Talk:List of copywriters

What about the little guys?

The criteria of this page doesn't make sense. I know the copywriting business VERY well, and there are legends in this field that have not founded multi-national advertising agencies nor have received any sort of lifetime achievement award. That doesn't mean their contribution to the field of copywriting is any less. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.228.188.152 (talk) 21:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Whoa...what's going on here?

At the end of the list is Bill Hilton, "UK Copywriter of the year, 2007". I'd like to congratulate myself on that award - I am Bill - but I have three questions: first, where did this page appear from? Second, why am I listed? Third, what the hell IS the UK Copywriter of the Year Award? I only found out about the page because of a spike in my website stats. I'm about to delete myself and one or two other less well-known copywriters from here, as I'm not happy about getting traffic from this. Anyone know what's going on? Do I have an anonymous well-wisher?Bedesboy 22:23, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

In fact, on second thoughts, I've deleted my entry and I'm going to nominate the whole article for deletion - it just invites spam.Bedesboy 22:26, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I created this page, long ago. That said, I now think it could be replaced by a category and no one would really miss it. It was intended just to list copywriters famous enough to deserve Wiki articles, back in the day, but you're right -- spam magnet it's become. -- Scarequotes 22:53, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Sections

I've added several categories sections to the list: (1) pioneers, (2) founders, and (3) award winners. This is intended to do a couple of things. Firstly, make the list easier for readers to navigate. Secondly, make it harder for spam links to creep in, as minor figures will need to justify their name appearing in a particular category section.

I've also added names to the lists, but this was in a fairly haphazard manner. I basically went through the lists of winners at the articles on the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame and The One Club, called up anyone who had a wikipedia bio, and made a quick decision about whether they seemed to qualify as a copywriter or not. As a result, I most likely have overlooked some deserving names while adding others that are dubious (e.g. those who spent the majority of their careers as art directors or account executives). Please feel free to cull and add names as necessary.

I removed Drayton Bird and Ernie Schenck from the list. Another, Dave Trott, I put in the awards section rather than the founders, but he still requires a citation (the one provided was effectively an out-of-date link). Meticulo (talk) 16:09, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

I've also added some names from Category:Copywriters. Meticulo (talk) 14:13, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Worldwide view

Award-winning British copywriters are definitely lacking from the list, partly due to my lack of success at navigating the Design and Art Direction website. Meticulo (talk) 16:04, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Along the same lines, it would be good to add significant award winners from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, but I'm not going to do it, because I refuse on principle to register at the Cannes Lions website, which is what you're asked to do if you click on the 'See winners' icon. Meticulo (talk) 09:35, 23 September 2019 (UTC)