Talk:As You Like It

Do we really need the whole stinkin' play on here?

C'mon. Is this an encyclopedia or an anthology? Flippin 15:11, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

I don't like your attitude on this website flippant. Anyway, by having the whole play on here it removes all biases from it because people are able to interpret the play however they like. --Spyder 15:13, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

That isn't what the project should be about. Encyclopedias do not list the text of all things they talk about AND this is the only entry like this on the site AND it is way too long. I didn't ask if you liked my attitude, thank you. Flippin 15:16, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

How is having the entire material here less biased than say... Project Gutenberg? http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1121 Having the material here is likely to have interpretations added to it and the biases associated with those interpretations than linking to a source that has public domain text to begin with. You might be able to make the argument with works that need translation and the bias with translation (but then, you would need to do your own translation rather than use someone else's), but that is not the case here. The danger is in attempting to reproduce the entire collection of data already done at other projects without adding anything to it at all. --Mtur 15:19, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

Guys, compromise. Why not add something like As You Like It/text and link to it from the front page. Then have the front page about the analysis of the play, as in, actually encyclopedic.-Speaker 15:17, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

Just because this is the only entry on this site doesn't mean it should be removed. It just means that we should be putting up more plays in their entirety. Also, this is a discussion page and so I was discussing your attitude, I don't need permission to do that. Maybe I should go ahead and make a debate page on Flippant's attitude. --Spyder 15:21, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

I think we are all in agreement spyder that you need to chill out. Etaroced 15:22, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

What advantage does putting the full text of the play on the site offer over linking to a place where the public domain material is already hosted? --Mtur 15:24, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

Etaroced, why do you speak for the entire website? Who is this "we" you speak of? Yourself and speaker?--Spyder 15:25, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

So far, Flippin, Speaker, Mthur, and I. Thats pretty much everyone active on this page. Etaroced 15:26, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

I also think it's rude to deliberately misread Flippin's name, Spyder.-Speaker 15:23, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

In response, I will give you an argument that Flippant would make: I didn't ask you for what you think is rude, thank you. --Spyder 15:28, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

Thank you Speaker. I was saying that an anthology is for text like that, not an encyclopedia. the former contains only a brief synopsis of the play and the full text; the latter contains a fuller explanation of the issues and history with quotations. What about that is "flippant?" Flippin 15:27, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

but is that not thinking of an encyclopedia in the old paper and ink sense, where to have full texts, or even extensive extracts, would make the thing the size of a house? Now, thanks to new technology,m we can have it all... rejoice! Unthank 15:33, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

Having the entire text on the main page of the article distracts. we could certainly include a link as I believe Speaker did. BTW, I have no idea what spyders meant by that last post. Flippin 15:35, 7 May 2007 (EDT)