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It was revealed in "The Picts and the Martyrs" that her name is actually Ruth, but she adopted the name Nancy when her Uncle Jim (aka Captain Flint) pointed out that pirates should be ruthless. This ought to be mentioned, but I don't know where the best place to put it is, or if simply citing the book is sufficient.--78.149.162.219 (talk) 00:59, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Nancy Blackett#Primary topic? for the discussion. decltype
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We need to recover the old Talk pages (Talk:Nancy Blackett (character) ) which had extensive discussions about the subject. Whoever renamed the article left them behind. Dabbler (talk) 11:24, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
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(talk) 11:45, 12 October 2010 (UTC)Retagged as WP Children'sLiterature. See earlier discussion about page content at Talk:Nancy Blackett (cutter). --Mervyn (talk) 13:50, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Though Nancy is undoubtedly the strongest character amongst all the children in Ransome's books, it is notable that in their competition for leadership (in Swallows and Amazons) it is the male-led Swallows who prevail. (Though of course this is only achieved by Titty's cunning.) Similarly it is the pragmatic Dick Callum rather than his older sister Dorothea who always assumes leadership of the D's. Ransome seems disinclined to give titular leadership to a girl even when her age and/or disposition seems to warrant it.
It demeans Wikipedia that such an article could continue to exist.
- No other characters in the series have their own article - why should this one exist? - Ransome was an objectively awful writer, aware of a mere 4 adjectives. 'Worse' Russian writers from the C19th have no individual article. - The article is tantamount to fan fiction and myopic sycophancy. Reasons previously given for non-deletion are not satisfactory. - does Jim Dixon have his own article? Or are you suggesting that Ransome, by virtue of your own patronage, is objectively superior to Kingsley Amis? How about we make articles for all of Rowling's transparent aberrations? - Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.179.247 (talk) 19:08, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
Hardly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.179.247 (talk) 18:34, 10 January 2011 (UTC)