Talk:Peter Sellers on stage, radio, screen and record

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Some technical points[edit]

I've made some tweaks to the Selected radio broadcasts table to clean up the markup. I've also changed the date ranges to use an en dash per MOS:NDASH, unspaced where no space exists in the endpoints, and spaced where there is at least one space in them.

Looking at that table, it could be argued that the title would be a better row header for each row. The difference would be a screen reader which navigates to the first note being able to announce

"1951", "Notes", "Broadcast under the show's original name, Crazy People, against the wishes of the Goons; broadcast 28 May – 20 September 1951" (if Year is row header);

or

"Crazy People", "Notes", "Broadcast under the show's original name, Crazy People, against the wishes of the Goons; broadcast 28 May – 20 September 1951" (if Title is row header).

The same considerations should be applied to the other tables. Let me know if I can be of help. --RexxS (talk) 23:43, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Huge thanks for that: I'm make the appropriate changes to the other tables shortly. In terms of the column order would you suggest:

Title - Year - Episodes - Notes; or
Title - Episodes - Year - Notes

I'm presuming the initial list would still run in chronological order, regardless of which column appeared first? Thanks again, it's very much appreciated. - SchroCat (^ • @) 07:18, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the other tables, I'd suggest Title - Year - other stuff ...

The initial sort order is fine chronologically, but as you've made the tables sortable, a reader can pick the order they want, so from that point of view, you have the freedom to choose any column order. Tables usually work best if the "key field"/"row header" is the first column, but being able to specify scope="row" allows other arrangements if needed. In this case, simplest is best which is why I'd recommend Title - Year - etc. and chronological initial sort order. --RexxS (talk) 10:46, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's great - many thanks: I'll make a start on it properly shortly! - SchroCat (^ • @) 11:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Prune intro[edit]

Of stuff already in the main article. No need to introduce Sellers, just the artefacts. Rothorpe (talk) 01:04, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks R. I've cut it back to cover the main bits, but I'll have another read through later to see if it's suitable and maybe re-draft again. Thanks again - SchroCat (^ • @) 11:03, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Cat. Now I'd like to suggest separating the roles in the table by commas instead of slashes---would look much better, I think. Rothorpe (talk) 20:47, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good: I'll get on to that one very shortly. - SchroCat (^ • @) 20:50, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! (I'm too arthritic...) Rothorpe (talk) 20:54, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lovely, thanks! Rothorpe (talk) 21:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All done - quicker than I thought! Painful stuff arthritis - my mother suffers from it badly: you have my sympathies! - SchroCat (^ • @) 21:02, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that was wonderfully quick. I hope your mother isn't addicted to Wikipedia! Rothorpe (talk) 21:09, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Jewish con-man"[edit]

In this edit I removed an offensive phrase. I don't think this is essential to describing the Barclaycard advertisements. For those interested, this is discussed extensively at the Peter Sellers article. Bus stop (talk) 12:39, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And you can wait until the main RfC closes before pushing your POV onto this article as well. - SchroCat (talk) 12:45, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The material you are adding is peripheral. Do you think the Barclaycard advertisements are about a "Jewish con-man", or just a "con-man"? Bus stop (talk) 13:07, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rather than repeat the same points over this page, let's just wait until the RfC on this poiunt closes on the Sellers page: there is nothing new that can be added here that cannot be kept with the main threads and arguments on that page. Once the RfC closes, this can then be re-appraised in the light of the concluding remarks. - SchroCat (talk) 13:13, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you a troll Bus stop? --Cassianto ^Talk 13:38, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Pink Panther (1963 film)[edit]

The original Blake Edwards film, The Pink Panther, premiered in West Germany on 19 December 1963, Finland on 20 December 1963, and Sweden on 26 December 1963. Accordingly, references to the film in this article have been updated to reflect that. Please refer to the discussion at Talk:The Pink Panther (1963_film)#Release year. — Quicksilver^{T @} 23:44, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Page move[edit]

This page was recently renamed unilaterally and without discussion (as part of a series of other such painful moves) to "Peter Sellers performances". Are we such an enemy of the possessive form that we we encourage such abominations of the English language? I think we could revert this back to the more appropriate and correct form, without too much pain? - SchroCat (talk) 11:30, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New title[edit]

I have in mind bringing this into line with a couple of other pages and moving it to Peter Sellers, roles and awards. Does anyone else have any thoughts? - SchroCat (talk) 12:42, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see no issues with that. Cassianto ^talk 17:58, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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hiya, I would like to add his appearances on both The Bill Cosby Show & This Is Tom Jones, would YouTube be a fine source? If it isn't, can someone please find me a source that is accepted? ty ty :)[edit]

)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterSelIers (talk • contribs) 14:26, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What specific YouTube videos do you propose to use? Nikkimaria (talk) 02:16, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

hiya, youtube.com/watch?v=PnPAHHJP7NQ for Tom Jones & youtube.com/watch?v=_V1b30F-BKo for Bill Cosby. How do they fare? :)) peter sellers is my best friend 12:05, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My question with regards to those would be whether they are public domain / authorized uploads or whether there is a potential linkvio there. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:57, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

hmmm, I didn't know about that. I can't imagine it's public domain, in the case of This Is Tom Jones footage is scarce, the DVD is hard to come by and costs £132.43, what is uploaded is cut together for archive purposes, not the full episode - is that okay? If so, youtube.com/watch?v=q-AVXYL0sq0 I would use this in place of the full episode of The New Bill Cosby Show, this is just the intro and it's a copy in colour. ty for helping peter sellers is my best friend 15:40, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello PeterSelIers! Don't worry I'm not stalking either of you two :), I just happen to like Peter Sellers (grew up on Pink Panther films) so have been looking on his Wiki pages lately. Anyway, as Nikkimaria correctly mentions, the concern with YouTube videos would be copyright violation rather than the reliability of the shows themselves. YouTube is allowed for references (though often mistakenly thought not to) but it strongly depends on who has uploaded the content. I tend to stick to uploads only by the official makers of the content to avoid any copyright infringement when using as references. A safer option would probably be The Classic TV Archive, a handy resource for no nonsense info on old shows. It is not on the proscribed list & is used on many Wiki pages as a Reference. The New Bill Cosby Show appearance is listed here & This Is Tom Jones appearance is here. There's a few others with less detail though, that he was a guest on the Cosby series but no specific episode info at Golden Globes site here & on the Tom Jones series mentioned by BBC here. Hope this is of help! LooksGreatInATurtleNeck (talk) 15:55, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

it's a huge help! will have a look later, ty ty ty ty my friend peter sellers is my best friend 16:47, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]