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I wonder what inspired OudeisPloiarkhos to create an account and upload the plot summary. It's their only contribution to Wikipedia, and it's so detailed I some
by boomboomsubban 4y ago
I wonder what inspired OudeisPloiarkhos to create an account and upload the plot summary. It's their only contribution to Wikipedia, and it's so detailed I somewhat wonder if it's really proper for the site.
I'd guess some kind of academic assignment, though it's strange that they spent a few more months editing it after the original post.
- ricardobayes 4y agoSome weird stuff has cult-like following in some countries. Meaning, in Hungary, the Bud Spencer movies, Torrente and Ford Fairlane script punchlines are something almost every hungarian can recite by heart. I didn't occur this phenomenon anywhere else (yet).
- totetsu 4y agoHaven't observed
- mesofile 4y agoDinner For One [0] is a prominent example of a minor production in one language becoming unaccountably famous in another, to the point that certain lines became standard catchphrases in the adoptive culture — in this case, German. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One
- osculum 4y agoTorrente, as in the Spanish movies?
- legerdemain 4y agoMy guess is a family member. The author seems to have been a colorful and accomplished man who, nevertheless, never attained fame. The Wikipedia page, as well as the one about the author himself, might be the work of an appreciative child or relative wanting to embellish the author's memory. In Baltimore, there's something similar with the Amaranthine Museum, dedicated to the works of the eccentric and obscure artist Les Harris by his very dedicated daughter. It's something of a hidden treasure.[1] [1] https://amaranthinemuseum.org/ https://amaranthinemuseum.org/
- boomboomsubban 4y agoThe author is famous enough to have had a Wikipedia article since 2005. His family is a possible source, the external links include a blog post saying that the author's son sent him a PDF copy.
- jiri 4y agoI'd guess that some family member like son Jan Pinkava https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684342/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684342/ or grandchildren contributed.
- jamal-kumar 4y agohttps://cs.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hv%C4%9Bzdoplavba,_aneb_Mal%C3%A1_kosmick%C3%A1_odysea&action=history https://cs.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hv%C4%9Bzdoplavba... The Czech article is way shorter and has a bunch more different authors