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I'm debating whether to rename this article to [[J. Michael Straczynski]] and making [[Joseph Michael Straczynski]] redirect there rather than vice-versa. He's quite consistently credited and referred to under that form of the name. "Joe" appears rarely, "Joseph" almost never. (Cf google results: 18,800 to 343 to 210.) -- Brion VIBBER
Do it - I've hardly ever seen him listed as Joseph rather than J (Or JMS for that matter) -- Malcolm Farmer
Should there be a mention of Straczynski's Law (No cute children, robots, etc.)? -- Paul Soth 15:31, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
A biography should be added, as the entry seems very IMDb-ish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffrey O. Gustafson ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 28 December 2004 (UTC)
Agree. For instance, in the afterword to the Midnight Nation TPB, JMS mentions he was part of a cult for many years. Anyone know anything about that? -- Johan L 21:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
That's actually why I came to this page, more info about the cult stuff. I guess he hasn't mentioned it in writing since the afterword. 142.162.153.217 ( talk) 09:41, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I added an "Early years" section, but since I got the information from the jacket of his 1982 book, it calls into question that he "started in television in 1983". Can someone find out exactly when he really started? – DeweyQ 05:16, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
I have always heard that JMS lived in Dallas for some time attending Richland College, a Dallas county community college. I have not found any source suggesting he lived in Richland, Texas. Is there a source to support this Richland, TX claim? Rigel1 17:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
What are the themes and motifs his Works?
-- Brown Shoes22 05:10, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
If he is an atheist, as I have read, maybe we should add the category at the bottom of the page Pictureuploader 01:13, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
He self identifies as an atheist. See: :: [1]
Please review the source for adding him to the Polish Americans category, I thought he was Belarusian...
JMS is both Belarusian and Polish, however he identifies more with his Belarusian ancestory. Personal quote: "Background is Byelorussia, White Russian,with some Polish in there."--Nanusia 06:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Just because he says it doesn't mean a thing. It would be helpful to know that historical Belarus is historically Polish land, and the fact that his last name is spelt the Polish way (Polish alphabet rather than Cyrillic converted into Roman alphabet) and the fact that he is of Catholic background (the religion of the Polish szlachta landlords in Belarus as opposed to the Orthodox majority) indicates that he is pretty much Polish as opposed to "White Russian", though you wouldn't expect an American-born man who probably has never been to Belarus to know these things. Let him call himself Belarusian if he wants to, but it probably would not be very accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.178.2.116 ( talk) 18:27, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
The reference used for this from JMSnews doesn't seem to show him saying he's Belrusian or that his family was Catholic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravenprocellous ( talk • contribs) 03:33, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
JMS has been in a dispute with SFX Magazine for about eight years, although the dispute itself seems to have mainly boiled down to JMS occasionally making derogatory remarks about the magazine and signing nearly every single one of his quotes online with the legend permission to reprint these words specifically denied to SFX Magazine. It is covered on the article on SFX Magazine, I was just wondering if perhaps it should be at least mentioned here? A line in trivia stating something to the effect that "JMS has denied permission for the British SFX Magazine to reprint his statements since 1998"? Some more info on the dispute can be found on the SFX Magazine Wiki entry talk page [2].-- Werthead 00:44, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
This information doesn't seem particularly relevant. First off, the cut-off between JMS and SFX came a year later than that report made out (during the later period of Season 5). Secondly, it doesn't address the extreme slagging-off that JMS unleashed against SFX in the period that everyone who worked on the magazine was a knowledgeless hack who knew jack about SF (evidently he forgot that David Langford - who has won 13 times as many Hugo Awards as JMS has - works on the magazine as columnist, fact-checker and reviewer). It also doesn't cover the fact that SFX offered JMS a full unedited page to print his side of the story which he never replied on. It certainly doesn't explain why JMS' stance on the issue remains the same when most of the personnel on SFX have changed in the eight years since. On the other hand, it is to JMS' credit that he didn't include his traditional "Permission denied" comment (which btw legally has no enforceable power in the UK, as any celebrity stalked by the tabloids could tell you) on his recent tribute to Andreas Katsulas, and to SFX's detriment that they ignored that tribute.-- Werthead 21:37, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
-- Telecart 00:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Per WP:CITE:
Maintaining a separate "References" section in addition to "Notes" or "Footnotes"
It is helpful when non-citation footnotes are used that a "References" section also be maintained, in which the sources that were used are listed in alphabetical order. With articles that have lots of footnotes, it can become hard to see after a while exactly which sources have been used, particularly when the footnotes also contain explanatory text. A References section, which contains only citations, helps readers to see at a glance the quality of the references used.
