Talk:David Michaels (author)

I'm assuming the author, David Michaels, is from Towson, Maryland. Am I correct?

No, thats where Sam Fisher is from. David Michaels is a pseudonym, meaning a fake name. The real author, Raymond Benson, is from Texas I think. The location "Towson, Maryland" was established prior to the novel series anyway. K1Bond007 21:46, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

city he's from

24.206.233.109 15:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)Ray Lee Mental24.206.233.109 15:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)No,david michaels is the real auther of the 3rd book >:-(

Raymond Benson is from Midland Texas...but he did live in Towson for a few years.

Also, just FYI. I've made some changes to the page as there was some information that was flat out not true. David Michaels doesn't make any announcements. He makes announcements through me via my position as a moderator at SplinterCell.com. JackieFiest (talk) 17:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Peter Telep

I've gone ahead and restored the information on Peter Telep to the page, given that the information is sourced from a paper attributed to Mr. Telep. If the information is incorrect (especially when it has a reliable source), Ptelep, it's considered good form to mention (and cite) why you're deleting it rather than simply vandalizing the page. ATimson (talk) 03:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree, I was actually wondering that maybe Tom Clancy/Ubisoft don't want people to know the authors, it isn't on Telep's website, but if they are sourced they should be included. By the way is the Ptelep actually him? I doubt it, but that would be neat if it is. Blackngold29 (talk) 04:00, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

If they don't want people to know, then they definitely shouldn't acknowledge authors for their "invaluable contribution to the manuscript" (as Raymond Benson was—this code phrase dates back to the old Op-Center books, actually), and they probably shouldn't let authors list family members by name in the acknowledgements (as Peter Telep did). ATimson (talk) 06:50, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the bit about Telep. Besides the fact that I know it's wrong, the so called "valid" source URL is a 404. Doesn't sound very reliable to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JackieFiest (talk • contribs) 04:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

How do you know it's wrong?Blackngold29 (talk) 04:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I know it's wrong becuase I am a moderator at the official EndWar forums for Ubisoft. I am the person who acts as a go between for all of the David Michaels, SC ones included, and the fans. I know and have contact with David Micahels on a regular basis. I don't know where you are getting your info from, but it's bad. You are welcome to go to the offical EndWar site to back up my Ubi cred. My tag there is TFS_Jackie. JackieFiest (talk) 21:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

It's a 404 now, but it wasn't a couple of days ago. The link to the paper changed to their PowerPoint presentation in the interim. (I won't deign to speculate as to why.) As for your "knowing it's wrong", unless you have something more concrete to add that's simply hearsay. ATimson (talk) 05:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I invited you to go to the EndWar forums to back up what I said. If you go to SplinterCell.com you will see the last two news stories are where I was doing give aways where I gave away autographed copies of the novels with the David Michaels who writes SC. You can also email Raymond Benson via his website and ask him. I still have regular contact with him to this day. JackieFiest (talk) 21:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Even if everything you say is the truth, there is more citable evidence that it is Telep...Blackngold29 (talk) 15:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Content dispute

Okay, there seems to be a rather prominent content dispute between numerous users. User:JackieFiest believes that her source proves that David Michaels isn't Telp. I have checked the Telp source and it seems to be a broken link. In my opinion, Feist's source wins over as it actually seems to work. May I remind all active contributors to this article that WP:3RR has been broken numerous times. I would recommend that all major content changes be discussed first so as to prevent any unnecessary blocks. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 15:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't care who the author is listed as I would just like a ligit source.Blackngold29 (talk) 16:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Feist's source works… but all it establishes is that she's in contact with the author. It doesn't establish his/her identity, and Jackie makes it fairly clear below that she has a vested interest in hiding whoever it is, making her word that it's not Telep rather suspect. Unless/until I come up with more corraborating evidence, however, I'll leave the article alone. ATimson (talk) 07:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

It is part of all of the David's contract with the publisher that their identity remain anonymous. He is very upset that people are digging for his true identity as if you did find who he really is and post it, he could lose his job. That's very nice of you. Someones personal identity is none of anyones business, including yours. JackieFiest (talk) 17:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay, that's a good reason not to include any of his identifiable information. I am removing all references to his identity as there doesn't appear to be a strong reliable source. I have consulted an administrator on this issue and he concurs with me. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 17:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you from David and myself. JackieFiest (talk) 18:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

EndWar author

I was just on the Tom Clancy EndWar site for the videogame, and the trivia stated that Clancy used it as a pseudonym himself to write the book. Can someone help verify this? 24.255.200.188 (talk) 04:13, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Funny vandalism

"The current author is David Michaels, but he uses the same pseudonym". This is too funny - leaving it in for the lolz. For those who are dense, the joke here is that even if the guy really was named David Michaels, using his real name would by definition not be a pseudonym. —Preceding unsigned comment added by My computer said love (talk • contribs) 05:04, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Beating a dead horse / aka Peter Telep

So as the heading hints I want to bring up a deadish subject that is over 2 years old. IS Peter Telep the curent author using the name David Michaels? From what I can tell looking at the aknowledgements it mentions "Nancy, Lauren, and Kendall Telep". To me that is a 'BIG' sign that he is the author and it goes back to at least EndWar. Does anyone else have any better proof and/or definate proof that he is not the author. If not I am going to make an addition listing something along the lines of "It is belived that Peter Telep is the current author using the David Michaels pseudonym" and then where the list of the books is I will add a new Heading below Grant Blackwood that says "Written by Peter Telep (?)" JWoods86 (talk) 23:12, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Grant Blackwood?

There's a comment on Amazon that Grant Blackwood is the ghostwriter for Ubisoft. Any confirmations?

http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Clancys-HAWX-David-Michaels/dp/0425233197/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1305388182&sr=1-7 (read the third comment)

--Kschang77 (talk) 16:09, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

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