Talk:The Steps of the Sun

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This article has no sources and no claim of notability. I recommend that it be redirected to Walter Tevis until sources verifting notability can be found per WP:NRV. Does anyone know of any reviews of this book on or off line? All I can find about the book are comments that he "...also wrote..." it. J bh Talk  15:13, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Article has at least one source. I am also going to go to a print edition of "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" which is not some user edited website, to get a reference.


 * Note to other users - nominator has been a persistent stalker of mine for some days now.-MacRùsgail (talk) 18:42, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Enough. Read WP:HOUND. "Correct use of an editor's history includes (but is not limited to) fixing unambiguous errors or violations of Wikipedia policy, or correcting related problems on multiple articles." Any more accusations of stalking and I will raise the matter at WP:ANI. --Neil N  talk to me 19:15, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I spent a while writing a long reply and edit conflicted with your post. When that happens it usually means that what I had to say did not need saying at the time. J bh  Talk  21:38, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

"Enough. Read WP:HOUND" - Thank you, I am all too aware of "hounding" and stalking, I have been experiencing it for some weeks now, and you have done nothing whatsoever to understand my own viewpoint. Isn't it about time you did? -MacRùsgail (talk) 13:23, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * MacRùsgail, your viewpoint is wrong. I don't know how much more plainer I can be. --Neil N  talk to me 13:30, 25 May 2015 (UTC)


 * - You aren't being plain here. In fact you're condoning harassment, as long as it conforms to rules that are concocted on parts of Wikipedia that most editors never see and never vote on! Following someone around is never acceptable whether on the computer or in a dark alley way. (I have had serious misgivings about this aspect of Wikipedia for a while. Basically it's a self-selecting oligarchy of people with a lot of time on their hands.) The only reason we are having this discussion on this article is because I wrote the thing and Jbhunley is following me around.


 * "Any more accusations of stalking and I will raise the matter at WP:ANI" - Blame the victim mentality. I hope you never take up a legal/police role...-MacRùsgail (talk) 13:45, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Notes on sources and my edit

 * Rm Worthington Library salutes Walter Tevis . There is only a bare mention of the book in this source is -.
 * Penguin Classics, Walter Tevis is a publishers biography and simply says [//www.penguinclassics.co.uk/authors/walter-tevis/33639/]. This is simply a bare mention and does not contribute to notability.
 * this is a which seems to be a good source, I would prefer if there were some indication the interview were actually run on the show but I can not get it to play. All in all a very good find though.  J bh  Talk  19:22, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The corresponding mp3 file available here plays. --Neil N  talk to me 19:34, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Its the things right in front of me I miss :) J bh  Talk  19:37, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not know if I would say this contributes to notability. The interview is more about the author's use of science fiction as a narrative device and there is only about three and a half minutes (from abt 07:00-10:30) about this book, most of which is a plot summary. If there is some evidence this part of the interview was broadcast I would feel a lot better about it since it would show that what the author had to say about this book was significant and worth air time ie the definition of notability. Other's opinions may differ and I am enough on the fence that I will not argue the point if that is the case. J bh  Talk  19:50, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * That website is quite a find though. I'm just looking at the "A" section here and thinking, "oh, wow!". --Neil N  talk to me 19:56, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I bookmarked the site for both my Wiki-resources and for my personal browsing. There is always something to learn here - often more from editing than just from reading... J bh  Talk  20:01, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

You're shifting the goal posts again. For future reference, do not condone or justify bullying, and also listen to BOTH sides of an argument.-MacRùsgail (talk) 16:57, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Your arguments hold no water. Saying that content needs to meet Wikipedia's notability and sourcing standards is not bullying. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 17:01, 6 June 2015 (UTC)


 * You haven't offered anything constructive, just stock answers. But leaving that aside, as you seem not to listen much - it is better to improve articles yourself in the manner you yourself specify rather than destroy them. That completely undermines the co-operative aspect of Wikipedia.


 * If you are such a stickler for the rules and regulations of Wikipedia, why aren't you helping improve articles such as this one, instead of criticising what others do? Probably because it would take more time to do that.


 * But if you bring yourself to, please add references to this article which improve it, and conform to your idea of what a good article should be. That would be a decent and kind thing to do. Better than some of what you've condoned recently.-MacRùsgail (talk) 17:11, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I guess you haven't noticed that I improved and expanded one of your articles that was on the edge of notability, correcting a factual error that you added? --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 17:19, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Nor did he notice the article of his which I improved. Of all the text he has written here and in other places I see much more complaining than editing. - please do not misrepresent my actions.  The only time I 'interfered with' anything in your user space was when you moved articles at AfD into your user space to try to stop the AfD. That is not 'interfering with' that is correcting a bad act. Instead of complaining spend the time improving articles or, since you say content policies have changed a lot, go read and familiarize yourself with the current policies. The only reason I checked your articles is you have a history - as AfD has shown - of creating articles about non-notable subjects. There is no 'improving' a non-notable article there is only A) not writing it in the first place or B) deleting it - period. My response to your continuing complaints is simple either take me to ANI, where I am sure your behavior will be sanctioned or stop whining about me and get over it. I have avoided taking you to ANI because I hate dealing with it and frankly your obnoxious behavior is not worth the frustration. Sooner or later you will either DROPTHESTICK and calm down or you will continue down this path and get blocked for continuing behavior you have been previously warned about. If editing has become too stressful or is no longer enjoyable please take a couple of months off to regain perspective. From your behavior I think a break is advisable and whether it is voluntary or enforced by block I frankly do not care. I have offered to work with you and you have rudely refused, that is your right. I will continue to work on the problematic articles I have indicated regardless. They are not your articles. Please see WP:OWN if you have any questions about that.  J bh  Talk  18:26, 6 June 2015 (UTC)