Further reading/External links
An ==External links== or ==Further reading== section is placed near the end of an article and offers books, articles, and links to websites related to the topic that might be of interest to the reader. The section "Further reading" may include both online material and material not available online. If all recommended material is online, the section may be titled "External links". Some editors may include both headings in articles, listing only material not available online in the "Further reading" section.
All items used to verify information in the article must be listed in the "References" or "Notes" section, and are generally not included in "Further reading" or "External links". However, if an item used as a reference covers the topic beyond the scope of the article, and has significant usefulness beyond verification of the article, you may want to include it here as well. This also makes it easier for users to identify all the major recommended resources on a topic.
-- Tenebrae 04:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Jeff, et al, what are your collective thoughts about including specific information about Joe's first published play at the age of 18? I am intentionally being vague. I am somewhat reluctant to add this information since I was the person who announced the existence and title of the play, to which Joe replied "EEK!" According to Joe, "Oh, I didn't really do it for the money, there wasn't much involved at the time...it's not that I wrote it for money, it's that I wrote it when I was *18* and when you look back at ANYdamnthing you wrote at 18 the impulse is to shriek and run away." Also, the play is still in publication and being performed. -- Dan Dassow 15:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
Those trivia point belong under Babylon 5:
-- Leocomix 23:25, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
References
What kind of differently smart person committed such a sentence:
I've edited it out of the
Early age section. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is 16th to 18th century history. If you want to point out his Polish heritage refer to the area of
Russian Poland. It may not be precise, but it's far more suitable.
On the other hand, the Carpathian Mountains are in the southern part of today's Poland and all of it (well, almost) lied in Austria at the break of 20th century.
Not to mention that the sentence is upside down, as it should be written the other way around, if at all.
Llewelyn MT (
talk) 19:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
It seems ridiculous to me that the work that led to Strazczyinksy's fame, Babylon 5, has such a small part in this Wiki. From reading this, the focus lies way too much on the work he did for Marvel. The persons who recently worked on this wiki page are too much influenced by their personal interests. Straczynksi achieved fame because of Babylon 5, the wiki page should reflect that. Too much attention is given to trivial facts about publications in prints. Strazcynisky using UseNet is only mentioned in the introduction while "Thor trade paperbacks" gets a separate section? This is simply ridiculous if one compares the impact of the former to the latter. 82.215.38.219 ( talk) 03:03, 12 July 2008 (UTC)Daeron
J. Michael Straczynski was a long running columnist for Writer's Digest magazine. I can't remember the name of his column or how many years he wrote the column tho. Lowellt ( talk) 14:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
[3] - This info should be removed from this WP:BLP article until it is properly sourced to secondary WP:RS/ WP:V sources. Cirt ( talk) 15:22, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
RussellB recently added a new, better image to the article, here under the claim that JMS had authorised its use. This is indeed correct; however, the licensing description on the image page needs sorting out on this basis, lest it be speedily deleted. Can anyone with more image experience than me help sort this out? Steve T • C 11:08, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
The awards sections mentions jms has won 3 techncial emmy’s for babylon 5.
A simple search on the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences web site ( http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php ) shows that only two primetime (not technical) awards were given in relation to the franchise. One for special effects for the pilot movie and one for make-up on a season 1 episode. The issuing body does name jms in the list of the named recipients for either (or any other) emmy award. You can verify this by using the simple search engine on the above link.
So my question is why are the awards issued to other people appearing in an article which lists awards given to jms, and what does the third one in the article actually refer to?
I also notice that the article mentions two Space Foundation awards. Though on their offical web site ( http://space-frontier.org/annualawards.html ) he is only mentioned as the recipient of one award (1994) which was shared with the cast and crew of Babylon 5. The second (1996) was given specifically to John C. Flinn III, Suzanne E. Sternlicht, Paul Bryant and Ron Thornton.
Accrediting jms as a recepient of awards given to others who worked on Babylon 5 seems a bit misleading to say the least.
