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The first female detective in fiction goes back definitely back way further than 1937; Jess Nevin's "Fantastic Victoriana" has descriptions of far older instances. It may be that the qualifier "private" makes it a bit more true, though I doubt this. Additionally there is the possibility that all previous instances starred in short stories, not novels. Given that the first *real* female private detective goes back to 1856 with Kate Warner joining the Pinkerton agency, I have my doubts about that too.
Until someone can get some confirmation I will remove the speculation that Dol Bonner is the first female private detective to star in novels. Martijn Faassen 12:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
His magnum opus? By whose definition? Anchoress 05:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
it would help. Help911 12:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
I mistakenly changed the original name of this novel, "Mountain Cat", to "The Mountain Cat Murders", the title of every single reprint (to the best of my knowledge) since the first edition. I changed it back, but I expect not many people will be familiar with the original title and so provided both. Accounting4Taste 05:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
There definitely was a syndicated Nero Wolfe comic strip in the 50s... all I know is that it was written by John Broome. Rhinoracer 14:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
There is a citation needed inserted in the article following a sentence regarding readers' alienation, Stout's stance on the Vietnam War, and his attitude toward Communism. It is not clear whether the request for citation concerns the readers, Vietnam or Communism. Perhaps someone can clarify. I had temporarily added a quotation from The Silent Speaker but on consideration reverted to the citation needed. TurnerHodges ( talk) 04:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
I added some details about this rather obscure book. Perhaps too much? But I'm not sure how to cut this and still give a reasonable summary of the story. T-bonham ( talk) 10:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Couldn't this be summarized? How exactly had an agency formed in 1935 been keeping records on Stout since 1910? 74.109.33.112 ( talk) 02:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Rex Stout was one of many American writers closely watched by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, The FBI had collected 301 pages of data mostly about his association with the ACLU and when he served as president of the Authors League. J. Edgar Hoover considered Stout an enemy of the FBI and therefore a Communist or a tool of Communist-dominated groups and 'an alleged radical'. About one hundred pages of his dossier are about his novel The Doorbell Rang.
In its April 1976 report, Church Committee—found that The Doorbell Rang, which J Edgar Hoover felt "presented a highly distorted and most unfavorable picture of the Bureau", is why Rex Stout was one of the 332 names placed on the FBI's "not to contact list" of "those individuals known to be hostile to the Bureau." Nitpyck ( talk) 19:21, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
The 125th anniversary of Rex Stout's birth will be on December 1, 2011. I'd like to start a concerted drive to bring either Rex Stout or Nero Wolfe to featured article standards with a view to asking that it be the mainpage FA on that date. Thoughts? Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 21:19, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Well how on earth. Extraordinary catch, NYB. That story appeared in Short Stories magazine, October 1912, in the same issue as "Excess Baggage", and somehow it was picked up for that 2000 short story collection. Too Many Rexes. — WFinch ( talk) 01:32, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
I've been thinking of doing some significant reorganization of this article. In particular, I think the current structure doesn't say enough about what makes the books so memorable, and while the TV and radio appearances are significant, I think they are given too much prominence (appear higher than they should in the article) here.
I also wonder whether we should spin off the lengthy bibliography into a daughter article, as has been done for many other authors.
Thoughts? Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 02:57, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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Nero Wolfe has many autistic traits. I am wondering if Rex Stout was autistic, or if Rex Stout had family members who were autistic. Desertphile ( talk) 03:26, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
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I would ask that editors who wish to use the marriage template in the Infobox:Person template propose the change and argue the merits at Template talk:Infobox person. — WFinch ( talk) 13:48, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Can someone add at least a paragraph on where Stout lived in the final years of his life, and also the circumstance of his death and place of burial? I don't see that information as of 28 July 2023. 2603:800C:3A40:6400:245F:FAA2:ED54:EE6A ( talk) 04:59, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
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The first female detective in fiction goes back definitely back way further than 1937; Jess Nevin's "Fantastic Victoriana" has descriptions of far older instances. It may be that the qualifier "private" makes it a bit more true, though I doubt this. Additionally there is the possibility that all previous instances starred in short stories, not novels. Given that the first *real* female private detective goes back to 1856 with Kate Warner joining the Pinkerton agency, I have my doubts about that too.
