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Self-promotion

This article, whose virtually sole editor is the subject himself, suffered from extreme and extensive WP:NOTADVERTISING and WP:COI violations. The subject himself wrote self-promotional prose lacking citations, using WP:PEACOCK terms & claims. I also see now that a tag above reads "A page with this title has previously been deleted," meaning that this is not the first attempt at promoting a publisher and his company.

I use Spurlock's reference books while researching Misplaced Pages and journalistic articles; I find Vanguard a valuable resource. But given how many legitimate articles about publishers exist on Misplaced Pages, which could have been referenced and used as models, there is no excuse for such blatant self-promotion. I would strongly suggest that no one associated with Vanguard edit this article, nor meat-puppet friends. Misplaced Pages admins frown on such self-promotion, and can remove articles containing blatant policy violations. -- Tenebrae (talk) 20:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Posts moved from Talk:Tenebrae

Talk:J. David Spurlock

I am J. David Spurlock. re Talk:J. David Spurlock, sorry, while Ive been editing for decades including Steranko, Neal Adams, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Peter Max, Infantino, etc., Im obviously new to Misplaced Pages. Just trying to correct and add references. I will shy away from that page, but I wanted to say, the details are easily verified. There is a fair bio on me in DC's SPIRIT ARCHIVES vol 24 which DC (inspired by my various Wally Wood books and my founding of the Wally Wood Scholarship Fund at the School of Visual Arts) hired me to author the introduction to. another good reference on J. David Spurlock is: and: Comic Book Market Place no. 111 "In Praise of Great Men" article on j. david spurlock's career as an author and publisher working with comics' all time best artists. The bit of J. David Spurlock bibliography that is left on Misplaced Pages is actually my AUTHOR bibliography (I've published and edited many, many, more books than that). Most of that is easily verified via Amazon, B&N, etc. (though occasionally, I get listed as an editor of a book I actually authored). The awards are easily confirmed (5 or 6 Eisner nominations, Rondo Award for co-authoring the Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos book, Locus Award nomination on the RGK: Art of Roy G. Krenkel book and the Wally Wood, Wally's World biography...) Whether or not there is ever a page on Vanguard (I think there should be, as Vanguard holds THE registered trademark for publishing and only having the old, long-out-of-business Vanguard Press listed is misleading), Im in agreement that any page on me should cover my writing, illustration and work in support of artists (my work with Adams, Kubert, and Stan Lee on the Dina Babbitt matter, etc.) and not be a PR vehicle for Vanguard. Again, please forgive (and help) the newbie. --Vanguardpub (talk) 04:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

A few notes on my talk page--Vanguardpub (talk) 16:15, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

References:

Besides Amazon.com , Barnes & Noble , etc.,

Some Spurlock credits are listed by Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections Division Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection at About 160 results come up on a David Spurlock search of Locus Online A few others are on the Grand Comics Database --Vanguardpub (talk) 16:15, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Starting now to work on your page. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. aren't allowed as Misplaced Pages references since they're commercial sales sites. Similarly, the interview at World Famous Comics (link 7 above) is unusable since that same site sells your books, and so the interview is promotional in nature, and not a disinterested journalistic interview. -- Tenebrae (talk) 13:51, 20 February 2010 (UTC)