Talk:John Steinbeck

Steinbeck and Thompson Sub-machine gun?

Where did this nonsense come from? Steinbeck said categorically in his ‘Once There Was a War’ that he was a correspondent and ‘certainly did not fight’. Has his report of the capture by a handful paratroopers of the islet of Ventotene been inflated into this fiction?

Photograph date error

it is stated in the photograph description of john and Elaine as being 1950 but on inspection of the back of the photo is dated 1963 which would closer resemble their appearance than their 1950 ages....a small error but yet another "protected" (locked in other words) page which severely and hypocritically undermines wikipedias supposed "anyone can edit" status/policy 2A01:4C8:46D:B7DF:1:2:25AA:BDCC (talk) 01:08, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Please provide a source so we too can see the back of the photo. If you're right, we'll fix it.

We use semi-protection to stop vandals, so it's necessary on a major article like this one, and any experienced (a very low bar) editor can still edit the article. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 01:26, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I just wanted to write about the same error. The photo was actually made on No 17, 1962. See the original here: https://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/steinbeck-and-his-third-wife-the-former-elaine-scott-nachrichtenfoto/514682234 2A02:8071:2C84:C760:9E03:23F5:F7AB:4762 (talk) 11:12, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 January 2024

In the WWII section, it says Steinbeck was injured by shrapnel, but there is no source. This information should be cited appropriately. Here is a reliable source for this claim:

https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/churchill-bulletin/bulletin-067-jan-2014/once-there-was-a-war/

Please add this reference to the article. Matthew Kollmer (talk) 16:51, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

In progress: An editor is implementing the requested edit. Seawolf35 ^T--C 23:20, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

 Done Seawolf35 ^T--C 23:26, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Plagiarism

See Sanora Babb 73.96.50.9 (talk) 16:37, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 October 2024

In the biography section, calling his grandparents messianic is speculative at best and definitely hate speech. Either provide relevant and factual statements pertaining to their messianic (waiting for the messiah) nature or change the verbiage. Noam vardy (talk) 05:30, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

That's not what hate speech is. However, as it's unsourced and I was unable to find a source with a brief search, I've removed the label. Anyone can feel free to restore it if they can find a citation saying that Mount Hope is "messianic". Thebiguglyalien (talk) 16:50, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

 Undone: This request has been undone. His grandparents are not called messianic; only their commune is. I have added a citation for the claim that Mount Hope is messianic. Bowler the Carmine | talk 17:09, 22 October 2024 (UTC)