Talk:Ted Cowan

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Hello,


I am Clive Cowan, son of Ted Cowan.


On 22nd/23rd February 2007 I have rewritten much of Ted Cowan's page adding new content, new Wikipedia internal links and an external Web link. I shall continue to moderate his page both checking on the accuracy of and ammending other contributor's additions.

Thank you for your interest in my father's work, if you have detail or comments you would like to bring to my attention, you are very welcome to enter them here.

--Clive Cowan 13:30, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

--Clive Cowan 19:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

On 1st June 2007 I have added his real full name and a number of his most commonly used pseudonyms, there are others. Please note that we do know the name of George Forrest was also used by other unrelated writers so in identifying work, judgement must be made by content, publication type and publisher (press) as to whether the writer was my father. He wrote almost exclusively for the boys / girls / comic market and if I have identified it in his article, then it is his work. I have added additional supporting external links where available. To family, friends and most work colleagues he is know as Ted Cowan so I have deliberately not renamed the article. The list of his scriptwtiting accreditations is extensive, but I have added a few more with publishers details and/or ISBN numbers where applicable.

My father is both modest and private, so we shall only publish on Wikipedia that which we are comfortable to be in the public domain and specifically exclude personal details.

Again, our thanks for your interest.

--Clive Cowan 19:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] The Champion

What is "The Champion"? The article mentions it like it's some sort of publication but the link to The Champion doesn't list a newspaper, magazine, or comic book. Perhaps an article on The Champion (newspaper) is needed? Dismas|(talk) 10:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy delete

Just a few points as to why I feel that this article has merit and should not be deleted:

  • The original author did not put the {{db-author}} tag on it, another user did. Granted, they made substantial edits but other editors have worked on this article.
  • The writer is noteworthy as the external link can show.
  • The article could be referenced to establish notability.

All that I can think of off the top of my head... Dismas|(talk) 11:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re Speedy Delete

I proposed deletion because:

  • The bulk of the article in its present form was contributed to and edited by myself.
  • There were some errors in the original biographicle article of a nature personal to the Article's subject.
  • It has been politely suggested to me that the nature of the edits I made may unwittingly be fringe or contrary to the policies of Wikipedia - so delete them.
  • It is appearing controversial to contribute to my father's article - so again delete my contributions.
  • No editor other than the original contributor and myself have made any significant content changes.
  • By all means revert to the original contributor's version, delete my edits and start again.

Thanks.

--Clive Cowan 12:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks to Editors and Administrators

My thanks to the editors who took the trouble to kindly explain to me some Wikipedia guidelines and cleaned up the presentation, and to the Administrators who confirmed notability. I have made the content a more NPOV, edited out some unverifiable content, and removed two blind internal links. Also I have shortened my opening paragraph.

--Clive Cowan 19:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Biography Article Assessment

This article has been automatically rated as Stub class. I feel it has now moved beyond the scope of this categorisation with the additional content such that Start or B class would be more appropriate. However, I myself am unsure as to how to implement this change as invited by the automatic header on this discussion page. I therefore invite an editor more experienced with WikiPedia syntax to rate the article's content and classify accordingly.

Thank You.

--Clive Cowan 19:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)