Talk:G. P. Taylor

Biography assessment rating comment

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- BirgitteSB 00:05, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Further information

Unusually, the page about G. P. Taylor at Answers.com is NOT a mirror of WP. The article is out-of date (eg he has apparently only written two books!) and some inaccuracies (date of birth, for example), but includes some potentially useful background for further research. However, due to the inaccuracies, it is not appropriate as an External Link in the article.

• "G(raham) P(eter) Taylor" at Answers.com

EdJogg 09:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Interview regarding this article

See this interview with the Yorkshire Post for Taylor's own review of this article. -- The Anome 15:19, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

All of the reviewers seem fairly happy with their entries, which is rather comforting. But, seeing as how Graham should not be modifying his own article, if he cares to let me know of any future inaccuracies, I'll be glad to apply the changes for him!

EdJogg 16:00, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

See PS to '(Non-) Conversion', below. -- EdJogg (talk) 00:38, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

References

Can someone support the statement "best-selling novels" with some facts? What's the criteria for a book being "best-selling"? --Trickstar (talk) 11:07, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I would guess appearing on one of the 'Best Seller' lists, like the New York Times Best Seller List.....could always search those to see? Narson (talk) 14:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

According to GPT:

Shadowmancer -- UK best seller -- 27 June 2003 - Aug 2003

Shadowmancer -- US best seller -- end May 2004 (New York Times - No 8 - 15 Aug 2004)

Wormwood -- UK best seller (No 1 paperback) 2007 (same week that J K Rowling was No 1 hardback)

Can anyone provide suitable reference sites for bestseller lists?

EdJogg (talk) 23:33, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

The Yorkshire Post repeatedly refers to his books as bestsellers, which is good enough for me. Now cited. I agree that specifics would also be useful, not least for the articles on the books themselves. - Fayenatic (talk) 00:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Reference material

May be of use to editors:

• GPT being thrown out of a school for 'inappropriate language' - also has links to 5 external links on the same story, and 5 other BBC news pages
• CBBC News: Kids' author GP Taylor talks about books and bums (MUST find an excuse to include a ref with a title like that!)
  • Related: Blood and bogeys at book festival
• Lost childhood? Nostalgic claptrap -- good for school's work
• Author burns original manuscripts
• Vicar clinches £2.5m movie deal
• GPT featuring on BBC Radio 4 programme: The Storyman with Andrew Clover
• Familiar Stories With Big Sales - Mentions Wormwood first print run of 350,000 (hence showing sales confidence)

Actually, there's LOADS of stuff out there. Makes a nice change.

EdJogg (talk) 00:15, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

(Non-) Conversion to Catholicism

I suspect in the long-term this will be seen as a storm in a teacup, but as I write this, at least three otherwise 'reliable sources' have stated that GPT has converted to the Catholic Church.

I heard an interview with the author on Premier Radio last Sunday in which he confirmed that he had not converted. A search for proper references to back this up led, by a round-about route, to a phone call with the man himself (isn't Wikipedia wonderful!) As a result I have "primary-source original research" to say that he has not converted (and was never likely to either). Note that, as of this evening, NONE of the newspapers had so far contacted him to check the facts!

Unfortunately we are still no nearer getting a Reliable Source that states the facts correctly.

PS -- GPT has now overcome his reservations about his Wikipedia article, as described in the Yorkshire Post piece (see Ext links). He notes that the article has been considerably improved since then and that it is now sufficiently accurate, even if it is short of detail in places.

EdJogg (talk) 00:33, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Graham Taylor (footballer) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 04:58, 2 December 2012 (UTC)