Talk:Ramona (novel series)

Mrs. Quimby's Name

I know at least one of the books mentions Mrs. Quimby's first name. I think it's Ramona the Pest. Does anyone know what it is? I haven't and don't have the time right now to look through all the books just to find her name. And I don't think we should make a page for her until we know what her first name is.

It's Dorothy. Her first name is mentioned in Ramona Forever, when the family is discussing possible baby names for the not-yet-born Roberta. Air.dance 12:17, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Fixing this up

As you can tell, I've started fixing this page up. Anyone else want to help or have suggestions? If not, I'll carry on over the next month or so. Tlqk56 (talk) 03:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Merger Proposal

I propose that the articles listed below be merged with this one, Ramona (novel series). Wikipedia guidelines, here, say in part, "while a book may be notable, it is not normally advisable to have a separate article on a character or thing from the book". Exceptions are made for characters like Ebenezer Scrooge. I don't think any of the characters below qualify for the exception. If the articles were merged it would help make one stronger series article, and prevent future attempts to delete the smaller stubs as non-notable. After merging I think searches for the individual character's names will redirect to the series article. (But I've never done this before so I'm not sure how it all works.) The information from the articles would have to be pruned to fit this guideline: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels#Characters. But the resulting article would be a lot stronger and more useful to readers than all these splinter articles, as well as fitting WP guidelines better.

Proposed articles to merge:

• Ramona Quimby
• Beezus Quimby
• Mr. Robert Quimby
• Mrs. Dorothy Quimby
• Picky-picky
• Roberta Quimby
• Howie Kemp
• Mrs. Swink
• Susan Kushner
• Davy (Ramona series)

(I have changed my suggestion and support leaving Ramona Quimby alone, but merging the others.) Tlqk56 (talk) 17:28, 27 July 2012 (UTC) I will do my best to notify the people who have worked on these articles of the proposal, so they can all participate in the decision. Anyone is welcome to comment, of course. Please put your comments below. Thank you. Tlqk56 (talk) 23:32, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

I think most could be proven to be notable and support a stand alone article. See scholarly discussions. But, wikipedia doesn't have the user base anymore to get that done, so if you truly are going to spend time and merge, going line by line and including what's important, then you have my support. If the merge job you describe doesn't involve all that work, then leave them alone. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 01:34, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

If you want to merge them, go ahead, AFAIAC. But make sure no information is lost. Rich Farmbrough, 08:07, 26 July 2012 (UTC).

Ditto everyone else's concerns, but generally WP:Be Bold,71.178.223.105 (talk) 13:46, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks you for your comments so far. Ramona Quimby could be left as is, but I truly don't think the others would turn up enough info for an article themselves. And, yes, I will do the merges, it will be a learning experience for me. As far as "make sure no information is lost", what decides which information needs to be saved? Tlqk56 (talk) 14:49, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support All of them except Ramona Quimby. I figure if the series is named after her, somewhere, out there, there has to be some writing about Ramona! (Such as [1][2][3][4] SarahStierch (talk) 16:12, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Sarah, thanks for the reply. I will amend my suggestion, and say leave Ramona Quimby but merge the others. Your list of sources may encourage someone to improve her article. Tlqk56 (talk) 17:24, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

• Support Merging the other articles to this page would be best as the other articles are short and prone to deletion. SwisterTwister talk 06:46, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Richard Stands

In which book, and where, does Richard Stands, for whom the republic is, appear? Sources indicate R the P but I have not been able to locate the passage in a fresh copy o3 the 2013 reillustraded edition. Was the passage left out for the terrorists? 2605:A601:468:C101:CABC:C8FF:FEA5:82F4 (talk) 13:09, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Cutting Up with Ramona!, translations, etc.

Could we mention Cutting Up with Ramona! in the article?

And could we please update the number of languages the books have been translated into? For example, Goodreads shows Beezus and Ramona in Bulgarian, Dutch (illustrated by Thé Tjong-Khing), Persian and Thai, and WorldCat also shows it in Danish, two German versions (see them at Amazon.de), Hungarian, Japanese, Romanian and Swedish, I guess, without understanding most of these languages.

And in the articles for the individual books, could we perhaps list all their editions with their publication years, languages and foreign titles, illustrators and cover artists?

Thanks in advance, --Kletta (talk) 11:08, 11 April 2016 (UTC)