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An anon. contributor included the poem "To an Athlete Dying Young", and I just fixed the misformatting due to lack of Wiki experience. However, it seems a good example of the themes in Housman's poetry so I kept it. (Copyright OK I suppose?) — Dizzley (Peter H) 06:53, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
the old wikiquote link worked, but the new one done through a template does not link to the correct article. i am reverting to the older version until this kink can be worked out. the new version is more aesthetically pleasing, but not functional.-- Alhutch 09:05, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
He seems to be generally known as A.E. Housman. My Penguin copy of his collected works refers to him nowhere by his full name (indeed I was unaware what it was). I would perhaps rename the article and put the full name as redirect. A comparable is A.A. Milne. RandomProcess 13:56, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
20 April 2006 is the 70th annivesary of his death, so presumably his works become public domain on 1 Jan 2007? RandomProcess 11:36, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
The article seems to assume common knowledge in the fact of homosexuality. However, it does not explain how or why this is known about A.E. Housman. A line or two explaining this would be a welcome addition.
I know of a second parody of Housman, one which has been quoted in several books of quotations, but cannot recall the author. As it follows both Housman's pre-occupations (or the popular belief of them) and style I feel it might be included; all is needed is the author. The piece (as memory serves) goes;
I should comment that AE is my favourite poet. LessHeard vanU 20:50, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
What, still alive at twenty-two,
A clean upstanding chap like you?
Sure, if your throat 'tis hard to slit,
Slit your girl's, and swing for it.
Like enough, you won't be glad,
When they come to hang you, lad:
But bacon's not the only thing
That's cured by hanging from a string.
So, when the spilt ink of the night
Spreads o'er the blotting pad of light,
Lads whose job is still to do
Shall whet their knives, and think of you.
Brilliant! So close to Housman and yet so far. -- Slashme 07:02, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
One of my mentors in academia is a Housman nut, and after I recited these four lines of Dorothy Parker (whom he also loves) to him, he said in disgust that they are satire on Housman:
I never see that prettiest thing
A cherry bough gone white with spring
But what I think, how gay 'twould be
To hang me from a flowering tree
Thought you all might like that, too. Delvebelow ( talk) 21:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
The Kingsmill parody is marvellous, the only one Housman thought was good. The Parker one is lousy, which may be the reason the mentor disliked it. Seadowns ( talk) 23:31, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
Another delight is
Wendy Cope's
"I think I am in love with A.E. Housman,
Which puts me in a worse-than-usual-fix.
No woman ever stood a chance with Housman,
And he’s been dead since 1936."
-- Browne-Windsor ( talk) 18:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
What on earth is Housman on about here:
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair. 'Tis a shame to human nature, such a head of hair as his; In the good old time 'twas hanging for the colour that it is; Though hanging isn't bad enough and flaying would be fair For the nameless and abominable colour of his hair. Oh a deal of pains he's taken and a pretty price he's paid To hide his poll or dye it of a mentionable shade; But they've pulled the beggar's hat off for the world to see and stare, And they're haling him to justice for the colour of his hair. Now 'tis oakum for his fingers and the treadmill for his feet And the quarry-gang on Portland in the cold and in the heat, And between his spells of labour in the time he has to spare He can curse the God that made him for the colour of his hair.
Is there something I should know about people sent to jail for their hair colour, or is this a veiled reference to gay men being sent to prison ( Oscar Wilde etc.) -- Slashme 06:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
No, it's not a veiled reference to sexual orientation; rather, it is explicit. AEH makes the point that sexual orientation is no more a matter of choice than hair colour, and therefore sexual acts between men are against the law. Whether he is right may be debated, but the current law holds that he is. John Wheater 21:08, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
It is veiled, not explicit. If explicit, it would say in terms what it meant. That is what explicit means. Esedowns ( talk) 23:21, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
I'm new to this and don't know how to format for Wikipedia, but wanted to add that in the 1985 movie "Out of Africa", Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen (Meryl Streep) read the poem To an Athlete Dying Young over the grave of Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford).
