Author talk:Franklin W. Dixon

NOTE that the discussion below has been moved to the Talk page since it's out of date. This house name has been determined to be associated with works of speculative fiction. Ahasuerus (talk) 11:43, 25 May 2023 (EDT)

Delete Author

While the Hardy Boys stories are fun to read I'd like to propose deleting this author and all of his works as they are not “Speculative Fiction” per Bibliographic Rules#Definitions -- Marc Kupper 02:44, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)

Works for me. Mike Christie 15:04, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)

The reason that these titles were entered in the ISFDB in the first place was that they were miscategorized by Amazon.com. Ghost Stories Hardy Boys Rack is under "Subjects > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Ghosts". The Uncivil War title is under "Subjects > Children's Books > Literature > Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror > Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" and "Subjects > Teens > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy" and "Subjects > Teens > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction". Since Amazon.com uses dope smoking penguins to do their categorization, I think it's safe to say that we can delete these titles/publications. Ahasuerus 18:30, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)

Something I wondered about a long time ago is when I’m looking at an ISFDB record (author, title, publication, etc.) is how can I determine the source of the information and its update history? Sometimes knowing the source, a dope smoking penguin for example, will help me decide if something is just garbage data and safe to change or if the data is from a typically reliable source (Locus Magazine for example) then I’m better off creating a new or variant record rather than overwriting the existing data. Marc Kupper 03:13, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)