Talk:Jack Du Brul

Surname and article title Du Brul
Jack Du Brul, as we call him, has the [Jack DuBrul Forum] where he participates as user Jack Dubrul. On the home page he uses both Jack DuBrul and Jack Dubrul, the latter in his copyright notice. I don't know enough to do more than pass it on FYI.

(It opens, "Welcome to the world of geologist Philip Mercer.") --P64 (talk) 17:27, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

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Political Views
I attempted to add a section to this stub article called "Political Views" with the following text: "Du Brul is notable for incorporating right-wing themes into his novels. For example, in The Lightning Stones, climate change is revealed not to be the consequence of human-generated carbon emissions, but rather the result of a European billionaire exploiting an occult mineral to warm the planet so that his own clean energy companies can profit. "

Another user, however, immediately deleted the entire section. I feel the addition of this section and information is appropriate. Many artists and authors have similar sections on their pages when their political views are notable. Furthermore, Du Brul's seem particularly worth mentioning as they've found their way into his novels. Multiple readers, as illustrated by the reader reviews posted at that Goodreads link, were surprised at the anti-climate-science content -- as well as harsh descriptions of the president and White House officials during the Obama administration -- within what was marketed as an adventure novel.

I could certainly imagine revising or rewording this proposed section, or incorporating more citations. I want to ensure that any mention of Du Brul's politics is itself politically neutral in accordance with Wikipedia standards. But it doesn't seem like an outright deletion was merited.SquidPebblePoliceman (talk) 00:51, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Reviewing the edit history, I see the explanation provided for the speedy deletion was the use of Goodreads as a source, or at least the fact that in my citation text I listed "Amazon" as the publisher of Goodreads: "Amazon is not a reliable source." I will instead include the Publishers Weekly review of the novel for a citation.SquidPebblePoliceman (talk) 01:05, 15 October 2018 (UTC)