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I've found the list of bands on Southern Gothic to not be in any real order and I'm trying to alphabetize it. Obviously Johnny Cash goes under C and Drive By Truckers goes under D. What about entries like Slim Cessna's Auto Club? Put it under C like I would if it was just Slim Cessna or ignore the name of an individual and put it under S? In the case of Dr. John would it be D or J? The APA style guide says D but I searched the archives here and saw some suggestions for ignoring titles which would suggest J. I suppose it could go either way so which is preferable or more commonly used here on Wikipedia? ACupOfCoffee ( talk) 19:55, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
The following quote contains the word matoid. Google seems to know it not, apart from word endings such as rheumatoid. Is it a typo, and if so, for what?
Van Gogh is the typical matoid and degenerate of the modern sociologist. Jeune Fille en Bleut [sic] and Cornfield with Blackbirds are the visualised ravings of an adult maniac. If this is art it must be ostracised, as the poets were banished from Plato's republic.
It's by Robert Ross, from The Morning Post (1910). I came across it in The Guinness Dictionary of More Poisonous Quotes, which has more than its fair share of misprints.
Thanks. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:00, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
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I've found the list of bands on Southern Gothic to not be in any real order and I'm trying to alphabetize it. Obviously Johnny Cash goes under C and Drive By Truckers goes under D. What about entries like Slim Cessna's Auto Club? Put it under C like I would if it was just Slim Cessna or ignore the name of an individual and put it under S? In the case of Dr. John would it be D or J? The APA style guide says D but I searched the archives here and saw some suggestions for ignoring titles which would suggest J. I suppose it could go either way so which is preferable or more commonly used here on Wikipedia? ACupOfCoffee ( talk) 19:55, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
The following quote contains the word matoid. Google seems to know it not, apart from word endings such as rheumatoid. Is it a typo, and if so, for what?
Van Gogh is the typical matoid and degenerate of the modern sociologist. Jeune Fille en Bleut [sic] and Cornfield with Blackbirds are the visualised ravings of an adult maniac. If this is art it must be ostracised, as the poets were banished from Plato's republic.
It's by Robert Ross, from The Morning Post (1910). I came across it in The Guinness Dictionary of More Poisonous Quotes, which has more than its fair share of misprints.
Thanks. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:00, 21 May 2019 (UTC)