Talk:Russ Nicholson

We need better illustrations than these
The article begins by saying he's "best known for his black and white fantasy art," and then the first illustration is in colour. The black and white picture is a poor example of his work, which is normally much more detailed and skilful. Nobody seeing these selections would understand why he has a Wikipedia article. Richard75 (talk) 21:41, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Death
Nicholson reportedly died on 17 May 2023. I am uncertain if these sources are suitable to add to the article. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 07:05, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Richard-of-Earth (talk) 07:05, 20 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Citing to a Facebook post that doesn't say where it got its info is probably not suitable. Dekhnews is throwing up a certificate error for me, but the cached version cites to the FB post. I tried being helpful earlier and listing this as a "blog reports he died" fact (citing ] but someone reverted that and it was probably the right call. Oblivy (talk) 07:20, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I guess all we can do is wait for a real obituary. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 07:33, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * That Dekh News site looks AI generated, so I don't trust it at all. You see a lot of those nowadays. The really sad thing is that a lot of these gaming industry folks don't even really get proper obits anymore, so all we often have to go by is a FB post from a friend or family member. If he died over a week ago, I'd expect to see something more or less official by now, but we can wait a bit longer I think. BOZ (talk) 13:47, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

I realise that we wouldn't normally use a blog as a source, but https://www.fightingfantasy.com/blog is the official site of the publisher of the FF books which Russ Nicholson is famous for illustrating, so I think we can rely on it. As for waiting for "a real obituary," this is probably it. Richard75 (talk) 16:45, 20 May 2023 (UTC)