User talk:Ewen B Maclachlan
????? Culverin? Talk 01:05, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Could you elaborate on which page your talking about? Culverin? Talk 00:59, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for fixing the article, you can remove such boxes whenever the problem is fixed, someone has already done so in this case. Rich Farmbrough, 00:13 19 January 2009 (UTC).
Greetings[edit]
Hi Ewen, pleased to make your aquaintance. You're a fine writer and I enjoyed your very literate intro to Ian's tribute book. As a matter of fact, in my effort to fully research Ian and his biographical details (and maybe find a usable photograph, about which I also bothered Liz Charleson and Johnny Rozsa) I did a thorough Google search of your name, but turned up nothing except the possible authorship of a play, Klub Anima. However, along the way, I learned so much about your namesake the Gaelic scholar that I created a Wikipedia article on him. LOL. So I suppose some good came of it.
Getting down to the article on Ian, here's the thing: Per WP:LEAD, the lead or intro to a Wikipedia article needs to establish notability and also summarize the main points of the article. So the Ian Charleson Awards are most definitely notable about him, and therefore belong in the lead (it doesn't matter that it's repeated at the end). And since it's good to know why they were named after him (not simply because people mourned his loss, but because he was a leading Shakespearean actor), that adds to the point as well. You may not know it, being a Brit and being surrounded by the words "Ian Charleson Award" for nearly the past two decades, but Americans and presumably other non-Brits don't even know what those awards are, assuming they've even heard of them, which most haven't. BTW, also in regards to the lead section/intro, since Wikipedia advises that the lead list all salient points about the subject, I've debated in my mind for weeks whether to add his notable death from AIDS causes and his choice to have it announced, since it was a courageous act and a show-biz first in Britain. I fianally decided just to leave it out of the lead.
I deleted the word "prestigious" referring to Royal High School, as you suggested. I had added that after reading the Wikipedia article on the school, which I suppose makes it sound more posh than it is.
As far as the word "published," that's synonymous with the word "wrote." Authors publish their works, meaning they write and cause them to be published. If you could enlighten me as to whose idea it was for the book, perhaps that would help matters, since it's not clear anywhere, not even in the book, whose idea or project it was.
Hey, in terms of Talk pages, remember to put new posts at the bottom of the page (using the "new section" tab at the top makes that easy), and to sign your posts by typing four tildes, like this: ~~~~ which will then turn into your username and link. I'm surprised someone hasn't come round to your Talk page and posted the assorted Help links. I'll do that right here:
Cheers and if you'd rather respond via e-mail that's fine too -- just click "E-mail this user" on the left side of my User page. You may also reply or comment using the Talk page to the Ian Charleson article, or my Talk page. Or none of the above. :) Softlavender (talk) 03:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
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