Talk:Bart Giamatti

Changes without prior discussion

The last time the changes currently being made were made, they were reverted for stylistic and copyright reasons. Please don't re-add such changes without prior discussion here.. - Nunh-huh 03:00, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The citation for the new information in the Baseball section ("the only thing I ever wanted to president of was the American League") is here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968509-2,00.html I'm out of practice editing here and I couldn't figure out how to footnote it properly. Apologies. Vardavas (talk) 03:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

No worries. It's a good quote, and i know it to be accurate. Next time just add it in the footnotes so folks can see the source. MarmadukePercy (talk) 04:01, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Dead link

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Photo

I'm not sure of the encyclopedic value of adding this photo to the article. My initial instinct is that it does not add sufficient information to warrant inclusion. What does everyone think? isaacl (talk) 05:23, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

I agree with you. There may be times when gravestone photos are all that's available to illustrate an article, but in this case we have actual photos available of the person in question. He's famous for being alive, not for being buried. If additional photos are desired, perhaps one in academic garb and one presiding in his baseball capacity would be more appropriate. - Nunh-huh 05:58, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

It's a rather poor photo anyway--a dark stone in the shade with a sunlit upper background. Surely there is something better. Rklear (talk) 12:25, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Circular links

Check out the links for presidents of Yale University. Come back to this same page by clicking "preceding president". Back to the Future, I say. 217.144.100.22 (talk) 17:10, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

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Requested move 12 December 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lightoil (talk) 12:12, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

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A. Bartlett Giamatti → Bart Giamatti – Per WP:COMMONNAME. Although "A. Bartlett" is often used in lists and memorials, "Bart" appears to be the more common usage, used in headlines by the New York Times Magazine,ABC News, the Washington Post, and ESPN. More tellingly for me, Major League Baseball's humanitarian award is named the Bart Giamatti Award, which is one place I'd expect the more formal name to be used. And even where he is introduced as "Bartlett," it's often "Bart" on the second mention.

And with the very unscientific Google Trends, the long-term results favor "Bart" over "Bartlett". Adeletron 3030 (talk • edits) 17:08, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.