Talk:Johannes Gutenberg

article status as of early 2007

The WP article has lately been much improved, and the improvements have been merged into this version. DavidGoodman 20:21, 18 November 2006 (CST) The improvements through Dec.8 have also been included. DavidGoodman 22:20, 7 December 2006 (CST) However, the new Infobox did not work, probably because of the differences in templates. I have retained the old one, but I am not sure it will work better.DavidGoodman 22:23, 7 December 2006 (CST)

If this article was originally from WP, then make sure to check the "Content from Wikipedia?" box, unless you're the sole author of it over at WP.--Robert W King 13:24, 23 April 2007 (CDT)

I have unchecked the "from Wikipedia" because this article is undergoing substantial revision (or at least, I intend to do so very soon). I've added the article checklist and done basic cleanup, but I think it needs a good deal of work before it's ready for primetime. It needs better references for one thing. Also, I want to look up the issue of legal wrangling; I seem to recall that Gutenberg was tied up in court for years due to disputes over who really invented the press. Finally, I think the emphasis of the article can be improved to "tell the story" of this seminal invention, the politics surrounding it, and its importance in making written materials available to a larger public (written books were formerly done by hand and cost so much that only wealthy people and churches had them; the article as written does not capture the dramatic importance of this invention in history).Pat Palmer 13:31, 23 April 2007 (CDT)

Very good. Apologies! Thanks for the FYI.--Robert W King 13:51, 23 April 2007 (CDT)

not the first in movable metal type printing

I was getting into a discussion at Talk:Naval guns, and then I remembered - so I'm coming here now. Please see that discussion & then this link. here. Thanks. (Chunbum Park 21:22, 22 March 2008 (CDT))