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Please read WP:BIO to see how to make this person notable and keep it from being deleted. Aboutmovies 01:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Poetry with Robertson acquires its archaic meaning: a made thing, ποίημα, which is to say that he defines the poem very broadly. Each of his poems is an ode, a fiction, an essay, an abstract painting, and a jazz recording. His poetry is a mimesis of the streaming of Being through Nonbeing. It flows continuously, pausing at times but rarely stopping. Line-breaks never halt the fluent forward progress. His poetry affirms with Aristotle that truth is most universally told through a blend of ficta and facta. Each poem is an essay of existential discovery, an enterprising foray into the discursive wilderness. Each portrays visually the drift and swirl of the things themselves and the interconnected chiaroscuro of shadowy everydayness and shimmering intensity. His work is based on the belief that reality never fails, nor does the phenomenal revelatory streaming of its representation in authentic poetry.
This section has been reverted without discussion about three times by the author of this page. Time to discuss. This is lovely, but not the kind of thing that goes in an encyclopedia article. Is this a quotation from somewhere? If so it could perhaps be cited as such and put back. Most of this, however, like much poetry, is subjective. Encyclopedia articles should strive to be objective. If you disagree, Wikipedia may not be the venue for you. As a side note, anybody associated with this poet (or the poet himself) who wishes to edit this article should take a look at our conflict of interest guidelines and strive to maintain a neutral point of view. You may also want to read up on ownership of articles. Currently this reads like an autobiography. Who but the author would know what hospital he was born at? (I was born at Sacred Heart too--how is this notable?) I see a list of sources, but it would be helpful if the facts in this article were individually cited with in-line citations, especially from national or regional publications. (I found one unflattering review from The Oregonian, which, if what I suspect is true about the authorship of this article, would not be welcome here.) I've also tried to clean this article of the type of 2nd person instruction that doesn't belong in an encyclopedia article. To no avail. If you dispute anything removed from the page, please discuss it here on the talk page, and note that Wikipedia is not for self-promotion. Thanks. Katr67 22:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to help whoever wrote this article by bringing the article up to Wikipedia standards. If the author of this article disagrees with my changes, please discuss them here. Katr67 16:01, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
(unindent)You can restart the indention scheme anytime. Thanks for trying to work within Wikipedia guidelines. Katr67 16:59, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Frankly this article is still a mess. And this is not a commentary on the subject of the article. Merely dumping a laundry list of unlinked publications into the article to show notability doesn't really help. These all still need to be cited. Since you seem willing to work with us, rather than my usual style of editing where I make dozens of changes that improve the quality of the article, I am willing to make those changes one at at time, though this method is tedious and clutters up the edit history. I am trying to stop you from wholesale reversion of my changes again. I don't usually go on about my skills as an editor, but I will point out that I have over 20,000 edits on Wikipedia, am well-respected for my editing skills, and have helped several articles reach good article status. It would be nice if you gave me the benefit of the doubt. So I will make a few changes at a time. User:Robin Fletcher, if you disagree with the changes, please bring them up on the talk page rather than reverting them. You should attempt to cite a Wikipedia style or policy guideline that I am violating by my changes if necessary. I don't usually work this way but I'm willing to give it a try. For your part, I encourage you to reread our policy about ownership of articles. Remember, a good-looking article can only reflect well on the article's subject. Katr67 19:09, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Jack Straw Writers Anthology (v. 11, 2007, pp. 28-32), SLAB (issue 1, 2006, pp. 11-12), Square Lake (no. 5, spring 2004, pp. 52-53), The Clear Cut Future (2003, pp.90-103), Tor House Newsletter (summer 2003, p. 3), Hipfish (April 2003, p. 31), Emily Dickinson Awards Anthology (2002 issue, pp. 20-21), Nest (summer 2001, pp. 129-132), Literal Latte (v. 4, no. 2, November/December 1997, p. 16), Nimrod (v. 41, no. 1, fall/winter 1997, pp. 113-120), Fireweed (v. 8, no. 4, summer 1997, pp. 20-21; v. 7, no. 4, summer 1996, pp. 13-16; v. 7, no. 3, spring 1996, p. 45; v. 4, no. 2, January 1993, p. 33; and v. 1, no. 2, January 1990, pp. 17-20), Pacifica (1996, p. 2; and 1995, pp. 3-4), iNTOWN (v.5, no. 8, August 1995, p. 15), Ergo! (1993, pp. 74-76), Croton Review (no. 6, 1983, p. 4), Yet Another Small Magazine (v. 2, no. 1, 1983, p. 5), Yellow Silk (no. 6, winter 1983, p. 5), Negative Capability (v. 2, no. 4, fall 1982, p. 84), Pinchpenny (v. 3, no. 2, April/May 1982, pp. 14-15), Assembling (no. 11, 1981; no. 8, 1978; and no. 7, 1977), Laughing Unicorn (v. 2, no. 1, 1980, p. 16), Glassworks (no. 3, 1978, pp. 47-49), Laughing Bear (no. 6, 1978, pp. 21-27; and no. 2/3, 1977, pp. 57-59), and Interstate (no. 9, 1977, p. 89).
This diff shows how I wikified (used coding to link to another Wikipedia article) several items, and removed an embedded titled link in favor of using that link as a reference. Then I used a template that creates a references section. Katr67 23:13, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
This diff shows how I removed three external links from the references section because they were already linked in the text. See our external links guidelines for more information. Katr67 23:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
This diff shows how I started standardizing the references to be more inline with Wikipedia standards. Read WP:CITE for more information. I also created a redlink to a possibly notable workshop and changed the embedded external link to a reference. I also placed a tag above the section I didn't get to yet. (note:I have not yet checked the references to make sure they back up the facts stated). Katr67 17:11, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
This diff shows that I removed a link to the author's dojo, because it does not appear to "provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article." Per WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided. Katr67 17:37, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
This diff shows how I cleaned up the list of publications, separated the awards and reviews into new sections, cleaned up the references in those sections to match the rest of the article, and removed "iNtown" magazine as a non-notable (scope was only Eugene) defunct magazine. Katr67 16:49, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
This diff shows how I added a bracket in order to fix a reference I previously worked on, moved the Poets & Writers link to the external links section, and expanded the description of the link contents. Katr67 17:02, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
This diff shows how I provided a citation for the Elizabeth R. Curry Prize and added the interview by novelist Matt Briggs. Nice work on the 1st through 6th edits. This article is looking good. Robin Fletcher 22:49, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Apparently this is a vanity press that will accept submissions from anybody and is not subject to a reliability check: http://www.europapublications.co.uk/biographical_form.asp I don't think we can consider this a reliable source, so we need another source (other than the author himself) for the biographical information on the author. Katr67 20:55, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
The Works section of this page seems a little, oddly worded, anybody volunteer for clean up? 71.34.123.70 ( talk) 07:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Robin Fletcher ( talk) 19:56, 11 April 2012 (UTC) - The following e-mail has been sent to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org:
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Howard W. Robertson, robertsons2@earthlink.net, P. O. Box 50204, Eugene OR 97405, 541-344-6206; I am the copyright holder of this material at URL http://www.howardwrobertson.com/. April 11, 2012