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Trinidad(ian) vs Trinidad and Tobago

@FreeEncyclopediaMusic: Please use the talk page instead of repeatedly editing the article. Onus is on the person making the change.

It's pretty simple though: the country's name is Trinidad and Tobago. Yes, something from Trinidad is "Trinidadian" the same way someone from New York is a New Yorker. But we use subnational entities to describe people, especially when those subnational entities have no legal standing. (This isn't like English vs British - England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom. There is no political entity called Trinidad. Guettarda (talk) 14:57, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

General Incompleteness of the biography from 1970 onwards.

Biography is incomplete from 1970 onwards. There is large gaps in chronology. Also, major works and the creative ideation behind them are missing. Personal life should have been a separate paragraph with two distinct sections - his partners and the background of his family. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.245.86.244 (talk) 04:20, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, at least I am aware of it. Much personal life appears in his biography, for example, his family background; his relationship with the woman who was to became his first wife, Patty Hale; Shiva Naipaul; his father; and so forth. Have it in my mind to complete the biography. Thanks. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 10:28, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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India

With regards to Jhy.rjwk's edits, I don't support adding this to the lead as is, but it does make me think that we could use a section that delves into thematic patterns in Naipaul's work. After all, the Indian subcontinent (predominantly, but not only India), the Caribbean, and Africa are his three major areas of focus. But before we add information about the to the lead, we need to ensure that we have reliably-sourced information about this in the body of the article. And obviously, India shouldn't be singled out - that creates NPOV issues - but I could see it included with these other topics.

We can't do that without sourcing, obviously, and we can't do that without adding an appropriate section. But I think it's an interesting possibility if this is something Jhy.rjwk would want to work on. Pinging Fowler&fowler and Grueslayer. Guettarda (talk) 20:19, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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+== India ==
+With regards to {{u|Jhy.rjwk}}'s edits, I don't support adding this to the lead as is, but it does make me think that we could use a section that delves into thematic patterns in Naipaul's work. After all, the Indian subcontinent (predominantly, but not only India), the Caribbean, and Africa are his three major areas of focus. But before we add information about the to the lead, we need to ensure that we have reliably-sourced information about this in the body of the article. And obviously, India shouldn't be singled out - that creates NPOV issues - but I could see it included with these other topics.
+We can't do that without sourcing, obviously, and we can't do that without adding an appropriate section. But I think it's an interesting possibility if this is something Jhy.rjwk would want to work on. Pinging {{u|Fowler&fowler}} and {{u|Grueslayer}}. [[User:Guettarda|Guettarda]] ([[User talk:Guettarda|talk]]) 20:19, 11 May 2022 (UTC)