Talk:Dave Grossman (author)

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Contents 1 Col. Dave Grossman (author) vs. Dave Grossman (game designer) 2 Random complaints about Col. Grossman 3 Guys, please stop the edit warring 4 Violating the policy for biographies of living people

[edit] Col. Dave Grossman (author) vs. Dave Grossman (game designer)

I'm not sure the irony of a game designer having the same name as Col. Grossman is necessarily encyclopedia worthy, but I cleaned up the addition anyway. If anyone else agrees that we should remove it or say it differently, go ahead.

For easy reference, I changed:
It may be also noted that Dave Grossman shares his name ironically with the famed game designer Dave Grossman of Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island and recently Sam and Max fame.
To:
Ironically, Col. Grossman has the same name as game designer Dave Grossman who worked on the games Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island, and recently Sam and Max.

[edit] Random complaints about Col. Grossman

This guys a moron! He is one of those self-styled "experts" but really, knows nothing. The army actually uses these games for hand/eye coordination and for teamwork skills. Shows how much he knows ^^.

Ehm, dubbing a man a moron because he disagrees with you now? Grossman has presented his case thoroughly in his books, and the few sentences you managed to write here hardly disproves anything of what he has said.

That's one of his main themes in "Stop Teaching our Kids to Kill." However, the difference between the kids with parents who let the video games baby sit them and the military is *Discipline*. His books are really quite interesting and compelling. Scowly (talk) 19:32, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Guys, please stop the edit warring

Note to User:Aubreygrossman and User:Gamer81: I see that Gamer has been trying to insert a block of text since January, and Aubrey has just as consistently removed that block of text. Let's deal with two issues:

1. The content. My strong opinion is with Aubrey, that the content does not belong because it violates the policy for biographies of living people. Even though Gamer gave sources, the whole issue is largely irrelevant to the subject of the article, and serves mainly to disparage him, as I understand it.
2. The conflict. Wikipedia does not allow prolonged edit wars, and mandates that conflicts like this be discussed on the talk page. In particular, your edit war has violated the spirit (though not the letter) of WP:3RR. Please discuss this issue among yourselves; if you can't agree, you could always seek a third opinion at WP:3O or the WP:MedCab. If I see any more edit warring without discussion, I will report you to WP:ANI, and you may find that unpleasant. I wish you good luck in resolving this. YechielMan 14:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Violating the policy for biographies of living people

Thank you for your concern YechielMan and your suggestions relating towards resolving the issue.

My opinion is that the edit in question seems to be a biased addition to the Dave Grossman (author) biography article and only serves to express Gamer81's personal views on Mr. Grossman. I am open to constructive opinions and will welcome any help on this matter.

Gamer81, do you have anything to say? Aubreygrossman 14:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)