Talk:Victor Heck

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You should remove all references to "Victor" -- Wiki policy is to refer to people by their last names. Although occasionally the full name can be used in appropriate circumstances. Hayford Peirce 18:17, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I made this change per your suggestions. Ungoliant13 18:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sources cited to address resource tag. Notability information stated on editor Calton talk page for consideration. Ungoliant13 21:41, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removing notability and resource tags.

Links provided for resources.

Information provided to establish notability -

The notability guidelines page offers two criteria for which Victor Heck qualifies under the biography rules/restrictions:

"The person has been the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person. This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, magazine articles, books, scholarly papers, and television documentaries." - and - "Published authors, editors and photographers who received multiple independent reviews of, or awards for, their work."

Victor Heck's work(s), both pseudonymously and under his real name David Nordhaus, have been reviewed in at least 50 independent horror genre venues, and were the primary subject of horror-specific genre market papers and magazine articles, including but not limited to the October 2001 GC Magazine 'Books and Authors' article "The Double Life" by Michael Watt, Wicked Magazine #3 article "Writers To Watch", Cemetery Dance #36 article "Spotlight on Publishing: DarkTales" by Robert Morrish, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 13th edition review by Ellen Datlow, Haunted Computer article "DarkTales: An Interview With David Nordhaus/Victor Heck" by Scott Nicholson, SFSite.com's review by Lisa DuMond, TopSite Reviews by D. Naibert, The Chiaroscuro review by William Gagliani, The Creature Corner by Johnny Butane, MEreviews by Lisa DuMond, Masters of Terror Online review by Paul Legerski, Ciao! UK review by Richard Wright, two separate Fangoria Magazine reviews by Michael Rowe and Thomas Deja, Cemetery Dance Magazine review by Wayne Edwards, Rue Morgue Magazine's review by Mary Beth Hollyer, Booklover's Magazine by William Gagliani, Midwest Book Reviews by Leann Arndt, Dark Realms Magazine's review by Jalone Haessig, Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Chronicle, FeoAmante.com, Cinescape.com, Hellnotes review by Garrett Peck, Gorezone, and HorrorWatch. Victor Heck's works have also been referenced in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Vol 16, and The Mammoth Book of New Horror Vol(s) 13 and 15.

In addition, a search for the name "Victor Heck" on search engines produces a large number of distinguishable hits. Ungoliant13 19:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]