Add to "Housman in television": Sergeant Hathaway quotes the entirety of Book XL of "A Shropshire Lad" in the second episode ("The Dead of Winter") of Series 4 of Inspector Lewis: "Into my heart on air that kills." It is clearly a lament, as he re-connects after 20 years with a young lady for whom he seemingly has always carried a torch--but who now is engaged to another man. Ehpk5147 ( talk) 14:55, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
A slight typo in my quote--sorry! It should read "Into my heart AN air that kills." One vowel can change the meaning entirely, n'est-ce pas?? Ehpk5147 ( talk) 23:47, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
Why does David Downes have a different para to all the great composers listed in the music section? One for music, one for 'other': Either it's C20th music or it's not. It also seems an unbalanced amount of information for someone with no entry for themselves, when compared to the list of names prior. -- Rob2000 09:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
The Meryl Streep character also makes a toast to rose-lipped maidens & lightfoot lads, so there are at least two AE Housman references in the movie. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.241.229.183 ( talk) 03:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC).
But which King Edward's School? There are several in the West Midlands alone. This needs disambiguating. 86.132.137.197 02:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Material about his membership of Order of Chaeronea was an error. A.E. Housman was here confused with his gay brother.—Preceding unsigned comment added by JamieON ( talk • contribs)
I have transferred the 'synopsis' of A Shropshire Lad which I originally wrote for this article, from this article to the A Shropshire Lad article, where its suitability or otherwise may be discussed if necessary at the article discussion page there. Eebahgum ( talk) 10:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
This is awful. If we must have it, can we please have some primary reference for these assertions and not just a quote from a BBC Radio programme? If Wikipedia content is to be justified merely by 'I heard it on the radio' I'm afraid it will rapidly become completely worthless. Eebahgum ( talk) 00:01, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
The ' Great Lives' radio programme was broadcast BBC Radio 4 27th and 30th May 2008. Matthew Parris introduced Inspector Morse author (and classicist) Colin Dexter, who nominated A.E.H. as a 'Great Life', and Oxford academic Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. Eebahgum ( talk) 17:29, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
To correct myself, Housman also translated a choric ode from each of the three great Greek tragedians. They were published in 1890. Seadowns ( talk) 22:30, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
I took the link to Georgian era out, as the link pointed to the era of the first four Georges who were before Victoria. Really the sentence needs to be reworded, since 'Georgian' refers to Georges I to IV. I don't know what the correct adjective is for the time of George V.
-- Publunch ( talk) 19:57, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
I would like to thank Eclectiology for removing the POV tag. If anyone has an objection to this, please list it here before reverting. Thanks Mrathel ( talk) 13:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
This article needs an infobox. P Cezanne ( talk) 18:33, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
In encyclopedias, a person's mother and father should be listed if possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.66.19 ( talk • contribs)
This article does not match many other articles in regards to format. Compare this article to the similar poet Alfred Tennyson and you will see huge differences in the article format. Please standardize articles with the rest of wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.66.19 ( talk • contribs)
I fear the section on Housman in Other Art Forms is growing to be too cumbersome and is attracting connective trivia. Perhaps if we were to put this into a text form it would discourage the addition of references that do not specifically talk about the article's subject. Mrathel ( talk) 05:28, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Why is A. E. Housman referred to by his full name in the title? He's virtually never known as that. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 04:46, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 01:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Alfred Edward Housman →
A. E. Housman —
As it stood:
But it isn't the "wistful evocation" that is "lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form." MagistraMundi ( talk) 10:10, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
According to this webpage (see references at the bottom of the page) around 1929 poet A.E. Housman wrote a tribute poem to RLS inspired by his gravestone Requiem. While I do not have access to the texts referenced it seems very likely that the variance in the lines from the two poems could be the source of the many misquotes. In either case I think it would be prudent to include this information in both WP articles since readers often want to know the source of a famous quotation and in this case the answer is two-fold. If anyone has access to the referenced book and letters please verify this information. Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 18:52, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
...many early 20th-century English composers (beginning with Arthur Somervell)...
