Talk:Katherine Beck

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note: The following information was gathered after this article was first created, and was considered when deleting it. I have re-copied it here, since it may be of use, in the future in deciding whether to a) create an article, b) create a disambig page and/or c) change the re-direct. So, to avoid the need for re-googling everything from scratch, here it is: --rob 12:26, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Katherine Beck could be a FAKE

There is no proof in the article that she writes for The New Yorker. I realize most contributors are not on their web site, but some link somewhere should exist, which mentions her work. Or, at least a reference to a specific issue, and what she put in it, would be good. Anything verifiable would be helpful. Actually, *any* link which identifies *which* of the several people named "Katherine Beck" is being discussed would be good.

Also, http://www.columbia.edu let's you search for faculty and staff, and she does not appear. This is probably the bigest evidence this is fake.

Here are all potential people I found in Google, who have at times used the *exact* name "Katherine Beck", who I've ruled out:

• Notable:
  • K. K. Beck (born 1950) as mentioned above. She's referred to at http://www.citypages.com/databank/18/839/article3154.asp as "Katherine Beck". But the book is credited under "K.K. Beck". Proof that it's K.K. is here which says she's better known as K.K. Here is another case of her going by both names
• Reasonable chance in future of notability:
  • Photographer and writer for the Daily Trojan which is a student paper at the University of Southern California. See was student photojournalist of the year. She may also have written for Medill School of Journalism
  • An artist in Maine who is a "Minimalist Artist: Current work consists of mark making on coated paper". [1]
• No known basis for notability
  • A self-employed accounting consultant who sits on the Board of the Seattle Lighthouse organization. Same city, but different career as as K.K. Beck.
  • University of Indiana Student: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/asset/page/normal/912.html - Recent (2005) grad is way to young.
  • A WAC in World War II[2]
  • A two-year old who almost drowned in 2001 [3].

That's it. Nothing else I see in Google could back up this article. --rob 00:26, 8 September 2005 (UTC)