Talk:Jon-Henri Damski

Damski Biography Project
-the Damski Biography Project began with this entry in July, 2009, started by Damski Literary Executor, John Michael Vore

-the Damski Biography Project is an on-going effort to create a narrative about the life of a Chicago-based activist, writer and columnist

-as a narrative about a writer, the Damski Biography Project has versions

-it reached a stable version with updates by Vore in a full essay, "Briefly, A Life," and published in Damski, Fresh Frozen: First Chicago Poems (Firetrap 2009); citations based on original research and included in that essay have been updated in this entry to reflect their inclusion in Vore's version; at this point, the Project split into two versions, one stable based on the evidence in a now passed by moment of time, and another which continues here

-the Damski Biography Project continues with updates/corrections to this entry, which is published in full accord with the relevant licenses

Firetrap411 (talk) 22:16, 10 October 2009 (UTC) Firetrap411 (talk) 23:10, 10 October 2009 (UTC) Firetrap411 (talk) 23:24, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest
-While the main text was contributed by one individual, it has been edited by several individuals--those knowledgeable about the history of the LGBTQ scene in Chicago, and familiar with Damski's extensive body of work

-Though one of the editor's is also a publisher, the Firetrap Press cooperative is a volunteer effort maintained at the expense of a collection of over two dozen writers and artists--including friends of Damski

-Those involved in recent Damski publishing projects and the Damski Biography Project are fully aware of the public, collaborative nature of a WIkipedia entry; this is precisely why it has published a Damski biography entry--for the availability of review and comment and as part of the public record

Firetrap411 (talk) 23:12, 10 October 2009 (UTC) Firetrap411 (talk) 23:29, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

References, Single Source
-This entry includes over 80 sources, 50+ of which were published in third-party publications

-This entry references ten separate authors, including those who have published articles about Damski elsewhere

-This entry also reference outside sources verifying the biographical details Damski, himself, lists and refers to in his unpublished correspondence, published works, and unpublished papers

-some citations, perhaps a dozen, rely on unpublished materials available only in the Jon-Henri Damski Archive; while these are not readily available, they are verifiable, and the references to them have now been edited to reflect their inclusion in an essay published by Damski editor John Vore and entitled "Briefly, A Life" (found as an addendum in Jon-Henri Damski, "Fresh Frozen: First Chicago Poems" (Firetrap Press, 2009))

Firetrap411 (talk) 22:25, 10 October 2009 (UTC) Firetrap411 (talk) 22:46, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Reads Like an Essay
-Working to better reflect Wiki principles listed in "Not an Essay" entry; this issue relates to the version split referenced in the first section, and continues to be corrected based on the living version which is this Wiki entry

Firetrap411 (talk) 22:40, 10 October 2009 (UTC)