User talk:El Sandifer/Wold Newton

I am curious as to the purpose of this page. Does this page represent Phil Sandifer's "personal WNU" (in Wold Newton fan jargon)? Was this list compiled and expanded by Mr. Sandifer? Henry Covert 12:28, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * No - it was rescued from the article space with a vague intention of eventually trying to clean it up. Phil Sandifer 13:47, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Carl
Who the Heck is Carl Peterson, is he some kind of comedian?

--68.224.164.104 (talk) 17:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

My concerns about this list
I am curious, as a member of the Wold Newton community...you claim to have no interest in writing Wold Newton articles, yet you've kept this page alive for personal research purposes. However, as has been pointed out countless times, this list contains hundreds of inaccuracies and instances of original research not supported by any of Philip Jose Farmer or subsequent authors' writings within the Wold Newton mythos. Using erroneous materials for your research is something that should be frowned upon, in my opinion. By keeping this list here, where others will probably see it (it is listed on Google), those people will probably take it (save for Henry's accurate comments) as an accurate barometer of what is and isn't in the Wold Newton Universe, and indeed some people have fallen into that trap, as I and others have witnessed in the past. For the record, I have provided a deconstruction of many of the errors in this list here. By keeping this list where anyone can view it and take false info from it, you do a disservice to people wishing to explore the Wold Newton Universe, the people already involved in Woldnewtonry, and Philip Jose Farmer himself. I urge you to please consider the damage you may be doing. In my opinion, it would be best to delete this list, and instead consult the sites listed on the Wold Newton Family page to see what has actually been incorporated by Farmer and others. Seanleelevin (talk) 22:21, 23 July 2010 (UTC)