Talk:The Blue Lotus

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September 6, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed

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Is "accuratesse" supposed to be a French word? The correct translation for "accuracy" would be "exactitude" or "précision". Hugo Dufort 01:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably pseudo-intellectual "French". Google only turns up usage in Dutch. - mako 10:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch isn't the only language to have such a word. Danish and German both have akkuratesse. In Danish, the word is slightly posh or archaic. Valentinian ^{T / C} 10:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"When it finally allowed publication in 1984, some pictures of the examples of Western prejudice were altered or even taken out completely"

any reference or links to this ?

I think it is wrong. I have a recent Chinese edition. I rewrote the text completely. Mlewan 12:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Poldavia

This fictional country was not an invention of Hergé's. See http://fr.wiki.x.io/wiki/Poldavie. Opera hat (talk) 19:20, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Each peach pear plum…

…is a traditional children’s rhyme, used for many activities (skipping, bouncing balls, or (as we tended to do) choosing a person for another purpose - selecting the finder in hide-and-seek). It may have been quoted by the Ahlbergs, as the book uses characters and situations from many traditional nursery rhymes, but they didn’t originate that formula; if you google it, you’ll find many references to the same basic rhyme. Also the Ahlbergs only started publish (according to Wikipedia) about the time "Blue Lotus" came to English, so I’d doubt that there is any connection at all. Jock123 (talk) 08:45, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's accurate to include this among cultural references, since they're only in the translated edition. The article should rather include the equivalents from the French original. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 20:08, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which lotus

The link in the lead from blue lotus is currently [1] piped to Nelumbo nucifera, one of several posible meanings of blue lotus and it seems an unlikely one on reading the current articles. Andrewa (talk) 06:51, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Howso? 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 14:41, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Refs

Hi Midnightblueowl, I made a couple of minor tweaks on the refs where the sfn wasn't working. There's a couple of others to look at where the wrong year is either in the template or in the biblio:

FN15 - Thompson 2001: Biblio has 1991
FN21 - Assouline 2012: Biblio has 2009
FN49 - Lofficier & Lofficier 2012: Biblio has 2002
FN65 & 66 - McCarthy 2004: Biblio has 2006

Hope these help! Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 06:13, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Got the rest of them for her. —Prhartcom (talk) 16:47, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Blue Lotus/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Brigade Piron (talk · contribs) 08:15, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'd be happy to review this one. I have had some very minor involvement with the article, but I still believe myself impartial enough to carry out a decent review. If anyone objects, they can carry on the GAR where I leave off.

My comments to follow, but it's a nicely written article! Brigade Piron (talk) 08:15, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	The lead should mention that the book is a direct plot follow-on from Cigars. Perhaps consider linking the "Maru" from S.S. Harika Maru to Japanese ship-naming conventions#Merchant ships which explains what it means. Done and done! Midnightblueowl (talk) 19:10, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
	2c. it contains no original research.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.	Once the suggestions above are dealt with, I'm very happy to pass it! Brigade Piron (talk) 20:31, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply] Congratulations, I'm very happy to pass this. Brigade Piron (talk) 06:08, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Malcolm Campbell

If anyone was wondering about the reference to Sir Malcolm Campbell that was removed from the colour version: it's in a newsreel that Tintin watches when hiding in the cinema. The scene was published in Le Petit Vingtième on 21 March 1935, not long after Campbell broke the land speed record in Blue Bird on 7 March at Daytona Beach. Opera hat (talk) 13:29, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Front page mention from 22-08-09

On "this day in history" it says this story began serialization in 1942 but that does not seem to correspond with any information in this article. 2600:4040:22F0:A900:C7A4:2CE8:D137:7792 (talk) 07:47, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I raised the error at WP:ERRORS. Fram (talk) 08:00, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]