Talk:List of science-fiction authors

Notable
What criteria are used to determine notability for this list? I assume a Wikipedia page characterizing someone as an SF author is sufficient, but is it necessary? kdammers

"SF author" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect SF author and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 1 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 19:51, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

alphabetical by... first name?
Why are the sections from Q thru Z sorted alphabetically by first name within the group of "last name starts with [letter 2603:8000:7A00:DC46:6D46:2E5A:2157:89CB (talk) 04:55, 11 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Likely someone used a generic sort tool and didn't think to skip the first word. —Tamfang (talk) 01:09, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Not that that would always be enough! —Tamfang (talk) 06:23, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

pseudonyms
Some authors are listed for each of multiple pseudonyms; is that necessary? We could instead append a list of pseudonyms to the primary name. —Tamfang (talk) 06:25, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

particles
Most of the de names are under D, and van names under V. But Lester del Rey is under both D and R; Paul Di Filippo under F; and Paul van Herck under H.

Is there a policy? Are their personal preferences known? —Tamfang (talk) 06:47, 6 April 2023 (UTC)