Talk:John Rechy

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: This page has no biographical data, except for the briefest of info in the lead sentence. It also has no info box, and uses an image of a book cover (with no real fair Use to support it) as the picture of the author. The inline citations are not properly formatted, and are basically just links to Rechy's own website. It is mostly a list of books by about the author, with small plot summaries. This page reads more like an advertisement for Rechy's books and website than a proper Wiki bio. There is also a long list of redundant external links at the bottom--this needs to be cleaned up. I actually like this author, so might (if I have time) do some work on this page later this week. Jeffpw 19:21, 1 November 2006 (UTC) (edit)

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Since people often skip the project page, here are my assessment notes:

• This page has no biographical data, except for the briefest of info in the lead sentence.
• It also has no info box, and uses an image of a book cover (with no real fair Use to support it) as the picture of the author.
• The inline citations are not properly formatted, and are basically just links to Rechy's own website.
• It is mostly a list of books by about the author, with small plot summaries. This page reads more like an advertisement for Rechy's books and website than a proper Wiki bio. There is also a long list of redundant external links at the bottom--this needs to be cleaned up.
• I actually like this author, so might (if I have time) do some work on this page later this weekJeffpw 21:13, 3 November 2006 (UTC)