I believe what caused the more in-depth examination
was the creation of a
brand new, otherwise unlinked category for the book, which drew the
attention of a very different group of editors than the ones who pay
attention to works of fiction. You've got the category-interested editors
looking at the article, instead of the fiction-interested editors.
It's just a notability tag, it's already been removed, and I'm sure folks
will be able to find some more reviews about October (novel).
I don't think it has anything at all to do with the fact that the author
is a woman. As best I can tell, the only person comparing this novel to
Cussler books is you.
Risker/Anne
On 22 July 2014 13:39, Kathleen McCook <klmccook(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The reason I asked to discuss here is to
ascertain whether or not there
seems to be a different set of notability standards by gender.
I encourage students to contribute to Wikipedia.
But when notability is an editor's decision with so many exceptions...how
do you encourage?
Really, I am careful and if a book by a brilliant woman like Zoe Wicomb
causes notability queries..how, on earth, can this gender gap be addressed?
Here is Ms. Wicomb's prize announcement at Yale.
http://windhamcampbell.org/2013/winner/zo%C3%AB-wicomb
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Daniel and
Elizabeth Case <
dancase(a)frontiernet.net> wrote:
> On what basis in Clive Cussler notable?
>
That he’s a regular denizen of the bestseller lists in many countries
who’s had works adapted into major motion pictures (To be honest, I think
we should say that “all published works by authors who have their
paperbacks displayed prominently in the racks near the front of bookstores
at airports are notable [image: Smile]“).
Well, I don't know. I had never heard of Cussler before today (don't
spend a lot of time in airport bookshops), but I did look at a couple of
his novels' Wikipedia articles, and they didn't indicate significance any
better than the October article. (One of them had a single, ephemeral
reference; the other had 7 that seemed pretty thin.)
I can see how Kathleen would be frustrated by what surely appears from
her perspective to be a double standard.
Pete
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