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November 15, 2004Peer reviewReviewed
January 17, 2006Good article nomineeListed
August 8, 2007WikiProject peer reviewReviewed
June 13, 2009Good article reassessmentDelisted
April 14, 2010Good article nomineeListed
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Nationality

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Oscar Wilde was born in the United Kingdom to parents who were also born in the United Kingdom this makes Oscar Wilde British. This may be an inconvenient fact but it is still a fact. 2A00:23C7:63D9:700:AD0D:C056:6A6:22C2 (talk) 14:56, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you look in the archived chats, you'll see this is discussed. Halbared (talk) 08:58, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of sexual activities with underage boys

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This article does not mention Oscar Wilde's sexual exploitation of child prostitutes and other underage boys. Is this a deliberate omission? His activities are mentioned more extensively in articles about other people such as André Gide. Wiki875 (talk) 22:54, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Greatest playwright of the Victorian era?

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The phrase “Regarded by most commentators as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era” has been added to the first paragraph. In my opinion, only completely uncontroversial statements should be included in this paragraph. I do not consider this particular statement uncontroversial. Firstly, the citation is to one book by Frankel. Frankel does express the opinion that Wilde is the greatest playwright of the Victorian era, but this is one person’s opinion. Therefore “most commentators” is unjustified. Secondly, Frankel can hardly be considered neutral on this point: he is a Wilde scholar. There may well be scholars who specialise in other playwrights who would differ. At the risk of complicating the picture, I will also mention that this is a retrospective judgement: Wilde was not considered superior to his peers at the time, and although he may be considered superior to them today there is a risk that in stating he was “the greatest” readers will be led to believe he was also considered the greatest in his lifetime. Tamara Gardens (talk) 22:01, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]