Talk:Lucilia (wife of Lucretius)

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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move per request. Appears logical and in keeping with disambiguation concerns and naming conventions. Regarding the disambiguator, if a better one is thought of there is no impediment to a secondary move.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:26, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lucilia → Lucilia (wife of Lucretius) — I don't think Lucretius's wife is actually the primary topic for "Lucilia"; judging from the results for "Lucilia" in JSTOR, Google Scholar, and Google Books, the most likely primary topic is actually the fly genus, but I think all meanings are sufficiently obscure that it would be preferable not to force ourselves into choosing one primary topic. I don't particularly like the proposed disambiguator for Mrs. Lucretius; any better suggestions would be welcome. Ucucha 12:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lucilia (disambiguation) → Lucilia

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Possible Changes[edit]

If possible, I would like to add dates and the titles of the author's work under the section 'Development of the Story of Lucilia.' (Should I?JonathanWeid (talk) 00:15, 28 July 2017 (UTC)) I'm not too sure about the subsections, that is, whether to include them or not - I, personally, find them useful. I am still trying to locate the Chaucer source, but am struggling to find it even mentioned in secondary literature. JonathanWeid (talk) 23:13, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think organizing the subsections by century is a good change. It would be great if there was a source from the 1st cent. BC writing about Lucretius's personal life (?) JonathanWeid (talk) 01:51, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried to keep the style extremely simple - e.g. 'he wrote ___' and 'he wrote ________' - I don't know whethe it would be better to make it 'more interesting' (?) to read by changing this sort of 'monotonous' tone that I've used (?)JonathanWeid (talk) 03:09, 28 July 2017 (UTC) It would be nice to add one more section - some sort of analysis/reception section - but I do not know whether that is within the realm of possibilitiesJonathanWeid (talk) 03:14, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I do not know where to go from here in the article, though I do plan to look at the stuff on Tennyson.JonathanWeid (talk) 07:57, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review[edit]

Hi Jonathan!

Sorry for writing late, but I have just finished reading your article on Lucilia. I also took a look at your notes on this talk page, and I do agree that chronologically putting the dates as the subsections are helpful for the readers to follow. There is plenty of information that you've found regarding the life of Lucilia from multiple authors' perspectives and I do find the explanations under each subsection clear and informative. Moreover, kudos to finding the vast amount of references and properly using them. As for the monotonous tone of writing "He wrote:" that you mentioned, I think the way it is right now is fine, but have you tried removing some of them completely? I find that this still gave more of a fluidity as I was reading, but that's just my personal preference. Also, minor fix, under the 'Twelfth century' subsection, I can't seem to find the name of "Day" mentioned anywhere else but here. Is there a full name that can be provided and/or perhaps a hyperlink? In addition, is there any luck finding an image of Lucilia? I feel that adding one at the beginning would give a nice touch to the page. Other than that, everything else in the article is superb quality. Good work!

Kindest regards,

Jonathan Lee

Thank you! The Twelfth century mention of 'Day' was a typo, so thank you for bringing my attention to that. I will also try to incorporate some of your comments into the page.JonathanWeid (talk) 17:12, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Style[edit]

I don't know how to get rid of the double spacing for the poems. Does anyone know how to do this? JonathanWeid (talk) 20:36, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I put everything into present tense - e.g. 'he writes' instead of 'he wrote'JonathanWeid (talk) 02:41, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

major stylistic change - I put everything into past tense - thoughts?JonathanWeid (talk) 03:13, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]