Talk:James D. Macdonald

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[edit] Notability

What has this person actually written? I'm not seeing posting to web sites and Usenet as being notable. Avt tor 23:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, for one thing, Yog's Law is a frequently cited statement that he originated. Atlanta Nights is also a notable project he masterminded, which attracted a fair amount of media attention.

I've also added details of one of his novels that was an award winner. It's far from his only novel, but it's hard to find many of them because a lot of his work is released under pseudonyms. JulesH 09:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

"proud" is a red flag of POV material. Remember that any fact which is noteworthy should be verifiable. This article needs non-encyclopedic material removed and some of its pertinent elements sourced. The article might be useful if it had information about pseudonyms and published works.Avt tor 15:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Macdonald is a prolific genre writer under his own name and under a variety of pseudonyms; see http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?James_D._Macdonald for his SF/F bibliography. This article was originally a thinly veiled attack on his online activities, but it has been toned down considerably. I am not sure his online presence is of encyclopedic interest. Perhaps we could replace that whole section with his biblio? Ahasuerus 16:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)