Talk:John Boyne/Archive 1

John Boyne on the BBC's World Book Club
A chance to ask questions to improve this article! John Boyne will be talking about The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on the BBC radio programme World Book Club. You can submit a question by emailing worldbookclub@bbc.co.uk or using the form on the World Book Club homepage. If you wish to attend the recording, it will take place at 4.00pm-7.00pm on Tuesday 23rd February 2010, at the Southbank Centre in London. Email the same address to confirm your intention to attend. EdQuine (talk) 14:50, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

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The current author seems to get deleted from time to time by various anonymous IPs. The latest removal gave ''This photograph is not permitted. It is copyrighted'' as a reason in the edit summary. But the image has clearly been licensed under Creative Commons and has been checked by Wikipedia in May 2010. So I see no reason not to restore it to this article.--Plad2 (talk) 15:56, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I have replaced the previous image with a more recent photo. With a bit of luck, this may be a bit more stable from now on.--Plad2 (talk) 23:01, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

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Controversy Section
I saw that the source was Twitter. Twitter is a primary source. If reliable sources that are also secondary sources pick this up we can debate inclusion in the article - as we have around My Brother's Name is Jessica. Absent that our policy on biographies of living people does not support this inclusion. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:57, 20 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Fixing ping of . Barkeep49 (talk) 02:58, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Why do people spell my name wrong so often :)

Can you explain further what the issue is? John has support a transphobic action taking in court and is currently being criticised for it. What sources are required for this apart from his own words on twitter? Happy to learn.

Macros42 (talk) 03:03, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I linked them up above but we would need sources that are both reliable and secondary to include here. People tweet about a lot of things and we don't include their tweets here - whether we agree with them or not - unless they matter in a broader encyclopedic context. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 03:08, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. I'll have another look at the edit tomorrow and use other sources as required. Macros42 (talk) 03:10, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2020
Information on this page is factually incorrect:

- There was and is no "series of tweets between the museum and the author". - "He deleted his Twitter account". Incorrect. He deactivated it for a week and then returned. His Twitter account is there for all to see. Suggesting otherwise prevents people going in search of the twitter account. 110.141.157.129 (talk) 01:15, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: The information included was backed by reliable sources in both instances. I have included a citation to a Guardian piece which shows he's back on twitter and also could be used to cite his response to the Museum. Barkeep49 (talk) 01:26, 27 February 2020 (UTC)