Until someone can get some confirmation I will remove the speculation that Dol Bonner is the first female private detective to star in novels. Martijn Faassen 12:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
His magnum opus? By whose definition? Anchoress 05:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
it would help. Help911 12:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
I mistakenly changed the original name of this novel, "Mountain Cat", to "The Mountain Cat Murders", the title of every single reprint (to the best of my knowledge) since the first edition. I changed it back, but I expect not many people will be familiar with the original title and so provided both. Accounting4Taste 05:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
There definitely was a syndicated Nero Wolfe comic strip in the 50s... all I know is that it was written by John Broome. Rhinoracer 14:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
There is a citation needed inserted in the article following a sentence regarding readers' alienation, Stout's stance on the Vietnam War, and his attitude toward Communism. It is not clear whether the request for citation concerns the readers, Vietnam or Communism. Perhaps someone can clarify. I had temporarily added a quotation from The Silent Speaker but on consideration reverted to the citation needed. TurnerHodges ( talk) 04:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
I added some details about this rather obscure book. Perhaps too much? But I'm not sure how to cut this and still give a reasonable summary of the story. T-bonham ( talk) 10:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Couldn't this be summarized? How exactly had an agency formed in 1935 been keeping records on Stout since 1910? 74.109.33.112 ( talk) 02:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Rex Stout was one of many American writers closely watched by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, The FBI had collected 301 pages of data mostly about his association with the ACLU and when he served as president of the Authors League. J. Edgar Hoover considered Stout an enemy of the FBI and therefore a Communist or a tool of Communist-dominated groups and 'an alleged radical'. About one hundred pages of his dossier are about his novel The Doorbell Rang.
In its April 1976 report, Church Committee—found that The Doorbell Rang, which J Edgar Hoover felt "presented a highly distorted and most unfavorable picture of the Bureau", is why Rex Stout was one of the 332 names placed on the FBI's "not to contact list" of "those individuals known to be hostile to the Bureau." Nitpyck ( talk) 19:21, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
The 125th anniversary of Rex Stout's birth will be on December 1, 2011. I'd like to start a concerted drive to bring either Rex Stout or Nero Wolfe to featured article standards with a view to asking that it be the mainpage FA on that date. Thoughts? Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 21:19, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Well how on earth. Extraordinary catch, NYB. That story appeared in Short Stories magazine, October 1912, in the same issue as "Excess Baggage", and somehow it was picked up for that 2000 short story collection. Too Many Rexes. — WFinch ( talk) 01:32, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
I've been thinking of doing some significant reorganization of this article. In particular, I think the current structure doesn't say enough about what makes the books so memorable, and while the TV and radio appearances are significant, I think they are given too much prominence (appear higher than they should in the article) here.
I also wonder whether we should spin off the lengthy bibliography into a daughter article, as has been done for many other authors.
Thoughts? Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 02:57, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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Nero Wolfe has many autistic traits. I am wondering if Rex Stout was autistic, or if Rex Stout had family members who were autistic. Desertphile ( talk) 03:26, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
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Yesterday an editor reformatted the information in the spouse field of the Rex Stout and Pola Stout infoboxes by using the Template:Marriage. This template provides a great deal more detail, and is today being used on approximately 49,000 pages. Although editors have proposed it in past years, consensus is against it being added to the Infobox:Person template.
I would ask that editors who wish to use the marriage template in the Infobox:Person template propose the change and argue the merits at Template talk:Infobox person. — WFinch ( talk) 13:48, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Can someone add at least a paragraph on where Stout lived in the final years of his life, and also the circumstance of his death and place of burial? I don't see that information as of 28 July 2023. 2603:800C:3A40:6400:245F:FAA2:ED54:EE6A ( talk) 04:59, 29 July 2023 (UTC)