Talk:Yann Martel

We Ate the Children Last
Despite being mentioned on Yann's webpage I can see no record of this book on Amazon which is strange, any ideas ?

GrahamHardy (talk) 18:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I also see no mention of "Self". Hardly a minor work. Commo1 (talk) 19:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Also, why is there no mention in the article of the plagiarism issues concerning Life of Pi? Martel has publicly acknowledged borrowing very heavily from a Brazilian novel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.44.88 (talk) 15:28, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

“The greater good and the greater profit are not compatible aims.” Yann Martel — Preceding unsigned comment added by MsAngelnPunkin (talk • contribs) 13:43, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism
There's a line "From 2007 to 12345678910, Martel worked on a project ..." in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.99.193.237 (talk) 10:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

old link
the link for ' Official Beatrice and Virgil website (U.S.)' is inaccurate is goes to a placeholder page to sell the domain.. the one link before it.. works well.. maybe someone can edit that link.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.20.129.108 (talk) 09:46, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've tidied it up. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:37, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Plagiarism Charges
I agree with the above comment that noted the absence of information about plagiarism charges against Martel. Whether the charges are valid or not, they have been made and have been discussed in major media outlets. See for instance:


 * http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/08/bookerprize2002.awardsandprizes


 * http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/06/books/tiger-in-a-lifeboat-panther-in-a-lifeboat-a-furor-over-a-novel.html?pagewanted=all

--Skb8721 (talk) 16:20, 4 February 2016 (UTC)


 * It's covered in the last couple of sentences of the first paragraph under Career, and in more detail at Life of Pi. I think that's appropriate weight, given how short this article is.  WP:BLP is also relevant here, so the description sticks to the facts.--Trystan (talk) 02:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

GA nomination
i'm nominating for GA since the revscore indicates GA. https://ores.wmflabs.org/scores/enwiki/wp10/711593525/ -- Duckduckstop (talk) 17:51, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

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