User talk:Perryglasser

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August 2012
Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:39, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

The template issues were resolved several times. Have you thought to read the site entry?

I am trying to assume good faith. My Wikipedia entry is not an ad. I am one of 7 literary fellows of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and have 3 books in print with 2 more forthcoming. None of those books are vanity productions. I've won multiple awards and have been in residence at places like the Norman Mailer House. Come on Duffbeerforme, what exactly would constitute "notoriety?" Material gets added, links get added, and that's still seems not to be sufficient. We're all not Stephen King.

Take a look at David Crouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crouse) or Lee K. Abbott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_K._Abbott I could go on..., in what way are they more notyable than I? Lee has 6 books; David is my former student. I could list a dozen journals titles as Lee has done. Would that make you any happier?

I have no control over how many links come TO the page--would you prefer I go into some other entries and link to me? There are many, many academic literary entries like mine in Wikipedia that stay up with no notation. I went around on this 3 years ago. I apologize for being 64 years old, but in my long career I won many awards and published books BEFORE there was an internet, meaning there is no digital evidence. I am far from the only writer here who cites PEN Fiction awards, I got three. The work was published in dozens of newspapers and magazines and National Public Radio--but the award no longer exists, the NPR talk show no longer exists, and since it is pre-Internet people here seem to treat it as though it never happened.

5 books (1 novel, 3 fiction collections, and a book of memoirs) and numerous literary awards. I wish they were bestsellers, too, but that does not mean they are not "notable."

Give me a break.

Perryglasser (talk) 13:08, 21 August 2012 (UTC)