Talk:David Michaels (author)

message: 24.206.233.109 15:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  city he's from 

message: I've gone ahead and restored the information on Peter Telep to the page, given that the information is sourced from a paper attributed to Mr. Telep. If the information is incorrect (especially when it has a reliable source), Ptelep, it's considered good form to mention (and cite) why you're deleting it rather than simply vandalizing the page. ATimson (talk) 03:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, I was actually wondering that maybe Tom Clancy/Ubisoft don't want people to know the authors, it isn't on Telep's website, but if they are sourced they should be included. By the way is the Ptelep actually him? I doubt it, but that would be neat if it is. Blackngold29 (talk) 04:00, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If they don't want people to know, then they definitely shouldn't acknowledge authors for their "invaluable contribution to the manuscript" (as Raymond Benson was—this code phrase dates back to the old Op-Center books, actually), and they probably shouldn't let authors list family members by name in the acknowledgements (as Peter Telep did). ATimson (talk) 06:50, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

text: How do you know it's wrong?Blackngold29 (talk) 04:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I know it's wrong becuase I am a moderator at the official EndWar forums for Ubisoft. I am the person who acts as a go between for all of the David Michaels, SC ones included, and the fans. I know and have contact with David Micahels on a regular basis. I don't know where you are getting your info from, but it's bad. You are welcome to go to the offical EndWar site to back up my Ubi cred. My tag there is TFS_Jackie. JackieFiest (talk) 21:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a 404 now, but it wasn't a couple of days ago. The link to the paper changed to their PowerPoint presentation in the interim. (I won't deign to speculate as to why.) As for your "knowing it's wrong", unless you have something more concrete to add that's simply hearsay. ATimson (talk) 05:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Even if everything you say is the truth, there is more citable evidence that it is Telep...Blackngold29 (talk) 15:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peter Telep 

message: Okay, there seems to be a rather prominent content dispute between numerous users. User:JackieFiest believes that her source proves that David Michaels isn't Telp. I have checked the Telp source and it seems to be a broken link. In my opinion, Feist's source wins over as it actually seems to work.
May I remind all active contributors to this article that WP:3RR has been broken numerous times. I would recommend that all major content changes be discussed first so as to prevent any unnecessary blocks. ScarianCall me Pat 15:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't care who the author is listed as I would just like a ligit source.Blackngold29 (talk) 16:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Feist's source works… but all it establishes is that she's in contact with the author. It doesn't establish his/her identity, and Jackie makes it fairly clear below that she has a vested interest in hiding whoever it is, making her word that it's not Telep rather suspect. Unless/until I come up with more corraborating evidence, however, I'll leave the article alone. ATimson (talk) 07:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Okay, that's a good reason not to include any of his identifiable information. I am removing all references to his identity as there doesn't appear to be a strong reliable source. I have consulted an administrator on this issue and he concurs with me. ScarianCall me Pat 17:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content dispute 

message: I was just on the Tom Clancy EndWar site for the videogame, and the trivia stated that Clancy used it as a pseudonym himself to write the book. Can someone help verify this? 24.255.200.188 (talk) 04:13, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  EndWar author 

message: "The current author is David Michaels, but he uses the same pseudonym".  This is too funny - leaving it in for the lolz.  For those who are dense, the joke here is that even if the guy really was named David Michaels, using his real name would by definition not be a pseudonym.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by My computer said love (talk • contribs) 05:04, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Funny vandalism 

message: So as the heading hints I want to bring up a deadish subject that is over 2 years old. IS Peter Telep the curent author using the name David Michaels? From what I can tell looking at the aknowledgements it mentions "Nancy, Lauren, and Kendall Telep". To me that is a 'BIG' sign that he is the author and it goes back to at least EndWar. Does anyone else have any better proof and/or definate proof that he is not the author. If not I am going to make an addition listing something along the lines of "It is belived that Peter Telep is the current author using the David Michaels pseudonym" and then where the list of the books is I will add a new Heading below Grant Blackwood that says "Written by Peter Telep (?)" JWoods86 (talk) 23:12, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beating a dead horse / aka Peter Telep 

message: There's a comment on Amazon that Grant Blackwood is the ghostwriter for Ubisoft. Any confirmations?
http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Clancys-HAWX-David-Michaels/dp/0425233197/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1305388182&sr=1-7  (read the third comment)
--Kschang77 (talk) 16:09, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grant Blackwood? 

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