Talk:Karen Traviss

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Contempt of fans? what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.236.102 (talk) 13:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I don't know what that's about either. I removed the unsourced text "However, her attitude towards other works in the same universe and contempt of fans have sparked controversy among certain groups in the fanbase." from the article. She's not my favorite SW author by a long shot, but I'm fairly sure this unsourced accusation butts up against libel, especially as it has implications for her livelihood. If anyone has such sourcing, please return the text and cite it properly (although I'd be surprised. I mean she's good friends with Jerry and Mike of Penny Arcade, and... I don't know I just don't think it's accurate). Knnos (talk) 12:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

She engaged in very heated debates with fans over the number of clones created http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Karen_Traviss . She states in one of her novels, there was only 3 million which is less than the number of troops involved in either side in WWII. The US alone sent 16 million troops. This ended with her deleting her entire blog from stawars.com. As of 8/08/09, she stated will never write another Star Wars novel again, ever. Due to Lucas changing back stories http://karentraviss.typepad.com/blog/2009/08/end-of-one-era-start-of-another.html . I would add this all into teh article, but I am so sick of the crazy editors here that I don't even wother. Wikipedia used to be fun, now its just facist BS. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.57.96.1 (talk) 15:06, 22 July 2010 (UTC) As a random passer by, I'm shocked there is no full controversy section for KT with the Star Wars fan stuff, it's what the average reader coming to this page is usually looking for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.200.219.186 (talk) 04:21, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Halo[edit]

Note: I read on a page on Halopedia that Traviss will be writting a few Halo books. 148.61.7.80 (talk) 15:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, same here. Source: [1] I think that should be noted somewhere. Anonymous

Halo Controversy[edit]

Should we mention in this article that she has also recieved controversy concerning her latest Halo book; Glasslands? 91.177.168.58 (talk) 16:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why This Reference?[edit]

John Hickman. "Implacable Justice: Arguing Politics and Theories of Law via the Encounter with Powerful Alien Species." Extrapolation. (September 2007) 48(2): 302-313.

Not sure what this is doing in the reference section. Anyone know? 208.61.112.212 (talk) 04:05, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, I found a link for it: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1421/is_2_48/ai_n29374468/ I understand why it's cited now. I'm going to add the link to the reference in the article. 208.61.112.212 (talk) 16:22, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Some Book Titles from Descriptive Paragraphs?[edit]

It seems like some of the book titles in the first three paragraphs (particularly in the Star Wars paragraph) aren't needed and could be more profitably replaced with descriptions of each series more broadly. Anyone object to me doing so? 208.61.112.212 (talk) 16:08, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bad Cite[edit]

Footnote Number 1: http://www.gearheadsofwar.com/

Doesn't support the sentence it is supposed to be supporting. Anyone have an actual cite? 208.61.112.212 (talk) 15:59, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Who is Karen Traviss?[edit]

There is next to no biographical information about her: date / place of birth, education, family, etc.

Without such information this is not a biographical article. It is a publicity feature. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.86.82 (talk) 04:42, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sensationalist reporting - non-reader comment[edit]

Recent addition of non-reader is born from a Youtube clip, she explains she doesn't read novels but she does read comics and primarily engages herself in visual media as a television and media writer. Including it is in poor taste and was used by Ben Kuchera to drive traffic. 0:14 - 0:55 explains this and using it out of context for defamation seems in poor taste. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sline09 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy Sources[edit]

Could somebody add sources for those statements in the parts relating to Star Wars controversy? I *know* that reliable sources are out there, but I'm notoriously terrible at sourcing things, so I'm afraid that if I even try to do it I'll just screw things up. But, I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that the statements are true and that they *can* be backed up... I just suck beyond belief at sourcing things myself. 67.10.113.37 (talk) 03:42, 13 April 2012 (UTC) I've removed the paragraph about this alleged 'controversy' per WP:BLP. Negative statements about living people must be supported by reliable sources or should be removed. Robofish (talk) 03:27, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy section[edit]

I removed the "Star Wars Controversy" section a few months back, but User:Kitsunedawn restored it. In my opinion, all that needs to be said is that Traviss parted from Del Rey over creative differences, which is what the "History with Star Wars" section already says. Do we really need a whole section on this controversy? The only sources right now are links to Traviss' personal blog, which might be biased, and I don't know of any neutral third-party sources we can use. --Cerebellum (talk) 17:21, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I removed it for now but I'm happy to discuss more if anybody objects. --Cerebellum (talk) 13:28, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I removed some very strongly biased language: something about "garroting" fans, which while in quotation marks, did not appear in either source that was cited. It seems worthwhile to keep an eye on this section for neutrality as the deleted language seems like petty vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.25.186.103 (talk) 20:14, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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