Talk:Laurence Olivier#a discussion

The present image is a little disturbing. I kind of prefer reverting it back to the one with Olivier in old age. I'm also open to other suggestions. Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 07:55, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

:What makes you think the current image is disturbing? Ollieisanerd (talk • contribs) 09:55, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

::Yourlocallordandsavior and Ollieinsanerd, what do you think about this image? 88.29.165.207 (talk) 09:49, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

::It’s probably the smile, although I myself think it’s okay. Dantus21 (talk) 04:26, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

:I prefer the [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lord_Olivier_6_Allan_Warren.jpg old lead image] too. It's in colour, is higher resolution than the current lead image, and was taken by a famous photographer. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 08:37, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

::Laurence is too old in that photography, as the infobox photo should feature the individual (Olivier) in its prime. 88.28.10.208 (talk) 13:12, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

:::The current image works in that he's at his most recognisable. Ultimately that's the aim for an infobox image. We already have an image of him as a much older man (photographed by Allan Warren) in the appropriate section. Duffy BT (talk) 16:44, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

• I've put back in the 1972 picture: it's a higher resolution and there isn't a consensus for change. Given his career was a long and rich one, to try and claim the b&w one is "in his prime" is a bit questionable, given the Warren one was in '72, the same year he was in Sleuth (1972) and before he appeared in Marathon Man (1976) and The Boys from Brazil (1978): he was nominated for Oscars for those three films, which suggests he was still pretty much in his prime. Feel free to open an RfC to discuss the options if you wish. - SchroCat (talk) 16:17, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• :Before I even saw this discussion, I was laughing at that horrible photo. It looks like a bad high school yearbook photo! I would have voted for a black and white from the '30s or '40s. Ghost writer's cat (talk) 02:20, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Someone used various websites to calculate the equivalency costs from Olivier's early career into amounts for years that were current to their entry and entered them as notes. Not only do those calculations not update with the passing years, but they are wildly different from Wikipedia's own inflation calculator (and likely contained a typo.) I replaced three of these calculation entries within the text with Wikipedia's calculations and removed the notes, but I'm preserving them here.

• Under 1930-1935: "The £60 salary in 1930 was approximately £11,000 in 2019." Reference source was https://measuringworth.com/datasets/ukearncpi/ Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20131219050808/http://measuringworth.com/ukearncpi/) from the original 19 December 2013; retrieved 3 January 2014. (If it was retrieve in 2014, how did they get the calculation for 2019?? This was likely a typo.)

• Under 1930-1935: "$1,000 in 1931 was approximately $15,500 in 2015." Reference source (https://www.minneapolisfed.org/community/teaching-aids/cpi-calculator-information/consumer-price-index-and-inflation-rates-1913) returns 404 error. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20150604030208/https://www.minneapolisfed.org/community/teaching-aids/cpi-calculator-information/consumer-price-index-and-inflation-rates-1913) 4 June 2015; retrieved 5 January 2015.

• Under 1938-1944: "$50,000 in 1939 is approximately $850,000 in 2015." Same references as bullet above.

Ghost writer's cat (talk) 02:16, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

@HJ Mitchell, does the peerage preclude us from including ‘Sir’ in bold type? Please direct me to the relevant guideline. Keeper of Albion (talk) 13:57, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

:I believe so. I'm not an expert on the honours system but I believe a knight ceases to use the "sir" if he gains a higher honour like a peerage. An example that comes to mind is Richard Dannatt who was a GCB before he was a peer. You'd have to consult something like Debretts for a more conclusive answer. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:02, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

::It seems like you’re right. Keeper of Albion (talk) 14:11, 15 April 2025 (UTC)