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document examiner?

Is this the same guy who wrote a book on forensic document examination? That guy also authenticated the manuscript of The Bondwoman's Narrative, which should probably be mentioned in the article if he's the same person. 67.117.130.181 05:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, same guy. 217.44.192.46 08:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added in a mention of his work as an historical dument consultant since he has had his hands on some very important fogeries. His work in that regard is aat least as interesting if not more so than his work as a skeptical investigator.Lisapollison 18:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - and his work on The Bondwoman's Narrative" was related to one of the most important recent literary finds - the only work by a fugitive slave and probably the first novel by an African-American woman. I added more detail and an article in Salon.com. --Parkwells (talk) 01:38, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nickell books

All of Nickell's books have no w/u. Several of these could be fleshed out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mindme (talk • contribs) 20:20, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What is "w/u" - articles of their own? Bubba73 (talk), 20:54, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

w/u = "write up". So their own wiki write up. Mindme (talk) 13:10, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have some of those books, and I'm not sure they deserve articles of their own. Bubba73 (talk), 23:14, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are these books so notable that they merit a WP article? If not, please remove all the red links. I have added an {overlinked} tag. —Cesar Tort 01:55, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fate Magazine

In his book Unexplained! (ISBN 1578590701), Jerome Clark mentions a Joe Nickell writing for Fate, where he exposed the Oliver Lerch story as a hoax. The debunking part makes me think it's the same person, but I wouldn't have guessed he ever worked for a publication with such a non-skeptical reputation!. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lusanaherandraton (talk • contribs) 08:14, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He has written for Fate and Fortean Times amongst many other works as a freelancer... most are from the 1970s and 1980s. I will find citations and post them here soon....

SkepticLibrarian (talk) 17:32, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New Draft of Nickell Article

I've been working on a new draft of Nickell, expanding the article with current references and descriptions/reviews of his books. If anyone else has new content in the works, please post a note here so we can coordinate. Thanks. Sarah — Preceding unsigned comment added by SSEEGGilbert (talk • contribs) 22:11, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New version will go live in a few minutes. It:

removes unreferenced, unverifiable text
adds detail to early life, personal and career sections
adds several pictures
corrects awards
adds summaries, reviews and quotes about books
adds a section on controversies
adds a section on magazine and web articles
changes Bibliography to Major Works, with links to published books
changes External Links

Page started at 457 words; revised version is 3524. Will be nominated for DYK.

Suggestions always welcome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SSEEGGilbert (talk • contribs) 22:11, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]