Draft talk:Stephen Harrison (author)

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---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:53, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And he is User:Stephenbharrison. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:50, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ready for Mainspace?

Since October 30th, 2024, there have been a number of articles featuring Harrison, specifically these three:

Combined with the existing citations, I think this article is ready for the Mainspace. Pinging folks who were a part of the previous deletion discussion to get their opinions. @User:Hemiauchenia @User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång @User:ThadeusOfNazereth @Cielquiparle @Pharaoh of the Wizards @User:Oaktree b. Thanks! - Wil540 art (talk) 15:56, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at the sources from the WP:GNG-perspective, but the WP:OVERCITE needs improvement, as a rule of thumb, 2 cites per sentence is plenty. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:06, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing-wise, I think the article will get over the line. But I think we should take the time now to improve the prose in the article and flesh out more facts from his life and add some of the reviews and topics he has written about, etc. Cielquiparle (talk) 16:07, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The last two are interviews, so don't help notability. The first one isn't strictly about Harrison, but it helps. I don't think these are enough though. Oaktree b (talk) 17:27, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

External links under "Selected works"

Is it really OK to embed external links under "Selected works"? I thought that external links are always listed under "External links". Cielquiparle (talk) 15:57, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just re-read Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works and it reads under the Online books and articles section:

"When a book or article is available online through a site such as Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, Google Books, or an open access website, it may be useful to provide a link to the online content so readers can view it; the link should always be accompanied by the necessary information such as title and publication date. The link itself may be either a bare URL, or it can be embedded in a {{cite}} template. There is no requirement either to add or remove such links. A link to Google Books should only be added if the book is available for preview."

Based on that, I would say we could turn the article links into Internet Archive links and unlink the Google books link to the book since there is no preview available. - Wil540 art (talk) 23:11, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]