Is it necessary to mention Arthur Somervell in the lede? It's jarring, because it reads as tho' a fan of Arthur Somervell has decided to get his name into prominence. But he isn't important in A.E. Housman's story and isn't particularly famous as an English composer. I don't think he should be mentioned so early. I'll remove the ref if there are no objections. MagistraMundi ( talk) 09:49, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
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It is a cliché among people who write about Housman, repeated over and over again, to wonder at his having abandoned the great poet Propertius for the minor Manilius. Most of those who say this don't understand what the editor of a classical text is aiming at. However, the fact is that he did edit Propertius, but, amazingly, his edition was rejected for publication by both the OUP and Macmillan. After his death it was destroyed on his instructions. I think it would improve the article to add this important piece of information. If agreed I shall try to do so. Seadowns ( talk) 19:51, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
I'll return --no time at the present. Seadowns ( talk) 20:37, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Seadowns ( talk) 12:34, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
Pupils should be distinguished from students who merely attended his lectures. Pupils go to tutorials and have their work scrutinised by their tutor. I don't know whether he had pupils at London, but would guess not, since I have never heard of anyone laying claim to have been one. As a professor he would not have had pupils at Cambridge, so the reference to Enoch Powell having been one is incorrect, though Powell attended his lectures and put great value on them. Women at Cambridge had been taking the Classical Tripos since the 1870s, and would have attended his lectures. Indeed, there is a famous story about how he ridiculed a woman at one of his lectures, which I have heard first-hand from someone who was there. I propose to make the slight alterations required. Seadowns ( talk) 22:43, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Powell sent Housman a suggestion for Virgil. Housman replied that everything Powell had said was all right, but did not quite say he had found what Virgil must have written. Seadowns ( talk) 18:34, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
It would be useful to have some detail about his work in the Patent Office. After all, many people might think he would have been of more use to the world in general there than in his later academic life. Seadowns ( talk) 20:58, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Since the end of March Galileeblack has been making unsourced changes to what was, admittedly, an insufficient Lead section and has refused to discuss the matter on his Talk page. Now it is rewritten according to editorial guidelines he has persisted in reverting changes without providing an edit summary. IMO this verges on WP:EDITWARRING. Contentious issues should be discussed here first. Sweetpool50 ( talk) 07:03, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello everyone just finished uploading Housman's signature to wikimedia commons here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signature_of_A._E._Housman.svg
As far as I know signatures cannot be copyrighted and as the book was published in 1896 with his signature in it, I uploaded it. Let me know if there are any issues.
I would add it to his page but I am unfamiliar with the formatting rules on wikipedia past simple edits.
Thank you Intomyheartanairthatkills ( talk) 20:48, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
|signature = Signature_of_A._E._Housman.svg
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I have made a few small changes to the English translation of the Gow's Latin memorial inscription in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. No citation was provided for the translation used in the article, but it was obviously copied and pasted from the web site of Trinity chapel, which reproduces (without acknowledgment) the translation of James Clackson, Inscriptions from the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1990). Clackson's translation is generally quite good, but inaccurate in a few details. I have made the following changes:
I expect these corrections will prompt objections and cries of OR, but the only entirely reliable source here is the Latin text of Gow's tribute, and all I have done is make the actual meaning of the Latin text accessible to readers who cannot read the Latin for themselves. (As a fringe benefit, my changes also eliminate the copyvio caused by the verbatim copying of Clackson's translation without acknowledgment.) Crawdad Blues ( talk) 15:22, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
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An anon. contributor included the poem "To an Athlete Dying Young", and I just fixed the misformatting due to lack of Wiki experience. However, it seems a good example of the themes in Housman's poetry so I kept it. (Copyright OK I suppose?) — Dizzley (Peter H) 06:53, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
the old wikiquote link worked, but the new one done through a template does not link to the correct article. i am reverting to the older version until this kink can be worked out. the new version is more aesthetically pleasing, but not functional.-- Alhutch 09:05, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
He seems to be generally known as A.E. Housman. My Penguin copy of his collected works refers to him nowhere by his full name (indeed I was unaware what it was). I would perhaps rename the article and put the full name as redirect. A comparable is A.A. Milne. RandomProcess 13:56, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
20 April 2006 is the 70th annivesary of his death, so presumably his works become public domain on 1 Jan 2007? RandomProcess 11:36, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
The article seems to assume common knowledge in the fact of homosexuality. However, it does not explain how or why this is known about A.E. Housman. A line or two explaining this would be a welcome addition.
