Talk:Ian Fleming

Latest comment: 2 months ago by Johnbod in topic Military career
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Semi-protected edit request on 8 September 2023

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Request that Robert Fleming (financier) be added as Ian Fleming's grandfather under "relatives" DingleTingles (talk) 00:38, 8 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. voorts (talk/contributions) 02:48, 8 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
Ian Fleming is listed as Robert Fleming's grandson on Robert Fleming's page. isn't that enough?PhilomenaO'M (talk) 20:05, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
No. Wikipedia articles are not reliable sources. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:04, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Origin of Flemming estate name Goldeneye.

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The 1941 Carson McCullers novel Goldeneye is set on a US Army base in the state of Georgia. There is no reference to the use of British naval bases in the Caribbean by the US navy (ref 67). I did check the book. 2001:999:50C:847E:5F6F:B612:CED1:1C4F (talk) 09:04, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2024

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Add the following, currently missing information:

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The movies The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Operation Mincemeat both depict Fleming, working as naval intelligence officer, as a minor character. Swedishreview100 (talk) 17:18, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Not done for now: This article currently has no "In popular culture" subsection. Per WP:POPCULTURE, adding such a section should be treated with care, and adding minor character appearances might be considered unencyclopedic trivia. Do you have sources to reference that discuss in more detail his specific appearance in the films? Consider in which existing section they're better suited, and if it is actually relevant to include in the article. CloakedFerret (talk) 02:17, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Military career

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He was a high ranking and key military intelligence official during the biggest war in history. Why is that buried deep in the article? Jozsefs (talk) 08:39, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Buried in the 2nd para of the lead? Johnbod (talk) 03:49, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

As an intelligence officer, he also did operation postmaster, which they’ve now made a movie about The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare 107.195.150.5 (talk) 03:33, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply