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Merger[edit]

Merge the smaller article into the author's article. Tigresscrawl 23:19, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have to disagree with the marger because there are several stubs of Wilson's books on Wiki. It would be silly to merge just one of them with this article. I suggest you either remove the merge or come up with a good reason/way to merge all the stubs into this article. Best regards, --rjcuk 16:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with rjuck. The Candyfloss stub is rather poor and maybe a copyvio. Perhaps it should be blanked and made into a redirect, however, there's no point merging the content of the stub into this article - that would be undue weight for only one of Wilson's many books.--woggly 16:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, woggly. It is a copyvio. At least, I think it is. By doing a quick Google search for the first few words, I found out the text on Candyfloss is from the inside cover flap of the book. Is that copyright infringement or just - hey, wait, what is it? Well, whatever it is, it has already been written down on Amazon.co.uk, so, it has no home on Wiki (the minimum would be either an alternative summary or a link). Is it time to pull out Template:Copyvio? --rjcuk 12:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed "She lives..."[edit]

I have removed this:

She lives near London in a small house crammed with 15,000 books.

It it out of context being in the Awards section and has no citations. I will check the article history and verify the editor who wrote this - to ensure they read the Wikipedia Guidelines first. --rjcuk 15:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the edit version: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Wilson&diff=78264732&oldid=77504983 --rjcuk 16:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pointless Links in Bibliography[edit]

What's the point having the text for 'Sleepovers' (as in Wilson's book) link to an article about sleepovers? Why does 'secrets' lead to a dead-end disambiguation page that offers no further link to the work?

I'm removing the links that don't lead to an actual page ABOUT the book in question; these arbitrary links are frustrating and pointless. Gunstar hero 22:20, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are also other such links in the books - can someone work on them. eg kiss, beauty and the beast, candyfloss etc. Cutelittlekoala 14:03, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Missing works in bibliography[edit]

any idea why The Story of Tracy Beaker, heavily mentioned in the article, is not in the bibliography? What about The Dare Game? (can't insert them, don't know where they belong) --Alvestrand 14:29, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

I've fixed what appeared to be vandalism - some links going to the wrong places, and some half-hearted vague slander.

Someone else might want to see if I missed anything.

Thanks.

Controversy[edit]

I thought I'd bring this up but don't know if it's noteworthy for inclusion: Swearing removed from kids' book Source: BBC londonsista | ^Prod 16:04, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jackie[edit]

An urban myth that the magazine was named after her has been perpetuated by the author in promotional work even though this has been denied by those who were involved in the launch.[5]

Okay the cited reference gives Wilson claiming that the magazine was named after her, but where's the cite for denial by those involved in the launch? Jooler (talk) 08:35, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In 2006, an IP user put the claim that it had been denied on the magazine's page. After this, someone changed this page to cite the interview, then a user called Friedfish changed it to have it accuse her of perpetuating the myth. Whether it was or not, both pages have appear to have been in violation of WP:BLP for years. Billwilson5060 (talk) 11:27, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dame[edit]

If she is a Dame Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire shouldn't the title Dame be used before her forenames in the lead, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Honorific titles Björn Knutson (talk) 19:14, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aitkin / Aitken[edit]

If she is née Aitken, why are her parents named Aitkin? --Dirk P Broer (talk) 20:57, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Books: Hetty Feather[edit]

In the third of three edits this weekend, I rearranged the list of books massively (see the next section). Along the way I deleted a 3000-byte summary of Hetty Feather books 1-2 and promotion of book 3.

In other words, I manually undo two edits by one ISP, 14 July 2012.

Of course some of that material [see preceding link] may be useful here, and moreso in our series article Hetty Feather. --P64 (talk) 19:24, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

reword that (underscore)

Wilson's official Books sequence[1] includes annual journals to be completed by readers of previous books, evidently. At the moment journals 2014 and 2013 appear on the first page, the five latest books in this sequence. We don't include those journals in the list of works (or cover the Jackie Wilson franchise in this article).

I moved sec 7.2.10, Hetty Feather, to the top of column two and eliminated the duplication of recent HF books in re-numbered sec 7.3, Popular children's non-series works. It seems to this hasty outsider that she is recently active in our sections 7.2.10 and 7.3 only, Hetty Feather and other --which now constitute column two.

--P64 (talk) 16:45, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Books: layout[edit]

In the third of three edits this weekend, I rearranged the list of books massively.

move the two "Autobiographies" to the top because they are so different in kind and easily lost (and describe them as the only nonfiction)
group all "Children's book series" in chron order under that new subsection heading (which adds one level of section headings, 7.2.1 to 7.2.10)
move "Popular children's non-series works" to a new second column (7.4) beside "Non-series works" (7.3)

Someone who knows Wilson's work should at least check for mistakes.

Regarding 7.3 and 7.4, what is the point of the distinction between simple "Non-series" and "Popular children's non-series"? Do we mean less and more popular? or young adult readers and child readers? or something else? I feel sure that the headings can be improved by someone who knows. --P64 (talk) 19:33, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

One year later I exchanged 7.3 and 7.4, so that "Popular children's non-series works" (where other editors have placed recent titles) follows 7.2.10, the Hetty Feather series (which also has recent titles). These 7.2.10 and 7.3 now constitute column two.

Regarding "Non-series works", now 7.4, all before 2000 (where other editors evidently add nothing), let me repeat from last year. What's the difference?

I guess 7.4 Non-series works is the vestige of some attempt to distinguish books for readers older (or perhaps younger) than her main audience of so-called children. Someone who knows her work may be able to resolve this. The difference should be explained in a preface to sec 7.4 --or eliminated, presumably by merger with 7.3 "Popular children's non-series works".

Wilson's official library.php classifies the 62 listed books as 5-7, 7-9, 9-11, 12+, and Stationery. That classificaiton may be useful here. --P64 (talk) 16:56, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Parsing problem[edit]

What does 'Wilson has not won the annual Medal from British librarians, which recognises the year's best book for children or young adults written by a British subject; recently, simply the best published in the U.K.' mean? 86.155.0.179 (talk) 15:48, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Jacqueline Wilson/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

As one of the most popular kids authors in the UK, a little more info on her background etc would be good. cool luke 17:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 17:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 19:20, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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Appearance on Saturday Live[edit]

Jacqueline Wilson appeared on Saturday Live on February 23 2019. Vorbee (talk) 09:14, 23 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

TOTS TV series[edit]

Its a childrens progam staring Pip the pengwin and freddy the flamingo. Plus many more charicters. 2A00:23C5:2F1F:2301:30C1:BFCD:651B:9FEA (talk) 07:29, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]