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Being complete is excessive?[edit]

In reply to the short story list I added being removed... WTF? Being complete is the whole point of wikipedia. Now maby it needs it's own page (List of Short Stories by James White) or womthing like that. But the list should be, at the very least, linked to from this page. Why was it simply removed? Zvar 22:37, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Generally, with an author as prolific as White, we would not give a complete bibliography. Instead, we would give a list of the most important works (novels, generally, or particularly important stories), and then construct a bibliography page as you suggest. However, even then listing every single story seems excessive to me, falling under the category of What Wikipedia is Not. It is the literary equivalent of citing a list of da Vinci's paintings and including every sketch he ever made. Either way, a bibliography page would probably be appropriate.Michaelbusch 23:43, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some sources[edit]

Might be useful: --Philcha (talk) ---Philcha (talk) 15:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Perfume of Garbage: Modernity and the Archaeological - "James White’s short story, Deadly Litter, dealt with the hazards of space junk in 1960"
Monsters and Medics (review) - sumarises stories.
Earth Final Conflict-The First Protector (Amazon) - Publishers Weekly and Booklist reviews
Raymond's Reviews #141: The Silent Stars Go By
Technobabble Book Reviews - James White - plot summaries
The Andromeda Project - James White - plot summaries
Michael Ashley (2005). Transformations: Volume 2 in the History of the Science Fiction Magazine, 1950-1970. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0853237697. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- p 146 (chapter "Creative Chaos"): White (and Bob Shaw) low-profile as published in UK mags, while Chandler & Brunner higher profile as published in US mags; only Brunner, White and Shaw made solid reps in 1960; White gained "a steady following" fo rhis "scientifically accurate" stories, "often centred on thems of conflict"
- p 223 (ch "The New Wave"): White an example of New Worlds' strength in hard SF; Deep Space 9 reminiscent of Sector General
- throughout: SF publishing in trough around 1960.
Andrews, G. (29 September 1999). "James White (obituary)". The Guardian. England: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 24 November 2009. --Philcha (talk) 10:09, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

rating[edit]

Another article not far off from GA, imo, therfore i rated it B (higher needs an official GA nomination and review). Is there no free picture available? Even without one, i would recomend using the author infobox (like the one at Arthur C Clarke).Yobmod (talk) 14:36, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking about GA. I searched for a free pic, found none. May have to go the FUR route. Thanks.

What other improvements can you suggest? --Philcha (talk) 10:55, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox title[edit]

Uhh... i feel really stupid asking this, but why does it say 'Sir Arthur C Clarke' in the infobox heading? It looks like its been there for ages and isn't vandalism. Is this one of Clarke's pen names or what? If so, might want to clarify it in the lead.

Kare Kare (talk) 01:37, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops! Fixed it, thanks! --Philcha (talk) 07:53, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:James White 01.png[edit]

Copy of [1] to User talk:Explicit: --Philcha (talk) 07:40, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain why you deleted this image. There was no advance of deletion on the file page, its Talk page, the relevant article's Talk page, or my Talk page - I'd have picked up any of these on my watchlist. If the image upload form does not provide the relevant facilities or information, then the process should improve. I did provide a FUR, and far as can see there was nothing wrong worth that. Of course I can't check that, now you've remove the evidence. The image procedure becomes like the worst type of tax system by the day. --Philcha (talk) 07:37, 5 November 2009 (UTC) (fix discussion heading -Philcha (talk) 14:44, 14 November 2009 (UTC))[reply]

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