09:5809:58, 19 July 2024diffhist−58
Oscar Wilde
Replaced reference to 'men/boys' in lead paragraph with 'males', as this is the word used by the Labouchere Amendment. But I agree with a previous editor that the age of Wilde's partners should be mentioned: I have added details to the Trials section.current
16:3616:36, 3 May 2024diffhist+2
Oscar Wilde
→Debut in society: Minor corrections to quotation from Punch. Note that the ‘f’ is missing from ‘feel’ in this image, but not in images taken of all copies of the issue. Clearly this is an accidental due to a printing error, and there is no need to perpetuate it.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
09:2009:20, 17 January 2024diffhist−45
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Walt Whitman
→Sexuality: Removed claim that Wilde told Ives that "Whitman's sexual orientation was beyond question". These words are the editorial comment of John Stokes on Wilde's quotation, and should not be attributed to Wilde.
09:0409:04, 17 January 2024diffhist−39
Syracuse University
→Libraries: Removed Oscar Wilde from list of people whose voice recordings are held at Belfer ALA. The present Belfer website omits mention of him, presumably because the recording was shown to be a fake in 2001 (see The Guardian, Jan 28, 2001)Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
01:5901:59, 16 January 2024diffhist+2
Oscar Wilde
Clarified that the record of Wilde’s birth is not a birth certificate but a baptism certificateTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
01:4401:44, 16 January 2024diffhist−473
Oscar Wilde
→Death: Deleted claim that Wilde “recalled” his purported Catholic baptism as a child, as there is no evidence he recalled it or ever spoke or wrote of it. In any case, the baptism is already mentioned in its right place, earlier in the article.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
01:3401:34, 16 January 2024diffhist−410
Oscar Wilde
→London life and marriage: Removed reference to modern cafe at site of old Cafe Royal. As Rpxpx noted in the talk section in September, this smacks of advertising and is not relevant to Wilde’s life.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
13 January 2024
03:1703:17, 13 January 2024diffhist−98
Oscar Wilde
→Early life: Removed second stanza of Requiescat, as there is no strong rationale for its inclusion. Corrected formatting of first stanza to match Poems (1881)Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
22:3722:37, 23 December 2023diffhist−617
Oscar Wilde
→Early life: Substantial abbreviation of the details of Wilde’s Catholic baptism. The fact is worth mentioning, but does not require extensive details and a quotation.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
23:1923:19, 6 December 2023diffhist−101
Oscar Wilde
Clarified that Salome was a return to playwriting (previously the impression was that this was Wilde’s first dramatic effort). Removed vague and unsubstantiated explanation for Wilde writing plays.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
09:5809:58, 19 July 2024diffhist−58
Oscar Wilde
Replaced reference to 'men/boys' in lead paragraph with 'males', as this is the word used by the Labouchere Amendment. But I agree with a previous editor that the age of Wilde's partners should be mentioned: I have added details to the Trials section.current
16:3616:36, 3 May 2024diffhist+2
Oscar Wilde
→Debut in society: Minor corrections to quotation from Punch. Note that the ‘f’ is missing from ‘feel’ in this image, but not in images taken of all copies of the issue. Clearly this is an accidental due to a printing error, and there is no need to perpetuate it.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
09:2009:20, 17 January 2024diffhist−45
m
Walt Whitman
→Sexuality: Removed claim that Wilde told Ives that "Whitman's sexual orientation was beyond question". These words are the editorial comment of John Stokes on Wilde's quotation, and should not be attributed to Wilde.
09:0409:04, 17 January 2024diffhist−39
Syracuse University
→Libraries: Removed Oscar Wilde from list of people whose voice recordings are held at Belfer ALA. The present Belfer website omits mention of him, presumably because the recording was shown to be a fake in 2001 (see The Guardian, Jan 28, 2001)Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
01:5901:59, 16 January 2024diffhist+2
Oscar Wilde
Clarified that the record of Wilde’s birth is not a birth certificate but a baptism certificateTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
01:4401:44, 16 January 2024diffhist−473
Oscar Wilde
→Death: Deleted claim that Wilde “recalled” his purported Catholic baptism as a child, as there is no evidence he recalled it or ever spoke or wrote of it. In any case, the baptism is already mentioned in its right place, earlier in the article.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
01:3401:34, 16 January 2024diffhist−410
Oscar Wilde
→London life and marriage: Removed reference to modern cafe at site of old Cafe Royal. As Rpxpx noted in the talk section in September, this smacks of advertising and is not relevant to Wilde’s life.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
13 January 2024
03:1703:17, 13 January 2024diffhist−98
Oscar Wilde
→Early life: Removed second stanza of Requiescat, as there is no strong rationale for its inclusion. Corrected formatting of first stanza to match Poems (1881)Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
22:3722:37, 23 December 2023diffhist−617
Oscar Wilde
→Early life: Substantial abbreviation of the details of Wilde’s Catholic baptism. The fact is worth mentioning, but does not require extensive details and a quotation.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
23:1923:19, 6 December 2023diffhist−101
Oscar Wilde
Clarified that Salome was a return to playwriting (previously the impression was that this was Wilde’s first dramatic effort). Removed vague and unsubstantiated explanation for Wilde writing plays.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit