Talk:Bluebeard

Trivial References to Popular Culture

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This article appears to contain trivial, minor, or unrelated references to popular culture. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture rather than simply listing appearances; add references to reliable sources if possible. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2018)

These are not "trivial references to popular culture." They are serious literary works inspired by the fairy tale. A real encyclopedia would include them. And a filmography or bibliography format is perfectly valid. For scholars of the fairy tale, these lists provide invaluable research material. All of the fairy tale pages on Wikipedia include these types of lists.Carnival Honey (talk) 18:42, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

I am going to remove this tag, if no one objects. It does not accurately reflect the references in the article, which are professionally arranged and sourced. Carnival Honey (talk) 02:59, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

"A Black Widow" being the female equivalent of "a Bluebeard"?

I believe most of us understand "black widow" as the female equivalent of "a bluebeard" as described in this article. Offhand, I don't see any of the articles on female murderers found in Black_widow, Latrodectus or elsewhere on Wikipedia saying anything about how that term got associated with murder. Therefore, should this article mention "black widow" and if so, how? -- Frotz(talk) 04:10, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Blue beard black people

Does black people have blue beards 2A02:C7D:3623:8900:D10E:9810:43B:13BD (talk) 10:43, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Added entry under In other media

Hi, added a reasonably notable entry to the In Other Media section, also added a citation for it but those are new to me so it might need some finessing from an experienced editor. ~2026-20586-99 (talk) 22:17, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, but I had to revert you because the entry would need a reference to an independent reliable source such as a review in a gaming magazine mentioning the connection to Bluebeard to show that it's relevant and notable. A tiny blog post from the game designers themselves is not enough. Gawaon (talk) 03:29, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

There are plenty of other references online:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/judith-is-a-game-about-control

https://www.mobygames.com/game/40241/judith/

https://intfiction.org/t/narrative-experimentation/584

I also note that few of the other entries here have citations at all, so I wonder what makes them worthy of inclusion while this one is not. ~2026-20586-99 (talk) 00:25, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Unfortunately, mobygames.com seems to be largely user-generated and so cannot be considered reliable; forums don't count for the same reason. The third link you provide doesn't mention Bluebeard and so can't establish a connection. What would be needed is a review in an independent game magazine or similar that makes the Bluebeard connection.

As for other unsourced entries, I can't say anything in their defence. When in doubt, you can always delete them. Gawaon (talk) 03:15, 23 June 2026 (UTC)