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I just deleted the word "genre" from the phrase "one of the pioneers of the literary non-fiction genre", because it seemed unneeded. But then I got to looking at "literary"-- I have a feeling that it really means "good" in this sentence. Is there a recognised genre called "literary non-fiction"? Never mind, I should have looked further first. Maybe the word "genre" should be restored? Still seems unnecessary to me. Mwanner 18:02, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
Will someone with access to Uncommon Carriers, Ferrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, please have a look at page 47, re Butakov and the Williamson turn. From request at info-en@ -- Jeandré, 2006-07-09t14:13z
The "Background" section says "McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of the Princeton University team physician, Dr. Harry McPhee." Does anybody know which "team?" The football team, the rowing team, the debating team? Paulburnett (talk) 13:42, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
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A staff writer is not necessarily the same as a contributor. The suggested link does not indicate that McPhee is a paid employee of the New Yorker magazine (nor in fact an employee of anything except Princeton). here is a related link discussing the difference TEDickey (talk) 23:47, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
Another page, specifically about The New Yorker says "Writers at The New Yorker are nearly all independent contractors, rather than staff, and thus do not receive health care or other benefits, despite being largely prevented from writing for other outlets." Whether McPhee is/is not a staff writer is not given a reliable source in this topic. You should find a source citing the New Yorker itself rather than some random third-party comment. TEDickey (talk) 00:25, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
He is not listed in this page about the staff of the New Yorker. TEDickey (talk) 00:28, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
Back to the point: the topic does not (yet) cite this in the body of the text, nor is the term "staff writer" (appropriately sourced) used in the topic. Categories have to be based on the content of the topic, not on external sources. Talk pages are not a reliable source TEDickey (talk) 01:01, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
I'm not sure anyone still cares about this debate, but in case someone is still waiting for something authorative, here is something that is at least from McPhee himself, rather than a third party. On page 19 of his Draft No. 4, McPhee writes:
glv (talk) 01:22, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
I just updated a mention of McPhee's "twenty-nine books" to read "thirty-one books". (That sentence hadn't been updated in years, and he has continued to publish in that time.) But if you count the rows in the table, there are actually 41, not 31. I want to explain my thinking; consensus may move in a different direction.
Nine of McPhee's books (Wimbledon, The John McPhee Reader, Alaska: Images of the Country, the limited 1983 edition of half of Annals of the Former World, Heirs of General Practice, In the Highlands and Islands, Outcroppings, The Second John McPhee Reader, and The American Shad) consist of material already published in other books, in a few cases accompanied by a photographer's photos. Another (The Princeton Reader) is a collection he co-edited, containing essays by other writers. My count of 31 includes only the books with original McPhee material. (Annals of the Former World contains a long piece not published elsewhere: "Crossing the Craton".)
This way of counting mostly follows the way McPhee's output is listed in the frontmatter of his own books. I say "mostly" because until recently, the two "John McPhee Reader" collections were usually listed, and sometimes Heirs of General Practice is still listed as a separate book.
But in my opinion, the rule I've adopted is the most consistent and reasonable, and will be easy to keep up to date. It is similar to the way, on pages about bands, original studio albums are usually listed separately from compilations and various repackagings. glv (talk) 00:54, 14 August 2023 (UTC)