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The list was promoted by Giants2008 03:14, 16 November 2015 [1].

List of works by W. E. Johns

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Nominator(s): SchroCat (talk) 21:41, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

W.E. Johns was a prolific English writer. He wrote over 150 books and was one of the most popular children's writer of his time. Most of Johns's work—102 books—consists of the stories of Biggles, a First World War pilot and, later, adventurer, detective and Second World War squadron leader. He also wrote science fiction stories, and two further series of war stories, featuring the characters Worrals of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and Gimlet, a British Commando. This is a new list as we did not have a complete picture of Johns' works before this page. Any and all comments are welcome. – SchroCat (talk) 21:41, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support, with a few comments:

  • Intro:
    • "Johns also co-wrote two radio plays, which were broadcast on BBC Radio": you could conveniently avoid the repetition of "radio" by changing "on BBC Radio" to "by the BBC" (though retaining the blue link to BBC Radio).
  • Blue-links to publishers:
    • I'm probably missing something obvious, but I can't see why the OUP isn't linked like Hamilton, Newnes et al.
    • I have my doubts whether "J. Hamilton" ought to link to Hamish Hamilton: according to WorldCat this J Hamilton is John and not Jamie/Hamish, and this site seems to confirm that the two Hamilton publishing firms were separate concerns.
  • Publications in periodicals:
    • The left-hand border of the table goes wonky for the cell containing "The Oriental Touch" if viewed in Google Chrone; all is well when using Firepox and Internet Exploder. I merely mention this: I don't think any action is required, or indeed possible.

That's all from me. I wondered briefly whether the caveat at the top of "Publications in periodicals" affected the comprehensiveness of the page, but looking at the criteria, I see that 3(a) covers the present case, and all is well. Very happy to support promotion to FL. – Tim riley talk 08:52, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Many thanks Tim for your kind attention and I've tweaked the links as suggested. No idea about the cell border, but I'll keep an eye out and see if anyone mentions it later. It may be I have to post something to the technical support people to get their input. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 10:02, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Certainly meets the criteria and a commendable effort considering the scope of his output. Where you say "and two children's books (on pirates and treasure hunting) were also published." I'd probably just state the book titles seems as it's only two, though it might be more difficult then to state they're about pirates or treasure hunting.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:16, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – It's very rare that I declare my support in a nomination without making some critical comments. Top work; engaging prose and very well-sourced. I do have some comments, which are quite trivial and won't help the list in any way, I think. Great job! -- Frankie talk 10:21, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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