How ‘Sherlock of the library’ cracked the case of Shakespeare’s identity

Re:How ‘Sherlock of the library’ cracked the case of Shakesp... by kobeya on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:05PM (#13359784)

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, and I have no doubt that Shakespeare from Stratford and Shakespeare the actor and playwright are the same. But your comment is nothing more than an appeal to authority. "I'm from Oxford and I say so." Please try to do better than that.

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Re:How ‘Sherlock of the library’ cracked the case of Shakesp... by jameshart on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:17PM (#13359890)

In this context, I suspect the word 'Oxfordian' might better be interpreted in this sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordian_theory_of_Shakespear... (for what it's worth, people from Oxford or affiliated with the university would be unlikely to refer to themselves as 'Oxfordian'. If they want to be cute, they might go with 'Oxonian'.)

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Re:How ‘Sherlock of the library’ cracked the case of Shakesp... by QuercusMax on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:23PM (#13359922)

In that case it would seem to completely change the meaning of catilina's post - in my first reading, I was under the impression that they were attempting to debunk the it-wasn't-written-by-Shakespeare position. The confusing wording (goats and goat farms) is easy to overlook.

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Re:How ‘Sherlock of the library’ cracked the case of Shakesp... by kobeya on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:12PM (#13361286)

Yes it would have been better to clarify that in the comment.

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