Talk:Charlotte Brontë
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Ellen Nussey Letters?
Héger or Heger?
There is currently a discussion on this subject at Talk:Constantin Héger to which you might wish to contribute. Masato.harada (talk) 16:53, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
First Publication
For those who do not wish to look up what noms de plume means, it is French and the translation is "pen names." I believe this makes sense. 64.146.166.61 (talk) 21:24, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Villette
The word pensionnat is French meaning "boarding school." 64.146.166.61 (talk) 21:38, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
GA review
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
- This review is transcluded from Talk:Charlotte Brontë/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: ArthurTheGardener (talk · contribs) 10:03, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 17:34, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
Picking this up. There will be a delay while the bot does its thing.
General
- Link governess in the lead
- Obligatory typos: "difficut", "unhinhibited"
Referencing
- References required for:
- "She was happy at the Pensionnat, and developed a close relationship with her tutor, Constantin Heger, who became an important influence on her writing."
- " Charlotte submitted a second manuscript, Jane Eyre, to a different publisher, Smith, Elder & Co. in August 1847, and it was published six weeks later. "
- "According to James Pope-Hennessy in The Flight of Youth, it was the generosity of Richard Monckton Milnes that made the marriage possible."
- "She was buried in the family vault in the Church of St Michael and All Angels at Haworth. "
- "Charlotte wrote this piece, however, Branwell also used the name Henry Hastings as a pseudonym in their juvenilia."
- Media portrayals for 1946, 1973, 2016 and 2022
Images
- File:Ellennussey1855.jpg is lacking source information
- All other images have appropriate licences
Sources
- Sources are generally reliable
- Fn 73: Is a Master's thesis WP:THESIS: "Masters dissertations and theses are considered reliable only if they can be shown to have had significant scholarly influence."
- Potter (2010) is listed in the sources but there are no references to it
- Cousin (1910) is only used once and does not require the warning
- Fn 16, 19, 27, 74, 95: Page number?
- Fn46: should be pp. 546–547 (MOS:DATERANGE - not required at GA)
- Reference style is all over the place, but again no issue at GA level
- Spot checks:
- fn 16 - This is on p. 596 of my copy, but it is the 1995 edition - double check.
- fn 24: Cannot find this is my copy - double check
- fn 100: This is on p. 424 of my copy, but it is the 1995 edition - double check.
- fn 36, 115 - okay
- The Secret still needs a reference. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:14, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
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Thank you for this, Hawkeye7: I think I've fixed the issues you highlighted. It could be that the page numbers in your version of the Barker book is slightly different. (I'm using the 2010 edition in e-book format on my phone). I really appreciate your time and attention on this; and if you spot anything I've missed, please do point it out! 16:35, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- I've made some minor changes to remove some warnings that you probably cannot see, and replaced the IMDB references with more reliable sources. If you intend to take the article to FAC, you will be asked to impose a consistent referencing style. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:39, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Did you know nomination
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by JuniperChill (talk) 21:38, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
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Charlotte Brontë
- ... that Charlotte Brontë's (pictured) first novel was published posthumously?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Controller Operated Battle Ready Armament
- Comment: Driveby nom, potentially useful for the IWD set (see WT:DYK).
Improved to Good Article status by ArthurTheGardener (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 368 past nominations.
Launchballer 22:37, 12 February 2026 (UTC).
New enough (GA promoted on 8 Feb), long enough, no issue regarding prose, well-cited, no issues on Earwig (and image is fine), is cited and compliant with guideline. Hook is verified and interesting, although it could be expanded to ALT1: first novel, The Professor, was published posthumously, having been rejected by numerous published in her lifetime
. Regardless, QPQ is done. Good to go as is. Aszx5000 (talk) 00:00, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
- The hook could not be expanded to that per WP:DYKTRIM.--Launchballer 23:02, 15 February 2026 (UTC)