I know of a second parody of Housman, one which has been quoted in several books of quotations, but cannot recall the author. As it follows both Housman's pre-occupations (or the popular belief of them) and style I feel it might be included; all is needed is the author. The piece (as memory serves) goes;
I should comment that AE is my favourite poet. LessHeard vanU 20:50, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
What, still alive at twenty-two,
A clean upstanding chap like you?
Sure, if your throat 'tis hard to slit,
Slit your girl's, and swing for it.
Like enough, you won't be glad,
When they come to hang you, lad:
But bacon's not the only thing
That's cured by hanging from a string.
So, when the spilt ink of the night
Spreads o'er the blotting pad of light,
Lads whose job is still to do
Shall whet their knives, and think of you.
Brilliant! So close to Housman and yet so far. -- Slashme 07:02, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
One of my mentors in academia is a Housman nut, and after I recited these four lines of Dorothy Parker (whom he also loves) to him, he said in disgust that they are satire on Housman:
I never see that prettiest thing
A cherry bough gone white with spring
But what I think, how gay 'twould be
To hang me from a flowering tree
Thought you all might like that, too. Delvebelow ( talk) 21:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
The Kingsmill parody is marvellous, the only one Housman thought was good. The Parker one is lousy, which may be the reason the mentor disliked it. Seadowns ( talk) 23:31, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
Another delight is
Wendy Cope's
"I think I am in love with A.E. Housman,
Which puts me in a worse-than-usual-fix.
No woman ever stood a chance with Housman,
And he’s been dead since 1936."
-- Browne-Windsor ( talk) 18:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
What on earth is Housman on about here:
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair. 'Tis a shame to human nature, such a head of hair as his; In the good old time 'twas hanging for the colour that it is; Though hanging isn't bad enough and flaying would be fair For the nameless and abominable colour of his hair. Oh a deal of pains he's taken and a pretty price he's paid To hide his poll or dye it of a mentionable shade; But they've pulled the beggar's hat off for the world to see and stare, And they're haling him to justice for the colour of his hair. Now 'tis oakum for his fingers and the treadmill for his feet And the quarry-gang on Portland in the cold and in the heat, And between his spells of labour in the time he has to spare He can curse the God that made him for the colour of his hair.
Is there something I should know about people sent to jail for their hair colour, or is this a veiled reference to gay men being sent to prison ( Oscar Wilde etc.) -- Slashme 06:45, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
No, it's not a veiled reference to sexual orientation; rather, it is explicit. AEH makes the point that sexual orientation is no more a matter of choice than hair colour, and therefore sexual acts between men are against the law. Whether he is right may be debated, but the current law holds that he is. John Wheater 21:08, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
It is veiled, not explicit. If explicit, it would say in terms what it meant. That is what explicit means. Esedowns ( talk) 23:21, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
I'm new to this and don't know how to format for Wikipedia, but wanted to add that in the 1985 movie "Out of Africa", Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen (Meryl Streep) read the poem To an Athlete Dying Young over the grave of Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford).
