Talk:Mad Jack Fuller
This is really ugly. Not only does it need full sentences and prose instead of a list of non-sentences, but it doesn't explain who this man is, what his folly was, and what the heck his pyramid was. -- Zoe
- "Folly", in this sense, is the British term for a particular type of monument or architectural addition; one popular form of folly is the anachronistic building (e.g. Peckforton Castle, a medieval-style castle built in Victorian times). It's a fascinating subject that someone should write a Wikipedia article about, and then we wouldn't get people complaining that they don't know what a folly is. :o)
- I don't see what your problem with the Pyramid is. The article says what it was.
- I agree the article needs re-formatting with proper sentences and paragraphs and so on, though.
- --Paul A
- The Pyramid is erected in Brightling Churchyard as a future mausoleum for Jack Fuller - "The Pyramid"? Is it known as this world-wide? -- Zoe
- Well, I've never heard of it before today; but I don't see why it shouldn't be known as "the Pyramid", since that is clearly the thing's name.
- --Paul A
- So what's wrong with saying that, in such-and-such a year, he built a pyramid which was to become his mausoleum? -- Zoe
- Not a thing that I can see. --Paul A
He seems an interesting guy. I can't to see the reformatted version. (I've looked at the website). You can probably add in a link to 'folly' then. (Might even be able to get some jpegs of some famous follies. I know we have a few here in Ireland.) JTD 03:07 Feb 10, 2003 (UTC)
Discrepancies
- Annette Lloyd Thomas's genealogical website (which has a downloadable GEDCOM file of Fuller's family - hurray!) gives Rev. Henry Fuller's date of death as "23 Jul 1761". The article has 21 Jul.
- Addendum: Someone has now removed the "21" without explanation! Whoever it was, please let us know how you sorted out this discrepancy. -- Oliver P. 17:23 Feb 15, 2003 (UTC)
- A "Megalab 99" (it's a BBC thing) page says that the Belle Tout lighthouse was built in 1832; the Mad Jack Fuller website says 1828.
Hmm. How many more pedantic date discrepancies do you think I can find...? -- Oliver P. 02:36 Feb 11, 2003 (UTC)
Nice work, Oliver. I just didn't even want to tackle that. :-) -- Zoe
- Thanks! It was actually quite fun. :) Well, not really fun as such, but it was a good way of putting off doing the work that I'm supposed to be doing! It still needs a bit of rewriting, though, as I'm afraid my prose style is a bit rubbish. I might come back to it later... -- Oliver P. 05:03 Feb 11, 2003 (UTC)
I wrote the original page here as a first attempt - it obviously didn't fit your standard format very well. Don't be too hard on me - I'm new around here. My wife Annette Lloyd Thomas runs the John 'Mad Jack' Fuller website and we spend much time and effort researching the Georgian era here in Toronto, Canada. I'll try to answer any queries re content. --Rupert
- Aha! In that case, welcome to the Wikipedia! And congratulations to your wife on the website: I found it very interesting. You put a lot of interesting facts into the "Mad Jack" Fuller article. I've tried to put them into paragraphs, but you'd better look over them to see if you can improve upon them. Good luck with the research, and I'm looking forward to seeing any other articles you might write. -- Oliver P. 04:09 Feb 12, 2003 (UTC)
Am I going bonkers and misremembering, or was this lighthouse the one that was recently (a year or two ago perhaps) moved back from the cliff some distance to avoid it going over??? I see the lighthouse itself does not yet have an article and wondered if this was correct, and should be included, when it does get one?Nevilley 17:29 Feb 15, 2003 (UTC)
- Look at the Megalab 99 page listed above. Mintguy