Talk:F. Van Wyck Mason

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 04:18, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Dave, 
Glad you have come back on my query. I had to blank the article because it was really like a dictionary article rather than an encyclopedia one. So, why don't you create it as a Wikipedia article. Start off: F. Van Wick Mason was..., etc.
Take a look at "How to start a page" and away you go. It's good you can give details of the false arrest. Also take a look at "how to edit a page". It tells you among other things how to sign your Talk pages, four tildes (~) in a row, but you'd have to log on first. Happy editing! 
Dieter Simon 00:46, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry after all this I lost what I had written. I had meant to wish you well with your article. Dieter Simon
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F. Van Wyck Mason was created as a dictionary-style article. I have since tried  to change it into something more like an encyclopedia article, without much success. I think it needs someone who really knows something about this man.
I am also unhappy about the item "he was mistakenly arrested for murder". I cannot find anything in Google or elsewhere to that effect. I think if we can't locate any reference to any court proceedings we should remove it for obvious reasons.
Furthermore the header "F. Van Wyck Mason" is a most unfortunate one, and it should really be changed, full-stops in titles are awkward.
Can I ask for a consensus to either remove the just-mentioned item, or have it rewritten by an editor who knows something about the man, or as a last resort to remove the article? Dieter Simon 22:30, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)

text: Periods (full stops) are American style.  An American user would expect to type in the period.  RickK 22:24, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Have noted above about periods/full stops. Appreciated -Dieter Simon 22:39, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: I think the best option is to blank the article.  The information in it is probably good for the most part, and should remain available to future contributors.  I doubt we could get anyone qualified to do a rewrite anytime soon.  The only article that links to the one in question is November 11, the date of his birth.  The entry in that article was made by Zoe, who has since departed.  P.S: The article title seems appropriate, though, as it uses the same form of his name as Zoe used.  -Smack 00:54, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Smack, that seems the best solution at this stage. So I have blanked it with explanation. Many thanks for your suggestion. Dieter Simon 23:10, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not know what is customary for naming articles, the author himself published under the name F. Van Wyck Mason although some books show just Van Wyck Mason on the cover with a copyright to F. Van Wyck Mason.  He also published under the names F. V. W. Mason, Ward Weaver, Geoffrey Coffin, and Frank W. Mason.  His first name was Francis.  Daveteds 17:45, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Dave, I am glad you are making a good job of it. As for the name, Van Mason redirects to the page. If you think the other names are important as to the number of books written under each pen-name, why not put a redirect stub leading from each name to this one?. Take a look at Wikipedia:Redirect --Dieter Simon 01:31, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
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message: I just posted the rewrite that I promised previously.  I added a lot of text here that I have references for.  The section at the end about his writing is rather subjective.  The whole thing is a little dry and is really an initial draft but it should be good for now in terms of conataining all the useful information.--Daveteds 21:31, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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message: Thank you for adding the references, Daveteds, well done. Dieter Simon 22:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
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message: I just finished reading Harpoon in Eden.  The fictional family in this story has a legacy from the patriarch that provides for a Harvard education for all 1st sons named after him.  The fictional name in this case is Micajah Paddock.  Mason's first name is Francis, as is his grandfather, father, son, and grandson.   Mason and his sons attended Harvard.  This is an interesting angle to follow up on sometime.--Dave (talk) 02:21, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
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