Talk:Bibliography of Harold Pinter

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Split off from [[Harold Pinter]]

This is a split off section from the main article. For discussion of the main article, please go to Talk:Harold Pinter, where there is a table of contents of the talk page and an archives box listing its archived discussion. Thank you. --NYScholar 20:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

This is the "Works cited" list for the main article Harold Pinter, as stated at top of "Selected bibliography for Harold Pinter". The Nobel Prize site's "Biobibliographical Notes" (in its "Bio-bibliography") includes many other published sources as well; please consult it too. --NYScholar (talk) 19:25, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

:I find it amazing that this 'bibliography' is actually for the main part a list of sources cited in Harold Pinter. This list should be properly wikified and merged back to main article.Jezhotwells (talk) 13:43, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

The split off section was discussed and properly split off a long time ago. You may find it "amazing," but this is a common occurrence. This "Works cited" (Bibliography) serves for multiple articles in Wikipedia relating to Harold Pinter, including many of the articles on his individual works and related subtopics. Take a look at some of them, and you will see that. --NYScholar (talk) 15:53, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Please consult the already-archived discussions in the main article at Talk:Harold Pinter. That is part of the work of editing here. Thanks again. --NYScholar (talk) 15:54, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

If one clicks on the current categories, one can see all kinds of bibliographies, many of which include both primary works by a subject and secondary works about a subject. This list was already split off as the result of long-standing consensus reached through a "good article" review, and this recent editor's viewpoint that it should not be has no clear consensus and no relation to the "good article" review of Harold Pinter, which is archived via its talk page. --NYScholar (talk) 15:14, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

MLA format follows style sheet of [[Harold Pinter]]

Please do not remove the angle-bracketed (nowiki) links; they are requirements of MLA Style format. You are introducing errors into all the entries by doing that. This is not your or my personal preference; it is the format for specialized articles in literature, just as APA governs such articles in social sciences and ACS governs such articles in the sciences. See Style guide for the hyperlinked lists. --NYScholar (talk) 15:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

: I have news for you URLs in angled brackets has been deprecated in the latest MLA style guide:

In the past, the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing recommended including URLs of Web sources in works-cited-list entries. Inclusion of URLs has proved to have limited value, however, for they often change, can be specific to a subscriber or a session of use, and can be so long and complex that typing them into a browser is cumbersome and prone to transcription errors. Readers are now more likely to find resources on the Web by searching for titles and authors' names than by typing URLs. You should include a URL as supplementary information only when the reader probably cannot locate the source without it or when your publisher requires it. If you present a URL, give it immediately following the date of access, a period, and a space. Enclose the URL in angle brackets, and conclude with a period.... (212–13)

Name of the author, compiler, director, editor, narrator, performer, or translator of the work [....] Title of the work (italicized if the work is independent; in roman type and quotation marks if the work is part of a larger work [see 3.8.2–3]). Title of the overall Web site (italicized, if distinct from item 2). Version or edition used. Publisher or sponsor of the site; if not available, use N.p., date of publication (day, month, and year, as available); if nothing is available, use n.d. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access (day, month, and year).

Committee on Scholarly Editions. "Guidelines for Editors of Scholarly Editions." Modern Language Association. MLA, 25 Sept. 2007. Web. 20 Nov. 2007.

So I have removed them which shortened the page considerably and makes it readable on the web. In case you ahd not realised Wikipedia is a web tresources, not printed. iN fact the whole use of MLA is questionable as it it is clearely designed for printed papers. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:24, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

The removal of the prevailing citation and bibliographical format of Harold Pinter (and its related sections) has no basis in Wikipedia editing policy or guidelines. Such drastic and confusing changes should not be made on the basis of the changing editor's whims or desires. They need to relate to actual editing policies and guidelines pertaining to making improvements to the article. Those changes did not improve the article; they introduced all kinds of inconsistencies in its formatting of citations/bibliography, which follow a prevailing Style Sheet defined in a top template on Talk:Harold Pinter. There are strict guidelines about not changing such prevailing style without clearly-developed consensus, which the changing editor simply does not have. Consensus for this format was established in the "good article" review. --NYScholar (talk) 15:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

