Talk:Bruno Maddox

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Improvements Find out if there are other magazine essays by Maddox in other publications, like his GEAR essay. Last updated by BillDeanCarter (talk) 08:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Contents 1 A Wiki Letter to Journalists 2 To do 3 Fair Use 4 Blue Dress 5 Featured Article with missing picture?

[edit] A Wiki Letter to Journalists

I have listed below a few questions I was not able to answer while writing this article. They are not all that interesting but hopefully they will provide a guide for you in your research, if you are in fact a journalist working this subject.

• How entrenched in science were Bruno's early years? Anecdotal evidence (sans satire) would be an excellent way to illustrate those years.
• How did Maddox land the book reviewing jobs at The New York Times and The Washington Post. His Washington Post book reviews first appear on 1/23/1994 and his New York Times book reviews first appear on 7/17/1994. There is one lone book review in The Independent appearing 05/08/1995. Is there an interesting story here or not?
• What is the name of the IT company that Bruno worked for and what kind of work did he do there? Was it some kind of web zine?
• In the RTE.ie interview Maddox says that he "talked [his] way into Spy Magazine, which was a sort of American Private Eye." How did he specifically manage to secure the job. He hints that his scathing book reviews were a help.
• It is interesting to note that Bob Guccione Jr. (aka the Gooch) founded GEAR magazine and also now owns Discover magazine, which might partially explain how Maddox got a monthly column there.
• What happened to the film adaptation of My Little Blue Dress Maddox was working on?
• A characteristic of Maddox's writing can be gleaned here by an angry reader, mentioning how Maddox has a fondness for using his name in clever adjectival forms like "brunomaddoxish" in SPY magazine and "brunomaddoxy" in My Little Blue Dress.

Best, BillDeanCarter 10:31, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To do

• Get public domain photograph of Bruno Maddox
• Fix Infobox Writer so that it can distinguish siblings from parents.done by others. thanks-BillDeanCarter 09:28, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
• Wikify a little more
• Properly format all citations
• was it just one book review in The Independent or was it 3, or,5 or?? or? wht was it?!?only one book review in the independent.
• to refer to Nature as a scientific journal, a magazine, a science magazine? which is most professional?
• add some quotations on the critical acclaim it received.. particularly from the Salon.com review.
• Read interview w/ Maddox, mentioned on this website, in Details magazine's May 2001 issue on p. 88. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BillDeanCarter (talk • contribs) 09:03, August 23, 2007 (UTC).

-BillDeanCarter 02:26, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair Use

I understand that Free us better than FU, but in this article, wouldn't it be reasonable to use a picture of him as FU?--SidiLemine 13:05, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I had a fair use photo, but it was deleted. IT was a recent one from the national magazine awards ceremony. It actually wasn't all that good because it didn't have enough pixels. I figure over time a public domain one will surface on Flickr.-BillDeanCarter 13:08, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

If you want this to go FA, I would advise you provide a picture, free of FU.--SidiLemine 13:42, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

When I tried for the Aaron Sorkin article it became a big issue. Since then I avoid all fair use photos unless they're book covers or movie posters. And even then I mostly let others add them. There aren't that many good fair use photographs of Bruno Maddox out there anyways.-BillDeanCarter 13:45, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

True. I didn't find but this one.--SidiLemine 13:49, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

This one is most recent but doesn't have enough pixels for the Infobox.-BillDeanCarter 13:54, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

And I uploaded the low-pixel count portrait of Maddox from the national magazine awards and it was quickly deleted without warning. Hopefully something will surface on Flickr.-BillDeanCarter 00:51, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blue Dress

The novel seems notable. Why not have a separate article on it? Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 13:53, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

One day when there are academic papers on My Little Blue Dress and all kinds of publication details, and noted themes, then there could be a separate article. At the moment a separate article can't be justified. But this is a good start.-BillDeanCarter (talk) 23:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Article with missing picture?

If I was new to WP I would think that the article wasn't done. I'm surprised that this made the cut as a featured article, it seems like it either should have a picture, or not have the spot for the picture. I've never read the criteria for what's good enough for feature article, but picture seems to be a big deal. IMHO. Jimaginator (talk) 19:14, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Good point. I'd suggest raising it at talk of WP:FA.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 21:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

We prefer to shame the living into providing one. That's why we have put up a silhouette of a male head in the Infobox. But also, it's not a requirement for FA.-BillDeanCarter (talk) 22:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm, it worked.-BillDeanCarter (talk) 23:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

thank you!Jimaginator (talk) 23:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

How did we get the picture? Did someone send one in? Raul654 (talk) 18:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Aha. Looks like it was uploaded (in uncropped form not shown in this article) by User:Radosh, who is presumably Daniel Radosh - a colleague of maddox's from The Week. Raul654 (talk) 18:41, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Image was originally uploaded through the placeholder upload system.Genisock2 (talk) 20:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)