Talk:Russell T Davies/Archive 3
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Small upcoming project
Davies is writing for a second upcoming children's television series. Eshlare (talk) 21:45, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Prolific
From the article: "Queer as Folk, his first prolific series," I don't understand the use of the word "prolific" here. I think there's a word which better describes it but I don't think it's that one. --TammyMoet (talk) 11:13, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
- I agree: Notwithstanding that I thought I knew what the word means when I read it, I have looked it up in a couple of dictionaries (citations available on request), and I am no more enlightened. I'd like the editor who wrote it to chime in, because only he or she knows what he meant; but he or she doesn't show up, I guess TammyMoet or I or anybody else might boldly try to fix it. GcT (talk) 07:39, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Fourteen years: when?
Re. "Century Falls was the last script he wrote for the BBC's children's department for fourteen years": I can't tell when in his life this fourteen-year period falls. I think the article would be well-served to maybe say when the fourteen years began, or when they ended. If I have time in the next couple of weeks, I'll look in the cited sources, but if someone else gets to it first, that would be pleasant. GcT (talk) 08:42, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
- It would be 1993-2007, between Century Falls and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Sceptre (talk) 04:28, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you, Sceptre. But I meant, this information would be appropriate in the article itself, with citations, not just your telling me here, almost privately, on the talk page; and I had neither, not the information nor its source; but apparently you know this stuff, so would you mind inserting it, please? (I myself could quote you, if you'd prefer, but I have no idea where you got this information, so I can't cite it.)GcT (talk) 08:05, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
- Given that 14 years can be derived from existing information in the article combined with basic maths doesn't that negate the need for an additional source? The filmography table (again, all verified by the text) corroborates there being a fourteen year gap at a quick glance. Eshlare (talk) 23:29, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
- Thank you, Sceptre. But I meant, this information would be appropriate in the article itself, with citations, not just your telling me here, almost privately, on the talk page; and I had neither, not the information nor its source; but apparently you know this stuff, so would you mind inserting it, please? (I myself could quote you, if you'd prefer, but I have no idea where you got this information, so I can't cite it.)GcT (talk) 08:05, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Move discussion
Someone just asked me about moving the article back to "T." The discussion at Talk:Russell T Davies/Archive 2#Article title determined that "T" was correct - feel free to open a new discussion if you think this was incorrect, or that consensus has changed. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 12:43, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Davies spells it without the full stop. Just like Mr. T. DonQuixote (talk) 03:55, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
- The fact that Mr. Davis spells it without the full stop means that the current title can be considered the WP:Official name. It also seems to be the WP:COMMONNAME - a significant number of sources that discuss Mr. Davis spell the name without the full stop. So... I would say no... it should not be moved (back) to the full stop version. For those who say it should be moved based on MOS guidance... our MOS guidelines do allow for occasional exceptions. Consider this one of those exceptions. Blueboar (talk) 13:16, 20 July 2014 (UTC)