Add to "Housman in television": Sergeant Hathaway quotes the entirety of Book XL of "A Shropshire Lad" in the second episode ("The Dead of Winter") of Series 4 of Inspector Lewis: "Into my heart on air that kills." It is clearly a lament, as he re-connects after 20 years with a young lady for whom he seemingly has always carried a torch--but who now is engaged to another man. Ehpk5147 ( talk) 14:55, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
A slight typo in my quote--sorry! It should read "Into my heart AN air that kills." One vowel can change the meaning entirely, n'est-ce pas?? Ehpk5147 ( talk) 23:47, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
Why does David Downes have a different para to all the great composers listed in the music section? One for music, one for 'other': Either it's C20th music or it's not. It also seems an unbalanced amount of information for someone with no entry for themselves, when compared to the list of names prior. -- Rob2000 09:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
The Meryl Streep character also makes a toast to rose-lipped maidens & lightfoot lads, so there are at least two AE Housman references in the movie. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.241.229.183 ( talk) 03:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC).
But which King Edward's School? There are several in the West Midlands alone. This needs disambiguating. 86.132.137.197 02:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Material about his membership of Order of Chaeronea was an error. A.E. Housman was here confused with his gay brother.—Preceding unsigned comment added by JamieON ( talk • contribs)
I have transferred the 'synopsis' of A Shropshire Lad which I originally wrote for this article, from this article to the A Shropshire Lad article, where its suitability or otherwise may be discussed if necessary at the article discussion page there. Eebahgum ( talk) 10:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
This is awful. If we must have it, can we please have some primary reference for these assertions and not just a quote from a BBC Radio programme? If Wikipedia content is to be justified merely by 'I heard it on the radio' I'm afraid it will rapidly become completely worthless. Eebahgum ( talk) 00:01, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
The ' Great Lives' radio programme was broadcast BBC Radio 4 27th and 30th May 2008. Matthew Parris introduced Inspector Morse author (and classicist) Colin Dexter, who nominated A.E.H. as a 'Great Life', and Oxford academic Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. Eebahgum ( talk) 17:29, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
To correct myself, Housman also translated a choric ode from each of the three great Greek tragedians. They were published in 1890. Seadowns ( talk) 22:30, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
I took the link to Georgian era out, as the link pointed to the era of the first four Georges who were before Victoria. Really the sentence needs to be reworded, since 'Georgian' refers to Georges I to IV. I don't know what the correct adjective is for the time of George V.
-- Publunch ( talk) 19:57, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
I would like to thank Eclectiology for removing the POV tag. If anyone has an objection to this, please list it here before reverting. Thanks Mrathel ( talk) 13:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
This article needs an infobox. P Cezanne ( talk) 18:33, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
In encyclopedias, a person's mother and father should be listed if possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.66.19 ( talk • contribs)
This article does not match many other articles in regards to format. Compare this article to the similar poet Alfred Tennyson and you will see huge differences in the article format. Please standardize articles with the rest of wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.66.19 ( talk • contribs)
I fear the section on Housman in Other Art Forms is growing to be too cumbersome and is attracting connective trivia. Perhaps if we were to put this into a text form it would discourage the addition of references that do not specifically talk about the article's subject. Mrathel ( talk) 05:28, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Why is A. E. Housman referred to by his full name in the title? He's virtually never known as that. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 04:46, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 01:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Alfred Edward Housman →
A. E. Housman —
As it stood:
But it isn't the "wistful evocation" that is "lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form." MagistraMundi ( talk) 10:10, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
According to this webpage (see references at the bottom of the page) around 1929 poet A.E. Housman wrote a tribute poem to RLS inspired by his gravestone Requiem. While I do not have access to the texts referenced it seems very likely that the variance in the lines from the two poems could be the source of the many misquotes. In either case I think it would be prudent to include this information in both WP articles since readers often want to know the source of a famous quotation and in this case the answer is two-fold. If anyone has access to the referenced book and letters please verify this information. Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 18:52, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
...many early 20th-century English composers (beginning with Arthur Somervell)...
