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Congratulations on TFA. Wonderful photos in this article. Maybe after this is off the main page, someone can fix the MOS:SANDWICHes. They seem to be at least in part the result of adding "upright=1" to vertical images, which is the same as nothing according to Help:Images. I'm no expert on the subject and just happened to notice. Thank you for this article. -SusanLesch (talk) 23:10, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks SusanLesch! Actually using only "upright" displays at 75%, vs. 100%. I boosted some of them a bit by adding the extra parameter, because I like pictures. On my small laptop display they look okay, but of course that means nothing because they render differently according to skin, operating system, browser & device. Once this is off the main page I'll play around with them a bit if there's sandwiching. Thanks for posting. Victoria (tk) 23:17, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SusanLesch, I've tweaked a bit, shrunk most of them a smidge, and removed the two the made their way back during the TFA, although I'd removed them earlier because I can't establish that they're in the public domain. Does it look any better for you? Also, which sections are the worst? I'm happy to rejig a bit more if needed. Victoria (tk) 23:52, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Huh. I was so focused on adding alt text that I completely failed to notice how bloated the captions have become. Not just in that section but throughout. I won't get to it this evening, because I need to look through article history to see how they were written before becoming so long. Will try to get to it tomorrow. Thanks so much for pointing it out. Funny the things we don't see. Or I don't see. Victoria (tk) 23:27, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's a tricky trade-off. Sighted people want to see what they want to see. Unsighted or less-sighted have reason to expect Wikipedia will serve up the most accessible version possible. I still struggle to understand what is best for optimum accessibility. The article I work on looks nothing like it did when first put together—originally to my taste. Other editors will copy an article just because it's featured, so I am interested to find the most accessible default view. -SusanLesch (talk) 21:33, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
… about 70 percent of the sentences are simple sentences — a childlike syntax without subordination — and repetition is often substituted for subordinate thoughts… it is the paratactic syntax most often found among children who have not yet learned to subordinate their ideas one after another without any relationships between them.
I have never read Ernest's works, but I have often encountered the nickname "Hemingway" for people whose phrases are overly repetitive in writing or in speech. Dimadick (talk) 05:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Why is the gun described as a Boss shotgun? I feel like this section should address the more recent theories that it was a W&C Scott and sons shotgun, as this seems to be the widely accepted belief of fact now. The current citation for Meyers 1985 could be replaced by Calabi 2016. Emyn420 (talk) 05:31, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Hemingway Publishers is an independent publishing agency that supports independent authors, drawing inspiration from the works of Ernest Hemingway. PublishingStaff (talk) 19:26, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Done Yes, The Old Man and the Sea says in the infobox "Publication date: September 1, 1952". Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:28, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
Question: What do you want done? If you think there are enough citations to provide verification from reliable sources, please read Help:Your first article & consider creating Draft:Hemingway Publishers. Peaceray (talk) 00:52, 23 March 2025 (UTC)