Talk:Barry R. Clarke

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 4/9/2006. The result of the discussion was Keep.

Talk:Barry R. Clarke

A search of the string "Barry R. Clarke" on the Google search engine on 14 August 2006 resulted in 9,450 results. He is a leading contributor to the field of puzzle design with books of original puzzles published with notable publishers (Cambridge University Press and Dover, NY) and has received multiple reviews (e.g. see below).

Puzzles for Pleasure reviews. "...a lot of problem-solving puzzles in it [that are] hard yet fun..." Andrew Wood, American Scientist; "Challenging yet extremely accessible..." The Reading Lamp; "Written in a light humorous style, and delightfully illustrated by this multi-talented author, the puzzle assortment includes logic problems, word conundrums, algebraic teasers, visio-spatial puzzles, lateral mind benders and other brain twisters." Cryptologia; "...The author, who has a degree in quantum mechanics and has worked as a comedy writer for the BBC, creates novel and funny situations for each of his problems. Approximately half of these puzzles appeared as brain twisters in the Daily Telegraph newspaper in London." David J. Hildreth, The Mathematics Teacher.


[edit] Deletion

I've brought this article up for a deletion discussion, which is what I do whenever I discover that someone has created an article about themself. Please don't be insulted by this. In the long run, if the AfD consensus is to keep the article then the article will not be subject to questions b/c it was self authored. In short, suriving an AfD can make the article stronger. Of course, if the article shouldn't be here then the AfD consensus will be to delete. Best, --Alabamaboy 15:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I love the way you write "Best" when you're twisting the knife in someone! Is it significant that we've just had a dispute in the Shakespeare authorship Talk page? (Puzzle Master 12:55, 10 September 2006 (UTC))