Talk:J. G. Ballard

Recognized authorities and "fan sites"

On 20. Nov 2009, Piano non troppo removed the set of links below with reference to WP:LINKSTOAVOID.

• jgballard.com – Unofficial site with extensive links
• Ballardian: The World of JG Ballard
• J.G. Ballard Collection & Archive
• J.G. Ballard Excerpts - Excerpts of interviews with Ballard, including his writings and essays on Ballard, from RE/Search

I'd like to restore most of these (because they contain a wealth of useful, high-quality material) on the grounds that they fit the "those written by a recognized authority" exception clause to the restriction on links to fansites. Ballardian.com is curated by Simon Sellars, who did his PhD thesis on Ballard and has had several peer-reviewed papers on him published. The RE/Search site is a selection of excerpts from the numerous books on Ballard they have published, with writers such as V. Vale and David Pringle, well-known and oft-cited experts on Ballard. jballard.com is a Spike Magazine site apparently run by Chris Hall, who at least interviewed Ballard on several occasions. jgballard.ca is run by Rick McGrath, but although he seems to be part of the same crowd as the RE/Search writers, I haven't been able to find anything that separately establishes him as an authority (apart from the site itself).

The latter two sites could perhaps go, but I think the Ballardian and RE/Search links should be restored. Maybe instead of "fan sites" they should be listed as "general sites"? - Snarkibartfast (talk) 16:06, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

You do realise that this entry quotes several posts from ballardian.com? That in itself should ensure it is viewed as a "recognized authority", in addition to Snarkibartfast's comments above. On top of that, it is not a blog, nor a fansite but a magazine/journal that features contributions from academics and writers well known and recognised for their work on Ballard, as well as interviews with people such as Iain Sinclair, Bruce Sterling and Michael Moorcock. On the basis of all of this, I'm restoring ballardian.com to the external links category. Saichan (talk) 12:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I disagree with the removal of these sites, particularly ballardian.com and jgballard.ca. Both these sites are run by leading experts on Ballard as evidenced by both Simon Sellars and Rick McGrath being cited in the catalogues for the two major Ballard exhibitions in Barcelona (CCCB) (linking to this site has been blocked by Wikipedia) and London (Gagosian) http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2010-02-11_crash/ Uncle Bill (talk) 15:26, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I disagree with my removal, as well... I've had 11 articles on Ballard published on Ballardian, host the JG Ballard Secondary Bibliography on my site (only one of its kind), have the most comprehensive collection of info about Ballard in Shanghai (including a map he drew for me of the layout of his house), and my site is regularly visited by scholars & journalists, writers and designers who wish to know more, have facts checked, or borrow scans of my Ballard artifacts -- the largest in the world. Material of suspect copyright -- JG's "unpublished work" -- I've removed. My site also contains the largest collection of Ballard interviews. I don't run a fan site or a blog... my site is a collection of artifacts, information, links, criticism, and priceless historical documents, like the complete run of Dave Pringle's "News From The sun" and "JGB News" fanzines, which he's allowed me to post. Plus the world's largest collection of his books, 80 of which, plus various magazines and ephemera, were given their own display room at the CCCB's 2008 "JGB: autopsy" exhibition -- and got me a free ride to the show's opening. I was also a member of a panel discussion on "SF and Technology" at the Shanghai to Shepperton Conference held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, in 2007. And I'm not one of Vale's writers, altho I know V, having met him at the private Ballard Memorial at the Tate last November. I'm a Canadian living in Toronto. And, oddly enough,. you cite my site as a "reference" for Note 7... (Rick McGrath (talk) 20:03, 27 April 2010 (UTC))

Ballard archives

Ballard's archives have been acquired by the British Library.[1] Anyone know where's best to mention this? --Ibn (talk) 11:59, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem

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Image needed for Commons

When preparing wmuk:Editathon, British Library, I discovered that Commons has no photo of Ballard and the one used in this article is fair use only. Anyone care to investigate where one might be able to find a PD or CC-BY image? --Fæ (talk) 19:23, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Internment

I undid the change by SpellChecker to the date of Ballard's interment, per the 17 Aug 2006 comment by User:RichardGrimes in the archived discussion. If a source is needed for the 1943 date (avoiding ones that appear to be based on this article) how about this [2]? -Snarkibartfast (talk) 18:17, 8 February 2012 (UTC)