Should these not be removed or at least make it clear who *actually* recieved them? Keep forgetting to add this signature thing Minsk59 ( talk) 22:24, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for seeming to be insitant on this. But I noticed the recent addition of citations for the awards added by Dan Dassow. Good stuff. But the single citations for the emmy does not mention jms as a recipient– there’s still the separate question about there being a mention of THREE emmy awards. Same thing applies to the space foundation award. He did receive one, and a citation has been included. But where does the second one come from. For that reason.-- Minsk59 ( talk) 08:59, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
I've rewritten the Awards section and added citations for all of the awards. Please review and remove the "This section needs additional citations for verification" banner if you are satisfied with the edits and citations. -- Dan Dassow ( talk) 18:46, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Wow, a detailed breakdown. Yeah, that more than covers the questions/concerns I had, thanks. Banner is being removed straight after writing this. ;)-- Minsk59 ( talk) 23:54, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
An anonymous user removed the "spouse" entry from the infobox yesterday, with no comment (either in the commit log or here) regarding the removal. Since that particular IP address has made numerous constructive changes to this article over time, I haven't yet reverted the change. However, I have asked on the user's talk page for some sort of explanation for the removal. If I do not see a response soon, or other sources reporting that Joe and Kathryn are no longer together, I will revert the change. John Darrow ( talk) 04:30, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
is there anything new on this matter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.221.19.162 ( talk) 12:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
What is the background of his withdrawal from the production?-- Nemissimo ( talk) 00:52, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone know what film script(s) jms was credited with by the time he was 28. “By 28, his credits included television and film scripts”. Or does that refer to the televsion movies. In the Film section it mentions televsion movies and films as two separate entities. 2006 being the date of the first film (as opposed to telvsion movie) mentioned. 28 seems a little early to indicate he had televsion AND film credits if the word film is later used to indicate something other than televsion movies.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.16.251 ( talk) 21:58, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
What do people think about splitting off the lists into a separate bibliography? At the moment odd lists are scattered through the text and it seems a better idea to have another article for the detail and let this article cover the important examples in a more pros form. It will get a bit messy as some of the lists are used instead of actual prose so it will mean some section will need re-writing or expanding again but it should mean we get a much more solid article that is in a good position to push on for a B. Thoughts? ( Emperor ( talk) 17:27, 8 July 2010 (UTC))
Does there exist any comment from Straczynski about the last Star Trek movie in reflection onto his essay from 2004? 188.174.110.177 ( talk) 15:43, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
JMS pronounces his last name struh-zin-ski, as can be heard on countless audio clips. The current wording suggests that both pronunciations are acceptable, but the other one is merely theoretical in regard to JMS specifically. I suggest "pronounced struh-zin-ski" with no mention of stra-chin-ski. PointDread ( talk) 20:19, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
The latter stores only JMS' posts, while Google allows the reader to see the entire discussion with one more click. (I chose "Individual message" as the default display, which can be expanded using "View thread".) Of course, this doesn't apply to the messages that aren't stored on Google Groups. -- PointDread ( talk) 16:03, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
Why is height mentioned here? He's a producer/writer not an athlete. Removed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.206.195.35 ( talk) 12:28, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
While "Joe" is a common nickname for people named "Joseph", it is not obvious in this case that he uses it, because it isn't in the title of the article. Because he uses his first initial and middle name professionally, people would easily assume that he goes by "J. Michael", "Michael", or maybe "J." So I think it's worth mentioning in the lede that people refer to him informally as "Joe Straczynski". - Jason A. Quest ( talk) 19:02, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
I believe Orange Mike's phrasing is a good compromise and accurately reflects how JMS is called under different circumstances. However, some of us also call him simply Joe or Joeczynski. <*** SMILE ***> -- Dan Dassow ( talk) 01:01, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
...is not how Straczynski refers to himself. From the thousands of messages I've read, I'd say he thinks of himself as an American first and foremost, with occasional references to his Byelorussian and Polish heritage, but not simply Polish-American. I get the feeling the anonymous poster is trying to pigeonhole jms' background without any basis in fact, which is why I reverted the repeated edits despite being uncomfortable with discussions of this sort. PointDread ( talk) 21:10, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Didn't Straczynski pitch what would eventually become Star Trek: Deep Space 9 to Paramount? I recall interviews from the time noting that Babylon was similar for a reason. -- Chris Griswold ( ☎ ☓) 03:42, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 Shouldn't this be changed? Asperger's Syndrome is no longer recognized as an official syndrome by the medical community. 98.179.157.219 ( talk) 12:21, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
