Talk:Dav Pilkey

message: I tried to clean it up somewhat - it was totally disorganized and littered with obviously false joke statements and NPOV interjections - but it's still pretty atrocious, and I'm not sure how much of it is true.  Ugh. -Elmer Clark 04:38, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: May you can see id the info is right online like on http://pilkey.com/ or go on other sites. --Gemini531 22:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I'll try to clean it because I'm a fan of him but I'm really busy now doing other clean up. he iz so kool - Cute 1 4 u 01:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Couldn't really clean it up but i'll add the tag.-- Cute 1 4 u  07:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

text: what do u mean it needs to be givin more info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.153.198.189 (talk) 00:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This page needs serious work 

message: Why does this article redirect from "Sue Denim"? There's no mention of it on this page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.87.162.208 (talk) 12:21, 3 May 2007
:Pilkey used the pseudonym Sue Denim as the author of his Dumb Bunnies series. --Oddharmonic 04:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sue Denim? 

message: In the beginning of the article, it says he wrote the Captain Underpants and The Adventures of Super Diaper baby at age 12. Is this right? --Firesun 14:29, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No it is not right. He started writing about Captain Underpants and "Diaper Man" at age 8. "Diaper Man" eventually became both a hero and a villain in Dav's books.  He became the villainous Dr. Diaper in the first Captain Underpants epic novel and the heroic Super Diaper Baby in the epic graphic novel The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.189.10.62 (talk) 02:58, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this right?

message: Does anybody know anything about the release date of any of Dav's next books? The last C.U. book was released in 2006, and his website hasn't been updated since then. >_> 114.77.6.119 (talk) 08:40, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Release dates

message: The quotation needs to be properly cited, or paraphrased.  If keeping as a quote, it should be framed as a cquote.  Better to paraphrase and cite the actual publication containing this quotation.Trashbird1240 (talk) 20:47, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotation from The Educational Book & Media Association 

message: I've reasonably authenticated via OTRS that the request made above by the unregistered user is in fact a genuine request by the subject. Agents can access the communications at . I've removed the information pursuant to WP:BLPSOURCES and WP:BLPGOSSIP. While this information has been published in a book, it is disputed by the subject and has not been independently covered in other reliable sources. The subject has agreed to add a brief biography which can then be archived for posterity, but while we're waiting for those changes I believe removal is justified. I'll update here when I have additional verification to offer. LFaraone 17:14, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: See http://pilkey.com/#meet-dav , archived at http://www.webcitation.org/6IBtF8KMc. LFaraone 23:53, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting.  Compare this and this profile from Greater Dayton public television, as well as the book that was cited.  Three reliable sources vs. an SPS.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:52, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

text: South Coast Today said in 2002 that they dated and lived "just down the street", which doesn't really jive with the Ohio Reading Road Trip article's statement that "they moved to Oregon together". In any case, I'm frankly confused why there is such persistence in discussing the subject's dating habits. LFaraone 19:39, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed with LFaraone's confusion on why there so much weight placed on inclusion of this set of details, not to mention that BLPs are not in the business of parroting everything that sources, even if they are reliable, have to say about their relations. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 20:13, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

text:  I agree that we don't need every detail in every article. For context: it may help to see which details the two parties agreed upon in older versions of their personal websites. http://web.archive.org/web/20021206054214/http://www.pilkey.com/abdavs.htm is an older copy of Pilkey's website (from 2002) it states states 1993 was the time both moved to Oregon. I'm pointing out that Pilkey's site, Rylant's site, and secondary sources can be cross-checked here, but again we don't have to include the minutae of their moves at all: even after considering them it's OK to say the minutae is not needed. Now as for "dating habits" we don't need to list every single romantic partner that a person has. However Pilkey dated Rylant for at least 15 years, and that was a huge chunk of his life. In my opinion it would be an omission in a biography to not state that he had a long-term partner (who is a public figure due to her children's book writing, has her own Wikipedia article, and who had editing marks on a dummy proof (draft) of Captain Underpants held by a university library that has Pilkey's personal papers)  I also agree with you re: not everything needs to be parroted in a biography, so it would be best to consider which information should be included and how. All I'm interested in is saying that Pilkey had Rylant as a former romantic partner. WhisperToMe (talk) 19:13, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Secondary source stating that Pilkey and Rylant moved together in 1993:  - Clipping from Newspapers.com WhisperToMe (talk) 00:23, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content removed 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Some may wonder why I'm mentioning that she was his girlfriend. This was actually a close relationship since:
* She did editing in the original Captain Underpants: https://www.library.kent.edu/dav-pilkey-papers
* She was the rough draft reader of his books: http://www.scholastic.ca/captainunderpants/books/interview.htm - http://web.archive.org/web/20030609174312/http://pilkey.com:80/int2.php also talks about this
* When Cats Dream was inspired by her cat Tomato http://web.archive.org/web/20030609200213/http://www.pilkey.com:80/catsdream.php
* Dragon's Halloween was based on a birthday card he made for her http://web.archive.org/web/20031205115548/http://www.pilkey.com:80/behind-dh.php
WhisperToMe (talk) 03:11, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: In light of the previous discussion, I agree the BLP doesn't need to include every single detail. I just cited what's verifiable according to a published newspaper (that Pilkey and Rylant had a relationship), and in the case of the marriage to his wife Sayuri, to his personal website. I'll need to find published independent secondary sources (ones consistent with details from personal websites) for other details. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:43, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I went ahead and added the spouse and former partner to the infobox - President of Pakistan Imran Khan and Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have their unmarried romantic partners listed in their infoboxes too (though Khashoggi was planning to marry Hatice Cengiz) WhisperToMe (talk) 21:23, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cynthia Rylant 

message: Suggest removing the lists of "Captain Underpants" and "Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot" series, but keeping the links to their respective series' main articles.  This would prevent the respective redundant lists from getting out of sync with each other due to frequent new publications, which is currently the case with "Captain Underpants". Acwilson9 (talk) 04:08, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Publication lists