Talk:Sean K. Reynolds

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K. Reynolds or K Reynolds?

The article says that he doesn't use a '.' after K. That being the case, this page should be moved to "Sean K. Reynolds". I attempted it myself, but there is already a Sean K Reynolds page, the redirect to this one, so we'd need an admin to do it. Anyone object to the move? — Frecklefσσt | Talk 13:21, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is he really notable??

The guy is just a regular guy who happened to work for TSR for a little while. Does he realyl need his own article?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.6.176.168 (talk) 18:18, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes he is notable. He has worked for TSR, WotC, Paizo, Margaret Weis Productions, Sword & Sorcery Studios and others. He is the primary author of the campaign setting: Ghostwalk. He has also worked on Greyhawk (and Living Greyhawk), Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Alternety, World of Darkness and other campaign settings. He is not someone who "happened to work for TSR for a little while" and people interested in those companies and settings will want to look up information about him in this encyclopaedia. Big Mac (talk) 10:43, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wayne Reynolds

Is he related to Wayne Reynolds, the artist? I ask because they have collaborated on many game books. Axl ¤ [Talk] 18:33, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt it - Wayne Reynolds is from England. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 19:22, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 15:17, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are of no relation, but are friends. Jaxal1 (talk) 01:14, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interview to incorporate

Found some sources to add to article

Turlo Lomon (talk) 20:01, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! I probably can't access those, but hopefully someone else will be able to view them. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 20:58, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Consensus to retain the current title. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:30, 27 April 2014 (UTC) BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:30, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sean K. Reynolds → Sean K Reynolds – Person being referenced does not use period after his initial Jaxal1 (talk) 01:14, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – How he formats his URL and twitter handle are not so relevant to us. Middle initials get rendered with periods. Is this guy even notable? Why can't I find any sources about him? Dicklyon (talk) 05:24, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dicklyon: - re " Is this guy even notable?" - Good point. I think one reasonable might consider AfD here. NickCT (talk) 18:32, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
oppose until reliable sources widely utilize his preferred vanity typography over standard typography, we do not acquiesce to vanity typefacing.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:16, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - there aren't any policy-related reasons to change this from the standard way of handling initials in names, which is to include a period. —Tourchiest ^talk_edits 18:22, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral - I can't find guidance on the period versus no period thing in WP:INITS, so I guess the next place we'd look to is WP:COMMONNAME. Both "Sean K. Reynolds" and "Sean K Reynolds" seem equally common. NickCT (talk) 18:24, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - His name is typically used without a period, including in books he has written or co-written. For example, the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary lists him as "Sean K Reynolds," even though other authors with a middle initial are presented with a dot after the intial (Joshua J. Frost, James L. Sutter). A book he was the primary author of (Pathfinder Adventure Path 25: Coucil of Thieves 1: The Bastards of Ererbus) gives him cover credit without a dot. Also, if we look at his company's website here, we see that it is "Sean K Reynolds Games", and the "contact" page there refers to his name specifically without a dot. –Drilnoth (T/C) 23:27, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

until third party sources standardly acquiesce to the vanity typefacing in referring to him, his own publishing quirks matter naught. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:36, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - If MOS:IDENTITY states that we should favour "self-designation" for gender, surely we should also use "self-designation for how a person writes their name. Why doesn't someone just ask Sean if he prefers "Sean K. Reynolds" or "Sean K Reynolds" and go with his own preference? It does not seem to make sense for us to be deciding what Sean should call himself. Big Mac (talk) 11:06, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- - MOS:IDENTITY is in no way relevant here. Dicklyon (talk) 18:12, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - completely agree with Dicklyon. gender identity and vanity typefacing are not even in the same ball park. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:38, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Re: 'Why doesn't someone just ask Sean if he prefers "Sean K. Reynolds" or "Sean K Reynolds" and go with his own preference?' I have asked Sean about how he wants his name written on his 'Sean K Reynolds, game designer' page on Facebook. But it does look like he prefers to not use a period after the "K". Big Mac (talk) 13:27, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Sean got back to me over on Facebook: "I used to insist on not having a period after the K, but I don't really care nowadays. :-P" I think that makes it clear he went out of he way to work under the name "Sean K Reynolds". Big Mac (talk) 16:01, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Changing my vote from "Neutral" to "Support" as this is what Sean K Reynolds wants done. There was already a call the move the article back in 2008. So if someone does not supply a good reason why Sean K Reynolds should be referred to by the wrong name, I will be bold and will move the page in 24 hours time. Big Mac (talk) 13:32, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - What he wants doesn't really enter into our considerations; read our title policy. Plus he said he doesn't care. Let's use normal orthography. Dicklyon (talk) 18:10, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - agree. he was not able to establish his vanity typefacing and gave up. we should in no way be carrying on such a battle for him or pretend that he won. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:39, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - No kidding! That was totally perverse! Same logic as "I think Jane likes chocolate more than vanilla, but everyone else here wants vanilla. I called Jane and she says she formerly preferred chocolate but couldn't care less any more, so we must get chocolate!" Um, WTF? — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 09:53, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: It's a MOS:TM/WP:OFFICIALNAME thing. No one not already intimately familiar with him and his branding would guess the weird styling, and that ver. redirs to the article anyway. This isn't even vaguely what MOS:IDENTITY is about, though I remember warning that this sort of thing was what would happen when that was being drafted. <sigh> Anyway, "why doesn't someone ask Sean" is because Sean's preferences have nothing to do with what's best for our readers. PS: I hereafter demand that you always refer to me in my preferred font, as shown in my sig here. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 09:53, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Discussion at WT:NCP#RfC: Subject preference is wrapping up, and it's unclear what, if anything, it will change. But it's well within the spirit of BLP to consider a subject's wishes when they don't overtly conflict with other standards. He wouldn't be the only one out there without a period after a middle initial, and it's a much more modest "stylization" than danah boyd et al. --BDD (talk) 21:04, 25 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

it is different danah boyd et al. have great numbers of reliably published reliable sources that refer to them with their vanity typeface. such is not the case for Reynolds. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 00:19, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No? The references currently in the article usually omit the period. --BDD (talk) 18:06, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Whether the subject prefers this type or not, it is not orthographically incorrect. Furthermore, strength of preference matters. This is not a case like Chelsea Manning, where the subject has expressed a strong preference for a particular name, to the point of being harmed and offended by the alternative. bd2412 T 16:29, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Two part interview with Kobold Press

I am removing the PROD from this article, because I found a two-part interview with SKR that I think is enough to establish notability. I'm including the links here, as I don't have time to add information from them right now, so if anyone else would like to take a stab at it, go for it.

Slightly related, but not quite on-topic, is this review for his Ghostwalk campaign setting. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 14:31, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - got a little use out of the Kobold stuff. BOZ (talk) 23:41, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This would pass WP:AUTHOR see the reviews of his work at Forgotten_Realms_Campaign_Setting#Reception. There are probably other reviews of his other works, on Wikipedia or in Dragon and other mags. -- GreenC 15:46, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]