Talk:Author

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Correction

It appears that this page claims that Bob and George had the first author character. This is a very common misconception. The first author character was in Neglected Mario Characters. I'm going to correct this. -Sprited Spheniscidae

Fallacy

The information contained on this page concerning the New Criticism is incorrect; New Criticism is actually quite the opposite of what is here presented, the Death of the Author is actually a similar view to many of the New Criticism.

Pseudonyms

It would be useful to further comment on authorship with regards to the use of pseudonyms. An important question in that field would be, how the adoption of a (non-narrator) persona by a writer affects the authorship of his/her text: Is a person writing once under his/her real name and once under an adopted name still the same author; or is it two different authors that are writing and just happen to spring from the same person?

Clarity and Grammar

This article includes a lot of unnecessary or off-topic information, as well as many grammatical errors and inconsistencies. Many words are used incorrectly or seem to be forced into the middle of sentences. Sentences are often too length, such as the introductory sentence which says "In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work, whether that work is in written, graphic, or recorded medium. Thus, a sculptor, painter, or composer, is an author of their respective sculptures, paintings, or compositions, even though in common parlance, an author is often thought of as the writer of a book, article, play, or other written work." Akgreg25 (talk) 03:53, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I am concerned that your changes obscure that an "author" is a legal construct, with authorship and its rights well-defined by law. If your interest is in writing about the role of "writers" (creators of specifically written works), the article on that point is at writer. BD2412 T 03:57, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! I didnt change any of the information in this article except a statistic at the end. All of my edits consisted of me copying a paragraph or a few sentences that I felt could be written clearer rewording them, and then pasting them back into the article with my grammar/ clarity edits, so maybe because I re-pasted the whole thing it seems that I added the information myself? If your concern is that the way in which I rewrote sentences misconstrued information, then I apologize as I tried to keep the information the same as when I first looked at the article. However, from your comment, it sounds like you are concerned with the physical content, which I did not add, only edited for grammar/clarity's sake. If that is a concern of yours I completely encourage you to make those edits/ delete the parts you feel stray from relevant "author" information. I certainly will not be offended as I am not the one that put them there. Akgreg25 (talk) 04:07, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

You moved the legal significance, which is the primary significance of authorship, to the end. You removed the correct definition of author from the first line and replaced it with the colloquial meaning, rewording it so that it seems that the legal usage is secondary or an afterthought. However, historically, authorship has always referred to creation of all kinds of works, which is why the Constitution of the United States refers to the power to protect "authors and inventors", understood to include all creative efforts. BD2412 T 04:18, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I only changed the first sentence because it felt clunky, you are welcome to change it back or edit it. I thought that adding "however," immediately afterward with the full definition made it clear. I didn't see anywhere in the talk pages that the legality of authorship was the most important thing so I didn't find it necessary to have that first, but if that is the case, again, you are more than welcome to move it back. My intent is not to change the information presented in this article, only how it was presented because in some cases the sentences were clunky and unclear so please do what you see fit with what information is physically being presented. Akgreg25 (talk) 04:25, 23 November 2023 (UTC)