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Assessment comments The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit · refresh) Needs more references, and it needs organization. The info is all over the place.--Wizardman 14:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Clive Barker was selected as the Portal of Horror Horror-related biography of the month for February 2007.

Move Razorline?

The comics section has a lot of interesting, pertinent background not readily found elsewhere. But should it be condensed and most of this information placed in a separate Razorline entry? There is precedent for this with other Marvel Comics imprints such as Epic, MAX and 2099. Thoughts?

• Razorline background material and details moved to entry for Marvel imprint Razorline, consistent with existing entries for fellow Marvel imprints Epic Comics, Marvel 2099, and MAX. — Tenebrae 21:42, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Cabal error? 2 Links Clive`s Barker`s films 3 Photo 4 Undying? 5 Jericho? 6 Schools? 7 Abarat? 8 Clive Barker's Real Sexuality 9 Article structure 10 New catagory Clive Barker Characters 11 Pronunciation 12 His belief in god.. 13 Third Book of the Art

[edit] Cabal error?

I think there's an error concerning "Cabal". It says the novella Cabal came out in 85, but it was actually 88. Book of Blood vol.6 came out in 85, but without Cabal attached to it. When Cabal was released in 88, it had WITH it all of the rest of vol.6... but Cabal itself wasn't published until 88.

[edit] Links Clive`s Barker`s films

Should link on Salome in "Films Directed by Clive Barker" lead on actual Salome page? And link for Tortured Souls: Animae Damnatae lead on it`s novellete page?

[edit] Photo

Really, this article needs a pic of Mr. Barker. Willerror 01:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Undying?

Shouldn't Clive Barker's Undying be listed? Or did the game have little to do with his work and simply carried his name?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Barker's_Undying

[edit] Jericho?

Why was the information regarding Barker's latest game project, Jericho removed?

[edit] Schools?

He brags of going to the same schools as John Lennon? How strange. There is a 12 year age difference, so he obviously went to these schools well after Lennon had left. Interesting to note that, like Lennon, he has affected an American accent. Guv2006 13:21, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Your point is???? these discussions are meant for discussing changes to content, not a commentary. If someone interesting, cool, and that influential went to your school, you'd take pride in having gone to that school. And he doesn't really brag about it. Snakesamongus 02:14, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Abarat?

Is this a quartet or a quintet? It is called both under the Novels section.

-it was intended as a quartet, but recently he organized his notes and discovered, there's more he needs to cover than he originally thought, so he's changing it to a quintet. it says about it soemwehere on revelations. Snakesamongus 02:14, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

its been agreed that the series will just be called abarat UKbandit 14:26, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clive Barker's Real Sexuality

I can't find the source, so I realize that this cannot go in, but I feel like I should say it anyway. Clive Barker once said that he is actually bisexual, but calls himself a homosexual writer because far more people are understanding of homosexuals than bisexuals.

[edit] Article structure

This article is chaotic. The introduction contains random stuff, the Movies section should be much further down. There should be a separate biographical section earlier.

ChKa 18:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New catagory Clive Barker Characters

I have created a new category, Category Clive Barker characters. many other authors have a character category, so why not clive?! hopefully i have not missed any, but if i have please add them in. I was not sure whether the cenobites artivle should be categorised as such, but i have done each of the cenobites as individual characters UKbandit 14:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

What is the correct pronunciation of his name? (me and some other latin-language speakers tend to say "clEEve", I would like to be sure that this is in fact totally wrong...) -- NIC1138 (talk) 12:54, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] His belief in god..

I watched the video twice and he does not quite say he has a belief in a loving god as stated on the page

"Barker has stated his belief in a loving God.[3]"

While he says he does believe in something bigger than humans he doesn't claim nor say "God" (the assumed god people believe in these days). In fact, he jokes and says "there has got to be something better than 'our president'"....

Please notice the captialized G as I would be referring to any/all modern gods worshiped... IMO, he doesn't refer to any modern god.

This should be changed to reflect his belief. To say he believes in "God" is to say he's christian, that which he is not (unless he's admitted to being christian)...

Am I wrong or should I watch it a 3rd time? Ateo (talk) 04:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

To believe in "God" makes you a Christian? I'll pass that on to my Rabbi.

[edit] Third Book of the Art

Unless someone's got a reference for this, it should not be in the bibliography. As far as I can tell, so far it hasn't even been written yet. 70.107.0.34 (talk) 05:01, 11 May 2008 (UTC)