Talk:Richard Russo/Archive 1

External link
I recently posted a link to a video interview with Richard Russo that was done by a public broadcasting station in Washington, DC. However, this link was removed with the explanation that it violated the standards for external links. Admittedly I am new to Wikipedia but, in reviewing the "What should be linked" information on the guidelines for external links, I do not understand why the link I added was viewed as a violation. Interviews are explicitly mentioned as resources that should be linked, and there are several other interviews that apparently did past muster. Mjgodzilla 20:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * When your contributions consist exclusively of adding external links to the same site over and over again, you are considered a spammer, regardless of the merits of the links. Wikipedia is not a mere repository of links, no matter how appropriate. It's an attempt to create a collaborative encyclopedia, the content of which is produced by continuous discussions and negotiations among contributing editors. Any time a mass addition of external links is detected, they are (or should be) treated as spam and removed. If you wish to see the links re-added, follow the instructions in my earlier message: Propose each link on the affected article's Talk page. If there is a consensus for adding the link, or if no one objects after a reasonable amount of time, you can add the link to the article. In your edit summary, point to the proposal/discussion on the Talk page so that other editors will be able to see that the link is not spam.-- Shelf Skewed  Talk  22:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

education
Are those years correct? Did Russo obtain an M.A. after a PhD? 24.132.109.105 (talk) 00:01, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Years
If Mr. Russo was born in 1949, he is not likely to have graduated from the U of Arizona in 1967. That year, when he turned 18, is more likely the year when he graduated from high school. 64.178.106.162 11:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

According to his meet the writers page on BarnesandNoble.com, the information is correct. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writer.asp?cid=968838 199.233.80.251 (talk) 13:53, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Somebody apparently confused the date he ENTERED the University with the date of his first degree. He stated in a 2001 interview that he entered Univ of Arizona in 1967, and stayed there until 1979. I will reword the article to remove the BA date, until we can have something more definitive.Raymondwinn (talk) 01:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

ELs cleaned out
I removed the following nonessential links from the article:


 * Author interview at failbetter.com
 * Author interview at identitytheory.com (already cited in article)
 * Audio interview from the Maine Humanities Council
 * Author interview at powells.com
 * 2007 podcast interview at The Bat Segundo Show
 * 2009 podcast interview at The Bat Segundo Show
 * Speaking Profile Richard Russo's profile and lecture topics on the Random House Speakers Bureau

Archived here for use as potential future references.-- Shelf Skewed  Talk  05:15, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Early Life
(doing an english paper on Empire Falls and Russo's life) Hi, I'm new to editing and was wondering if someone with a little more experience could help me out here. Since the release of Elsewhere, there's a lot more information available about his childhood and family life- namely his parents and home life. I hope any of this stuff helps: ; ;  Agreeablecynic (talk) 21:09, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Works
Nobody's Fool – bad link? redirects to same page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Russo. No idea, if the other page exists and how to link it. Anoynone...? 17:45, 6 July 2019 (UTC)181.177.138.231 (talk)181.114.84.200 (talk) 17:18, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Residence
Greetings, fellow Wikipedians. This article contained conflicting statements regarding his residence: Camden ME (with no citation) and Portland ME (with citation). His most recent book, Chances Are..., states that he lives in Portland and does not mention Camden. So I deleted the reference to Camden and added a citation re: Portland. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 13:48, 27 August 2019 (UTC)