User contributions for 2601:246:C700:F5:1845:B68D:2916:7975

2 May 2023

• 18:0918:09, 2 May 2023 diff hist +271‎ User talk:Ira Leviton ‎ →‎Thanks for the quick save: new section
• 18:0618:06, 2 May 2023 diff hist +5‎ Sophie's Choice (novel) ‎ Fixed dead link to London School of Journalism, and corrected Accessed dates in the Selected publication history subsection. All of this is in preparation for evolving all of this, eventually, to a standard citation format.
• 17:5817:58, 2 May 2023 diff hist −35‎ Sophie's Choice (novel) ‎ Made section title reflect order of presentation of subsections. Did first pass over Further reading list. Provided the missing access-date for the AP/Gainesville Sun citation. Noted that IMDB is not an appropriate citation for a widely reported historical fact such as that stated here. Tag: references removed
• 17:0817:08, 2 May 2023 diff hist +1,109‎ Sophie's Choice (novel) ‎ →‎Plot inspiration: 1, Moved page and note numbers from title in a book citation (to proper places/fields in that citation). 2, Removed for-sale-at-Amazon pseudo-reference hidden by earlier editor—they were correct, it is not a proper source. 3, Moved an editor's explanatory note on Camus to a footnote, because (a) it is of limited relevance, (b) it is awkward/hard to interpret ("Greek mother's exposure"?), and (c) because it demands further citation support.
• 16:5316:53, 2 May 2023 diff hist +248‎ The Crisis of Man ‎ Made dates standard in format (via {{use... dates}} markup), completed the second source (author, date had been missing), made the closing source standard with regard to formatting, and noted the need for better overall sources.
• 16:2616:26, 2 May 2023 diff hist +497‎ Sophie's Choice (novel) ‎ →‎Reception and controversies: Noting that a number of one-line cut and paste edits had obscured the section design: (i) Gathered stray award statements into one place, a new subsection of this section, and (ii) Noted that the critical reception subsection presents a single review, with an overly long (and unrepresentative) quote. No one else of which I am aware focused on the American Gothic interpretation. This section must be expanded to be representative and scholarly.
• 16:0316:03, 2 May 2023 diff hist +517‎ Sophie's Choice (novel) ‎ →‎At publication: Moved 2 aspects of presentation to new positions. (i) "Limit event" discussion is overly detailed—admitting this though it was I that originally wrote it—and so it's moved into a footnote. (ii) Opening with ban in Soviet Union, Poland elevates this minor aspect far beyond its general importance. The real controversy was over Styron's re-casting the meaning of Holocaust, not its portrayal of the Polish or communism, and so this statement is moved to a subsection at the end. Tag: references removed