Talk:Anodea Judith

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Contents 1 To upgrade article 2 Additional Material 3 Birthname, sourcing and listcruft 4 Note from Anodea Re: Columbia Pacific University

[edit] To upgrade article

There are a range of Wikipedia sources that can help you out. All articles must meet WP:V. To learn how to a proper citing style, consult WP:CITE. For what kind of external links are acceptable, WP:EL is a useful set of guidelines. Good luck! GBYork This user was found to be a sock of Mattisse

[edit] Additional Material

I have added more extensive data, including Books and Recorded material and Links.Rosencomet 18:58, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birthname, sourcing and listcruft

In the first edition of Wheels of Light, the author mentions that her name at one point was "A. Judith Mull." I was going to add that to the article, but wanted clarification on what her birthname actually was. Judith Mull, I assume. Also, I can't remember the source (a Pagan zine, most likely), but I do think mention of her famous brother is appropriate, if we can source it.

I've removed the "list of appearances". Per Thatcher's statement in the Starwood Arbitration, these lists really don't add to the articles. I think appearances at events are only worth including if they are somehow notable/important to the career of the subject, and if they are important/notable in their career that information should be integrated into the article in a meaningful way that does not assert undue importance. ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 00:32, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I totally disagree. A list of appearances is just as notable to a professional lecturer and workshop facilitator as a bibliography is to an author and a discography is to a recording artist. The venues that a lecturer appears at and the ones that will engage them tell a LOT about their careers, and there is no better way to present them than in a bulleted list. To try to write text incorporating them is as ridiculous as trying to write text for an author incorporating all their book titles, publishers, publication dates and ISBN numbers, yet this is obviously notable data. This material is encyclopedic. Rosencomet 01:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I totally agree with Kathryn. Appearances should be notable or important in the career of the artist. Otherwise, you should include everyone who ever appeared or workshopped even if they are not famous or are defamed. BackMaun 00:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

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The notability of appearances at sufficiently notable venues is self-evident. If the venue is notable, the appearance is notable, IMO, and therefore worth mention in their article. How do you determine the notability of a venue for this purpose? I would start with: has the venue got it's own Wikipedia article? Rosencomet 21:08, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I own a copy of Rosemary Ellen Guiley's The Encyclopedia Of Witches and Witchcraft: Second Edition. On page 180 it says Anodea Judith was born Judith Ann Mull on Dec. 1, 1952 in Elyria, OH. Also says one of her brothers is Martin Mull. I've added this information. --63.235.17.36 07:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Good find! I've added Guiley as a source. ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Note from Anodea Re: Columbia Pacific University

"Columbia Pacific was more than a correspondence school, but it was a distance learning program like many others that exist today. Though I received my Ph.D. in 1999, I was aware of what was happening when they got shut down shortly afterward. The CDCA made their judgment without ever setting foot on campus, without interviewing any of the students or teachers, and without just information or representation. It was clearly a political move, and an unfortunate one, as Columbia Pacific was a place where students could create their own programs and follow courses that actually had meaning for them."

Moved from article; recommend deletion of the paragraph concerning CPU from the article as extraneous, argumentative, and inappropriate. Such information belongs on a CPU article (if any), not here in a biographical article about a living person, IMO. Rosencomet 21:08, 24 March 2007 (UTC)