Talk:Scott Kelby

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Kelby writes on his page, "Since 2004, Scott has been awarded with the distinction of being the world’s #1 best-selling author of all computer and technology books, across all categories." Who awarded this distinction? Where is the citation for this outrageous claim? He is certainly a top-selling author, but if he is the world's #1 at anything, I'd certainly like to know who says that, other than Kelby himself.

Scott also writes, "Scott Kelby is one of the most prolific authors in the computer/graphic arts industry." Again, by what standard? I know of several authors who have written two or three times as many books, and two or three thousand articles. On what scale is he one of the most prolific authors? Just curious.

I am inexperienced at Wiki and will not deign to edit Scott's efforts myself, but the whole page looks like a "witty and bantering" PR piece for his books and other projects, rather than a useful biography of a living person. At the very least, there should be some citations that bear out these and other claims. Surely Wiki user "Laurapex," who is presumably Laura Pexton, a publicist at Scott's publisher would be able to add attributions to this PR release.

Auctions80 (talk) 04:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)