Talk:Richard Burton

suffereed ongoing back pain and a dependence upon pain

"suffereed" is a typo and "dependence upon pain" should be "dependence upon painkillers" presumably, but not knowing if that's true or not I figured just to mention it here rather than to make the edit...

"...notoriously heavy drinker, Burton suffereed ongoing back pain and a dependence upon pain..."

Death

I believe it is important to mention that not only did his final wife ignore the wishes of him to be buried with Elizabeth Taylor, but also his dearest wish to have been buried in Wales where he was born. Burton's family was outraged at the fact that she chose to have him buried in Switzerland instead of back home in Pontrhydyfen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.31.131.134 (talk) 15:27, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Evidence? Deb (talk) 19:10, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Some people really can't get over the fact that Burton and Taylor were divorced, TWICE and Taylors (dubious) wishes had no bearing on his final wife. Nor should they. She was buried in a Jewish cemetery in the US and he in a Christian graveyard. Taylors wishes were irrelevant in this case. She was not his wife after all! "Burton's family was outraged at the fact that she chose to have him buried in Switzerland instead of back home in Pontrhydyfen" where he had left in the 40s and CHOSE to live in Switzerland. Manxwoman (talk) 16:11, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Any possible moves of this page

Need to be discussed first. I'm just a "pass by" admin here. :) So I don't have any opinion on any actual moves. But moving this to Richard Burton (disambiguation) caused 800 pages or so to point to the wrong page. That's too significant for it to be without discussion. --User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 09:34, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

You're right, and it has been discussed (at length) previously so there is a precedent. Deb (talk) 10:59, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Previous discussion is at Talk:Richard_Burton/Archive_2#Requested_move. William Avery (talk) 11:51, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

• I think the notability of the explorer/writer is greater. He is normally called Richard Burton, and writers feel no need to distinguish him from the actor.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:13, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Many people would agree with you, but, until you request the page move and begin another debate so as to assess whether there is consensus, you will not be able to move the page. Deb (talk) 16:39, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

I personally think "Richard Burton" should be a DAB page, and both the actor and the explorer should be differentiated in the title. But yes, it needs to be discussed, and if agreed on it needs to be properly organised (with a bot, I imagine) so that all links to the pages go to the right place. --Lobo (talk) 17:01, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Accuracy and encyclopedic tone

There is a lot of good, well-cited information here, but also uncited, fannish gossip. For basic biographical facts, I would suggest starting with Burtons official bio, and his official website: http://www.richardburton.com/burton_biog.pdf. --Tenebrae (talk) 20:05, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Going by the usual considerations of what constitutes a "reliable source", I'm not sure that the website would be considered a suitable reference. Deb (talk) 21:02, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Oh, for subjective matters, I'm completely in agreement. For basic things like the spellings of family members' names and when they were born, the official site seems like the horse's mouth. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:20, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Burton's ambiguous attitude to Churchill.

In the section "Personal Life", final paragraph it states that there is a citation needed "Burton got along well with Churchill when he met him at a play in London,[citation needed] and kept a bust of him on his mantelpiece."

The source of this is I believe Burton's interview with Michael Parkinson in 1974. You can see the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSuQf4RZWs

In this Burton recounts his meeting with Churchill while playing Hamlet at the Old Vic and he appears to recall the meeting with fondness and speaks about Churchill in a respectful manner.

Maybe somebody could update this if they agree it is correct. I am not able to amend the article myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.238.15 (talk) 11:34, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

You would be able to edit if you were an autoconfirmed user with an account instead of an anonymous IP. We would love to have you as a regular contributor. Deb (talk) 11:49, 5 March 2013 (UTC)