Talk:Gharlane of Eddore (pen-name)

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This article was nominated for deletion on 5 September 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

Discussion moved here from original single Gharlane of Eddore page as part of splitting it into its two different senses. (Some of the below discussion is obsolete, someone may want to trim it down.) Dougmerritt 00:12, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I saw this and my mind immidiately went to Gharlane, the legendary Usenet presence. His real name was Dennis Potter, btw, and though he might not warrant his own article, those who encountered him all those years ago certainly retain fond memories of him. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 18:14, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• You mean David Potter, not "Dennis" Potter. (Unless you know something we don't...but I expect that was just a typo)

Considering that the Register obit that's linked here itself links to an article discussing the Usenet Gharlane's physical ID, I think it might be a good idea to include the information therein -- his name and some of his pseudonyms used while writing for print. The current version of this article says that his true identity "remains a mystery", which so far as I can tell is not really correct. Is there any reason NOT to include the info included in the various Register articles?

-TimLynch 20:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

The current version of this article says that his true identity "remains a mystery", which so far as I can tell is not really correct.

This part is, I think, incontrovertibly true, and I'll delete the incorrect claim. There is some reason not to make the other changes, Gharlane's wishes while he was in this plane of existence; whether that still suffices, I leave to further discussion. FlashSheridan 04:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough -- I think the "remains a mystery" part is what was really rankling. TimLynch 20:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I added a few details about Gharlane of Eddore, the Internet personality. I'm interested in fleshing this article out more when I get the time. Larabar 02:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

We became friends in earlier days of Usenet, even before he adopted the pen-name of Gharlane. I rather faded from the science fiction groups, eventually, while obviously he did not, so I didn't discover his death until, alas, quite some time later. I would have driven up to his funeral, had I known. In any case, the least I can do is this page-splitting and addition of material. Dougmerritt 05:42, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slight Concern

I'm sorry to be grumpy, but while the "next plane of existence" bit is a lovely bit of phrasing, it's hardly WP:NPOV. Can we change it to something a bit less loaded? --86.128.139.22 17:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

It's a phrase used commonly in the Lensman novels, and considering this Gharlane's affinity for those books and authorship of the "Lensman FAQ", not at all non-neutral; it is a phrase he quite likely would have picked for himself, if only to stay in character. It may not be strictly "encyclopedic" but I doubt Wikipedia will be harmed materially in that regard by retaining a small bit of whimsey here and there. Jeh 19:03, 17 May 2007 (UTC)