If you are going to change all the entries in the bibliography here and in all the other sections of Harold Pinter it is keyed to or that keys to it to 3rd ed. of The MLA Style Manual, then you need to do that consistently; the revised format uses "Web" for Web publications and "Print" for print publications, and adds publishers after works in which items are published, with an additional period after "Web" and before the date of access or retrieval. All entries end in a period always. I had added an editorial interpolation in the Wikipedia article on The MLA Style Manual, explaining that the MLA is not requiring use of the 3rd ed. of its own manual on MLA Style in its own publications until later in 2009, so that people have time to adjust (see the top of article in preview mode; you're not telling me anything that I haven't already commented on months ago). Again, you cannot change some parts of the citation and bibliographical format to 3rd ed. without changing all of it consistently, and without following the format precisely. The MLA Style format does not enable URLs embedded in the titles of works cited; it just uses "Web" and assumes that people will look the items up. For the convenience of Wikipedia readers and editors, for purposes of online verification of sources, and ease of reference, I included the URLs in EL format that Wikipedia uses. I explained that "Web" did not seem necessary. I have no objection to leaving off "Web", but that is an inconsistency in the format. I provided it (Web as format) when I used citation templates, as explained before (in Talk:Harold Pinter). Perhaps the changing editor and I can discuss how best to construct this version of MLA Style. (See also the "Obituaries and other articles" section at Harold Pinter#Obituaries and other articles; those bibliographical entries and these in the Bibliography for Harold Pinter need to be the same (consistent) in format. I'm tired, so I suggest you do all the work now, if that is what you want to do, and correct the errors in the MLA Style, so that it is all conforming to 3rd ed. of the MLA Style Manual (not just some of it). Thanks. --NYScholar (talk) 16:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

:(cont.) One good reason for giving the URLs within angle brackets (nowiki format) is because frequently they do change or get removed from the active Web entirely, and one must hunt them down (with whole URL addresses) in the Internet Archive: The Wayback Machine. The fact that I've currently live-linked them Wikipedia style indicates that, of course, I know that this is an online encyclopedia, and that I also wanted to enable people to find the URLs (they can be seen when highlighted). The urls in angle brackets were a "fail safe" (still in 2nd ed.) for use when URLs disappear or change (which frequently does happen, as I just said). At this point, people can hunt for them in the editing histories, if you are going to change everything to 3rd ed. of the MLA Style Manual. I just didn't think I had time to do that; if you would like to do that (consistently), fine. Will we be able to get Wikipedia consensus for the adjustments in MLA Style format (e.g., no "Web" or "Print" ref. in entry)? --NYScholar (talk) 16:59, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Format conversion to MLA Style Manual 3rd ed.

In progress: still working on secs. between "Poetry" sec. and "Multimedia Resources" sec. Prev. and last sec. already converted to The MLA Style Manual 3rd ed. format. This may take a few days. Please bear with editor(s) working on this conversion, which involves minor changes of format for the most part. Thank you. --NYScholar (talk) 21:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I finished the conversion up until the Secondary sources section (which is extensive) and the last sec. has been finished for over a day; but I have to log out for an extended period of time, so unless someone else finishes the conversion to 3rd ed. of the remaining sections, it will have to wait until I am able to take time to do it. What remains is very close to the correct 3rd. ed. format and just needs some tinkering to add in "Web" format and some reordering and slightly different punctuation in spots. To be continued later.... --NYScholar (talk) 02:23, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Just uploaded the converted "Other secondary sources" section. It may need some further tinkering, but it is mostly conforming consistently to the 3rd ed. of The MLA Style Manual format now. (I'll take another look at it later, when I have more time than I do now.) --NYScholar (talk) 01:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

"for Harold Pinter" or "of Harold Pinter"

Every other article in the category is titled "of Person X" not "for Person X". One may or may not be grammatically better but until consensus is reached for all of them, it should stay at the same title as the rest in the series. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:15, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

