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223: 247: 140: 448: 581: 790:- I'm presuming without permission from the publishers, but this site has been up for some time (it hasn't been updated since 2016), which suggests that they're not concerned about it. Anyway, using this "resource", I am able to confirm that while LaForce was credited for the cartography on the title page of virtually all the scenarios appearing in the magazine from issues #2 to #12, he was credited as the 161: 123: 92: 334: 269: 21: 147: 303: 171: 647:
For some reason known only to them, there's a category of vandals that like to fudge people's birth date info. This is subtle enough that it can unnoticed for a while, especially on more obscure bio pages, which is why sources are useful. For basic, non-controversial/non-promotional info like this,
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An editor has added a cn tag to his date of birth. I have checked biographies of several other living persons and do not see their birth dates sourced. Admittedly I took this date off of the subject's Facebook page, so he could be totally making this up. However, the date works with independently
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magazine - these were issues 2-51, but I don't have a secondary source that specifically states this) and LaForce himself describes them as "very sterile and blocky". Subsequently inspired by historical maps, he decided to illustrate the maps he drew for the
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s listing also includes a much larger quantity of LaForce's cartographical work, none of which has been included in the "Select bibliography". Perhaps a small sample of these should be added? Another issue is that the inclusion of
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known facts, especially that he was in his late teens when he was hired by TSR in 1978 (which would be age 19 if his birth date is correct.) A more experienced editor may be able to help out with this subject.
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s cartographer from #13 to #51 (1988-1995). It would be nice to be able to say this in the article, but I haven't yet found a secondary source that gives this information.--
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I've been wondering about that too! I don't have copies of all of his work but I can review what I have and make some suggestions.--
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should therefore be removed from the "Select bibliography", unless a better source than
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also, so this may help explain the persistence of aanarchive's own collection.--
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is contradicted by Pen & Paper's entry on LaForce and also its entry on the
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to the subject of this article. Relevant policies and guidelines may include
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self published sources are acceptable. Facebook is sub-optimal even for a
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Having read through "Warduke"'s 2011 interview with LaForce on
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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may need to be added to this article. Please refer to the
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The "Select bibliography" could use as a source LaForce's
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