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This article is all too typically Americo-centric. Is there no nature-writing outside America? What about Lamarck? Darwin?
What is "contemporary" defined as, for the purposes of the "List of contemporary American nature writers"? Still living? Born in the 20th century? Should this be spelled out, to avoid future confusion or POV conflicts? (Unless I'm just unfamiliar with an objective standard for what "contemporary" means, which could be the case...) -- Ds13 04:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)\
I had the same question. I would consider Edward Abbey "contemporary", but presumably he is not listed because he is not living.
Wasn't sure (and couldn't find out) how to link to a category in order to expand the world-view of this article. Feel free to correct if I've done it wrong. Tony Holkham ( talk) 17:36, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
A name was included in the list of UK writers which I undid as the writer did not have their own article. The write was re-added by the same editor. Is there a guideline or consensus on whether non-notable writers should be listed (the editor chose not to discuss the inclusion, but re-inserted the writer)?... Tony Holkham ( talk) 12:56, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
As this article is about nature writing rather than nature writers, I propose removing the lists of writers (which are getting longer) and creating separate lists where they don't already exist. I'll leave it for a couple of days in case anyone has any comments. Tony Holkham ( talk) 11:41, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
SovalValtos ( talk) 19:40, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
Steven Poole criticises nature writing as whimsy and borgeois escapism here and Richard Mabey refutes it here and both articles contain historical and topical references that are worth examining to make this article better. There is also this article referring to the early days of nature writing. George Monbiot could also be mentioned in this context. Just thought I'd log these so they don't get lost. I haven't, however, found much about nature writing earlier than the 18th century. Tony Holkham ( talk) 16:09, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
I think this article could talk more about nature writing in places in the world other than Britain and America. It seems ethnocentric in that regard. The structure of the page in regards to the lead section and subsequent sections are good. Source 8 no longer works as intended.
The latest information is from 2018, which is now 6 years ago, so newer examples of nature writing should probably be added. The sources seem diverse and unbiased enough though. HabitsofEelz ( talk) 01:59, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
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This article is all too typically Americo-centric. Is there no nature-writing outside America? What about Lamarck? Darwin?
What is "contemporary" defined as, for the purposes of the "List of contemporary American nature writers"? Still living? Born in the 20th century? Should this be spelled out, to avoid future confusion or POV conflicts? (Unless I'm just unfamiliar with an objective standard for what "contemporary" means, which could be the case...) -- Ds13 04:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)\
I had the same question. I would consider Edward Abbey "contemporary", but presumably he is not listed because he is not living.
Wasn't sure (and couldn't find out) how to link to a category in order to expand the world-view of this article. Feel free to correct if I've done it wrong. Tony Holkham ( talk) 17:36, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
A name was included in the list of UK writers which I undid as the writer did not have their own article. The write was re-added by the same editor. Is there a guideline or consensus on whether non-notable writers should be listed (the editor chose not to discuss the inclusion, but re-inserted the writer)?... Tony Holkham ( talk) 12:56, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
As this article is about nature writing rather than nature writers, I propose removing the lists of writers (which are getting longer) and creating separate lists where they don't already exist. I'll leave it for a couple of days in case anyone has any comments. Tony Holkham ( talk) 11:41, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
SovalValtos ( talk) 19:40, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
Steven Poole criticises nature writing as whimsy and borgeois escapism here and Richard Mabey refutes it here and both articles contain historical and topical references that are worth examining to make this article better. There is also this article referring to the early days of nature writing. George Monbiot could also be mentioned in this context. Just thought I'd log these so they don't get lost. I haven't, however, found much about nature writing earlier than the 18th century. Tony Holkham ( talk) 16:09, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
I think this article could talk more about nature writing in places in the world other than Britain and America. It seems ethnocentric in that regard. The structure of the page in regards to the lead section and subsequent sections are good. Source 8 no longer works as intended.
The latest information is from 2018, which is now 6 years ago, so newer examples of nature writing should probably be added. The sources seem diverse and unbiased enough though. HabitsofEelz ( talk) 01:59, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 2 February 2024 and 3 May 2024. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
HabitsofEelz (
article contribs). Peer reviewers:
As2460,
Eliseforget,
Cara.begley.
— Assignment last updated by Cara.begley ( talk) 17:40, 10 March 2024 (UTC)