I'm debating whether to rename this article to [[J. Michael Straczynski]] and making [[Joseph Michael Straczynski]] redirect there rather than vice-versa. He's quite consistently credited and referred to under that form of the name. "Joe" appears rarely, "Joseph" almost never. (Cf google results: 18,800 to 343 to 210.) -- Brion VIBBER
Do it - I've hardly ever seen him listed as Joseph rather than J (Or JMS for that matter) -- Malcolm Farmer
Should there be a mention of Straczynski's Law (No cute children, robots, etc.)? -- Paul Soth 15:31, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
A biography should be added, as the entry seems very IMDb-ish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffrey O. Gustafson ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 28 December 2004 (UTC)
Agree. For instance, in the afterword to the Midnight Nation TPB, JMS mentions he was part of a cult for many years. Anyone know anything about that? -- Johan L 21:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
That's actually why I came to this page, more info about the cult stuff. I guess he hasn't mentioned it in writing since the afterword. 142.162.153.217 ( talk) 09:41, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I added an "Early years" section, but since I got the information from the jacket of his 1982 book, it calls into question that he "started in television in 1983". Can someone find out exactly when he really started? – DeweyQ 05:16, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
I have always heard that JMS lived in Dallas for some time attending Richland College, a Dallas county community college. I have not found any source suggesting he lived in Richland, Texas. Is there a source to support this Richland, TX claim? Rigel1 17:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
What are the themes and motifs his Works?
-- Brown Shoes22 05:10, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
If he is an atheist, as I have read, maybe we should add the category at the bottom of the page Pictureuploader 01:13, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
He self identifies as an atheist. See: :: [1]
Please review the source for adding him to the Polish Americans category, I thought he was Belarusian...
JMS is both Belarusian and Polish, however he identifies more with his Belarusian ancestory. Personal quote: "Background is Byelorussia, White Russian,with some Polish in there."--Nanusia 06:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Just because he says it doesn't mean a thing. It would be helpful to know that historical Belarus is historically Polish land, and the fact that his last name is spelt the Polish way (Polish alphabet rather than Cyrillic converted into Roman alphabet) and the fact that he is of Catholic background (the religion of the Polish szlachta landlords in Belarus as opposed to the Orthodox majority) indicates that he is pretty much Polish as opposed to "White Russian", though you wouldn't expect an American-born man who probably has never been to Belarus to know these things. Let him call himself Belarusian if he wants to, but it probably would not be very accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.178.2.116 ( talk) 18:27, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
The reference used for this from JMSnews doesn't seem to show him saying he's Belrusian or that his family was Catholic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravenprocellous ( talk • contribs) 03:33, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
JMS has been in a dispute with SFX Magazine for about eight years, although the dispute itself seems to have mainly boiled down to JMS occasionally making derogatory remarks about the magazine and signing nearly every single one of his quotes online with the legend permission to reprint these words specifically denied to SFX Magazine. It is covered on the article on SFX Magazine, I was just wondering if perhaps it should be at least mentioned here? A line in trivia stating something to the effect that "JMS has denied permission for the British SFX Magazine to reprint his statements since 1998"? Some more info on the dispute can be found on the SFX Magazine Wiki entry talk page [2].-- Werthead 00:44, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
This information doesn't seem particularly relevant. First off, the cut-off between JMS and SFX came a year later than that report made out (during the later period of Season 5). Secondly, it doesn't address the extreme slagging-off that JMS unleashed against SFX in the period that everyone who worked on the magazine was a knowledgeless hack who knew jack about SF (evidently he forgot that David Langford - who has won 13 times as many Hugo Awards as JMS has - works on the magazine as columnist, fact-checker and reviewer). It also doesn't cover the fact that SFX offered JMS a full unedited page to print his side of the story which he never replied on. It certainly doesn't explain why JMS' stance on the issue remains the same when most of the personnel on SFX have changed in the eight years since. On the other hand, it is to JMS' credit that he didn't include his traditional "Permission denied" comment (which btw legally has no enforceable power in the UK, as any celebrity stalked by the tabloids could tell you) on his recent tribute to Andreas Katsulas, and to SFX's detriment that they ignored that tribute.-- Werthead 21:37, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
-- Telecart 00:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Per WP:CITE:
Maintaining a separate "References" section in addition to "Notes" or "Footnotes"
It is helpful when non-citation footnotes are used that a "References" section also be maintained, in which the sources that were used are listed in alphabetical order. With articles that have lots of footnotes, it can become hard to see after a while exactly which sources have been used, particularly when the footnotes also contain explanatory text. A References section, which contains only citations, helps readers to see at a glance the quality of the references used.
