Talk:Denis Wood

message: The 1998 News & Observer article mentions a book called "Soft Time in a Hard Place" that was supposedly to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
An Amazon page about one of Wood's books says "Wood's book about that experience, Soft Time in a Hard Place, was commissioned by John Hopkins University Press. It will be published in 2002."
His bio at ODT says "From 1996 to 1998 Wood served two years in prison. Wood’s book about that experience, My Kind of Time, was commissioned by John Hopkins University Press. It will be published in 2006 by Center for American Places."
The Center for American Places website lists "My Kind of Time" to be published as part of a series of "My Kind" books beginning in 2009, but there's no further information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.170.22.220 (talk) 13:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book on prison experience? 

message: The charge in law against Wood was "crimes against nature," by which NC law meant fellatio, and taking indecent liberties with a minor. If this legal history is relevant, and I don't disagree that it may be,it should be sourced not to a newspaper headline but to the charge in law.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomkoch (talk • contribs) 18:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Include information on arrest & incarceration? 

message: Please note:
I have proposed a new wiki be substituted for this page. The suggested substitution is at: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tomkoch/Denis_Wood.
The reason is two-fold. First, this page seems to do an inadequate job of describing, and deeply referencing, the work of its subject in the history of mapping and cartographic history. Secondly, it's focus on the subject's conviction, sourced only to newspaper stories, seems biased and out of proportion to the general thrust of Wood's intellectual work. 
 While I don't disagree with the inclusion of Wood's legal history it is very much secondary to the real contributions he has made to mapping as a social reality as well as a technical enterprise.
 I have therefore asked for, and suggested the new wiki replace this existing one.
 --Tomkoch (talk) 19:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: What you've written is a very worthy and significant effort, but it should be worked into (and clearly become the majority of), rather replace, what's there. Thanks, 65.246.126.130 (talk) 20:15, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Substitution 

message: This revision of the bio' of Denis Wood attempts to correct inaccuracies in the previous bio and to include material on Wood's writing and work. This is, after all, about a livinig Amering Writer and the bio' as presented had nothing on that. 
 
The earlier STUB ignores the  work of the American writer except for passing mention. That should be it's focus. Wikipedia guidelines insist that work on living authors focus on...their writing and work. The earlier biographer did not do that. I have attempted to add that material.
Other changes have been made to limit the likely hood of libel charges and to correct inaccuracies. These include: 
Inaccuracies include:
1. Wood was not charged with "molesting a minor". He was charged under NC law with "crimes against nature" (viz. fellatio) and "taking indecent liberties with a minor". This is a far cry from seven years of "molestation" reported by the prevous writer. A news headline is not a legal conviction or charge. 
2. Included here is the fact that Wood is not now on any national or state registry of sex offenders as he might be were the previous suggestion of seven years active moestation accurate. 
3. The "molestation" did not occur over seven years. The boy in question was closely associated with the Woods for seven years. The physical relations occurred over a period less than 18 months. It is this period that was described during the court proceedings.
3. It is unclear why the youth in question choose not to take up the wrestling scholarship the Woods helped him secure. Since it was to be at a school outside of Raleigh, and he was not named in public records, the "shame" was unlikely a reason. 
4. That no civil damages were awarded to the boy or his father is made to sound here as an accusation. The non-suit, non-damages is carries here an odor of innuendo and has no place in a StUB whose ostensible purpose is the biography of an american writer.
5. Wood's book on his prison experience is "in press" and scheduled for publication from The Center for American Places whose distributor is Univ. of Chicago Press. As the author of now 14 books I can attest that the road from accepted proposal to publication is often long. That it is scheduled for publication should be sufficient.
6. The author says Wood promised to publish three books on the prison experience. My memory of the news story is that it was one book, and that is the one mentioned above.  
--Tomkoch (talk) 19:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  STUB: Denis Wood, Changes.