Talk:D. J. MacHale

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Article is of a perfectly notable author, but I found the copyvio material while I was trying to wikify. Apparently the same info had been stripped out previously by Jossi. --Bugwit grunt 00:59, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, when copyvio is inserted into an active article we are supposed to revert it or strip it out, not speedy delete the article. See WP:CP. Kappa 01:19, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism[edit]

The criticism of this article is one sentence long and says that a criticism of the book is that it is sexist. I read the book review and no where does it mention sexism. I'm therefore removing the sexist part. Actually, I'm just going to remove te whole thing because then it's only a sentence long and it seems, a little ridiculous to have an entire section. Please post if you disagree. 67.176.141.168 (talk) 21:18, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cured![edit]

To everyone who has complained about the lack of information: That has now been remedied. I only included one citation, so if anyone can find better ones, please place them in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.148.42.192 (talk • contribs)

Sorry, but that was directly copied. We can't plagiarize on Wikipedia. Green caterpillar (talk) 13:48, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was copied from a non-profit resource (his website doesn't make any money), so it's not plagerism.

But if you're still gonna whine about it, I removed the copyvio.72.148.42.192 (talk) 01:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tried to Clean it up[edit]

I tried to clean up the page, but can someone right a (short) Summary for the Finished Works? :P Smahksilae (talk) 21:22, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Morpheus Road[edit]

Shouldnt morpheus road have it's own page?

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Requested move 13 March 2021[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Not moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 04:13, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

D. J. MacHale → D.J. MacHale – per WP:NCP, the writer spells his first name as "D.J." and not "D. J."; additionally, all cited sources spell it as "D.J.". Engineerchange (talk) 03:07, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Donald James, these are his initials. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:38, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@In ictu oculi: Doesn't his website align with the WP:NCP self published guidance? Are there other guidelines around this? Engineerchange (talk) 17:45, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's the very definition of stylism. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:09, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This is purely a stylistic issue, and Wikipedia uses spaces. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:38, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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