Talk:David Eddings

message: He grew up in Puget Sound?  In the water? -- Zoe
Puget Sound also refers to the area not just the body of water. Ahkaris (talk) 18:13, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth location 

message: I noticed that the epic fantasy link is broken. I have changed the link (but kept its appearance) to send the user to high fantasy. I understand the possibility that some might see a difference between the two genres, but as Eddings himself is listed on the high fantasy page I see little reason to differentiate. I apologize for taking such initiative (if it is unwarranted) but I am new to wikipedia. Reediewes 01:40, May 8, 2005 (UTC)
I went through and infoboxed all of the pages, based on what was on them, followed by info off of Amazon.  I also cleared up some issues where links to individual books weren't being redirected to the series, i.e., the first book of the Dreamers and the first book of the Belgariad had thier own pages, without anything that wasn't on the main series page, while the rest of them redirected themselves; this has been fixed.  Figured I'd write this on the main Eddings page, rather than each individual series page. PresN 19:57, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link 

message: I just thought that it would be nice if we had some hyperlinks directing to the books, that's all. Lady Nimue of the Lake 07:31, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some hyperlinks...? 

message: The front page is wrong, it shows Regina's song under the standalone fantasy novels section, however following the link shows it to be a Mystery non-fantasy novel
:Actually, if you read Regina's Song, it starts as a non-fantasy murder mystery, but the ending (i'm not gonna give away any spoilers here) is definently a fantasy novel. --Quadraxis 18:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake 

message: This article just seems to have a dissapproving tone to it.  Now admittedly I'm a huge fan of Eddings' work, but it seems that the author of the article just can't let go of Eddings' lack of acknowledgement of his wife's help.  It also becomes more and more obvious as you continue reading that the author seems to have gotten most of his/her information from negative reviews and/or "Sparknotes" style sources, and has probably only actually read the Belgariad and maybe some of the Mallorean. Ahkaris (talk) 18:22, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone 

message: I'm going to be controversial and ask a question about other articles in this one(I'm a rebel like that :P ). Now that it's pretty much out in the open that Leigh Eddings was co-writer on all of David Eddings' books should we give credit to Leigh Eddings on the individual pages for the books and series where she doesn't get cover recognition or not? at present they mostly just state "written by David Eddings." would it be overstating her involvement to say "written by David and Leigh Eddings? Elmo 20:23, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we give co-author credit or not? 

message: --68.161.190.120 (talk) 05:10, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article reads like an advertisement 

message: Quoted from the article: Despite the luke warm anticipation awaiting the publication of ‘The Younger Gods,’  David Eddings still remains one of the most respected and successful authors of modern fantasies.  Hundreds of fan sites now exist as a tribute to his work, along with several role-playing games, fan clubs and forums dedicated to his work.  Heavy metal band Elenium not only derived their name from his work, but also base most of their songs around the fantastical sagas that David and his wife create together.
This does not at all elaborate on the actual novel and would better be suited in another part of the article. 90.230.54.138 (talk) 21:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Dreamers" does not describe the series 

message: I started a page in my user space about the fictional locations in Eddings' works. Anyone else want to add something, think it's a bad/good idea, anything? I don't know what I am going to do with it. Even though it is in my user space, fiddle with it. If I don't get a response soon, I may just have it deleted. - LA @ 16:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A start on the fictional locations in Eddings' work, anyone else want to work on it? 

message: I've removed basically the entire section on the Belgariad and the Malloreon. At first glance, it's almost entirely pulled from http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/David_Eddings. Even if they pulled their text from this article (and there's a chance they did), the text that was here was pretty awful. No article on Wikipedia should have the following text:
The entire section was filled with pure OR text. It looks like it came from a book review or something. I'm going to think about how to rewrite that section, but until then, I think it just needs to be links to the main pages. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 16:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Severe cleanup 

message: The section on "characters" mentions that Eddings' writing (and stereotyping in particular) has been construed by some people to be akin to (or at least bordering on) racism. The link that supports this claim goes to a somewhat less than professional site, whereby an apparently random guy named Mike gives his opinion on a particular series of Eddings novels. 
While I'm all for people writing their own reviews of books and movies they've read, I hardly think any old guy's blog counts as a reputable enough source to be used as a reference on Wikipedia. In addition, the reviewer hardly does himself any credit as far as legitimacy is concerned when in at least one place he refers to the books as "films".
Whilst I agree with the "bordering on racism" comment (not personally, but I do agree that some people might feel that way), I think the reference itself is not suitable and should be replaced with another. Thoughts? Does anyone have a more reputable source that supports this claim?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christianbrenner (talk • contribs) 01:24, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters 

message: Is there any real benefit to having "Works" and Bibliography? They appear to just be the same data presented differently, and can (should) be merged.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.23.112.45 (talk) 19:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redundant 

message: He's dead, all right; see his sister-in-law's Facebook :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by PatriciaT (talk • contribs) 00:44, June 3, 2009
Seeing internet chatter about DE's death, including the bottom first one (unsigned and with a smiley face) and this
--JustJimWillDo (talk) 12:50, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death? 

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Hello, New to all of this but I have added reference to his Cherokee ancestry. (James Thomas Eddings srsos@hotmail.com)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srsos01 (talk • contribs) 17:00, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
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message: I'm not sure of the wikipedia standard for this, but do we need to detail what sort of abuse it was? I immediately assumed sexual abuse (becuase that's what is normally reported in the media), but then it seems to be violent abuse? Like belting a child/corporal punishment? Deathlibrarian (talk) 06:15, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a link to physical abuse, which will hopefully make this clearer while avoiding making the entry a lot longer. Dan Bloch (talk) 15:42, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Please contact me I am the adopted daughter Kathleen. I have more proof. Sawyer Faith (talk) 01:02, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi @Sawyer Faith, please read WP:NOTNEWS. Avishai11 (talk) 02:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
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