Talk:Il Guerrin Meschino

verisimilitude

Why is this mentioned in the first sentence?

with some elements of verisimilitude

Is it central, or fancy end-note trivia? Green Cardamom (talk) 02:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Title

I'm also finding a substantial number of sources saying "Guerrino il Meschino," "Guerrino Meschino," "Guerrino detto il Meschino," etc. How was this title decided upon? Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 05:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't think we should find that surprising, as the concept of things having correct names is a fairly modern one. The Italian Wikipedia has its article at Il Guerrin Meschino. Unless there's a compelling reason to think they have got it wrong, doesn't it make sense to follow that lead? Moonraker2 (talk) 06:24, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't think it's "wrong" - I just got the impression from a quick look that it was not necessarily published under this name, and that it might possibly be worth including alternate names in the first line. Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 06:37, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Guerrino detto il Meschino is the main variant (see the list of editions in the Italian article, which might as well be copied here). I support adding that in the lead. Moonraker2 (talk) 06:45, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

I've linked the alternative titles noted above, under the No Reader Left Behind principle.--Wetman (talk) 06:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Anyway, I've added a list of editions (NB, the list on the Italian article isn't terribly good. A Padua edition of 1473 is the earliest I can find). Moonraker2 (talk) 07:13, 6 February 2011 (UTC)