Talk:James Hurst

What is it with the last sentence?
The last sentence of the biography is vague, where the others are exact. It is also unsourced and not helpful. I think it should be cut off. (heh heh heh) Pittsburgh Poet (talk) 01:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/AustralianPacific//dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5NTU1MzMxNA== —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.42.189.205 (talk) 17:58, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Notability
Since my bold redirect of this article to the associated Scarlet Ibis article was undone, I'd like to discuss whether this article is at all necessary. What pertinent information does it provide to establish James Hurst's notability outside of his writing of the Scarlet Ibis? The article is poorly sourced and Hurst does not have significant independent coverage to confer notability - in situations where an author is known specifically for a single work it is common to have a redirect to the famous work as opposed to a stand alone article. --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:07, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I didn't think it was the function of this article to demonstrate his notability - surely that is done by the fact that he wrote a book that we have an article on. Why not have an article on him? What harm does it do? It doesn't duplicate anything on the Scarlet Ibis page, and it does all appear to be true - I added another reference. If you do redirect, at least put the biographical info into the other article, but I would argue that it doesn't belong there, it belongs here. Chris (talk) 15:27, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * All biography articles need to show that they meet notability criteria for inclusion; in this case the author is known solely for a single work - namely the Scarlet Ibis. There is no benefit in having a separate article on the author when his notability is completely anchored by his affiliation with a single work. I dropped a note at Wikipedia talk:Notability (people) to obtain some additional input. --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 17:22, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Based on the conversation at the above linked discussion, I have merged the author content to The Scarlet Ibis. --Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 18:27, 5 October 2010 (UTC)