This story didn't stick the first time, but on re-read, it's pretty charming. TR (talk) 01:35, November 12, 2013 (UTC)
Literary Comments[]
So do we really need all the new Lit. Comms. in the character articles referring to their equivalents (or lack thereof) in Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron? ML4E (talk) 21:44, February 8, 2019 (UTC)
/bump/ In case this was missed. Yesterday Johnathan added a half dozen Lit. Comms. to the various characters in the story referring to an Italian language website on The Decameron. I don't find them useful or necessary. What say you? ML4E (talk) 18:50, February 9, 2019 (UTC)
- I'm debating internally.
- The Italian links are useless and should be deleted. However, I don't mind acknowledging where HT borrowed from the original in the lit comms. It may make more sense to explain all of those links on the actual story page, though. TR (talk) 18:59, February 9, 2019 (UTC)
- I followed the example of the pastiche analogs in "The Scarlet Band" and "The Maltese Elephant".JonathanMarkoff (talk) 11:02, February 10, 2019 (UTC)
- Which were well known stories and had fewer character equivalents. TR is suggesting something similar to On "The Road Not Taken" Character Names but as a subsection in the story article. Given the number of characters and the uselessness of the website, this seems the better way to do this. ML4E (talk) 19:10, February 10, 2019 (UTC)
- I think I agree. Turtle Fan (talk) 23:20, February 10, 2019 (UTC)
- HT loyally followed the plot of Boccaccio's story, except for adding in personalities and subplots about the servants. The main characters are direct analogs, with Dianora being same-named.JonathanMarkoff (talk) 04:48, February 11, 2019 (UTC)
- Great. Our decision stands. Turtle Fan (talk) 04:51, February 12, 2019 (UTC)