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Protected?

Why is this article protected? Is this some kind of censorship??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.23.19.184 (talk) 11:15, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, if you have suggestions, please post them here. Jezhotwells (talk) 12:08, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unprotect the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.23.19.184 (talk) 12:20, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It has been semi-protected because (Changed protection level of Harold Pinter: regularly accessed by banned user ([edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))). If you get an account you will be able to edit. Jezhotwells (talk) 13:17, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from banned user User:NYScholar removed. Moondyne (talk) 02:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from banned user User:NYScholar removed. Jezhotwells (talk) 07:08, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from 46.12.16.226, 23 June 2011

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I am sure that this image (HaroldPinter.jpg) is surely better than this (Pinterfoto cropped2.jpg)

46.12.16.226 (talk) 13:12, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, this is not a free image and so it falls foul of the FAC criteria, please see the discussion at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Harold Pinter/archive1. --Jezhotwells (talk) 19:07, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: as above See WP:NFC#UUI - Happysailor ^(Talk) 08:26, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Citation style

This has been changed to standard WP templates following the banning of User:NYScholar and susequent discussion, which may be viewed in the talk page archives. Jezhotwells (talk) 02:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from banned user User:NYScholar removed. Jezhotwells (talk) 07:10, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

sacerdotal

I had to look this word up in a dictionary - I've never even heard it before. It currently appears in a quote. Can I suggest its presence indicates the quote is less than suitable for an accessable encyclopedia? Can someone suggest a truncation of the quote or its replacement altogether with original text? hamiltonstone (talk) 11:55, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is a perfectly proper English word. Just beacuse some readers may have to look it up in a dictionary, I don't see any problem with its use. I often have to look up military tedchnical terms when reviewing military history artciles or even baseball or basketball artciles for that matter. Discovering new words and their meanings is one of the joys of reading. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:03, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree in general, I just wasn't sure if this wasn't a bit...extreme. If no other editor has raised it, then I agree that it is one of the joys of reading! hamiltonstone (talk) 03:32, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Sadly, this article has very few images. Can anyone do anything about this before it goes on the main page? Most of the images were deleted at FAC because of, IMO, overzealous and misinformed enforcement of WP:NFCC#8. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:11, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any specific instances where another image would aid the encyclopaedic content of the article? Jezhotwells (talk) 03:09, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. For starters, I would replace the images of Pinter as a young actor and in his last role, or from the Nobel Prize broadcast. It would be a great aid if there were images depicting performances (or just programme covers) of his most famous works. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from banned user User:NYScholar removed. Jezhotwells (talk) 07:09, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Julian Sands' Tribute

Would it be all right to have this mentioned in the article?

From a news article: "When ill health prevented Pinter from keeping this engagement he enlisted the aid of actor Sands to stand in his stead with the proviso being that Sands had to spend time with Pinter rehearsing the works. After that Sands continued to read the poetry at fund-raising events and has done a series of readings at the Odyssey Theatre to help out a theatre that has found itself suffering from the recession."

The show's been performed in the Edinburgh Festival, and even in Spain (I believe).