Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Chuck Palahniuk/archive1

Chuck Palahniuk
Self nomination. Unless I'm mistaken, if this becomes a featured article it'll be the first one about a living and still publishing author. -- [[User talk:LGagnon|LGagnon]] 17:29, Aug 12, 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Nicely detailed article that covers most relevant information about his life and work. Sarge Baldy 01:00, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * Object: The introduction paragraph or lead section is too short. -- Emsworth 17:00, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I've extended a sentence and added two more. If that isn't enough, I'm open to suggestions. -- [[User talk:LGagnon|LGagnon]] 17:27, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's fine. I was just against having introductions that are shorter than proper paragraphs, and my concerns have been addressed. -- Emsworth 19:27, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Object - image is not only non-free, but just lifted from NYT source without even a passable fair-use justification - David Gerard 12:53, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * The image (which I didn't add) could be removed for now, and we could replace it in the future; images aren't needed for featured article status, after all. Finding free pictures of Chuck that can be used by us would be tough, unless we could get someone to go to one of his book readings and snap a photo of him (he's done with the Stranger Than Fiction tour, unfortunately, and probably won't have another until Haunted is published). Maybe we could ask at the forums of chuckpalahniuk.net, but I'm not sure if they'd allow us to ask around there. Still, I'll see what I can do. -- [[User talk:LGagnon|LGagnon]] 15:18, Aug 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * A bit of an update: I have gotten no cooperation from chuckpalahniuk.net or its members. Neither the people who run it nor the members so much as give me a "no" to donating photos. It appears we'll have to wait until someone who is a Wikipedia member is able to do so. In the meantime, I have added the fair use image of the Fight Club DVD that is used in the Fight Club article, which now also appears in the adaptations section of Chuck's article. So now we have at least one picture that is ok to use (I'm assuming). -- [[User talk:LGagnon|LGagnon]] 23:21, Aug 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * Picture removed. Is this OK otherwise? [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 13:29, 2004 Aug 19 (UTC)
 * We could still use a picture of Chuck, but otherwise it should be fine to be accepted as a featured article. It probably won't be on the main page any time soon, though. -- [[User talk:LGagnon|LGagnon]] 17:54, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)