Talk:Leonard Oprea

message: As has been discussed here, at the moment Oprea’s books published through Xlibris have not been included in the article, and according to Wikipedia rules they should qualify for inclusion.
I base this claim on the article Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_self-published_sources. Cases like Oprea’s, in which the self-published book is a direct continuation of other works, are specifically mentioned as acceptable. 
In the section “Using self-published sources” it says: “Self-published sources may not be used for any claims about living people, except for claims made by the author about himself (or herself)”.
The paragraph goes on to say “...Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications.” The series “Theophil Magus” fits this description exactly.
The following books in English are part of the Theophil Magus series and can be found on worldcat:
1.	Translation (The Romanian version is included in the article already).
•	The Book Of Theophil Magus Or 40 Tales About Man (Cartea lui Theophil Magus sau 40 de Poveşti despre Om) (Translated by Bogdan Stefanescu) Ingram Book Group, 2003; 2nd edition Authorhouse 2004, also: e-book LiterNet 2004. 
2.	In English in original:
•	Theophil Magus in Baton Rouge—a haiku novel (Foreword - Bogdan Stefanescu) Xlibris, 2007 
•	Trilogy of Theophil Magus—the Truth (Foreword - Vladimir Tismaneanu, Afterword - Liviu Antonesei), Xlibris, 2008
•	Theophil Magus living in Boston—Anna-Maria 101 Breathings, Xlibris 2011
•	The Daily Agony of Theophil Magus—Jazz & Blues Haiku Novel for Anna-Maria, Xlibris 2012
Sensei2004 (talk) 20:26, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Justification for adding the books published in the USA to the publication list 

message: I have a couple of remarks for Orangemike:
1) I've seen the "this whole article is a biography" claim before in other places, and it's a red herring. Plenty of fine articles have "biography" subsections - for a random sampling of FAs, see Myles Standish, Chinua Achebe, André Kertész, Margaret Fuller, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Wagner. At times, it makes sense to delineate between an artist's life and other sections (say, a list of works).
2) As for the claim that "we need some structure" - indeed we do. And we have it. And it's in conformity with WP:BODY. But just to humor you, not because it's at all necessary for improving readability, I've split the body into two sections. Hopefully that will assuage your concerns.
As for "especially if the article is to be expanded": well, not really. I've done a pretty thorough job of looking for material on Oprea, and there simply isn't a great deal. But feel free to prove me wrong here.
3) "Do not remove useful information": sorry, but I reject the premise of your admonition. Surely you must be familiar with WP:V: "In Wikipedia, verifiability means that people reading and editing the encyclopedia can check that the information comes from a reliable source... content is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of its editors. Even if you're sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it."
Now, I do not contest that Oprea has self-published in the past decade. But we do need a source attesting this, first because we rely on verifiable material, and second because, for our purposes, a fact is only relevant if a secondary source has commented on it. So, in the same spirit: do not add unverified information, particularly to a BLP. - Biruitorul Talk 18:18, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm unclear what you mean by "an on-line Sci-Fi magazine called 'Galileo'"; the science fiction magazine Galileo was a glossy print magazine which ceased publication before Oprea was first published. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:19, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: He means this self-published rag; not really worth discussing. This, however, is something that makes you go hmm, as others have noted. - Biruitorul Talk 18:28, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  May 2013 

message: -New book added on Sept 29, at a Publishing House that is also an art gallery in Brasov, Romania. 
http://reteaualiterara.ning.com/profiles/blogs/aparitie-editoriala-in-romania-theophil-magus-in-america-1001  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sensei2004 (talk • contribs) 08:37, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sept. 2013 

message: Hi! There is a bug with the navigation in the catalog of the National Library of Romania. The NLR (Romania) identifier is 000163962 .
However an appropriate link to identify the works / books is
: http://alephnew.bibnat.ro:8991/F?func=find-b&request=OPREA+LEONARD+&find_code=WRD&adjacent=Y
Best regards ‫·‏לערי ריינהארט‏·‏T‏·‏m‏:‏Th‏·‏T‏·‏email me‏·‏‬ 09:35, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  NLR identifier at [[d:Q6525600|Wikidata:Leonard Oprea]]