Talk:Andrew Vachss

message: It would be nice if someone who knows a bit more about Vachss than I do could add a paragraph on the time he spent in Biafra - it seems to me that that's a reasonably important part of his life that shouldn't go unmentioned. Thanks. :) -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 13:59, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I added an external link to an article on Vachss' work in Biafra.  I agree that this mention should be expanded. I am working on a fuller biographical narrative, with more discussion of his work in child abuse. It should fit nicely with the section Zeroz added on Vachss' work with therapy dogs.Golemarch 06:09, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biafra 

message: :Someone deleted this comment. In the discussion section comments should remain whether we like them or not. Piercetp 06:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.110.137.227 (talk) 18:32, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Golemarch. I have read the policy on the biographies of living persons. I do not consider these edits to be defamatory, disruptive or irrelevant. Where do we go to discuss this. Plh25.003:51, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could we have a little more criticism of Vachss? 

message: Removed false statement concerning Vachss "never wearing eyepatch in court."  Statement is "attributed" to an interview on PBS with Terry Gross. First, Terry Gross is an interviewer for the Fresh Air program on National Public Radio, not PBS. 
Andrew Vachss does wear his eyepatch in court, and has been observed (and reported as wearing it during different trials) by journalists in publications as disparate as Pursuits (http://www.vachss.com/av_articles/rtcl_prst.html) and The London Guardian (http://www.vachss.com/av_articles/rtcl_wkgd.html). Both those articles were written *after* Mr. Vachss' interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, which was in 1988.Golemarch 00:25, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone know how he lost his eye? It would be interesting, and at least a date should be put in. It's just too mysterious... Es-Won 02:38, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eyepatch: correction 

message: Removed false statement: "The state of New York has an unusual law: in any divorce, child-custody, or other case where the interests of a child are at stake, a separate lawyer must represent the interests of the child. This attorney is not chosen by the adults interested in the case, but is paid by them."
The passage contains several material misstatements. First, the appointment of the "separate lawyer," (who is called a "law guardian") is mandated *only* in cases brought under Article III, VII, or X of the Family Court Act.  These are the articles concerning delinquency, abuse/neglect, and related matters (such as removing the child from the home due to imminent danger, extension of foster care, or permanent termination of parental rights, child removed from home under emergency circumstances). Appointment of a law guardian also occurs for certain "family offenses" which may affect a child, for example, intra-family violence between the child's parents. See McKinney's Cons. Laws of NY, Book 29A, Family Ct. Act § 249.
However, New York law DOES NOT require appointment of a law guardian in a divorce/child custody case.  The court *may* appoint a law guardian such cases, at its discretion.  For example, appointing a law guardian in a contested adoption is common. 
Last, NY law is "unusual" ONLY in that it requires appointment in ALL abuse/neglect matters. Many states do not provide lawyers for children in abuse/neglect matters.  In contrast, *all* states appoint counsel in delinquency cases.
Golemarch 21:49, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appointment of Law Guardian in New York 

message: Removed incorrect item placed in Graphic Novels/series section that stated that "Andrew Vachss Underground" was an "anthology miniseries with various other writers".  "Andrew Vachss Underground" was a Dark Horse series, each volume of which contained one text-only story by Andrew Vachss.  Although the series title contains his name and the name of the Underground universe in which many of his sf/fantasy short stories were set, Andrew Vachss had no other input in the series. He did not choose the other stories in each volume, he did not select the illustrators of those stories, he did not collaborate on any of the other stories or illustrations, and he was not consulted on the conformity of the other stories to the "Underground universe" he created.  Unlike Batman: The Ultimate Evil, Cross,  or Predator: Race War, all of which were graphic adaptations of short stories/novels written by Andrew Vachss, "Andrew Vachss' Underground" contains no graphic adaptation or illustration of any Vachss work. It is for this reason that the item cannot be listed under Graphic Novel/series.
The four Vachss stories contained in "Andrew Vachss Underground" have been collected in Born Bad; additional Vachss stories set in the Underground universe are contained in Everybody Pays.   Golemarch (talk) 23:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Andrew Vachss Underground'' 

message: This article's neutrality is being discussed at WP:AN/I#bias. flaminglawyerc 04:44, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Lifting the bias tag.  The AN/I discussion closed some months ago.  I've run a check; all the facts given in this article are properly cited and none of the statements about the subject or his work violate WP:NPOV. Dupuy78 (talk) 14:30, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  bias of article 

message: Hello, Aaajade!  I like your material about Pansy -- I just moved it to the wikipedia article on the Burke Series, where I hope you will add more details about Burke.  The Andrew Vachss article is a bio and focuses on the author himself. Thanks! Golemarch (talk) 08:40, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: moved Pansy material

message: The first paragraph under Biography reads as follows, "There he worked to find a land route to bring donated food and medical supplies across the border after the seaports were blocked and Red Cross airlifts banned by the Nigerian government; however, all attempts ultimately failed, resulting in rampant starvation. After he returned and recovered from his injuries, Vachss studied community organizing in 1970 under Saul Alinsky." So it describes his work in Biafra, and then mentions recovering from unspecified injuries. It would be helpful to specify what injuries were sustained and how. Dewey Finn (talk) 15:48, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What injuries? 

message: Hi, PKDASD: it looks like you've done a lot to update Joe Lansdale's entry and links, which is terrific. But your addition of Veil's Visit to the "Novels" section of Andrew Vachss' entry isn't really appropriate. I had given a brief explanation in the edit summary the first time, but since you have recreated your change, I want to explain the problem in more detail.
Veil's Visit is a short story, and is identified as a short story by both Lansdale (http://joelansdale.blogspot.com/2009/09/veils-visit.html) and Vachss (http://www.vachss.com/av_books/short_stories/veils_visit.html). Vachss has written literally hundreds of short stories, many of which are collected in print editions. "Veil's Visit," the short story, is one of many stories collected in a book of shorts called Veil's Visit: A Taste of Hap and Leonard. 
Leaving it in the "Novels" section is misleading because it gives the impression that there is a *novel* with that title. I am therefore deleting the line from the "Novels" and adding Veil's Visit: A Taste of Hap and Leonard to the "Short Story Collections" section of the Vachss entry. I'll put this up on your Talk page as well. Golemarch (talk) 08:00, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Veil's Visit moved to Short Story Collections listing 

message: This is an idiotic section name, because this entire article is a mini-biography of its subject.  Based on its content, it should be retitled Career.
But it should also say what he is doing now.  Perhaps he is retired from everything but writing?Daqu (talk) 19:21, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Biography" section 

message: Andrew Vachss has stated in interviews and contemporaneous writings that the Don’t! Buy! Thai! boycott was ended in 2000 after the Thai government changed its laws and its enforcement to curb the prostitution of children in that country.http://www.vachss.com/mission/dbt_update.html Werldwayd’s edits say that “frustrated by the lack of traction …Vachss and most of those involved abandoned the boycott.” This statement is in violation of BLP, as it is contentious, unsourced, and potentially libelous. Per BLP, I have reverted the edits to remove this material.
Vachss has supported numerous social campaigns and grassroots movements over the years. Aside from BLP violation, the edits give a false importance to one (rather old) drive, over more-recent and current campaigns. Will put together material on several more (National Child Abuse Prevention Act, DBT, state intrafamilial CSA bills, Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection) and add to the entry, to give fuller information. 66.210.63.210 (talk) 19:45, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Don't Buy Thai

message: I know that the former presents as a verbatim quote; but wouldn't an exact phonemic transcription for "Vachss" (/væks/) be more in line with Wikipedia's standards?  Which would be preferable?  As for the reference, could it be tagged to such a transcription?  BlueCaper (talk) 10:27, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Rhymes with "tax"'', or IPA?