Further reading/External links
An ==External links== or ==Further reading== section is placed near the end of an article and offers books, articles, and links to websites related to the topic that might be of interest to the reader. The section "Further reading" may include both online material and material not available online. If all recommended material is online, the section may be titled "External links". Some editors may include both headings in articles, listing only material not available online in the "Further reading" section.
All items used to verify information in the article must be listed in the "References" or "Notes" section, and are generally not included in "Further reading" or "External links". However, if an item used as a reference covers the topic beyond the scope of the article, and has significant usefulness beyond verification of the article, you may want to include it here as well. This also makes it easier for users to identify all the major recommended resources on a topic.
-- Tenebrae 04:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Jeff, et al, what are your collective thoughts about including specific information about Joe's first published play at the age of 18? I am intentionally being vague. I am somewhat reluctant to add this information since I was the person who announced the existence and title of the play, to which Joe replied "EEK!" According to Joe, "Oh, I didn't really do it for the money, there wasn't much involved at the time...it's not that I wrote it for money, it's that I wrote it when I was *18* and when you look back at ANYdamnthing you wrote at 18 the impulse is to shriek and run away." Also, the play is still in publication and being performed. -- Dan Dassow 15:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
Those trivia point belong under Babylon 5:
-- Leocomix 23:25, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
References
What kind of differently smart person committed such a sentence:
I've edited it out of the
Early age section. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is 16th to 18th century history. If you want to point out his Polish heritage refer to the area of
Russian Poland. It may not be precise, but it's far more suitable.
On the other hand, the Carpathian Mountains are in the southern part of today's Poland and all of it (well, almost) lied in Austria at the break of 20th century.
Not to mention that the sentence is upside down, as it should be written the other way around, if at all.
Llewelyn MT (
talk) 19:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
It seems ridiculous to me that the work that led to Strazczyinksy's fame, Babylon 5, has such a small part in this Wiki. From reading this, the focus lies way too much on the work he did for Marvel. The persons who recently worked on this wiki page are too much influenced by their personal interests. Straczynksi achieved fame because of Babylon 5, the wiki page should reflect that. Too much attention is given to trivial facts about publications in prints. Strazcynisky using UseNet is only mentioned in the introduction while "Thor trade paperbacks" gets a separate section? This is simply ridiculous if one compares the impact of the former to the latter. 82.215.38.219 ( talk) 03:03, 12 July 2008 (UTC)Daeron
J. Michael Straczynski was a long running columnist for Writer's Digest magazine. I can't remember the name of his column or how many years he wrote the column tho. Lowellt ( talk) 14:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
[3] - This info should be removed from this WP:BLP article until it is properly sourced to secondary WP:RS/ WP:V sources. Cirt ( talk) 15:22, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
RussellB recently added a new, better image to the article, here under the claim that JMS had authorised its use. This is indeed correct; however, the licensing description on the image page needs sorting out on this basis, lest it be speedily deleted. Can anyone with more image experience than me help sort this out? Steve T • C 11:08, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
The awards sections mentions jms has won 3 techncial emmy’s for babylon 5.
A simple search on the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences web site ( http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php ) shows that only two primetime (not technical) awards were given in relation to the franchise. One for special effects for the pilot movie and one for make-up on a season 1 episode. The issuing body does name jms in the list of the named recipients for either (or any other) emmy award. You can verify this by using the simple search engine on the above link.
So my question is why are the awards issued to other people appearing in an article which lists awards given to jms, and what does the third one in the article actually refer to?
I also notice that the article mentions two Space Foundation awards. Though on their offical web site ( http://space-frontier.org/annualawards.html ) he is only mentioned as the recipient of one award (1994) which was shared with the cast and crew of Babylon 5. The second (1996) was given specifically to John C. Flinn III, Suzanne E. Sternlicht, Paul Bryant and Ron Thornton.
Accrediting jms as a recepient of awards given to others who worked on Babylon 5 seems a bit misleading to say the least.
