Talk:Sharon Lee (writer)

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Notability[edit]

Working on adding some good sources. This author is clearly notable, given that she was on the board of the SFWA for half a dozen years, including stints as President and Executive Director (sourced in the main article). I've added some sources to help document her 30+ year career as a published author. I'll add a section on awards won as well. Hopefully, This will move it to a solid status. Recommend changing from a notability tag to one of the sources for profile improvement. catseyes (talk) 12:57, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:24, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Linked material[edit]

Also as she appears as a guest of honor at more than one convention, an award winner or nominee more than once, and multiple other citations, she should have more external material linked to her. Doryllis (talk) 15:42, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think we may have achieved adequate sourcing. Since I'm the one that added the bulk of it I'd appreciate someone else reviewing for tag removal. catseyes (talk) 05:33, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking in my melanti as a Wikipedia editor, I'd be happier if the "references" included fewer items from her own publisher, and more from impartial reliable sources such as Locus and Publishers Weekly. --Orange Mike | Talk 06:33, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you mean. About a third of the references are links back to their listings. I hadn't even paid attention to where they went when those were added. I was just happy someone else was participating. I'll see if I can find some reviews to replace some of those with. catseyes (talk) 23:52, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And after all that work I did to find links to reviews instead of to the publisher's site, someone has gone and put links to the publisher back in. I don't have the time to go back through and grab the stuff that should be kept, since they also did some other stuff, and it's going to have to be picked through. catseyes (talk) 02:12, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Liaden Wiki[edit]

I added the Liaden Wiki to the External links section and it was removed based on the WP:ELNO guidelines. I'm guessing that was in accordance with item 12 of WP:LINKSTOAVOID. I think that the wiki falls under the exceptions to the guideline, but would like other opinions. catseyes (talk) 19:13, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, wikis (including this one) do not fall in the category of reliable sources. We need links to publications with editorial staff, peer review, fact-checking, etc. This is not optional: necessity compels! --Orange Mike | Talk 17:24, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]