Talk:Sue Grafton

message: What happened to G in her bibliography books?? 66.245.112.178 23:40, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: What about G

message: Is there any way to reword them to be less "pulpy"? -- nae'blis (talk) 16:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  summaries read like press releases 

message: Has she given any indication of what she will do if and when she gets to Z? Nil Einne 21:38, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the end of the line is Z is for ZeroVanhorn (talk) 09:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happens after Z 

message: What editor out there has a problem with listing Sue Grafton's acceptance of a Chair for Literature at our school. Every time a student adds the information, an editor (could only be from a rival school already on Wikipedia) deletes the information. For Pete sake, Wikipedia won't even allow our school a listing. What kind of prejudice are we experiencing here? What, you don't like high schools or what? Somebody at Wikipedia is wearing a hair shirt for Linda Christas Academy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.227.237 (talk • contribs) 
I'm not the editor that has done the removals, but I support them whole heartedly.  Why?  Because when I spoke with one of the then current members of the board, Alison Jiear, I found that her involvement with Linda Christas had consisted of the following conversation:  "Do you want to be listed as a board member of our school?"  "Sure, why not".  Total length of involvement:  2 minutes, tops.  I can only assume that the other "board members" are listed for similar exchanges.  A casual conversation on that level hardly rates any sort of focus on a Wikipedia bio.  If what I said doesn't apply to other board members, then let me know and I'll contact them for verification as well. - Richfife 19:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linda Christas 

message: I was wondering if the style of novel title that Sue Grafton uses, (i.e., A is for Alibi, B is for … etc) can be trademarked or copyrighted.  My understanding is that titles can't be copyrighted but could they be considered a trademark of hers. 
Does anyone know what is the case here?--Dmol (talk) 13:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, and even if it could it's hardly her invention. R is for Rocket and S is for Space are just two of the dozens of earlier books using this form of title. - Dravecky (talk) 14:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can this style of title be trademarked. 

message: I've added short articles with infoboxes and references for each of the 17 "alphabet" novels that still needed them.  I've also created a handy Sue Grafton novels navigational template, a category for the novels of Sue Grafton, and wikified where I could in the existing articles.  I feel confident that there are many other editors who can add on to this jumpstart and encourage them to jump in to expand these articles. - Dravecky (talk) 14:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Novels of Sue Grafton

message: I just removed somebody's speculative title for the 22nd book in the Alphabet Series.  Per this interview with her local newspaper about a week ago, Grafton is still only partially done with the novel and no title has been set.  Until an official announcement is made (and, based on this, it will be many months from now, at the earliest) please refrain from posting unsourced speculation to this article. - Dravecky (talk) 05:11, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: V is for...

message: Did'nt she write at least one short story ?  Jon Ascton  (talk) 18:08, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Short Story

message: I was bothered by the quotation marks in the titles, they didn't seem right. So I went to the shelf and learned that they are half right, they were used through "L" is for Lawless, but from M forward there are no quotation marks in the titles. I made a quick pass through and deleted the incorrect ones, then undid it when I realized it broke the links on those titles.
Sorry, it's late and I don't have the energy to change that much today. Maybe later, or maybe somebody else will fix it?
VanVanhorn (talk) 09:37, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The quotation marks may be absent from the stylized dust jacket art but they are present on the books' actual title pages, page headers, and publisher listings. Even if you don't have the books at hand, you can see these on Amazon's "look inside" feature.  There's an old saying about judging a book by its cover... - Dravecky (talk) 18:24, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotation Marks 

message: Note 4 now seems to be a dead link.  I once knew how to flag these, but no longer.  Got that Sometimer's Syndrome, aka CRS.  Anyhoo, this needs fixed or removed.  Wish I could help.  Thanks.  Rags (talk) 10:04, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Add  to future dead links, for the record. I'll take a look at this one. - Dravecky (talk) 10:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The following has been moved from  CAWylie's (Wyliepedia) talk page. Feel free to chime in (regarding COD in her infobox):
===Grafton infobox===
Thanks for reverting my mistaken addition of Sue Grafton's mother to her infobox. I was not aware of that notability restriction. --Thnidu (talk) 16:02, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You're welcome. It's more of a guideline than restriction. Most infobox data is overlooked and/or accepted, but her article is still relevant, due to the incomplete alphabet series. — Wyliepedia 16:07, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The guideline for COD states that it "should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability, e.g. James Dean, John F. Kennedy. It should not be filled in for unremarkable deaths such as those from old age or routine illness". This indicates that it should not be included in this case. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:08, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: But a family history of cancer isn't a "routine illness". — Wyliepedia 23:47, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Er... given the prevalence of cancer I would absolutely argue it qualifies as a routine illness, but nevertheless it certainly doesn't have significance for her notability. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:44, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

text: I don't see cancer as really "significant for the subject's notability" either.  SnowFire (talk) 04:25, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox formatting. 

message: Thanks for reverting my mistaken addition of Sue Grafton's mother to her infobox. I was not aware of that notability restriction. --Thnidu (talk) 16:02, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You're welcome. It's more of a guideline than restriction. Most infobox data is overlooked and/or accepted, but her article is still relevant, due to the incomplete alphabet series. — Wyliepedia 16:07, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The guideline for COD states that it "should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability, e.g. James Dean, John F. Kennedy. It should not be filled in for unremarkable deaths such as those from old age or routine illness". This indicates that it should not be included in this case. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:08, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: But a family history of cancer isn't a "routine illness". — Wyliepedia 23:47, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Er... given the prevalence of cancer I would absolutely argue it qualifies as a routine illness, but nevertheless it certainly doesn't have significance for her notability. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:44, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

text: I don't see cancer as really "significant for the subject's notability" either.  SnowFire (talk) 04:25, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Grafton infobox

message: I propose merging Kinsey Millhone into this article. Much of that article is in-universe fictography and the remainder is duplicated over here. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 03:05, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: I could have sworn I once saw a very informative Kinsey Millhone Wikipedia page. But any attempt to go there only returns to a section of Sue Grafton's page. It looks like the item immediately above this one discussed removing it and then did so. But that page had a lot more that doesn't appear to be covered elsewhere in Wikipedia, and I had been referring to it as I've made my way through the series. I found the link at Web Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230530053940/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Millhone
RSLitman (talk) 18:04, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kinsey Millhone Wikipedia Page