Talk:T. J. Bass (author)

Genetic manipulation in Rorqual Maru (1972) Galaxy, Volume 32 No.4

In: Rorqual Maru (1971, UPD Publishing Corp. / Galaxy, Volume 32 No.4)

Any geneticists out there?

-How accurately does Bass use technical terms and procedures in his descriptions of genetic engineering?

-If accurate, was it the latest available info in 1971? Did he make any really good guesses?

-A brief discussion of the history of this field as imagined/used/anticipated in SF would be interesting

(under topic: Science Fiction ?) I'll bet a bunch of us have our favorites; like RAH's Jerry Was A Man

(Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1947 & Assignment in Eternity, Signet, 1953)) or Varley's Uplift novels.

(Text of Rorqual Maru also avlbe in: 1973 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF (₢ 1973 & Ed. Donald Wollheim) pp 155-191.) L8r, Latrans 20:14, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 20 September 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. General support to move per nomination as not the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Also, there are more support to create a disambiguation page over a hatnote per WP:ONEOTHER. (closed by non-admin page mover) Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 09:19, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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T. J. Bass → T. J. Bass (author) – not WP:PRIMARYTOPIC per page views Joeykai (talk) 00:08, 20 September 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 09:16, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Support – the pageviews for T. J. Bass (7/day) and T. J. Bass (American football) (52/day) have nearly an order of magnitude difference. Given that there are only two articles, I'd support moving T. J. Bass (American football) to T. J. Bass with a hatnote (WP:ONEOTHER), rather than creating a disambiguation page. jlwoodwa (talk) 17:41, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:07, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
• Support per nomination, jlwoodwa and Crouch, Swale, paired with creation of a T. J. Bass disambiguation page that would list T. J. Bass (author) as well as T. J. Bass (American football). —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 23:52, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Roman Spinner: I'm not strongly opposed, but why do you think a disambiguation page is better than a hatnote here? jlwoodwa (talk) 23:59, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

  @Jlwoodwa: I'm not strongly opposed either, but tend to expect a very high order of magnitude for WP:ONEOTHER primary topic, such as 100:1. If consensus ultimately skews towards a primary topic swap, that will be an equally acceptable outcome. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 00:14, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

• Support per nom and create dabpage at basename. No primary topic per long-term significance. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:41, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.