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Article milestones Date Process Result November 1, 2011 Peer review Reviewed December 4, 2011 Good article nominee Listed May 25, 2014 Good article reassessment Delisted
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Why isn't there a picture of the cover of Diary of a Wimpy Kid? 68.76.120.240 17:36, 6 October 2007 (UTC)Kinz[reply]

It's called "copyright". Someone's gotta find a picture and a fair use rationale so we don't infringe on anything,because that would be bad. If Wikipedia infringes on a copyright, then a lawsuit would be in the process. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.152.143 (talk) 01:20, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid In Nominated On The Kids Choice Awards 2008 On On Favorite Book. So Could The "Awards" Category Be There Yet? CartoonSpot121 (talk) 21:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I read the second book and it states that Greg's mom's name is Susan heffely! --71.123.249.41 (talk) 00:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)Pocket[reply]

Please explain why

I haven't the vaguest idea. The only character who really deserves a page is Greg Heffley. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.202.143.136 (talk) 03:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

because an editor took the time to create the page. If you'd like there to be a page for the other characters, be "brave" and make it yourself! Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Rhodesisland (talk) 23:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jr.hype (talk • contribs) 16:43, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Every sentence starting with the character's name is very grating. Somebody fix that, please! 156.12.27.51 (talk) 01:24, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone have any confirmation about Greg's grade, Middle School starts in 6th grade (at least at my SD) but if book one is 6th grade and book 2/3 is 7th grade, after book 4, summer vacation, Greg would presumbly be entering 8th grade, but high school doesn't start at my SD until 9th grade, we could juggle around the facts but I don't think we can confirm whether or not Greg's starts 6th or 7th grade in book 1. Fishhead (talk) 21:21, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we can assume his grade levels unless the books specifically say, because different school districts have different arrangements. I know of districts with K-6 elementary schools with 7-8 middle schools and others with K-5 ES with 6-8 MS. So, I think, unless we can find diffinative evidence of specific grades mentioned, the best would be to continue to say just "middle school".Rhodesisland (talk) 22:58, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Someone vandalized this article so bad! At first, this had an article about the whole series, books being released in the future, all characters, the swear jar, and more. But someone vandalized it terribly.Please help me restore this article! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.105.113.181 (talk) 22:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The person who "vandilized" the page was actually taking out all of the phrases with out

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Shouldn't Fregley be on the character list?--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 01:33, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think he should because he is one of the characters. Impala2009 | Talk 15:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I say the following should happen:

• get rid of character section (or shorten it.) Some parts didn't even happen in this book , example: greg isn't called ploopy until the third.

• add a plot summary section

• make a new page called
  List of characters in Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
  .

I'd do it myself, but I only have the third one, the rest I donated to my school libray.

I think that this book is very good to read. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.146.50.3 (talk) 19:58, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing against you or fans of this book, but this page is for improvements that can be made to the article. Please take opinions to a fan site or something. Sorry! NessLord64 (talk) 21:08, 28 May 2009 (UTC)NessLord64[reply]

Also, this discussion page is not a forum. Impala2009 | Talk 15:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is one comic with noses? In the color section of comics, all of them didn't have noses. How did you know one of them have noses? Impala2009 | Talk 15:14, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your time. Chevy Impala 2009 20:32, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Someone deleted the plot. Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.64.182.93 (talk) 00:11, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was unreferenced and was terribly written. --Highspeedrailguy (talk) 18:45, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your addition to Diary of a Wimpy Kid has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. The Plot section appears to match multiple Internet pages which predate the edit. There is no attribution to an external source or indication that this is a quote. Google search: selection from Plot.SBaker43 (talk) 03:22, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't understand this line, "When Greg confesses, Greg is kicked out, and Rowley is promoted." "kicked out" of what and "promoted" in what? Did I miss the initial reference?Rhodesisland (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Removed

Heffley 23:35, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply

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http://www.parade.com/news/2011/03/20-table-of-contents.html mentions a Parade article called "The Wonderful World of Wimpy" (Browne, David) beginning in page 8 of the Sunday March 20, 2011 Parade WhisperToMe (talk) 15:50, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Diary of a Wimpy Kid/GA1

Does anyone think this article is ready for FA?

that would be a premature nomination. you might have to expand it. see

WP:FACR for the criteria for an FA article. Koopatrev (talk) 04:57, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply

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The plot description is 2-3 sentences long. I'd like it to be longer.--67.85.2.100 (talk) 19:32, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Diary of a Wimpy Kid/GA2

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I would like the Plot to be here.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.63.49.193 (talk) 13:42, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. --I am k6ka ^{Talk to me!} _{See what I have done} 16:51, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This Wikipage on this book series is the only one where the subtitle (unambiguous volume name) is not included in the page title. Of course, as the first book in this series, there was no ambiguity when it was first published (since the subsequent volumes did not then exist). However, there are now 10 books in the series and all, including the first volume, have unique subtitles (not to mention three films of the same title).
I have now twice renamed (moved) this page to Diary of a Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's journal and twice now two different editors have reverted my edit. I have absolutely no interest or desire to indulge in an edit war; but I fail to see why renaming this page to avoid ambiguity should be controversal ... especially since there are now 10 books and three films and a growing body of collateral stemming from this meme. In my humble opinion, and under the circumstances, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" should lead to a disambiguation page, not to what happens to be the first installment of this book series (not to mention the films of the same name, derived from the book series.
Furthermore, library catalog systems include the subtitle for the same reason, to uniquely identify the specific book volume, to wit:

• (WorldCat) Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
• (LibHub) Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
• (Books A Million) Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal

Enquire (talk) 01:15, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, I responded to the question of the editor who first reverted my page title change, here:

• User_talk:Harryhenry1#Diary_Of_A_Wimpy_Kid_-_Greg_Heffley.27s_Journal

However, I did not receive a reply to my response. So, I think this is a discussion that should properly be opened on the talk page.

Enquire (talk) 01:20, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

requested move discussion so that an independent closer can assess the consensus in a week or two. You can find the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting a single page move or Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting multiple page moves if you also think Diary of a Wimpy Kid (disambiguation) should be moved to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, too. Let me know if you need a hand with any of that and sorry if it sounds a bit overly bureaucratic. Jenks24 (talk) 07:45, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply

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Source: http://www.wimpykid.com/about-the-author/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.205.45.74 (talk) 16:46, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

there are a few mistakes that are in this wiki and I want to fix them. there are also some information not recorded in this wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.64.40.193 (talk) 10:11, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Terrible mistakes that you guys did 1. There are some characters that you didn't include that is vital, eg. Patty 2. You should have said about The Cheese earlier, like how Darren Welsh touched the cheese 3. The neighbour was Mrs Irvine, who has mistaken Greg as Rowley, NOT THE VICE PRINCIPLE