a person from any one of the parts of Great Britain is British or a Briton (a Brit for short) (besides Welsh and Scots/a Scot). I'm just wondering why you think "Britain" is better than "England". CorinneSD (talk) 20:30, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It's simple: Auden worked and lived in Scotland for some of the period involved, so "England" would merely be factually inaccurate. When I clicked "rollback" I didn't realize that "rollback" didn't give a chance to explain the reason, or I would have added the explanation there. Macspaunday (talk) 20:38, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh. O.K. Thank you for the explanation. CorinneSD (talk) 21:03, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Peter Warlock
I remembered our recent discussion about "British" vs. "English" just above, under "W. H. Auden", when I saw an edit to Peter Warlock (right now it's the second-to-last edit). I don't know which is correct, "British" or "English". I kind of like "English" if it is factually correct. I thought I'd ask you what you thought. CorinneSD (talk) 01:49, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't have any strong opinion, I'm afraid. On the Auden page, I changed "English" back to "British" purely for the factual reason that the page needed a word that covered both "English" and "Scottish." I don't have any opinion on which is better when there is no factual issue involved. - Macspaunday (talk) 06:45, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * O.K. Thank you. You and Rothorpe said the same thing. Now I wonder why anyone would feel strongly one way or the other. (No need to answer. I'm just wondering.) CorinneSD (talk) 21:47, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

WH Auden
MacSpaunday,

You have deleted my reference to Waugh's reference in Put Out More Flags to Parsnip and Pimpernel who, it is universally accepted, are based on Auden and Isherwood. Your deletion appears to be based on the fact it is the wrong section. Kindly either reallocate it or give reasons for its delection. I will gladly put it in whatever section you prefer, but it plainly ought to be referenced. Thanks 92.24.102.158 (talk) 16:28, 10 November 2014 (UTC)


 * It's in the section about "work" but it has nothing to do with the work. I've moved it to "Reputation and Influence"? Macspaunday (talk) 16:35, 10 November 2014 (UTC)