My intention was to point out that a series of
novels (Cussler's) that
don't meet the criteria applied to __October__ have full pages. The two
authors are in no way similar. In fact, they are as far apart as they could
be. However, the male author has complete coverage of every jot and tittle.
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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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