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From the WP:DATE style guide: "Usage of links for date preferences
Examples where date preferences do not work: year only. So 1974 → 1974. Generally, do not link unless they will clearly help the reader to understand the topic."
I believe that linking the year the book was published to the year in literature is a helpful link for the reader to help the reader understand and place the book in historical context of its publication. MikeBriggs 15:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure this article is the best place for this quote. There are two sources I have found for this quote neither of which makes plain that this aquote is tied to comments on "this" novel. Maybe I have missed it or perhaps it should move to the series article. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/ (Desk) 10:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Plot summary has been revised, but is still rather long. Changes were made to match the plot (that is, correct minor errors), to shorten some parts (the action at Île de la Passe is so complex for a summary) and add others (Maturin using his spy skills to influence Admiral Bertie in Aubrey's favor). I hope more errors were removed than added and this article is still B class! -- Prairieplant ( talk) 13:53, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
The books in the bibliography are not used, not with page cites, for any section in the article. Could someone who has those books enrich the sections on allusions to real events and people, etc. with such references? The theme section could use similar improvements. I do not have access to those books, which is why I ask, instead of do the work myself. -- Prairieplant ( talk) 20:43, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
Hey Prairieplant, your edit summary for reverting my change of pendant to pennant says "pendant is the term in the novel, and correct". Are we working from different editions? My copy is a 2002 reprint of the 1996, UK, Harper Collins Paperback ISBN 0-00-649918-X edition. As to pendant being the term in the novel, in my edition it is not even a term. I cannot find a single instance of the spelling "pendant", while the spelling "pennant" is everywhere. I'll spare you a detailed list of quotes and page numbers, but here is its first appearance (on page 60):
and another significant instance (page 82):
This spelling also allows an unambiguous link to the article on Broad pennant. Are we good to make this change? nerdgoonrant ( talk) 04:08, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
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From the WP:DATE style guide: "Usage of links for date preferences
Examples where date preferences do not work: year only. So 1974 → 1974. Generally, do not link unless they will clearly help the reader to understand the topic."
I believe that linking the year the book was published to the year in literature is a helpful link for the reader to help the reader understand and place the book in historical context of its publication. MikeBriggs 15:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure this article is the best place for this quote. There are two sources I have found for this quote neither of which makes plain that this aquote is tied to comments on "this" novel. Maybe I have missed it or perhaps it should move to the series article. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/ (Desk) 10:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Plot summary has been revised, but is still rather long. Changes were made to match the plot (that is, correct minor errors), to shorten some parts (the action at Île de la Passe is so complex for a summary) and add others (Maturin using his spy skills to influence Admiral Bertie in Aubrey's favor). I hope more errors were removed than added and this article is still B class! -- Prairieplant ( talk) 13:53, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
The books in the bibliography are not used, not with page cites, for any section in the article. Could someone who has those books enrich the sections on allusions to real events and people, etc. with such references? The theme section could use similar improvements. I do not have access to those books, which is why I ask, instead of do the work myself. -- Prairieplant ( talk) 20:43, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
Hey Prairieplant, your edit summary for reverting my change of pendant to pennant says "pendant is the term in the novel, and correct". Are we working from different editions? My copy is a 2002 reprint of the 1996, UK, Harper Collins Paperback ISBN 0-00-649918-X edition. As to pendant being the term in the novel, in my edition it is not even a term. I cannot find a single instance of the spelling "pendant", while the spelling "pennant" is everywhere. I'll spare you a detailed list of quotes and page numbers, but here is its first appearance (on page 60):
and another significant instance (page 82):
This spelling also allows an unambiguous link to the article on Broad pennant. Are we good to make this change? nerdgoonrant ( talk) 04:08, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
References