Talk:Alpha Centauri in fiction

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[edit] No sources?

This has been listed as 'without sources'. But each reference points to a particular book or broadcast. I think the tag should be removed.--GwydionM 07:13, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Let's see if anyone weighs in here with a persuasive counter-opinion in the next few days, and (if not) then I'll be happy to remove it (or you can do the honors)PaulLev 21:35, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Removed the tag --GwydionM 19:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Encounter with Tiber

The article needs Buzz Aldrin's book, 'Encounter with Tiber', added. It alternates amongst the Alpha system's past, Earth's past and present and ends with humans travelling to Alpha in the present. In one of those strange near-coincidences, the book had the destruction of a Space Shuttle set within a year of the 2003 loss of 'Columbia'.

Encounter With Tiber already has an entry. I suggest you add the book here. --GwydionM 17:38, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First Ark to Alpha Centauri by A. Ahad

Article needs to include the first human colony ark to New Earth, an as yet undiscovered planet of Alpha Centauri B depicted in A. Ahad's famous novel series First Ark to Alpha Centauri (2005):

Sitara12 22:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

The series is not so famous that it doesn't need some evidence of notability. RandomCritic 23:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

In his epic sci-fi novel and would-be feature film "First Ark to Alpha Centauri" (published online in 2004), he envisioned the world's first life-like human colony starship and spaceflight concept for sending a community of people from our planet to the nearest stars in the year 2275 AD. In his own words: "An epic fantasy voyage carrying the hopes and dreams of everyone who ever was, everyone who ever is and everyone who ever will be... on a journey spanning 2,000 generations and lasting for no less than 50,000 years into the future!" He designed that entire ship architecture, simulating its gravity, weather and life support and thought through the countless multi-generation mission obstacles, devising the best solutions through his own imaginative thought and research efforts. As a result, the article proved immensely popular across the world's online science and science fiction communities, and was viewed in over 50 countries. From his bio page:[1]

Sitara12 14:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Let me guess -- you are Abdul Ahad, aren't you? RandomCritic 16:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha ha, caught me out! No I'm Sitara12 and you're RandomCritic. A Ahad has got far more useful things to do with his life than wander these pages, imho ;) Sitara12 17:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, then, you are in serious trouble, because if you're not Abdul Ahad, you're not entitled to release an image which is labelled as copyright to him into the public domain. I suggest you remove it before it gets deleted. RandomCritic 19:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I am A. Ahad's image creationist. I have been duly authorised by him to upload these images into the public domain to broaden his promotional and notability campaigns. You may verify this by e-mailing : info@astroscience.org, the web domain where these images come from. Sitara12 06:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Whether you admit to being "A Ahad" (a nom de plume?) or not, you have just agreed that you have a personal interest in promoting his work. You need to read WP:COI and WP:Notability; Wikipedia is not the proper venue for a "promotional and notability campaign", that is, Wikipedia can be used for articles about things that are already notable, but cannot be used to make things notable that were not already. As for the image, I believe you are either going to have to prove that you are "A Ahad", or he is going to have to release his images under his own name; I don't think that such releases can be done at second hand. Furthermore, if there really are two of you then things become more complicated, as the precise nature of the collaboration needs to be spelt out and both persons could conceivably have a copyright in the image. In short, by claiming to be two people, you are complicating your life unnecessarily. :) RandomCritic 13:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)