Talk:Gary Paulsen

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Why isn't The Time Hackers listed here? It is by Gary Paulsen. Mollymoon 23:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ive added the time hackers--Salavat 12:03, and he likes sex

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I hope im using the discussion page right if im not im sorry id like to say someone vandalised the page (he or she added this person is an ideot to the beginning of the article) ill change it but i dont know how to report vandalism could someone do it for me?

thanks!!... okay I deleted the vandalism but i cant get rid of the frame around the first part of the article. someone help. wheil thats to bad why dount you just fix it your self. haaaaaaa please.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.184.182.3 (talk • contribs) 20:29 29 March 2007

Done! For your reference, the easiest way to get rid of vandalism is to save a previous version of the article over the vandalized version.

thanks for your help.

does anyone think there should be a second article showing the list of books instead of having it in this article?

That would be a pretty good idea, because i think he has more books then what is shown on the page Salavat 15:22, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This page really helped me with my school reporet thx! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bug1456 (talk • contribs) 13:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I have removed all or a majority of the fair use images on this page as their use was not in line with our Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria policy (likely in that the use is not minimal (3.a.) and it is in a list or a gallery (8.)) or our Wikipedia:Non-free content guideline that states that cover images may only be used for critical commentary on the cover itself, not just identification. Please do not re-add them without discussion. Kotepho 08:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Im the one who added those images, and first of all i think it looks alot neater without them on even though i added them and second I wasnt aware of the Wikipedia:Non-free content guideline. Salavat 10:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just recently compiled a complete list of the "World of Adventure" series. But im having doubts on whether or not the last 4 books on the list are renamed and reprinted versions of an earlier book in the series.

• Devil's Wall
• Perfect Danger
• Treasure Ship
• Video Trap

Also im pretty sure "Devil's Wall" is a reprint of "The Rock Jockeys", but im not 100% sure, so i added it for now.

If any one can figure this out that would be great. Salavat 15:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I figured it out by myself. Salavat 13:07, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On the December 23 version of this article (and probably some subsequent versions), it said that Paulsen was 'also known by his pen name, Phillip Paulman'. Is this information true? If so, it should be re-inserted into the article. If not, I'd like to know. Thanks, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 22:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can't wait to join the madness! Gary's story Winter Dance made me want to run it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.236.22.221 (talk) 21:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In 1983, as per the Iditarod's official website, Paulsen placed 41st among 54 finishers. I cannot find any record of him having entered the 2005 Race as alleged (prior to my edits), while both the 1985 and 2006 records pages list Paulsen as being Scratched/Withdrawn with a time of 0d 0h 0m 0s (DNS). I checked the records pages from 1983 up to 1990, when he publicly resigned from sled dog racing, and from 2000-to-date, and these are the only three races which list him as a competitor. I've cited Paulsen's results page from the 1983 race but am unclear on how to correctly format it within Wiki's guidelines. My apologies in advance for leaving that to someone else :( Kwazimoto69 (talk) 20:01, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article mentions some pretty colorful facts without citations that are not mentioned in the NY Times biography linked to on the page. Where is the circus thing coming from? EdwinHJ | Talk 21:04, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IMHO, with or without citations Paulsen's life is a bit too colorful for one man's life, but honestly the running away to join the circus comes from his publisher's website. Many of Paulsen's books are supposedly autobiographical, especially Eastern Sun, Winter Moon, which I have read and found to be less plausible than some of his fiction but it is what the man has said has happened, and believe it or not, it now has citations. --Ishtar456 (talk) 01:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC) It is Everday bBro with the Disney channel flow, % million in youtube in months never done before mastered all the youtube channels[reply]

There's a newly created article on the film adaptation of Nightjohn if anyone feels inclined to add a section on adaptations of Paulsen's work and link to it.--CharlieDelta (talk) 06:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

About half of the listed nonfiction titles suggest "sports instruction" to me so I added that to the {{infobox writer}} Subjects (which refers to nonfiction). If these books are not instructional the please revise perhaps to "outdoor sports" or so.

This work needs at least a mention in prose. If the market is children (not teens), or school programs, or collegiate study of physical education, then a mention in the lead may be appropriate.

--P64 (talk) 19:21, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

more appropriate in the lead as this genre of his work is more different from what we do cover --P64 (talk) 18:43, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Library of Congress Authorities (Paulsen's LC Name Authority File) cites a Gale database thus:[1]

• Gale biog. res. center, database, 24 Sept. 2009 (Gary Paulsen, 1939- ; also known as Paul Garrisen; primarily writer of young-adult fiction and nonfiction; written 2 plays and works of adult fiction and nonfiction, along with picture books for children)

WorldCat and LC Catalog searches for 'Garrisen' both hit the same two works--for example:

• WorldCat search Garrisen.

I added 'Garrisen, Paul (pseud.)' to the hidden template {{Persondata}}. --P64 (talk) 18:43, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I think this falls under the category of "libelous" material, unless it can be backed up with a source proving that this is a quote of Paulsen's or is from a reputable source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leafbug003 (talk • contribs) 19:03, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done Good catch. Removed. NQ (talk) 21:13, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A great author for the development of teen reads. I hope Gary's legacy with continue to live on through his amazing literature. Apollo The Fantastic (talk) 21:12, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Danbloch: please stop removing maintenance templates from this article. Per WP:WNTRMT the template needs to remain in place until the issue is resolved. A link to another article does not constitute contents within a section, the section needs to have some actual prose within this article in order for the template to qualify for removal. That means that at minimum there should be a summary of the most important items found in the child article.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:36, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Whether a link constitutes content for purposes of {{empty section}} in general is open to discussion, since I don't see this spelled out anywhere. In this particular case, however, if you do a Google search for "Main article...bibliography" you'll see that using links for the content of bibliography sections is very common. (Note that you have to click through to the articles to see if there is or isn't additional content.) Sure, it would be nice if this article had more about the highlights of Paulsen's works, but common Wikipedia usage says that this is not an appropriate template for this section. Dan Bloch (talk) 11:05, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If I may suggest here, a short list of selected, more notable works by Paulsen may be placed there, instead of empty space. --PFHLai (talk) 11:06, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, that would be perfect. In the mean time, however, the bibliography is empty. It has no content. This is not "open to discussion", external links and hatnotes to other pages do not ceount as content.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:18, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The two issues with using this template here, which you haven't addressed, are that this is your unsupported personal interpretation of the documentation and so clearly open to discussion, and that adding this template ignores the widespread use of this convention for bibliography links.

But to avoid wasting more of everybody's time, I could live with {{expand section}}. Dan Bloch (talk) 18:27, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]