Talk:Danielle Steel

message: After reading the phrase "like a Danielle Steel novel" twice, I decided to find out who Danielle Steel was.  Unfortunately this page was not very helpful - its content is almost a verbatam copy of the biography distributed by Danielle Steel herself.  Would someone who knows better please add some critical analysis?
"Steel maintains a strong interest in the well-being of children, and has raised nine of her own. She has been married five times, and is currently single."
"This was followed by a brief second marriage to a convicted rapist and she soon found herself pregnant out of wedlock with her second child by the heroin addicted William Toth."  
Sounds like she's very interested in the well being of her children.  Also I heard that her books were complete crap.  Romance stories for morons at Wal-Mart.
: I wouldn't disagree, but Wikipedia isn't a forum for literary criticism. You may feel strongly that her books are drivel, but you aren't Harold Bloom, so it isn't encyclopedic. If a well-known critic said something about her style, we could write about that and remain NPOV. Unfortunately, genre authors like Steel are usually ignored by critics and biographers, so the only resources we have to go on are their own official biographies. Bhumiya (said/done) 05:17, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Wikipedia isn't a forum for literary criticism". Not true at all. When reporting on literature, Wikipedia should report on how a writer's been critically received (with appropriate citations, of course). In fact, this article falls very short of giving a clear indication of what Danielle Steel's writing is like, what her best works are thought to be (and by whom), or how significant she is to the development of literature. If she's so widely read, surely there's merit in exploring such questions. QuartierLatin1968  22:18, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I did not say that literary criticism has no place on on Wikipedia, merely it Wikipedia isn't a forum for literary criticism of our own. While it includes opinions, these opinions are not our own, and that's what I'm arguing against. While we should provide as much information as we can about an author's appraisal by third-party critics, we should not offer our own comments or analysis. This is not controversial: see Wikipedia:No original research. Bhumiya (said/done) 02:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Critical analysis request

message: This whole article needs specific references, particularly in the areas I identified. -- Jreferee 22:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Footnotes needed

message: In response to a notice on the BLP Noticeboard, and in compliance with WP:BLP, I removed all unsourced negative claims, as well as what I considered to be too much detailed personal information, which was largely also unsourced. There are still some statements that should be sourced, but are not what could be considered libel or an invasion of privacy. If someone can source those statements, please do so. I may have been heavy handed in removing all of the ex husbands's names, if some of them are notable people, they might be able to be reincluded, but should be sourced. Please do not revert my changes until you have reviewed WP:BLP carefully. Crockspot 19:21, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This material remains undocumented in the article and has been removed. DGG 21:12, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:BLPN|BLP Noticeboard]] response

message: hey this is april and i was wondering when you were born and what your whole life was like in a way that my readers can understand —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.16.89.5 (talk) 17:40, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Danielle Steel has nothing to do with this article. I suggest you check with her publishers if you have questions about her life. --Charlene 10:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  goodday ---can you help me? 

message: I went through and sourced the article, and then reorganized it into a more chronological order.  I couldn't think of good subheading titles, so please change those if you can think of something better.   Let's also try to refrain from putting in any more unsourced comments.  Karanacs 19:58, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Cleanup

message: The page on Ms Steel suggests she was born in both New York City and San Francisco at the same time. 
:As of  this still isn't resolved.  The cited source says New York; I don't know if the mentions of San Francisco reflect differing sources or just vandalism.  (Note that the birth place is mentioned three places). Kingdon 18:42, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth place 

message: Far be it from me to criticize the Guinness Book of Records, but there is no consecutive string of 381 or 390 weeks during which Steel was on the NYT Best-Seller List.  The proof is here: http://www.hawes.com/pastlist.htm.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.17.115 (talk) 17:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My best guess would be that the Guinness numbers include both hardback and paperback bestsellers.  I'm not familiar with the Hawes site, but I assume it lists only hardbacks. Karanacs 17:26, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guinness inaccuracy 

message: "In 2006 Steel reached an agreement with Elizabeth Arden to launch a new perfume, called "Danielle by Danielle Steel." The new fragrance, made of mandarin, jasmine, orchid, rose, amber, and musk scents, is available only in select stores. The target audience for the fragrance is readers of Steel's novels, and she believes that the new scent reflects her characters, saying "fragrances represent so many aspects of like that my characters experiences - commitment, love, and emotion."[21]
Does this not sound like blatant advertising?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.94.144.181 (talk) 19:44, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: um.

message: Danielle Steel's novels are usually classified as either mainstream or romance (check libraries/bookstores).  "Romantic drama" is not usually considered a literary genre.  Please discuss here before changing again. Karanacs (talk) 21:57, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Genres

message: On the list of novels, it says that Season of Passion was published in 1980. Yet on the Season of Passion page, it says it was published in 1989. Which is it? --Mûĸĸâĸûĸâĸû 04:55, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Season of Passion 

message: how to put her picture in this article.can anyone do it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muzammil901 (talk • contribs) 12:18, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: I think this article can really use some work. Yes, some parts are poorly cited, but I think the entire article needs an overhaul.
* The Biography and Personal Life sections have no reason to be separate as they are currently written
* The Personal Life section contains many professional tidbits
* There is really no overall story about her professional career
* Should probably be a separate section for her accolades/awards/honors, or maybe get rid of them all together
* Can the list of her novels be reformatted so it's several columns or something?
* Novels list should probably be in the same format as the other lists, no?
* A picture would be nice, but probably hard to get, seeing as she doesn't make public appearances  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fnordware (talk • contribs) 00:49, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flagged for cleanup 

message: The sales total of 800 million is dated 2005. Might be time for an update. 109.154.3.28 (talk) 12:58, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating sales figures? 

message: In the View History, my contribution has been appended with 'BLP issue or vandalism'. I cannot see how any of this material could be viewed as sensitive or controversial. 109.154.28.125 (talk) 21:19, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended lede 18/9/12 

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message: Hello,
I would like to request this article to consider mentioning the reality where the author's name is Danielle Steele, with an e at the end. There are plenty of hard copy sources for this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/154930084@N08/albums/72157689854269574
There are also some online sources, where the two renditions are used side by side: 
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/danielle-steele-interview-glamour-life-books-desk-diet-twitter-a8908391.html
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a27321374/danielle-steele-christian-dior-dress/
I am one of the people who remembers her as Steele, although I don't own any of her books. I would like this view included in the article.
05:11, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Danielle Steele/Alternate timeline 

message: When this article says that her works have been translated into 43 languages, it could point out that according to the Index Translationum, she is the sixth most translated author, after Agatha Christie, Jules Verne, William Shakespeare, Enid Blyton and Barbara Cartland. Vorbee (talk) 17:54, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Index Translationum

message: "Together they had five children, Samantha, Victoria, Vanessa, Maxx, and Zara"
this passage above, it said 5 children, but if all children were male then they were sons, if female then they were daughters.
The problem is what is the gender of Maxx? 182.253.54.120 (talk) 10:40, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  gender of maxx?