Talk:Richard Bachman

message: Has the identity of the person whose picture was used for Bachman ever been established?  Just curious. -- Pennyforth 12:43, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whose picture is that? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:RichardBachman.jpg

message: I deleted a paragraph of allegations of plagiarism attributed to Martin Olson that didn't have any citations. Plagiarism is a very serious charge, and Wikipedia shouldn't support unfounded claims never tested in court or even in public. (A man on the run from killers in a televised game show is not, in my opinion, a huge leap from "The Most Dangerous Game" a story known to virtually adventure writer). Moreover, any legitimate discussion of plagiarism of The Running Man belongs in that article; not here. --Tysto 14:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Running Man'' plagiarism

message: :Image:RichardBachman.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:RichardBachman.jpg

message: maybe a relationship to bachman-road in the silent hill franchise should be pointed out... anybody knows something more about it?
--93.196.61.65 (talk) 22:06, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt it. Bachman is a common last name (I usually see it spelled "Bachmann" though). 98.198.83.12 (talk) 08:20, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bachman Road? 

message: Currently the article reads:
"The originally selected pseudonym was the name of King's maternal grandfather; but at the last moment King changed it to "Richard Bachman," in tribute to crime author Donald E. Westlake's long-running pseudonym Richard Stark. The surname Stark was later used in King's novel The Dark Half, in which an author's malevolent pseudonym, "George Stark", comes to life. The surname was in honor of Bachman–Turner Overdrive, a rock and roll band King was listening to at the time."
I find this messy in several areas:
#what was "the originally selected pseudonym"? The exact same name as King's maternal grandfather? What was the change? The Christian name only (Richard) or what? What is the grandfather's name and why was it left out of the paragraph?
#connecting "George Stark" to "Richard Bachman" feels pretty anecdotal. Even if it should be considered relevant, it mustn't be original research and so where is the reference?
#The last sentence probably references "Bachman" (and not Stark!) but I can't be sure. The language here can definitely be improved. Again, a reference is needed. 
CapnZapp (talk) 19:24, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  about the pseudonym 

message: The top of the article says there's been an ongoing merge discussion since March, but the link does not lead to such a thing.208.54.70.246 (talk) 02:02, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion?