Talk:John Gwilym Jones

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Antiquary in topic List of publications

List of publications

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@Antiquary: thank you for writing this article. I have read through it and have no corrections. I think it would be useful to add a bulleted list of his publications, with publisher, date and ISBN – this could help students of his work. Does this WorldCat search give accurate results? Verbcatcher (talk) 16:18, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Glad it passes muster. I agree that a list of his works would be a good idea, in fact I can't think why I didn't include one in the first place. I'm going to be rather busy over the next few days (this is the marmalade-making season) but I'm sure I can get that done before next week. --Antiquary (talk) 21:51, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
I put the WorldCat link for books about JGJ, this is the link for books by him, although it may include the other John Gwilym Jones. Take care making your marmalade. Verbcatcher (talk) 22:04, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
  Bibliographed --Antiquary (talk) 17:40, 23 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Illustration

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It would also be good to add a photograph of him. Are you aware of any available with a free licence? If no free picture is available then we could add a fair-use image, possibly the cover photo from William Lewis's book.[1] Even with a fair-use image we should credit the photographer if possible: if you have a copy of this book then please check if it gives the photographer's name. Verbcatcher (talk) 16:18, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

I did look for free-licence images but couldn't find any, and didn't go down the fair-use route because I have no experience of it. I agree that the photo from William Lewis's book would be ideal, but I don't have that book and can't name the photographer. I feel a little out of my depth here. Do you mind if I leave it in your hands, Verbcatcher?
I would have thought it incredible that Wikipedia had no article on John Gwilym Jones if I hadn't seen, as you must have, how completely English-language media ignore even the greatest Welsh-language writers. If Jones had been an Italian or a German the article would have been far easier to research. --Antiquary (talk) 21:51, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply