Talk:Clement Scott

Now Is the Hour

Claim of authorship needs credible citation. Also, "Now is the Hour" was not based on traditional NZ melody. This is established fact.Theodore D (talk) 22:47, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree that it was not, in fact, based on a traditional Maori melody, and I've clarified that issue, based on the Time (magazine) article. As to authorship, I understand that there is someone who challenges the authorship, claiming to be related to someone who used the pseudonym "Clement Scott", but the New Zealand folk song website entry does not read as rigorous research and also seems to be copied from elsewhere on the web. I originally put this information here based on the Scowcroft "Garland". Scowcroft is usually reliable, but I agree that here his research does not seem persuasive. Is there a newspaper article, or scholarly article, or anything in a WP:Reliable source that clarifies that it is not this Clement Scott? -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:51, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

To have conclusive evidence my be out of the question, for now. The best we can do is make it clear in the relevant articles that authorship is questionable, or at least open to debate. There is this Theodore D (talk) 21:45, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I added your new ref and described the disputed authorship, and also tried to clean up the issue at Now Is the Hour. See if you agree with my edits. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:49, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Opening lines

"His style of criticism, acerbic, flowery and (perhaps most importantly) carried out on the first night of productions, set the standard for theatre reviewers through to today." - perhaps most importantly what? There's a word missing. It has been missing since the article was first written. Perhaps most importantly accurate? Perhaps most important witty? What? 143.159.185.234 (talk) 18:22, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

No, it is correct. What was most important was that he reviewed shows on opening night, which was not usual for critics in those days. This is expanded upon in the second paragraph under the heading "Style, controversies and influence" below in the article. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:08, 30 December 2017 (UTC)