Talk:Peter David

message: When listing a comic book writer's works, can't the issues be listed instead of just listing the trade paperbacks? With his run of the Hulk, I believe there are issues that have still not been collected in the trade paperback format.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.109.86.127 (talk) 05:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bibliography

message: A few days ago an external link was added to an interview at pipelinernd.com.  Then one was added to and interview at aboutheroes.com.  The second one was quickly removed but no reason was provided.
What makes the distinction?  IMHO, the second one where David is interviewd on the radio is more informative that the first where he seems to reply to questions submitted by email.  So why one and not the other? --Sean Martin 19:35, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, both of them are gone now.  Which makes more sense than just one. --Sean Martin 05:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Include external interview, or not? 

message: I see PAD is listed as Jewish.  Unless it figures into his work, what relevance is this? I would like to remove this factoid.  I will wait for further comments though.Toddsschneider 09:07, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He's mentioned it a number of times in his BID columns, which is his work.  He's also mentioned it on his blog.  (Interestingly, it was mentioned by others debating on the current "Life Imitates Art" blog entry, which became a discussion on religion.) (And FYI, I learned that a "factoid" is something untrue that is presented as true.) Nightscream 04:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  His religion/ethnicity 

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replies: text: Done. It needs quite a few more (I've marked the main statements I'd like to see sourced) and almost entirely relies on what he himself has posted, which is of concern. (Emperor (talk) 19:31, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Comics B-Class Assesment required

message: Suggest we reference this si more complex than it appears, given his fanfiction is a similar issue.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.23.61.20 (talk) 20:49, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Fanfiction has nothing to do with reproducing professionally-produced works and distributing them en masse. Nightscream (talk) 19:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the scansdaily controversy should at least be referenced. It's the kind of thing that I would want to know when reading about someone. 71.230.165.5 (talk) 05:23, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Was it reported as a controversy anywhere in the press? If not, I'm not sure how we could approach it. The links to his blog entries about it are already in the article as cited sources for the passage on his views on copyright infringement. Nightscream (talk) 14:20, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Spoke out against digital infingement

message: I never thought I'd complain about too many foot note citations. Nonetheless, the sheer quantity in the public persona section nearly make it unreadable. Surely there is a way to make the article intelligible while adhering to demands of the manual of style.
76.114.70.98 (talk) 01:39, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah. Agreed. You only need one independent source to establish a simple fact. Rehevkor ✉ 04:46, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not if fact in question pertains to his habits or patterns in writing, which by their nature cannot be established a single example. Nightscream (talk) 06:10, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Reviewing the section complained about, "Public persona", I did not see much about writing style, patterns or habits.  The cites there, I feel are pretty important, however.  The style problem complained about in the section sticks out like a sore thumb to me, though.  On the scale of 1-100, the readability in that section is at about a 2.  In cases like this, I prefer to move the cite clickies to the end of the sentence, even in some cases, making shorter sentences to accomplish that.  —Aladdin Sane (talk) 06:40, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Only one independent source is needed. I believe in this case all the 5-6 source sentences are nearly all primary sources, from which synthetic claims seem to be being made (a violation of the policy, so secondary sources are required. Although I'm no expert.) Rehevkor ✉ 16:59, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

text: I believe using only primary sources invites OR or SYNTH no matter how many are used. Rehevkor ✉ 22:48, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Er, but but whether or not a source is primary or secondary has everything to do with whether or not it's OR or SYNTH. Rehevkor ✉ 05:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

text: I have and I stand by my comment. See WP:PRIMARY, part of the original research policy; "Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation." Something I mentioned early in the discussion. Rehevkor ✉ 15:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

text: You suggested using so many sources would avoid accusations of OR or SYNTH, which suggests there could be some contention in the matter, I suggested you can't avoid it using multiple primary sources, OR policy specifically states anything must be backed up by secondary sources. Of which there are few. But I'm no expert, so hopefully Raul654 will chime in on your request.  Rehevkor ✉ 21:06, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public Persona Clean-Up 

message: one editor disagrees this section should exist, and wants only one sentence.  I believe it is important to Wikipedia readers, since it involves them, and is interesting to read.  Perhaps have it in a different section.
Peter David (who "helped cast Kristian in the TV series Space Cases") highlighted the deletion of Kristian Ayre's page in an article on Wikipedia 'deletionism' for Comics Buyer's Guide #1663 (March, 2010).David, Peter, "Wiki wha?", Comics Buyer's Guide #1662 (March, 2010), p. 82 In his article, he wrote a scathing attack on the practice of deletionism, after noting that "Wikipedia, which has raised the trivial to the level of art form, actually has cut-off lines for what's deemed important enough to warrant inclusion."
As well as attacking the practice in general terms, David highlighted the case of Kristian Ayre, and the innacurate arguments that resulted in his page's deletion. David then provided, with the express intention that it be "use[d] as the basis to [re-]create a Wikipedia entry," 
Opinions please.  Should that be in the article or not, and please state your reasons why.  Dream Focus 21:58, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: In this article?  Only if reliable third-party sources have commented on David's essay.  Powers T 23:53, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

text: I didn't say anything about removing "anything not derived from a third-party source".  My point was that we can use such sources to determine whether or not we would be giving undue weight to what is, honestly, a Wikipedia self-reference.  Powers T 02:29, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference points to his writing in his column.  He has also made comments on his own Wikipedia talk page  and in the AFD he participated in.  He said he would allow anyone to put the article on the internet and redistribute it, that a promise.  So I just did that now.  That should be linked to somewhere in the article.  Dream Focus 03:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That isn't a valid public domain release.  The terms are restricted to the medium of the Internet.  Powers T 14:20, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there something else you call it?  I believe I followed the instructions properly.  I received Email conformation from him that he owns the rights to that page, and its already to use a scan of it.  Dream Focus 14:25, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not everything has a name.  It's a release for use on the Internet, but that doesn't necessarily follow that he's released all rights to it, which is what is required for something to be in the public domain.  If you received an e-mail, you should forward it to OTRS so that a ticket can be created.  Powers T 14:28, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

text:  This is a case of acceptable self-reference. The question of weight is a different problem. Paradoctor (talk) 04:14, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, it could be acceptable, yes; but if no other sources comment on it, then it looks like we're doing it just because he mentioned Wikipedia.  Powers T 14:20, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Aside from a handful of cites to four other authors, the entire section is sourced to David, so it doesn't look like Ayres got special treatment here. Paradoctor (talk) 17:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

text: If integrated well with the existing text, that might be reasonable.  Powers T 14:20, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: How about this ?  Now there is a link to it, and mention of what it is for people who want to read the entire article.  Dream Focus 14:39, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Cleaning up the ref, I noticed the publication date of March 2010? Paradoctor (talk) 17:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Comic books and magazines both usually have at different month on them then when they were published.  I have no idea why.  Usually its just one month in advance though, not two.  I guess since its a magazine about comic books, they decided to do two. ;)  Anyway, we list the publication date on the issue itself.  Dream Focus 23:21, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I recall that phenomenon from my Marvel phase during the early 90s, but I always thought that was because I was buying export merchandise (I live in Berlin). Maybe American comics are now produced in Korea? ;) Paradoctor (talk) 00:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Opinions about Peter David's Wikipedia comments 

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