This article is appropriately named, as it is a section of another article, called Harold Pinter, and there are two categories--see the other one; there are many articles that use "for" as well. Please consult the templated message on your talk page. Thank you. There is no "series" that this bibliography aims to be part of; it was initially and still is the Bibliography section for Harold Pinter and related cross-linked articles relating to him and his works. (This article is not part of a "series" or part of a larger Wikipedia project but part of an article called Harold Pinter. Its categories are just categories that enable one to know what it is, and it relates to more than one category of "Bibliography" in Wikipedia.) --NYScholar (talk) 22:26, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Develop consensus first then make a move. All the bibliographies in that series are named based on consensus previously developed. If you like one naming style more than another and want to change them all, then get a group to agree with you and change them all. I may not like the New York Times style guide and have issues with the Chicago Manual of Style and think their style is arbitrary, but they were created for consistency. Having the Pinter one named in a different style is not right. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:32, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

You developed no such consensus. There is no consensus for your changing the title of Bibliography for Harold Pinter. --NYScholar (talk) 22:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

:I see widely varying titles for Bibliographies throughout Wikipedia, only some of which are properly categorized or categorized at all, and there is no consistent naming of all of them. There is clearly variation that relates to the purposes of the particular bibliographical articles corresponding in several cases to the sections of the main articles that they are part of and cross-linked to. Bibliographies that are categorized as both "bibliographies:author" and "bibliographies:subject" have varying names. --NYScholar (talk) 22:44, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

There are other "Bibliography for" articles in Wikipedia as well. This one is a section of a main article, and it is so linked to it. --NYScholar (talk) 22:35, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

(ec) (cont.) Bibliography of" articles in Wikipedia generally imply that they are lists of works by a subject (author's bibliography), this one is not that. It serves as the list of "Works cited" in Harold Pinter and related articles cross-linked in it. It is also a list of works about and resources relating to Pinter cited in the main article and the cross-linked articles. Works cited in Harold Pinter may be found in it; it is keyed to the parenthetical source citations in the article. I can't discuss this further because I am trying to work on the Bibliography formatting itself and this is distracting me from that work. So please allow me to get back to doing it. Thank you. --NYScholar (talk) 22:44, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Among other examples in Wikipedia, see Bibliography for Whittaker Chambers and Bibliography for Duwamish (tribe). Thanks. --NYScholar (talk) 22:51, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Maintaining consistency of bibliographical format (updated to ''[[The MLA Style Manual]]'', 3rd ed.)

:[Please consult Style Sheet in template at top of this page.]

I monitor the consistency of the format of Bibliography for Harold Pinter periodically. As I am working on meeting non-Wikipedia publication deadlines, I have limited time to do this. But it is on my "watch list", and I will continue to monitor it, time permitting. If I find additional errors of format, I will correct them later, when I have more time. --NYScholar (talk) 20:32, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

See main article template cross-reference

This Bibliography is properly designated as a section of Harold Pinter, resulting from a previously-approved split requested in the "good article" review done in fall 2007. It is part of Harold Pinter, which has been listed as a "good article" since early October 2007. --NYScholar (talk) 20:32, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Reminder

Please see the guidelines for talk pages, linked at the top of this page, including links to Wikipedia policies WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA. [The sources of this article/section are its "content"; discussing preferability of one URL that does not include blog posts by readers (self-published blog comments) to one that does include such blog posts is discussing content.] Please refrain from focusing on contributors, as per WP:NPA. WP:CIVIL also directs Wikipedia editors not to characterize the work of other editors in "derogatory" terms. Please do one's best to follow Wikipedia editing policies and guidelines, including "consistency" of prevailing citation and bibliographical documentation formats. Thank you again. --NYScholar (talk) 20:32, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Move?

:The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:05, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Harold Pinter bibliography → {{noredirect|1=Bibliography of Harold Pinter}} —

::Oppose move, suggest nominator withdraws this. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 21:26, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

:The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. 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.

Friendlier format

This page is very unfriendly, practically inscrutable, for anyone interested in finding a straightforward list of Pinter's published works (the Works page is also partial and messy). Would anyone mind if I made it a bit more organized, like the Roberto Bolaño bibliography for example? Would it be better to do this on the Works page? AshcroftIleum (talk) 06:49, 2 January 2013 (UTC)