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[edit] Sister

I changed the dates for his sister Danielle. It said she was deceased, then listed her dates as 1943-present, which doesn't really work out. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.11.240.45 (talk) 19:26, January 6, 2007

[edit] Disambiguation

The previous name was, ridiculously, DAN BROWN, possibly vandalised? i changed it back to People with the same name as nicholas sparks --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.9.1 (talk) 23:48, March 5, 2007

[edit] Trivia & Wikipedia standards

I removed The Maine emo-rock band Sparks the Rescue used the name of his book The Rescue and Nicholas's last name to make the band's name.^[1] considering it has nothing to do with his writing, which is the section it was listed under. This is trivia. If anyone feels so inclined to find more of it, by all means, make a heading and go for it. Until then, it shall remain here in wait. I did, however, find a reference for it... just in case.

Past that, there is too much unreferenced information in this article. And too much of that unreferenced information goes against the first of Wikipedia's Five Pillars, which states "Wikipedia is not the place to insert personal opinions, experiences, or arguments". If you can't cite a reliable source, it doesn't belong in the article. --LaraLove^Talk/_Contribs 04:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC)