Talk:Francine Prose

message: I'm aware that the PEN awards to Charlie Hebdo have sparked controversy, and that Francine Prose has been involved in this through her withdrawal from the awards. However, at the moment, the extensive quotes which have been added extend our coverage of this to the point where the coverage of this one issue dominates the article as a whole. Is it significant enough to warrant so much weight? My feeling is that we can trim back on the quotes, note that she was outspoken in regard to the PEN award and withdrew in protest, and leave it at that, unless this becomes a greater issue over time. - Bilby (talk) 23:10, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: A trim of a sentence or two (or compressing of that bit of information) would be appropriate, but I think also: the better option here would be to grow the rest of the content! If you are interested in her, I would suggest doing so. I never heard of her. For what its worth, most of the changes and additions of uncited material come from an IP address and . This might be a teaching moment for the newer users of summary style and limiting detail and WP:Undue. Sadads (talk) 00:54, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Relooking at it: we also need to make sure that their are secondary opinions that treat that topic as "controversy", instead of interpreting the primary source,Sadads (talk) 00:57, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. At present, this section isn't a 'controversy', since it doesn't reference any criticism of Prose. Currently it's just 'here are some things she said' - the thing being criticised is the PEN award, not her, so it really belongs in that article instead. Robofish (talk) 22:12, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, I will do a clean up real quick; I am thinking like one sentence. Feel free to add what you think is appropriate to the main PEN awards page, Sadads (talk) 13:42, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

text: I have blocked the IP for 24 hours per the continued addition of inflammatory material as explained in edit summaries. The user clearly identified who I was, indicating access to the history, and thus awareness of the feedback and my links to policy information, as well as an ask to move to talk page (IP addresses don't get notifications). User is arguing that the content is "crucial to understanding her approach", which sounds like WP:OR and relying on Primary sources to frame the information in such a way that it create Undue emphasis without secondary source support for that perspective. Current use of Primary materials, seems a little heavy, but have edited to highlight the core arguments from works, instead of the reading of meaning or connotation. Would welcome feedback from others, including , etc, Sadads (talk) 16:32, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charlie Hebdo and PEN 

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message: Because Prose was the person to make the plagiarism accusation against Shepard, repeatedly calling on her followers to take a stand and writing a letter to The New Yorker, and because Prose is mentioned in the majority of reports on the story (LitHub, LA Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Guardian), this is relevant information for her own entry. Yes, it should be included in Shepard's Wikipedia entry too.
CrackedCauldron (talk) 18:25, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not arguing it shouldn't be covered here, but it's now the largest section in this article, which seems unbalanced to me as it's not clear to me that the controversy is about her. Now that it's been added to Sadia Shepard's article, it could be trimmed here to Prose's role and omit Shepard's defence. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 00:49, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

text: Cutting the 2nd paragraph would be a start; it is much more appropriate in Shepard's article. I also suggest to omit the sentence  because it adds nothing to Prose's position. Further, the verbatim Shepard response,  should be paraphrased. Maybe:  -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:10, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

text: Thank you for that. Template now removed. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 00:57, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The New Yorker Controversy 

message: I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates and tables for short stories, poems and/or book reviews. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. ISBNs and other persistent identifiers, where available, are commented out, but still available for reference. This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 22:00, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography