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Locking article?

69.217.132.90 had recently done false revisions to make the article match the popular memes going around. Should this article be locked until the fuss dies down? Opalview (talk) 22:24, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BoldCOUCH 2603:8090:1504:278A:F6FC:E429:C41A:E6AA (talk) 14:31, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but maybe? It's up to the admins 2603:8090:1504:278A:F6FC:E429:C41A:E6AA (talk) 14:31, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Author name

Why is the author cited as JD Vance and not J.D.Vance or his full name as that's what's on the book covers 109.81.94.220 (talk) 13:06, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point. Perhaps a solution might be to amend the article to state that the author of the book is James David Vance. There's a Wikipedia redirect in place for the full name to the Wikipedia bio article, under JD Vance, so the Wikipedia connection will still be active. 202.86.32.122 (talk) 01:24, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Error on “Hillbilly Elegy” page

“ Vance was born and raised in Middletown, where his mother and her family had moved”. Actually his maternal grandparents moved to Ohio before his mother was born. 93.66.125.241 (talk) 16:19, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How is this entire book treated as fact?

Are we just completely looking past the fact that people misremember or flat out lie about things like, all the time. Has anybody done any fact checking here? 2604:3D09:D78:1000:3719:5595:7103:9742 (talk) 21:06, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Renewed attention

This attention is massively undue weight, considering it's all about something not in the book. Perhaps prune everything except the first and last sentences. St Anselm (talk) 00:00, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]