Should these not be removed or at least make it clear who *actually* recieved them? Keep forgetting to add this signature thing Minsk59 ( talk) 22:24, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for seeming to be insitant on this. But I noticed the recent addition of citations for the awards added by Dan Dassow. Good stuff. But the single citations for the emmy does not mention jms as a recipient– there’s still the separate question about there being a mention of THREE emmy awards. Same thing applies to the space foundation award. He did receive one, and a citation has been included. But where does the second one come from. For that reason.-- Minsk59 ( talk) 08:59, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
I've rewritten the Awards section and added citations for all of the awards. Please review and remove the "This section needs additional citations for verification" banner if you are satisfied with the edits and citations. -- Dan Dassow ( talk) 18:46, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Wow, a detailed breakdown. Yeah, that more than covers the questions/concerns I had, thanks. Banner is being removed straight after writing this. ;)-- Minsk59 ( talk) 23:54, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
An anonymous user removed the "spouse" entry from the infobox yesterday, with no comment (either in the commit log or here) regarding the removal. Since that particular IP address has made numerous constructive changes to this article over time, I haven't yet reverted the change. However, I have asked on the user's talk page for some sort of explanation for the removal. If I do not see a response soon, or other sources reporting that Joe and Kathryn are no longer together, I will revert the change. John Darrow ( talk) 04:30, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
is there anything new on this matter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.221.19.162 ( talk) 12:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
What is the background of his withdrawal from the production?-- Nemissimo ( talk) 00:52, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone know what film script(s) jms was credited with by the time he was 28. “By 28, his credits included television and film scripts”. Or does that refer to the televsion movies. In the Film section it mentions televsion movies and films as two separate entities. 2006 being the date of the first film (as opposed to telvsion movie) mentioned. 28 seems a little early to indicate he had televsion AND film credits if the word film is later used to indicate something other than televsion movies.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.16.251 ( talk) 21:58, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
What do people think about splitting off the lists into a separate bibliography? At the moment odd lists are scattered through the text and it seems a better idea to have another article for the detail and let this article cover the important examples in a more pros form. It will get a bit messy as some of the lists are used instead of actual prose so it will mean some section will need re-writing or expanding again but it should mean we get a much more solid article that is in a good position to push on for a B. Thoughts? ( Emperor ( talk) 17:27, 8 July 2010 (UTC))
Does there exist any comment from Straczynski about the last Star Trek movie in reflection onto his essay from 2004? 188.174.110.177 ( talk) 15:43, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
JMS pronounces his last name struh-zin-ski, as can be heard on countless audio clips. The current wording suggests that both pronunciations are acceptable, but the other one is merely theoretical in regard to JMS specifically. I suggest "pronounced struh-zin-ski" with no mention of stra-chin-ski. PointDread ( talk) 20:19, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
The latter stores only JMS' posts, while Google allows the reader to see the entire discussion with one more click. (I chose "Individual message" as the default display, which can be expanded using "View thread".) Of course, this doesn't apply to the messages that aren't stored on Google Groups. -- PointDread ( talk) 16:03, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
Why is height mentioned here? He's a producer/writer not an athlete. Removed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.206.195.35 ( talk) 12:28, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
While "Joe" is a common nickname for people named "Joseph", it is not obvious in this case that he uses it, because it isn't in the title of the article. Because he uses his first initial and middle name professionally, people would easily assume that he goes by "J. Michael", "Michael", or maybe "J." So I think it's worth mentioning in the lede that people refer to him informally as "Joe Straczynski". - Jason A. Quest ( talk) 19:02, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
I believe Orange Mike's phrasing is a good compromise and accurately reflects how JMS is called under different circumstances. However, some of us also call him simply Joe or Joeczynski. <*** SMILE ***> -- Dan Dassow ( talk) 01:01, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
...is not how Straczynski refers to himself. From the thousands of messages I've read, I'd say he thinks of himself as an American first and foremost, with occasional references to his Byelorussian and Polish heritage, but not simply Polish-American. I get the feeling the anonymous poster is trying to pigeonhole jms' background without any basis in fact, which is why I reverted the repeated edits despite being uncomfortable with discussions of this sort. PointDread ( talk) 21:10, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
Didn't Straczynski pitch what would eventually become Star Trek: Deep Space 9 to Paramount? I recall interviews from the time noting that Babylon was similar for a reason. -- Chris Griswold ( ☎ ☓) 03:42, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 Shouldn't this be changed? Asperger's Syndrome is no longer recognized as an official syndrome by the medical community. 98.179.157.219 ( talk) 12:21, 9 March 2023 (UTC)