Talk:Karen Traviss


 * I removed several links to forum threads about the Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic. I don't think links to forum threads discussing just one of an author's works belong on an author page. Ywingempress 20:10, 24 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Proposed Controversy Edit
Does this fit the criteria for NPOV? "Currently there is a controversy surrounding her and her vigorous defense of her estimate of size of the Republic's Grand Army, an estimate that many fans consider to be too low."
 * I think it's more of a question of whether the whole 3-million squabble is encyclopedic enough to mention at all. --Azizlight 03:51, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Also, 3 million aren't her numbers - they're Lucasfilm's.  She wasn't given a choice in using them. jSarek 04:12, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, she was,. She stated that it was hers and that she had justified it on a spreadsheet.  Its amazing how often her story changes about what happened.
 * It should be really be on the clone trooper page, I think - just like any disagreements about star destroyers/endor holocaust/saxtonite/weg or whatever should be on those pages, rather than individual pages. QuentinGeorge 06:14, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's already been covered in great depth on the Grand Army of the Republic page (Behind the scenes section). --Azizlight 07:00, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Karen and wikis
Does anyone else think that maybe this should get a mention? CooperTFN 00:58, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * All I can say is...wow. -- SFH 01:26, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * So is that a yes? http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/9.gif CooperTFN 20:21, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Whoa. Just... whoa. I can see where she's coming from, though. But still... Doran 17:51, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * That blog's empty now. Does anyone have a copy of the text? mrobviousjosh 23:48, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Objectivity and Wikis
CooperTFN - Can I ask what about Karen Traviss' opinion of Wikis is germaine to the entry? Objective much?

This is the sort of thing that gets you the reputation as the Encyclopedia Subjectiva. Doesn't make you guys look trustworthy when you try to become part of the article itself.

Dark Moose


 * Can I ask why you are attempting to intimidate and threaten the people running this wiki, seeing as how you don't represent LFL in any way shape or form, and even if you did the Creative Commons Liscense it operates under makes them untouchable?
 * Because he's used to getting his way at the official site and is unable to understand a system where he can't ban users who say anything not perfectly in step with his own views. Kuralyov 22:39, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Karen Traviss's concerns and expansion

 * Ms. Traviss has brought up a few concerns about this article here. There definitely seems to be some NPOV concern from other parties regarding the aforementioned wiki opinion and the subtext of the mention of the tf.n situation.  At any rate, regardless of how that is handled, this page is really lacking, given the amount of information she has made available to us in various venues.  I'm still on a semi-Wookieevacation, so I'm not going to do a major article overhaul myself, but I think it would strongly benefit the article to bring in some of that information (e.g. from her biography) to flesh it out a bit. jSarek
 * Eh, found the energy to make some of the NPOV tweaks, but the main point of fleshing this out more still stands. jSarek 12:05, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Wow. I always knew she was an elitist snob, but I'm surprised at how much she tries to broadcast it. Kuralyov 01:33, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * *Cringes*. Insert "User comments do not reflect the beliefs of Wookieepedia" disclaimer here. --Azizlight 01:52, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And Kuralyov... please do not post comments of that nature here. This page is to discuss the contents of the main article, nothing more. Please consider that by saying such things you are damaging the reputation of Wookieepedia and its community, in addition to your own. --Azizlight 02:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Again - Relevance
Why, as an idle researcher turning to Wikis for information, do I care about anyone's opinion of your wiki? It's a lack of objectivity for the comment to even appear. No one cares, but who? Wookieepedia. It's not how real encyclopedias do it, I can assure you...

Dark Moose
 * That was part of a larger paragraph about her general activity on fan websites. Wookieepedia is a major Star Wars website, and thus it was a fairly relevant fact. But it's gone now. Also, Wookieepedia is just as "real" as any other encyclopedia. As free unofficial Star Wars encyclopedias go, we're unmatched. -LtNOWIS 03:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd say that CUSWE qualifies as a match :-) --Azizlight 02:39, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Having only just become aware of this, I simply want to say that none of my additions to the page were intended to be snide or disrespectful. I added the part about leaving TFN to correct a factual error, and as for the wiki stuff, I personally thought it was interesting, and could maybe even be helpful in getting our contributors to take their edits more seriously, hence linking to the blog itself in the mention. That said, I did give people a chance to object before I added it, as can easily be seen above, and no one did, so it's not like I had an agenda or anything. CooperTFN 19:10, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

KT database link
This should be a good read. Note, not all the quotes are from Traviss herself (most official quotes are in yellow, with fan-quotes in blue), but they should provide some interesting insight. I just love this one:

''jedi_haiku (Ryan Kaufman) and I are standing by for the inevitable wave of arguments that will follow the article, but we did it to set down the continuity about the clone army and put an end to a few debates. '''Common sense tells me this will never happen, and that folks wouldn't find it much fun if it did. But it does give us the ability to brandish the document, repel all boarders, and yell: "Because we bloody well say so!"'

Says it all, really. VT-16 09:33, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Education
Do we have anything about this author's education and how she started writing under the Lucas License? mrobviousjosh 23:48, 4 July 2007 (UTC)