Talk:Spike Milligan
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Headstone
editIt doesn't read "Dúirt me leat go raibh mé breoite" any more. It used to according to images found on Google, but since Shelagh's name was added it now reads "Dúirt me leat go mé breoite". I have no Irish at all, so I don't know if that makes any difference (Google translate tells me it does not). What puzzles me is that I can't find anything online that references the different wording. Deadlock (talk) 00:55, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
- Four days ago, I had the temerity to add this same observation about the Irish inscription. It was summarily deleted as "unsourced opinion". The original 7 words “Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite” translate word by word as “Told I you that was I ill”, but the new inscription has missed out the word "raibh" (“was”), so it’s “Told I you that I ill”, or in English “‘I told you I ill”. A fact at least worthy of a mention, no? The original headstone is here, for example. GeiknarF (talk) 09:02, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- You added it in a form that implied that you were passing comment upon the accuracy of the article content, which goes against the policy on neutrality. Such comments do not belong in the article, but here on the talk page. I don't speak Gaelic, and I doubt that the majority of our readers do either - this is the English Wikipedia (a separate Gaelic Wikipedia does exist), so for matters of accuracy concerning Gaelic-language text, we really do need an authoritative third-party reliable source that explicitly describes the apparent error, in accordance with the policy on verifiability. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:13, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- See ga:Plé:Spike Milligan#Headstone
- Authoritative enough for you? GeiknarF (talk) 08:09, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- I asked for
an authoritative third-party reliable source that explicitly describes the apparent error, in accordance with the policy on verifiability
, not a pointer to a discussion on another wiki. If Kevin Scannell (talk · contribs) is in possession of such a source, perhaps they could amend our Spike Milligan article, respecting our core content policies of veifiability, no original research and neutral point of view. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:50, 16 October 2024 (UTC)- https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Milligan is the current Irish Wikipedia arfticle. You can get Google to misTranslate it. It shows the two photos of the headstone: "Figure 1 ... 2008" and "Figure 2 ... 2019, with a mistake in Irish". GeiknarF (talk) 10:51, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- That would still go against the policy on original research. Where is the authoritative third-party reliable source that explicitly describes the apparent error, in accordance with the policy on verifiability? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:39, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Milligan is the current Irish Wikipedia arfticle. You can get Google to misTranslate it. It shows the two photos of the headstone: "Figure 1 ... 2008" and "Figure 2 ... 2019, with a mistake in Irish". GeiknarF (talk) 10:51, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- I asked for
- You added it in a form that implied that you were passing comment upon the accuracy of the article content, which goes against the policy on neutrality. Such comments do not belong in the article, but here on the talk page. I don't speak Gaelic, and I doubt that the majority of our readers do either - this is the English Wikipedia (a separate Gaelic Wikipedia does exist), so for matters of accuracy concerning Gaelic-language text, we really do need an authoritative third-party reliable source that explicitly describes the apparent error, in accordance with the policy on verifiability. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:13, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
Infobox for spouse
editWhat's the format for the end of the third marriage in the inbox. Survived by Shelagh who died in 2011. Thanks S C Cheese (talk) 08:40, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
Goon Show 1968 - Thames 'pilot'?
editI have tried to find a citation to support that this show was a pilot but have been unable to. The Goon Show Companion (ISBN: 9780722191828) lists this single episode and makes no reference that it is a pilot. The Goons: The Story (ISBN: 9780753505298) interviews the producer Peter Eton who says nothing about the show being a pilot, and also says he was unable to get an original script out of Milligan, which may suggest that there was no plan for further episodes. I have checked three biography's of Milligan and none of them mention the show at all. I would also note that neither the Goon Show page or Goon Show episode page on Wikipedia list the episode as a pilot either.
I suggest this reference to the episode being a pilot is safe to remove. Herbert-kavan (talk) 18:47, 13 March 2024 (UTC)