Talk:Zoo (Patterson novel)

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Requested move 11 December 2016

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Not moved (non-admin closure) Fuortu (talk) 11:35, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

– The American novel has 2 authors, isn't it unfair that only one name appears in the title? WP:BOOKDAB doesn't say anything about a work with 2 authors, but nationality here appears to be the simpler disambiguation system to me. Timmyshin (talk) 04:46, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose no need to move as cover page (why isn't one uploaded) shows Patterson as main author - but if we want to show sub-author (I see no need) this should be at Zoo (Patterson and Ledwidge novel). simple solution. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:41, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Dab standards at WP:BOOKDAB prefer the author's surname be used in the disambiguator. Steel1943 (talk) 16:00, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Also, I have no opinion on In ictu oculi's counter proposal. Steel1943 (talk) 16:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Length of Zoo 2

Both mentions of Zoo 2 have its size stated as a "short story," yet the cited reference does NOT back that label up. The reference gives a PAGE TOTAL of 160 pages. That is a lot longer than a "short story." The size for Zoo 2 should be stated as either "novelette" or "novella." 2600:8800:50B:6700:C23F:D5FF:FEC5:89B6 (talk) 12:59, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed it. 107.19.24.240 (talk) 19:28, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"all over the world" is not a clause

Despite what some editors claim, "all over the world" is not a clause because it does not contain a verb. "A clause must contain a verb" is a requirement clearly stated here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/clauses-and-sentences Nicholas0 (talk) 03:59, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @User:Nicholas0, I figured it might be best if I start this discussion. In one of my edit summaries, I appended the wrong link, mentioning that the comma followed an introductory dependent clause. What I should have said instead is that it follows an adverbial phrase. Please see here: [1] Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 04:04, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why he's starting a separate thread for this discussion, but he has now changed his argument and is calling it an "adverbial phrase", meaning that I was right all along that it is not a clause, despite the fact that he repeatedly claimed that I was wrong before. An apology would be nice. Nicholas0 (talk) 04:09, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nicholas0, you have been rude to me throughout this interaction, and you continue on the same tack. Not only did you inappropriately revert more than once, but your reference to me as "he's starting" or "he has", is completely out of place. Firstly, if you wish to draw an editor's attention, you should ping them. You didn't do so, and neither did you notify me that you had started a discussion regarding our disagreement, and that is why I created a new thread: I simply didn't notice this one. Second, it is poor form to refer to editors by third-person pronouns instead of their handles. Lastly, you were NOT right all along! Just because I provided the wrong grammatical justification for the comma doesn't mean I was wrong to include it. I've since corrected myself and demonstrated that the comma is appropriate, and clearly, you've noticed this, so why insist that I am still wrong and that you deserve an apology? I think you need to take a course on civil behaviour, and perhaps throw in a module on humility, while you're at it. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 05:22, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]