Talk:There's a Small Hotel

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Gareth E Kegg - please define your sources for the El Encanto reference. We are obviously in disagreement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakipedia995 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

There have been several hotels added to this article as the inspiration for this song. I reverted yours, as you provide no external sources as to why this is the inspiration, and I couldn't find any. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 10:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Explanation of correction

Hi Patrick, I puzzled about this and finally figured it out. Reading Nolan’s sentence you thought that “inspiration” referred to the melody, but it doesn’t. It refers to the lyric. The whole sentence is about the lyric. Omit “to Dick’s ‘obnoxious’ melody” and the sentence reads “Larry wrote a lyric - inspiration provided by a recent stay...” It was Hart who went to Stockton and got inspired, not Rodgers, as Marmorstein’s citation makes clear. I think Marmorstein’s reference is much to be preferred as there is no chance of confusion. Regards, Rory. Roryjohnston (talk) 19:32, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Rory,
Thank you for making contact here, and for pointing out the source of confusion. I fully agree with you that the quoted sentence is misleading, and I will therefore follow your lead and remove the Nolan reference in favour of the Marmorstein one, using a citation template, per MOS:CITEVAR. Thank you once again for following up on this by seeking guidance at the Teahouse, and please accept my apologies for my part in this confusion.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(become old-fashioned!)} 07:47, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done. I have now restored the Marmorstein reference, using a {{cite book}} template. Thanks again for your help in getting this right, Rory.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(become old-fashioned!)} 08:13, 20 September 2024 (UTC)