Talk:Cassern S. Goto

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[edit] RE: Not a notable author

The issues of C.S. Goto's notability can be disputed, however the extremely divided reactions from the fan community (despite what my initial version of the page may have implied, there were multiple positive opinions of his works) and the Dawn of War connection justify placing a Wikipedia entry about him.--The Fifth Horseman 13:16, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Story missing from Bibliography

I am aware that the recent "Let the galaxy burn" antology from Black Library includes a previously unpublished story by Goto. I was, however, unable to find out what is that story's title. If anyone knows, please add it.--The Fifth Horseman 15:57, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Goto's view of GW IP seems lacking little if any research

The defensive posture Goto makes in his entry here on wiki represents fully what the entire 40K community beleives. Goto hasnt researched GW's IP for his novels well enough to satisfy even cursory browsing through his novels without disdain from readers. To date, I have yet to find anyone that follows his views on how he portrays the warhamer 40000 universe. Fat farseers? Children stuffing rocks into the weapons of highly advanced fast moving vehicles? This hardly satisfies even the most naieve of new readers of GW's worlds. Being able to produce product quickly does not equate to well done. Hellfury 17:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

While this may be true, unless there are any citation from reliable sources to support this view, it should not be included in the article, in accordance with the non-negotiable policy on verifiability. Cheers --Pak21 08:15, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Would pointing out specific deviations from established Warhammer 40k canon suffice? For example, Eldar Wraithguard use a weapon called "Wraithcannon" (a displacement weapon that teleports pieces of target into a parallel dimension). This is not a detail particularly stressed upon in most GW source materials (indeed, there are only a few mentions of that).
In one of the sample texts, Goto made those weapons fire bullets. This is just one proof of inadequate research into subject matter, but I'll prepare a detailed list if you think one is needed.--The Fifth Horseman 14:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Unless you are a recognised authority on Warhammer 40,000, that would be original research. Cheers --Pak21 14:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Not in case of providing citation of verifiable primary sources. In this case, the Warhammer 40k rulebook and some of the supplementary codices. --The Fifth Horseman 16:09, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources for controversy

As far as I can see there are no acceptable sources for the whole controversy issue. While I believe this controversy exists, all we have is Goto responding to one poster about one accuracy issues. And it is one of the more defensible of Goto's apparent inaccuracies. As currently written the controversy section seems biased in favour of Goto, lacks decent sources, and either needs a rewrite with sources or deletion. the_raptor 18:49, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

A lot of the bias were introduced in edits made by "Corrector01". I guess that some things will need clarification and explanation (as the fact that publication by Black Library does not automatically make a certain story a part of 40k "canon").

I also had a more detailed list of what exact source materials are contradicted (altough limited to the content present in the samples on Black Library site). Might have deleted it since, will have to check.--The Fifth Horseman 14:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)