Talk:Robert Sheckley

message: Should Sheckley's novels be considered slapstick?  Lefty 15:32, 2004 Feb 21 (UTC)
Describing Sheckley's books as slapstick is debatable, I think. I'm going to mull this over for future modification. Additional comments on the subject welcome! kjfasimpaur 14:06, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been reported that Robert Sheckley died. I'm not going to add that information until confirmation and I ask others don't either. General sources for things like this are Locus Online and the SFWA News--T. Anthony 17:55, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As there is now an obituary up at this  SFWA News link, the information can probably be added to the article now by someone who wishes to. Brendan 19:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Slapstick

message: "His novel Dimension of Miracles is often cited as an influence on Douglas Adams, although in an interview for Neil Gaiman's book Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Companion, Adams claimed not to have read it until after writing The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy."
Perhaps it is my imperfect grasp of the English language (I am a native Dutch speaker), but to me this sounds like the author thinks Adams was lying. "Cite" sounds more authoritative to me than a mere "claim". But perhaps I am seeing things that aren't there?--82.92.181.129 03:53, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "cited" v. "claimed" 

message: I would like to do some work on this article. One thing that strikes me is the large number of redlinks to works of fiction and the links to years (or, in some case, xxxx in fiction). Would anybody mind if I removed these? The redlinks are probably not realistic (if somebody seriously intends to write these in the near future I'll hold off), and the year links add little. --Guinnog 15:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Too many low-value links

message: I would like to take out the references to Mr. Sheckley's marriages and stick to his career.  I don't see the particular relevance for scholarship by opening discussions about his private life in this case.  Also, I would like to add more about Condorman and Freejack, and his years as editor at Omni - there is some career material that is lacking.  I'd also like to add a better picture - one that makes him look alive.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnVHenley (talk • contribs) 22:21, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Mentioning a person's marriages and children is not a "discussion about their private life", it's standard procedure in biographies. For example, our article on Johann Sebastian Bach mentions his two marriages and lists his children, as does the article on Bach in New Grove (which covers the topic in much more detail, too) and nobody ever complained about either. I can't see why Sheckley should be an exception. It's not like we're starting a gossip column here. As for career material that is lacking, you're very welcome to add anything, provided you have reliable sources; at some point I tried very hard to find those to expand this article (which was in an even worse state before I worked on it), and failed. Also, the photograph is indeed horrible, but Wikipedia only allows using copyright-free or CC-licensed pictures, and none surfaced so far. A copyrighted image may be useable under fair use, but we would have to include publisher and photographer information, and again, I've tried finding suitable pictures with that information intact, and found none. --Jashiin (talk) 22:48, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

text: Sure, contact me if you need any help. You can use my talk page to do that. But getting material in is usually easy, provided it's cited; your previous edits were reverted because you deleted a lot of information and haven't given any explanation, such edits always look suspicious. And I'm pretty think the problem you describe ("was married every other year") will go away on its own if more material is added. Finally, you don't have to contact anyone in order to edit articles, per WP:OWN nobody "owns" any articles, they're all collaborative efforts. But some substantial edits, like massive deletions or addition of uncited material, usually require some sort of explanation in the edit summary at least, or a discussion at the article's talk page. --Jashiin (talk) 21:01, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Less Personal Information, More Career 

message: Is there a good reason to have a list of "short story collections" followed by a list of "short story compilations"?  I don't understand the difference, especially as the only Wikilinked "compilation" is described on its own page as a "collection".  Can these lists be merged? Pastychomper (talk) 13:49, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collections vs compilations 

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message: If it has any sense, I think, it should be mentioned that Robert Sheckley's stories and novels were extremely popular in USSR. He is still one of the most popular science fiction writers in post-soviet countries.178.68.90.2 (talk) 03:10, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you know of a source for this? Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 03:19, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popularity in Soviet Union