Talk:Alexander (magician)

message: When i found this page the entirety of the text was plagiarized from http://www.loc.gov/shop/index.php?action=cCatalog.showItem&cid=14&scid=183&iid=3281 and so i have rewritten it. 01:33, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Entire stub consisted of copyvio, now rectified 

message: Every print book in my possession that refers to this man calls him "C. Alexander." Every book he wrote himself which is in my possession is attributed to "C. Alexander." Aside from this single Wikipedia article, there is nothing that turns up in my library or online in which he is called "C. A." Alexander. I am beginning to think that the original author of the article made an error. Can anyone demonstrate that he ever performed or published under the name "C. A." Alexander? 
cat yronwode -- 14:29, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "C. A." versus "C." Alexander 

message: I am not sure how to draw an editor here to help with the renaming of this article. I do not know how to do it, and would not wish to do so single-handedly anyway, as it requires a bit of corroboration from someone else before undertaking it. The subject is quite notable in the field of stage magic but there is not much online about him, due to the time priod in which he lived. There is quite a lot about him in print, however. The problem, as stated in my post directly above, is that the article seems to have been created with the title "C. A." Alexander in error. During his career he was known exclusively as Alexander while on stage an as C. Alexander while writing and publishing books. There is no evidence to be found (by me, at least, through searches both online and in my print library) that he ever went under the name "C. A. Alexander" -- and even if he did, it would be a very minor variation on his professional names, C. Alexander and Alexander. For this reason i have added the category about bios needing attention, hoping to draw in an editor with more experience who is willing to make the change to the title. If this was incorrect procedure, please forgive me and let us see how best to proceed. I can provide copious proof of the fact that he consistently worked on stage as Alexander (Alexander the Crystal Seer, Alexander the Man Who Knows, etc.) and consistently wrote as C. Alexander -- but to disprove that he *ever* worked as "C. A. Alexander" is an impossibility, given the passage of time. Help! 
cat yronwode 19:50, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Call for assistance with name change to article 

message: Due to the current length of the article, and despite my strong reservations about its title as "C. A." Alexander rather than "C. Alexander", it is now too long and detailed to rate as a stub, thus my removal of the stub tag. I hope this is all right with other editors.
cat yronwode 20:13, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub tag removed 

message: I just wanted to publically thank Ali for making some redirects and adding the image to this page. THANK YOU, ALI! 03:46, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem!  I'm glad I could help.  Ali (t)(c) 20:59, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thanks to Ali 

message: I tried to copy edit and look at the sources. It seems like this article could use alot of work on referencing the cited material. Anyways, --Tom 14:35, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a reflist; certainly more sources would be helpful, but the Charvet biography is the only deeply researched book available, due to the mysteries surrounding Conlin's life until his grand-neice recently allowed the family scrapbooks to be used as a source. cat yronwode Catherineyronwode 17:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources for material

message: This article reads like a commercial for David Charvet's book. It should be noted that he was not the only biographer who wrote a book. Soapy 23:56, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Alas, the marterial added about Beckmann's book consisted of advertising material from amazon.com, which is a copyright violation. I managed to retain the interesting discrepency between the two books (Charvet says seven marriages, Beckmann says eleven marriages) and a quote that Beckmann called Alexander a "con man" -- but Wikipedia does not allow direct quotes from ads like that, so i hope someone will try again, using original writing and not plagiarism. cat Catherineyronwode (talk) 04:18, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Too much mention of Charvet

message: I am concerned about this article, coming from the fact I am a direct relative of Claude Alexander Conlin and the information listed on this webpage is not accurate. I am wondering who check for correct information when posting these? Also listing that direct relatives have given information that is very inaccurate is sad to see. This is implying to readers that this information is truthful.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cdconlin (talk • contribs) 19:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that YOU can edit. If you know more, please add it or fix things that are incorrect. Be sure to cite sources. 64.142.90.33 (talk) 07:21, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The truth of this article