User talk:Heslopian

Thanks

100px		Hello, fellow reading fan
		Thanks for being one of the major contributors at ≈ The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ---Go reading!!!---

--CFountain (talk) 21:24, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Yah you did, I checked the history, but maybe it was about 2 years ago, dunno. CFountain (talk) 22:15, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

a suh it go addi a di teacha "simple say dat" soon to be artist!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.183.1.211 (talk) 03:21, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

South Park intro

Just want to touch base about the SP intro. I like the edit you originally made, changing the description of what the show is. You captured its essence really, really well. Certainly better than the previous version that I wrote. But as far as commas (yes, they're minor) go, I've always used the end comma in a list of 3 or more items. So I'm writing this to hopefully avoid more reverts over commas. (I'll watch your page, so respond here if you choose to do so). Thanks. --Armchair info guy (talk) 00:34, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about the comma business, I do sometimes obsess over tedious things like that for no feasible reason. I promise I shan't make any more such reverts (I'll just have to find something else to direct my psychosis at for a while!). BTW, thank you very much for the kind compliment, I don't think I really did that much to your previous version. --Heslopian (talk) 02:38, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I'm guilty of obsessing over the little things too. Your welcome about the compliment. Good stuff is good stuff. Have a good one. --Armchair info guy (talk) 12:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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While I appreciate your point regarding Robert Mugabe, the edits you made to his article constitute vandalism, and aren’t very helpful to the process of making Wikipedia into an objective and reliable source. Therefore, I must ask you to desist. Thanks. --Heslopian (talk) 16:25, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

What do you mean by that. I am just trying to revert the vandal edits on the article. I have done nothing more on it. Please re-cehck your thoughts. --Manco Capac (talk) 09:11, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Please also check my edit : [1] than you will see. Please be carefull and check the history of the article before you made a comment. --Manco Capac (talk) 09:15, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh crap I'm so sorry! I must have clicked on the previous instead of current link. Sorry about that, hope I haven't caused too much trouble. --Heslopian (talk) 15:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Noop! It is ok if we understand each other. Take care, --Manco Capac (talk) 20:35, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Hello! Could you do other editors a favor and be sure to leave edit summaries when you edit a page? Especially for heavily-vandalized pages, edits that lack summaries really draw suspicion, concern, and even anxiety. Don't stress us out! =) --Midnightdreary (talk) 01:22, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Really sorry about that, I do try to leave edit summaries but I just keep forgetting. Sorry again if I caused any undue hassle, I promise I'll remember in future. Great username by the way. --Heslopian (talk) 02:56, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

RE: Andy McNab

Hello Heslopian. Just a quick note to say thanks for making your changes on the above article, I think they helped it. Do you enjoy his books too? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your note, I didn't really do that much. As an avid fan of the whole suspense genre, I have come across his stories before and enjoyed them very much; he has a real eye for detail, and he's also done great work in promoting adult literacy. --Heslopian (talk) 18:43, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I agree with what you have said. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 19:00, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

This Sweet Sickness and School Days—plot outlines

Hi, can you please explain to me why you have drastically shortened those two plot outlines (and maybe others as well) without commenting on it anywhere (edit summary, talk page)? Classified as stubs, they are by definition begging to be expanded again, so what's the point? Also, the three dots at the end of your synopses are not appropriate for encyclopaedia articles. And a minor point, as far as I'm concerned: Has the fact that This Sweet Sickness is your personal favourite influenced your decision to change its rating from "Mid" to "Top" in any way? Best wishes, <KF> 20:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Regarding my re-write of the synopsis for the articles you mentioned, I felt that many users might prefer a short, concise outline of the story instead of a long and turgid analysis. As for the lack of an edit summary, I have had trouble remembering those in the past (as you'll see from one of the above messages on this page); I really am sorry if my forgetfulness there caused any big problems, I promise I'll try harder! I've removed the ellipses you mentioned, I guess there just a side effect of my own pretentious nature (I try and make every single sentence seem artistic, sometimes to the detriment of my mental health!). Finally, I changed the article rating because I thought it needed serious improvement, although my partialness to the work probably did play a part in my decision.

Anyways, I hope I answered all your questions and didn't cause too much bother! --Heslopian (talk) 22:17, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer although it doesn't 100 per cent relate to my questions. First of all, just so that we are not talking at cross purposes, you might want to have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels/Assessment#Importance_scale: It's the work of literature that is rated ("Top" means "core" topic for literature), not the article, and hardly anyone will seriously claim that School Days is in a league with Lolita, Pride and Prejudice, or War and Peace.