Is it necessary to mention Arthur Somervell in the lede? It's jarring, because it reads as tho' a fan of Arthur Somervell has decided to get his name into prominence. But he isn't important in A.E. Housman's story and isn't particularly famous as an English composer. I don't think he should be mentioned so early. I'll remove the ref if there are no objections. MagistraMundi ( talk) 09:49, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
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It is a cliché among people who write about Housman, repeated over and over again, to wonder at his having abandoned the great poet Propertius for the minor Manilius. Most of those who say this don't understand what the editor of a classical text is aiming at. However, the fact is that he did edit Propertius, but, amazingly, his edition was rejected for publication by both the OUP and Macmillan. After his death it was destroyed on his instructions. I think it would improve the article to add this important piece of information. If agreed I shall try to do so. Seadowns ( talk) 19:51, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
I'll return --no time at the present. Seadowns ( talk) 20:37, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Seadowns ( talk) 12:34, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
Pupils should be distinguished from students who merely attended his lectures. Pupils go to tutorials and have their work scrutinised by their tutor. I don't know whether he had pupils at London, but would guess not, since I have never heard of anyone laying claim to have been one. As a professor he would not have had pupils at Cambridge, so the reference to Enoch Powell having been one is incorrect, though Powell attended his lectures and put great value on them. Women at Cambridge had been taking the Classical Tripos since the 1870s, and would have attended his lectures. Indeed, there is a famous story about how he ridiculed a woman at one of his lectures, which I have heard first-hand from someone who was there. I propose to make the slight alterations required. Seadowns ( talk) 22:43, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Powell sent Housman a suggestion for Virgil. Housman replied that everything Powell had said was all right, but did not quite say he had found what Virgil must have written. Seadowns ( talk) 18:34, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
It would be useful to have some detail about his work in the Patent Office. After all, many people might think he would have been of more use to the world in general there than in his later academic life. Seadowns ( talk) 20:58, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Since the end of March Galileeblack has been making unsourced changes to what was, admittedly, an insufficient Lead section and has refused to discuss the matter on his Talk page. Now it is rewritten according to editorial guidelines he has persisted in reverting changes without providing an edit summary. IMO this verges on WP:EDITWARRING. Contentious issues should be discussed here first. Sweetpool50 ( talk) 07:03, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello everyone just finished uploading Housman's signature to wikimedia commons here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signature_of_A._E._Housman.svg
As far as I know signatures cannot be copyrighted and as the book was published in 1896 with his signature in it, I uploaded it. Let me know if there are any issues.
I would add it to his page but I am unfamiliar with the formatting rules on wikipedia past simple edits.
Thank you Intomyheartanairthatkills ( talk) 20:48, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
|signature = Signature_of_A._E._Housman.svg
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01:53, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Giải thích A.E Housman là ai 171.252.155.255 ( talk) 13:40, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
I have made a few small changes to the English translation of the Gow's Latin memorial inscription in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. No citation was provided for the translation used in the article, but it was obviously copied and pasted from the web site of Trinity chapel, which reproduces (without acknowledgment) the translation of James Clackson, Inscriptions from the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge (Cambridge, 1990). Clackson's translation is generally quite good, but inaccurate in a few details. I have made the following changes:
I expect these corrections will prompt objections and cries of OR, but the only entirely reliable source here is the Latin text of Gow's tribute, and all I have done is make the actual meaning of the Latin text accessible to readers who cannot read the Latin for themselves. (As a fringe benefit, my changes also eliminate the copyvio caused by the verbatim copying of Clackson's translation without acknowledgment.) Crawdad Blues ( talk) 15:22, 20 March 2024 (UTC)