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In my copy of the book, the name is spelled with a lowercase w -- that is, "Mrs. Tiggy-winkle." I figured I'd mention it in case someone felt the entry here should be updated...
In 'Other appearances', mention should be made that a chain of toy stores in Ottawa is called 'Mrs Tiggy Winkle's.' Grandma Roses ( talk) 01:56, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Having glanced at this article my sense is that it needs a thorough scrub in the manner of The Story of Miss Moppet. I'll work my way, slowly, through the sources available on-line to verify and rewrite as necessary, and will also add more scholarly information from Humphrey Carpenter's book about Victorian children's literature with critical commentary. At a quick glance, I don't see a need for the repetitive information in the background section - I think the current production section can be called "Background and production". Also, I'd like to research the illustrations as Johnbod suggested in the GA review. Comments? Thoughts? Will this need another GA review when done, or can we simply invite the reviewer (Malleus) to have a look at the changes? Truthkeeper88 ( talk) 21:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
I've checked Linda Lear's book out and have started rewriting/ scrubbing. What a mess! I'm afraid Norman Warne has to be deleted and perhaps Frederick Warne & Co as well. Truthkeeper88 ( talk) 01:52, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
For future reference, all of Potter's original book artwork is owned by the National Trust except for these three: Peter Rabbit is owned by Frederick Warne & Co., The Tailor of Gloucester is owned by the Tate Gallery, and the Flopsy Bunnies is owned by the British Museum. Source is pp. 208–11 of Taylor, Judy (1996) [1986]. Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman. Frederick Warne. ISBN 0-7232-4175-9.. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:23, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I've copied over the information about the artwork to Beatrix Potter. That's a useful bit of information; thanks for posting it here. If the weather's not too bad, I'll go to the library tomorrow for the Taylor books and finish here. Truthkeeper88 ( talk) 01:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
The title is spelled "Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle" (capital W), but in the text the name is spelled "Mrs. Tiggy-winkle" (lower case w), which is how Potter spelled the name of the character and of her pet. Direct quotations should follow the capitalization of the source. The question I have is how to capitalize the name in the article when it is not a direct quote? My preference is to follow the title, but I can see using the Potter spelling too. I can even see using the lower case w spelling in the plot (as the book does) and capital W elsewhere. I have Taylor's 1986 and Lear's books from the library. Lear seems to refer to the book as TW and the character as Tw, while Taylor uses Tw for both. Thanks to Malleus for reverting my attempt to standardize the capitalization. What is the consensus for cpaitalization? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:10, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
PS Just in the lead, the book is consistently TW, but the character is both Tw and TW. The more I think about it, perhaps TW for the book and Tw for the character would be best? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:54, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Why exactly is Lucie unsympathetic (and who is she considered unsympathetic by?) Is there some neatnik editing this page who thinks she is hateful because she keeps losing things? I will remove this material, and it should not be put part in the article unless someone can come up with substantial critical commentary backing up the claim that Lucie is widely considered unlikable. 174.93.24.28 ( talk) 15:54, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
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In my copy of the book, the name is spelled with a lowercase w -- that is, "Mrs. Tiggy-winkle." I figured I'd mention it in case someone felt the entry here should be updated...
In 'Other appearances', mention should be made that a chain of toy stores in Ottawa is called 'Mrs Tiggy Winkle's.' Grandma Roses ( talk) 01:56, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Having glanced at this article my sense is that it needs a thorough scrub in the manner of The Story of Miss Moppet. I'll work my way, slowly, through the sources available on-line to verify and rewrite as necessary, and will also add more scholarly information from Humphrey Carpenter's book about Victorian children's literature with critical commentary. At a quick glance, I don't see a need for the repetitive information in the background section - I think the current production section can be called "Background and production". Also, I'd like to research the illustrations as Johnbod suggested in the GA review. Comments? Thoughts? Will this need another GA review when done, or can we simply invite the reviewer (Malleus) to have a look at the changes? Truthkeeper88 ( talk) 21:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
I've checked Linda Lear's book out and have started rewriting/ scrubbing. What a mess! I'm afraid Norman Warne has to be deleted and perhaps Frederick Warne & Co as well. Truthkeeper88 ( talk) 01:52, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
For future reference, all of Potter's original book artwork is owned by the National Trust except for these three: Peter Rabbit is owned by Frederick Warne & Co., The Tailor of Gloucester is owned by the Tate Gallery, and the Flopsy Bunnies is owned by the British Museum. Source is pp. 208–11 of Taylor, Judy (1996) [1986]. Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman. Frederick Warne. ISBN 0-7232-4175-9.. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:23, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I've copied over the information about the artwork to Beatrix Potter. That's a useful bit of information; thanks for posting it here. If the weather's not too bad, I'll go to the library tomorrow for the Taylor books and finish here. Truthkeeper88 ( talk) 01:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
The title is spelled "Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle" (capital W), but in the text the name is spelled "Mrs. Tiggy-winkle" (lower case w), which is how Potter spelled the name of the character and of her pet. Direct quotations should follow the capitalization of the source. The question I have is how to capitalize the name in the article when it is not a direct quote? My preference is to follow the title, but I can see using the Potter spelling too. I can even see using the lower case w spelling in the plot (as the book does) and capital W elsewhere. I have Taylor's 1986 and Lear's books from the library. Lear seems to refer to the book as TW and the character as Tw, while Taylor uses Tw for both. Thanks to Malleus for reverting my attempt to standardize the capitalization. What is the consensus for cpaitalization? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:10, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
PS Just in the lead, the book is consistently TW, but the character is both Tw and TW. The more I think about it, perhaps TW for the book and Tw for the character would be best? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:54, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Why exactly is Lucie unsympathetic (and who is she considered unsympathetic by?) Is there some neatnik editing this page who thinks she is hateful because she keeps losing things? I will remove this material, and it should not be put part in the article unless someone can come up with substantial critical commentary backing up the claim that Lucie is widely considered unlikable. 174.93.24.28 ( talk) 15:54, 26 February 2012 (UTC)