As far as plot summaries are concerned, it's of course true that quality is more important than quantity. However, if you reduce an article from 8,716 bytes to a mere 2,227 bytes some kind of explanation apart from "Many users might prefer a short, concise outline of the story instead of a long and turgid analysis" would be necessary: Many other users might prefer as much information as they can get.

I do see the special problem with articles on crime fiction. Ever since the spoiler warning was abolished here at Wikipedia, I've been very careful not to give away too much in a summary. But again, this is an encyclopaedia, so anyone reading it should be prepared to learn something.

Finally, as I'm certainly not the person to engage in, let alone start, an edit war, I'm not going to revert any of your edits. I keep hoping that anyone really interested in a particular subject will check the revision history and access the more comprehensive version of the article.

All the best, <KF> 22:59, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

I do hope I haven't annoyed you too much, I assure you I also have no intention of engaging in an edit war. If you think my re-writes are really that problematic I'll revert them in an instant, and I apologise if you feel I've ruined your hard work in any way. I just thought that people with an interest in the topic could learn something about it without having any potential surprises ruined for them.

Also, I did seem to be mistaken about the purpose of the article rating; of course I shan't argue that Robert B. Parker belongs on the same pedestal as Jane Austen and Leo Tolstoy! Best wishes, --Heslopian (talk) 01:37, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Death in Purple Prose

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The deletion of that article probably would be for the best; it was something I tinkered with for a while but I don't seriously think it's worth inclusion in Wikipedia. --Heslopian (talk) 13:35, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Recluse

Hey, the whole section about notable recluses cannot stay at wikipedia since it is unsourced. The section violates WP:OR, and more importantly, WP:BLP. Best, --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 04:48, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I added a source, and I also don't appreciate my work being described as "crap", which you did in one of your edit summaries. Would the list be allowed to stay if I created a seperate article for it? --Heslopian (talk) 14:07, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry about that. I did not know that you entered the whole list or that any one person entered the list. I assumed that the list just gathered over time through single editors. The list would be a good thing if we have reliable sources describing persons as recluses. As long there are no sources they can't be entered, whether in its own list or as attached to an article. Best, --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 14:32, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

So if I found a reliable source for each person on the list, it would comply with policy and not be deleted? By the way, I didn't write the whole list, I just seperated it into alphabetical sections and added a short description beside a lot of the entries. --Heslopian (talk) 14:35, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

If the person is described by a reliable source as a recluse, it's all fine and dandy. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 14:38, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. All the best, --Heslopian (talk) 14:42, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Ripley Under Water

I noted that you've added some useful material to “Ripley Under Water” but left the synopsis incomplete. Would it be possible for you to complete the synopsis? Wikipedia does not actively avoid spoilers as if it were a seller or reviewer of work. —SlamDiego_←T 10:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

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GA reassessment of Mary Higgins Clark

I have conducted a reassessment of this article and have some issues that need addressing, which can be found at Talk:Mary Higgins Clark/GA1. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 08:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Death by Sheer Torture

I see you marked Death by Sheer Torture with top importance in the novel project. The article itself doesn't seem to profess such importance, am I missing something? (John User:Jwy talk) 20:24, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Did I mark it with top importance? I don't remember doing that, but if I did I'm sorry; I'll revert it immediately.--Heslopian (talk) 20:32, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks - although I was hoping I had stumbled upon a lost classic! (John User:Jwy talk) 20:58, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to disappoint you lol! I personally think that the work is rather brilliant, but then I am very partial to detective fiction. --Heslopian (talk) 05:17, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Took a chance and read it. Enjoyable. Quite British (except for a bit - which I suspect was something else in the British edition - about a White House Commission on Morals). Glad I read it, but think its importance is now correct. Thanks for a pleasant detour in my reading! (John User:Jwy talk) 04:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

My pleasure! I suppose it is very British, especially in it's acidic depiction of a dysfunctional aristocratic family. In my edition it's referred to as the Downing Street Commission on Morals. Did you guess the murderer before the end? --Heslopian (talk) 14:08, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

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Userbox

Hello. FYI, I've had a userbox created for me, and I thought it might be of interest since you were involved with the WikiProject Novels/Crime task force. It says "This user reads Hard-boiled detective fiction" and the code to implement it is:

This user reads Hard-boiled detective fiction.

. (Add double braces to the red text: {{ }}). Pete Best Beatles (talk) 22:17, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the code seems to have a typo, causing it to appear incorrectly. Here is the fixed code that you can copy and paste.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
{{User:KomradeKalashnikov/Userboxes/HB Detective Fiction}}	This user reads Hard-boiled detective fiction.	linked pages

-- KomradeKalashnikov (talk) 01:13, 26 August 2022 (UTC)