Talk:Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Farmer, John
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Charles Matthews in topic Author
Author edit
Quite a puzzle as to who wrote this article - Author:Edward Walford died in 1897, so he can be ruled out. The DNB12 list of authors does not mention "E. W.".
I think this is garbling, and that the likely author is Edmund Whytehead Howson, mentioned in references as co-author of the book on Harrow School. So that "E. W. H." may have been intended. The other author of that work is George Townsend Warner, not E. Townsend Warner.
@Billinghurst: @Miraclepine: Charles Matthews (talk) 07:16, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Charles Matthews: It is author:Ernest Walker, says so in the contributors to vol. 2. We will need to update the initials footer, (though I am still hoping for a better means than so many manual modifications.) — billinghurst sDrewth 13:02, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Billinghurst: OK, thanks.
- The Lua script seems a good idea, if a little awkward given that the initials change within the first edition in some cases. It would make sense to have all the information in one array, and proceed from there.
- The template infrastructure has become onerous. I am currently ducking {{DNB GG}} and {{DNB SL}} for full disambiguation, given the number of Gordon Goodwin and Sidney Lee articles there are. Otherwise, though, revisiting legacy DNB is a good idea, for validation and several other ways to add value. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:04, 18 March 2023 (UTC)