Talk:Charles Dickens
This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Charles Dickens article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
Archives: Index, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Auto-archiving period: 60 days ![]() |
![]() | Charles Dickens is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive. | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Current status: Former featured article candidate |
![]() | This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
![]() | This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.
Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.
Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.
Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.
Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.
Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.
Please add the quality rating to the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template instead of this project banner. See WP:PIQA for details.
|
![]() | A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on February 7, 2012. |
![]() | On February 7, 2012, Charles Dickens was linked from Google, a high-traffic website. (Traffic) All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history. |
Index
|
|||||
This page has archives. Sections older than 60 days may be automatically archived by Lowercase sigmabot III when more than 5 sections are present. |
This is currently included in "See also" (the only item). Shouldn't there instead be a small section dedicated to this topic? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:54, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
- Martinevans123 I agree with this. It's as if all the racism of Dickens has been pushed in a closet and put in a corner and the article has been whitewashed. Even the word "racism" is not used in the full article. Coderzombie (talk) 11:05, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Nomination of Portal:Charles Dickens for deletion
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Ambox_warning_orange.svg/48px-Ambox_warning_orange.svg.png)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Charles Dickens is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Charles Dickens until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 02:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- North America can you explain the significance of this? Do many people actually use portals? I've curious, as I've edited many years and am hardily aware of them. Rwood128 (talk) 11:26, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- This is just a neutrally-worded notice (in accordance with WP:APPNOTE) to encourage input at the discussion among users likely interested in the content. North America1000 11:56, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
- Many thanks North America; I still tend to find the bureaucratic side of Wikipedia baffling. Rwood128 (talk) 12:21, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Where did he die?
In the infobox he died in Higham, Kent, in the article he died at another place, Gads Hill Place . Which is the right place?--Kerchemer (talk) 07:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
- Now I see it: Gads Hill Place is a building in Higham. Could it be linked, so that ignorant people like me could get the information faster? Thank you. --Kerchemer (talk) 07:53, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 12 December 2019
![]() | This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Remove unnecessary comma in second sentence of "Literary Style" section: "Satire and irony, are central to the picaresque novel.[151]" Ave gravis (talk) 10:24, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
"Notes" and "Footnotes"
Greetings and felicitations. I find "Notes" to be a bit too close in meaning to "Footnotes", and would like to change that subsection title to "Citations" for clarity. Comments? —DocWatson42 (talk) 06:50, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
"Socialist" and "Telescopic Philanthropy"
I found an image online with the following text:
"Telescopic philanthropy is a term coined by the British socialist writer Charles Dickens in his critique of bourgeois liberals, who as a form of self-contratulatory egocentrism, pretend to be concerned about "humanitarian" issues far away (especially if it involves poeple with dark skin) whilst showing a cold indifference to the sufferings of their own working-class and homeless." The script at the bottom of this Victorian "Punch" illustration reads: "Please, M. Ain't we black enough to be cared for?"
I assume that this is "the" Charles Dickens, and came here to find out if he was really regarded as a "socialist". All I found was that he was a "social commentator". Assuming this is the same Charles Dickens, I have two questions/points: 1) If he was considered a "socialist", that fact should be included in the Article, and 2) If he in fact coined the term "Telescopic Philanthropy", that seems noteworthy enough to me to also be included in the Article, particularly when regarding the conversation above regarding Dicken's alleged "racism".68.206.249.124 (talk) 18:52, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
- Wikipedia articles that use British English
- B-Class biography articles
- B-Class biography (arts and entertainment) articles
- Top-importance biography (arts and entertainment) articles
- Arts and entertainment work group articles
- B-Class biography (core) articles
- Core biography articles
- Top-importance biography articles
- WikiProject Biography articles
- B-Class England-related articles
- Top-importance England-related articles
- WikiProject England pages
- B-Class children and young adult literature articles
- Top-importance children and young adult literature articles
- B-Class Hampshire articles
- Top-importance Hampshire articles
- B-Class Journalism articles
- High-importance Journalism articles
- WikiProject Journalism articles
- B-Class London-related articles
- Top-importance London-related articles
- B-Class Kent-related articles
- Top-importance Kent-related articles
- Selected anniversaries (February 2012)
- Articles linked from high traffic sites