Talk:Benjamin Britten

The Right Honourable
Benjamin Britten
OM
The Right Honourable Benjamin Britten OM
	<img alt="middle-aged white man, clean-shaven, seated, with musical score on his lap" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Benjamin_Britten%2C_London_Records_1968_publicity_photo_for_Wikipedia.jpg/220px-Benjamin_Britten%2C_London_Records_1968_publicity_photo_for_Wikipedia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="236" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="665"> Britten in 1968, by Hans Wild
Born	22 November 1913; Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Died	4 December 1976 (aged 63); Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Occupation	Composer
Works	List of compositions

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wedding

Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

It is impossible to be married in 1901 and born in 1913 85.62.46.174 (talk) 01:51, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

It is however possible to be born in 1913 to parents who married in 1901. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:54, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

his contemporaries

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

His contemporaries 197.237.216.64 (talk) 18:01, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

RfC about the Infobox

Latest comment: 1 year ago5 comments2 people in discussion

CLOSED

It's not clear what the editor was asking with this RfC and the editor has been blocked. With no clarification there's no need for further discussion. Nemov (talk) 04:08, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Following both previous discussions from Talk:Benjamin_Britten/Archive_1#Infobox and Talk:Benjamin_Britten/Archive_2#Hidden comments, should this composer article, along with the honourific title "The Right Honourable, The Lord Britten" to the infobox? Surveyor Mount 11:41, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

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@Surveyor Mount:, can you clarify what you are requesting? Do you want to include "The Right Honourable, The Lord Britten" to the current article, or add an infobox that includes "The Right Honourable, The Lord Britten?" Nemov (talk) 17:29, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

This can be included honorific titles per MOS:HONORIFIC (e.g. Sir) within | honorific_prefix = parameter. Surveyor Mount 02:36, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

@Surveyor Mount: this article doesn't include an infobox. An infobox would have to be added before a discussion about that parameter could take place or you could propose an infobox similar to this example including the honorific prefix, but if so you should reformat this RfC with that specific proposal. I hope this helps, Thanks! - Nemov (talk) 03:13, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Adding an infobox

Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I added an infobox, but Nikkimaria got rid of it. Why is infobox adding so hard? Talk:Benjamin Britten/Archive 1#Infobox, which the hidden comment linked to, seemed to suggest that there is a consensus that has developed against using popular music infoboxes on articles about composers (even though Talk:Benjamin Britten/Archive 2#Hidden comments suggests that it has a chilling effect on editors who don't understand that Wikiprojects have no standing to demand that an infobox may not be added), but I don't understand. Can someone explain? IMHO, infoboxes are good, and every article should have an infobox if a suitable infobox template exists, because they help present key info at a glance (for readers who don't want to read through the entire article); they're sometimes also used on other websites as well (eg Google search results). Duckmather (talk) 18:42, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Some of the arguments relevant to the archived comment are linked from here if you are interested in the background. The applicable guideline notes that such templates are neither required nor prohibited. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:06, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

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